Sidereal Rising Podcast – Episode 1 – Sumerian Astrology

Episode 1: The Origins of Astrology—Sumerian Star-Lore Before Babylon
In this premiere episode of the Sidereal Rising Podcast, Abbey Quinn explores the earliest roots of astrology in ancient Sumer. Long before Babylonian astronomer-priests refined celestial calculation, the Sumerians were already observing the heavens, naming constellations, and interpreting the stars as the writing of the gods.

Abbey reveals how Sumerian astrology differed from later Babylonian systems—focusing not on prediction, but on divine communication, agricultural cycles, and the sacred order linking heaven and earth. Through linguistic, mythological, and astronomical evidence, she traces how Sumer’s celestial wisdom became the seed from which all later astrological traditions grew.