Wouldn’t you like to know what the future holds or what significant events are to come? Just so you’re ready for them. We have fortune tellers and psychics who claim they get images of what the future will be like.
Back in the mid-1500’s there was a French pharmacist turned ‘seer’ who made predictions for various calamities that would unfold in the centuries to come. Michel de Nostredame, latinized Nostradamus, wrote his first almanac of predictions in 1550 and 1551, along with annual calenders. In these two years he made about 6,338 prophecies. His most famous publication that he wrote in 1955 and which is still printed even today is ‘Les Propheties’ or The Prophecies.
The followers of Nostradamus believe that he has predicted major world calamities over the centuries. As to how accurate they really are, it depends on how they are interpreted by the reader. Many scholars feel that the vague predictions can be mistranslated to associate them to any calamity a person wants, linking them to events taking place just to prove that his prophecies hold some truth.
Some believe that many of his predictions have come true, the belief is that his other predictions for the future are not far off in becoming a reality.
We’ll let you be the judge of that. Take a look at some of the prophecies that Nostradamus made:
1. Napoleon – An Emperor Shall be born near Italy. Who shall cost the Empire dear. They shall say, with what people he keeps company, he shall be found less a Prince than a butcher
In the raising of his Empire, Napoleon showed no mercy to a friend or foe. He was relentless towards his works and his enemy that he slaughtered in his wake. Many of his supporters thought of him as a butcher rather than a leader.
2. Adolph Hitler – He shall come to tyrannize the land. He shall raise up a hatred that had long been dormant. The child of Germany observes no law. It was all cries, tears, fire, blood, and battle.
This particular prediction brings only one man to mind, Adolph Hitler. His animosity against the Jews reopened a hostility that existed back in the days of Ramesses the Great. Hitler’s desire to take over the world resulted in what the prediction says, that Germany would observe no law, and there would be cries, tears, fire, and blood.
3. Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Near the gates and within two cities, there will be scourges the like of which was never seen
The atomic bomb that was dropped on the cities of Japan was a sight no one had seen before. The devastation was unthinkable, yet a man in the 1500s predicted such a calamity.
4. 9/11 – Earthshaking fire from the center of the Earth will cause tremors around the New City. Two great rocks will war for a long time
Many believe that this particular prediction was the foretelling of 9/11. Earthshaking from the twin towers collapsing which was caused by the two great rocks (airplanes) in the New City which seems to fit with New York City. Something to think about.
5. French Revolution – Songs, chants, and demands will come from the enslaved held captive by the nobility in their prison
The French Revolution that took place in 1789 was about the a revolt against the aristocrats of France. Bastille Fort, which was used as a prison at the time, was stormed as a symbolic show of how the people of France no longer wanted their monarch to rule.
6. Louis Pasteur – Lost, found, hidden for so long a time, the pastor will be honored as a demigod
Louis Pasteur was one of the three founders of microbiology. Through his breakthroughs in germ research, he was able to create a vaccine for rabies and anthrax. Louis was also the biologist that introduced the process of pasteurization to stop milk from making people sick. People of that time did see him as a demigod
7. World War III – The sky will burn at 45 degrees, fire approaches the great new city. By fire he will destroy their city. A cold and cruel heart, blood will pour, mercy to none.
The closest new city that lies at 45 degrees latitude is New York. If at any time this city were to be destroyed in such a manner it is fairly safe to say that the US would wage war, which would in reality lead to WWIII. Yikes!!
8. The Great Earthquake – The sloping park great calamity, through the lands of the West and Lombardy
The lands of the west takes us to North America and when we refer to sloping park and great calamity,it is relatively safe to say we are talking about a massive earthquake. Keeping along this line of logic one would believe this disaster would strike the state of California considering all the seismic activity there. It is known for its earthquakes.
9. Nuclear War – The deep entry made by the great queen, will render the place powerful and inaccessible, the army of the three lions will be defeated
Some believe that this is a prediction of war between Pakistan and India. The three lions are associated with India since the emblem of India is of three lions standing back to back in a circle. According to the prediction, the army of three lions will lose. Something to ponder on.
So what do you think? Could Nostradamus predict the future?
