This episode takes a historical drill directly back into Mesopotamian History so that we might consider a Babylonian's conception of divine order in the universe. How this conception of order affected Babylonians' lives is explored, and how this conception of order affects our lives is explored. Topics: Astrology, Enuma Elish, Zodiac, Power of WordsFull disclosure, I spend a high percentage of this episode in digression upon related topics rather than directly talking about Babylonians, but I believe the digressions helped fill out the topic.//////////////////Sources//////////////////Bobrick, Benson, The Fated Sky: Astrology in History, 2005, Simon & SchusterCutrone, Carolyn, "Why Friday the 13th Scares Away Business", Inc.com, https://www.inc.com/carolyn-cutrone/why-friday-the-13th-scares-away-business.html [ I read this and other articles to determine my opinion on Friday the 13th at Divination and Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World, edited by Amar Annus, The Oriental Institute Of the University of Chicago, Oriental Institute Seminars, Number 6, Chicago, IllinoisThis collection of seminars includes the following papers:- Koch, Ulla Susanne, "Three Strikes and You're Out! A View On Cognitive Theory and the First-Millenium Extispicy Ritual", Independent Scholar [ I first read the term "sense-making system" in this paper. ]- Noegel, Scott B., "Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign": Script, Power and Interpretations In the Ancient Near East, University of Washington [ Quoted at - Rochberg, Francesca, "If P, Then Q": Form and Reasoning in Babylonian Divination, University of California, Berkley [ I tapped this resource my times at ~- Veldhuis, Niek, The Theory of Knowledge and the Practice of Celestial Divination, University of California, BerkleyEmpirical evidence for stability of the 405-kiloyear Jupiter-Venus eccentricity cycle over hundreds of millions of years, Dennis V. Kent et others, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, May 7, 2018Fincke, Jeanette C., The Babylonian Texts of Nineveh: Report on the British Museum's "Ashurbanipal Library Project", Archiv fur Orientforschung Bd 50 (2003/2004), pp. 111-149Foster, Benjamin R., Before The Muses; An Anthology of Akkadian Literature, 1996, Bethesda, MarylandMark, Joshua J. "Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text." Ancient History Encyclopedia. May 4, 2018, https://www.ancient.eu/article/225McClymond, Kathryn, Great Mythologies of the World, Great Courses LecturesPodany, Amanda H., Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization, Great Courses Lectures [ My reference to king statues at Possanza, Mark, "Two Notes on Q Cicero's De Duodecim Signis", Classical Philology, Vol. 87, N 1 (Jan 1992), pp 44-46 [ Informed me more about Rome's relationship with Libra at Remijsen, Sofie, The Postal Service and the Hour as a Unit of Time in Antiquity, Historia: Zeitchrift fur Alte Geschichte, Bd 56. H. 2(2007), pp 127-140Rogers J.H., Origins of the Ancient Constellations: 1. The Mesopotamian traditions, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol 108, no.1, p.9-28Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Latino Center, "Living Maya Time", https://maya.nmai.si.edu/sites/default/files/resources/The%20Maya%20Calendar%20System.pdf [ Information on the Mayan calendar at