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Earth Ancients

Destiny: Graham Phillips, The Original Zodiac

Earth Ancients

Cliff Dunning

Science, Society & Culture, Social Sciences

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Discover the world’s earliest known system of astrology

• Explores ancient Mesopotamian astrology, which originated with those who created Göbekli Tepe, and details the system’s eighteen zodiac signs

• Shares the author’s decades-long research to decipher the meanings and characteristics behind each of the original eighteen signs

• Shows how the original zodiac can enrich and expand our understanding of astrology, personal relationships, and our sense of self and destiny

Today the zodiac is divided into twelve signs through which the sun appears to travel in a year. A person’s sign can influence their personality, physical characteristics, and fate. However, in ancient Mesopotamia, the first zodiac was divided into eighteen signs—different from the Western and Vedic systems in use today. The Original Zodiac reveals, for the first time in more than 4,000 years, this earliest known system of astrology.

The original Mesopotamian zodiac offered very different birth signs, including the Serpent, Swan, Crane, Horse, Wolf, and Eagle. This zodiac was recorded on a clay tablet that is now housed in the British Museum, cataloged as BM 86378, but there is no written record of how these signs were interpreted. Now, after decades of intensive research, Graham Phillips reveals the meanings of these mysterious signs and their relevance for our times.

To determine what traits might be shared by those born in each sign of the original zodiac, Phillips comprehensively surveyed hundreds of volunteers from diverse backgrounds. He measured each participant’s likes, dislikes, hobbies, habits, employment, health information, and other pertinent aspects of their lives and identities. Not intended to replace or challenge our traditional understanding of astrology, his findings offer an original system to enrich our current knowledge of the personality, character, and destiny of those born in each of its enigmatic signs.

Graham Phillips is one of Britain’s bestselling nonfiction authors. A former radio journalist and broadcaster for the BBC, and founder of Strange Phenomena magazine, he is a historical investigator of unsolved mysteries. The author of many books, including The Templars and the Ark of the Covenant, The Lost Tomb of King Arthur, The End of Eden, and Atlantis and the Ten Plagues of Egypt, he lives in the Midlands of England.

https://www.grahamphillips.net/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Destiny. Now here's your host, Cliff Dunning.

0:18.4

202026 is not a year to be written off. It's one of those rare, pivotal moments in the

0:23.4

astrology where the sky stops whispering and starts screaming at us loudly. We're talking

0:29.1

reality shifting conjunctions with historic implications and eclipses that close a big

0:34.3

karmic chapter in one area of your life, only to begin shifting your destiny in a completely

0:39.4

new way.

0:40.9

2025 was a year of big cosmic shifts, with all of the outer planets and the lunar nodes

0:46.1

changing science.

0:47.3

It was a year of major disruption, marked by pivotal endings and nebulous new beginnings.

0:51.8

And while the astrology of 2626 does bring much needed support

0:55.4

and momentum while nudging this storyline along, it also reroutes the entire plot. If you've been

1:00.7

patiently waiting for a year that actually moves the needle in your healing, your purpose,

1:05.9

your relationships, your spiritual growth, and your role within the collective, 2026 is that year.

1:13.1

Well, we're at the beginning of the new year, 2026,

1:16.3

and typically we're looking at ways of understanding

1:21.0

what we can look forward to in the year.

1:23.6

Those of us who are into divination,

1:27.0

tarot, ruins, and in this case, astrology,

1:30.9

we are learning what to expect.

1:35.1

And we're listening to, I should say,

1:37.9

that's astrology with Heather.

1:40.0

She's a very popular YouTube astrologer,

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