Babylonian Gods
Shamash
Sun, justice, truth, oracles
In the Babylonian Gods table used by the Who Watches Over You calculator, Shamash answers to the number 1: the day of the month you were born, reduced to a single digit.
Born under Shamash
Shamash sees everything the sun touches and judges it. You carry a strong sense of what is fair and the clarity to say it, and people trust you to tell the truth even when it costs you. Your light is for seeing, not for warming yourself.
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The psychic number is the day of the month reduced to one digit, so these are the days of any month that answer to 1.
- 1
- 10
- 19
- 28
About the Babylonian Gods gods
Babylon inherited the Sumerian sky and gave it Akkadian names, and the planets their gods: Shamash, Sin, Marduk, Nabu, Ishtar, Ninurta and Nergal are the planetary deities of the cuneiform tablets, with Anu for the sky and Ea for the waters beneath it. The number pairing follows the planet each number answers to.
The same number in other traditions
- ApolloGreek Mythology · Sun, light, music, prophecy
- RaEgyptian Mythology · Sun, creation, order, kingship
- BaldurNorse Mythology · Light, purity, beauty, joy
- AmaterasuJapanese Mythology · Sun, universe, light, imperial power
- Kinich AhauMayan Mythology · Sun, time, kingship, light
- SolRoman Mythology · Sun, daylight, oaths, the unconquered light
- ShivaHindu Deities · Destruction and renewal, meditation, the dance
- LughCeltic Mythology · Sun, skill, kingship, the long arm
- OrunmilaYoruba Orishas · Divination, wisdom, destiny, Ifá
- DazhbogSlavic Mythology · Sun, giving, wealth, the day
- The Jade EmperorChinese Deities · Heaven, sovereignty, the celestial court
- IntiInca Mythology · Sun, the Sapa Inca, gold, the empire
- Ahura MazdaPersian Gods · Wisdom, light, creation, the one lord
- KāneHawaiian Gods · Creation, sunlight, fresh water, life
- TānePolynesian Gods · Forests, birds, light, the separation of sky and earth
- TonatiuhAztec Gods · The sun, the fifth age, movement, the eagle
- UtuSumerian Gods · The sun, justice, the traveller's guide
- ShapashPhoenician Gods · The sun, the torch of the gods, sight
In the Vedic table the number 1 belongs to Lord Surya, through Sun.
The other Babylonian Gods gods
Frequently Asked Questions About Numerology
- How is Shamash linked to the number 1?
- Through the psychic number of Vedic numerology: the day of the month you were born, reduced to one digit. Each pantheon on this site assigns one god to each number from 1 to 9, and Shamash holds 1 in the Babylonian Gods table.
- Is this a traditional Babylonian Gods belief?
- No. The gods and their domains are traditional; pairing them with birth numbers is a modern numerological reading, and it is presented here as reflection rather than doctrine.
- What if my life path is different from my birth day number?
- They are two different numbers. This page follows the day of the month; the life path uses your whole date of birth and has its own pages under Numbers.