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Nostradamus was a French physician and astrologer who lived in the 16th century.
According to his followers, he predicted a lot of things that have actually happened in the last few centuries; including the French Revolution, Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and 9/11.
There is even evidence of him predicting Trump’s presidential win, whom he referred to as “the great shameless, audacious bawler”.
His book Les Propheties (The Prophecies), contained one thousand French quatrains (a poem with four lines). The book contained prophecies for the next ten centuries.
Here are 10 of those which some claim were predicted in his book.
1: 9/11 Attacks
2: The French Revolution
3: Hitler and World War II
4: Princess Diana’s Death
5: Atomic Bomb
6: The moon landing
‘He will come to travel to the corner of Luna’, this quatrain is a prediction of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon mission which was led by Neil Armstrong, with Luna referring to the moon. ‘The unripe fruits to be subject of great scandal/ Great blame, to one, great praise’, these two lines refer to the rivalry between Mission Commander and first man on the moon Neil Amstrong, and Buzz Aldrin who was the second man on the moon. Aldrin’s resentment at not being the first man on the moon led to actions that later disgraced him in the eyes of his peers.
7: Death of the Kennedy Brothers
8: The London Fire
This fire saw the end of this plague in London. According to sources, the fire lasted for five days and destroyed more than 13 000 homes and 87 churches.
9: The Death of King Henry the II
In the year 1559 Nostradamus warned King Henry the II about his impending doom, cautioning him against participating in any violent jousting. Needless to say the king ignored the seer’s warnings, partaking in a contest with Comte Montgomery (six years his junior) which resulted in his death.
Toward the end of the fight Montgomery’s lance got shattered and one of its pieces pierced the king’s temple, while the other tore through his eye. Unfortunately, Henry II only died 10 days later, after suffering great pain, meaning that he really die ‘a cruel death’.
10: The Rise of Napoleon
(source: howtolucid.com/nostradamus-predictions)
According to his followers, he predicted a lot of things that have actually happened in the last few centuries; including the French Revolution, Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and 9/11.
There is even evidence of him predicting Trump’s presidential win, whom he referred to as “the great shameless, audacious bawler”.
His book Les Propheties (The Prophecies), contained one thousand French quatrains (a poem with four lines). The book contained prophecies for the next ten centuries.
Here are 10 of those which some claim were predicted in his book.
1: 9/11 Attacks
'New city' refers to New York. The ‘two great rocks’ referring to the war between the United States of America and terrorism from the East. The ‘volcanic fire from the center of the earth’ is a reference to the Twin Towers burning to the ground. Of course the dates were a bit off because he predicted that the events would occur in the year 1999, of which they only occurred two years later.
2: The French Revolution
These are just two of the many quatrains that were believed to refer to the French Revolution, and it’s interesting to note the vividness with which Nostradamus describes the revolution years before it occurred. In the quatrains he speaks of the storming of the Bastille prison which was located in the Seine River, and was a site for criminal execution. This site marked the end of the guillotine and the beginning of the Revolution.
3: Hitler and World War II
Just as Nostradamus had predicted, Hitler was a leader born of poor people and he often gave moving speeches that convinced many to pledge their allegiance to him. ‘His fame will increase towards the realm of the East’ refers to Hitler’s favourable alliance with Japan, and the iron cage is said to refer to the tanks which Hitler used during the war. These are some of Nostradamus’ most famous and impressive predictions to date.
4: Princess Diana’s Death
‘The penultimate of the surname of the Prophet’ is believed to refer to the name Mohammad, which is symbolic of Arabic descent, just like Dodi Al-Fayed, Diana’s boyfriend even though that was not his surname. ‘His day of rest’ has a double meaning. On the one hand it is believed to refer to Sunday, the day when Diana and Dodi died, as well as indicating the fact that on that day Diana was taken to her final ‘rest’.
5: Atomic Bomb
In the year 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb on the two Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, devastating the lives of millions of its people. ‘People put out by steel’ obviously refers to the atomic bomb, and ‘crying to the great immortal God for relief’ indicates the grief experienced by the Japanese people after the event.
6: The moon landing
‘He will come to travel to the corner of Luna’, this quatrain is a prediction of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon mission which was led by Neil Armstrong, with Luna referring to the moon. ‘The unripe fruits to be subject of great scandal/ Great blame, to one, great praise’, these two lines refer to the rivalry between Mission Commander and first man on the moon Neil Amstrong, and Buzz Aldrin who was the second man on the moon. Aldrin’s resentment at not being the first man on the moon led to actions that later disgraced him in the eyes of his peers.
7: Death of the Kennedy Brothers
U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by gunshot (thunderbolt) in 1963 during noon time, whereas his brother Robert Kennedy was shot five years later at 1am (another falls at nigh time). The same year J. F. Kennedy was shot (1963) student riots broke out in London and Paris and the city of Florence experienced great flood in 1968, which is the same year when Robert Kennedy was shot. These events led locals to fear that a perceived plague would hit the city.
8: The London Fire
Here, Nostradamus successfully predicted the actual year of the Great London Fire which occurred in 1666. As he had predicted ‘the blood of the just will be demanded’, six people died during that fire, as well as thousands of mice and rats who had carried the Black Death Plague which had killed many in Europe.
This fire saw the end of this plague in London. According to sources, the fire lasted for five days and destroyed more than 13 000 homes and 87 churches.
9: The Death of King Henry the II
In the year 1559 Nostradamus warned King Henry the II about his impending doom, cautioning him against participating in any violent jousting. Needless to say the king ignored the seer’s warnings, partaking in a contest with Comte Montgomery (six years his junior) which resulted in his death.
Toward the end of the fight Montgomery’s lance got shattered and one of its pieces pierced the king’s temple, while the other tore through his eye. Unfortunately, Henry II only died 10 days later, after suffering great pain, meaning that he really die ‘a cruel death’.
10: The Rise of Napoleon
In this prophecy, Notradamus predicted Napoleon’s rise to eminence with the line ‘more fire than blood’ referring to his fervent conquest of power. When you unscramble the letter ‘PAU NAY LORON’ you get Napoleon Bonaparte or Napoleon Roy. Therefore, he successfully predicted Napoleon’s rise to power and his eventual influence.
(source: howtolucid.com/nostradamus-predictions)
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