OK, you want to know about Planet X, aka Nibiru, which according to the graphic above is the 12th planet of our Solar System (I think the inclusion of the Sun and the Moon has something to do with the Sumerian way of looking at things - Sumerian writings being central to this theory - but I'm not really sure).

All this depends on the existence of a planet far beyond Pluto with an unusual orbit, the influence of which would serve to explain slight deviations in the orbits of Neptune and Uranus.   So far so good, and in 1983 it was reported - but were the readings ever reconfirmed? - that NASA had discovered a large object which might indeed fit that description, although they did not know whether it was a protostar, a comet, or whatever.  The believers claim that its highly elliptical orbit means that it is mostly billions of miles away from us, but every 3600 years comes fairly near to Earth.

That is the last plausible thing you are going to read here, for the New Agers and mystics have seized on the concept of Planet X and have constructed legends around it, inspired by some ancient Sumerian myths.   Here is some of what is genuinely believed by these people - and if you think I've been reading a harmless fantasy or two rather than any genuine beliefs then have a look at some of these:

• http://www.2012.com.au/unlimited.html
• http://www.davidicke.com/
• http://www.apollonius.net/nibiru.html
• http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa021102a.htm

Or rather don't, for life's too short; I'll give you the lowdown instead.   Most of this is based on the ramblings of Zecharia Sitchin, who examined some Sumerian texts and built an entire theory round them which has a depressing feel of Erich Von Daniken to it.   Here goes:

Nibiru is inhabited by a race of 10-20ft humanoids called the Annunaki, who are also reptilian (No-one is quite clear as to how a planet in the frozen depths of space could possibly sustain giant humanoid iguanas, nor for that matter how anything can be at once humanoid and reptilian, but I suppose I'm just being picky...).   The Annunaki live for hundreds of thousands of years, and came to Earth 184,000 years ago to do a bit of gene-splicing with the local girls.   And so Cro-Magnon man was created, and other hominids doomed.  The good old Annunaki have returned every 3600 years, and are due to return again soon.

So if, next May, a tall green stranger lands in your garden and starts plucking flies out of the air with his tongue, then for goodness sake keep your daughters out of sight.   These guys may still have a taste for genetic interventions, and you can never be too careful.

Obviously this has all been covered up by shadowy bodies like the Vatican Secret Service (I'm not making this up) but I won't bore you with too much of this guff.  All I'll say is that the Annunaki supposedly created a race of superbeings to rule the planet, and that this reptilian ruling class is still with us today under the guise of democratic leaders.   Yes, every American President has been a reptile, and they're all related to one another.  You think I've been looking at some joke site, or the instructions for a fantasy game?   Check this out:

http://www.davidicke.com/icke/temp/reptconn.html

David Icke is deadly serious about this.  

And that's it.   I'm not going to waste any more of my time on this, so I'll just say what I make of it all: I can only surmise that delusional psychoses are far more widespread than people imagine.   I'll also return to my original thought:  that David Icke and his friends are considered competent to sit on juries, stand for public office etc.   Oh dear.

And that's why I don't try to predict too much.  In fact the only worldly prediction I'll make for the next 20 years is this:

Things won't change as much as people now imagine they will

Unless, of course, the Annunaki come merrily a-gene-splicing...