Michel de Nostredame was an esteemed physician, who became advisor to the French Kings Henry II (1519–1559) and Charles IX (1550–1574). Many have heard his name few really know anything about him.

This interpretation, however, points to general problems about Nostradamus. Of interest to readers of Bitter Winter, Nostradamus there also predicts widespread, religious persecution that would even compel the Vatican to “move to another place.” The first, incomplete edition, of Nostradamus’ prophecies (1555). The “maritime city” would be Odessa, Ukraine, taken by the Russians, and the “double dose of all disasters” (including a new outbreak of the “plague,” identified with COVID-19) is interpreted as World War III. Hunger, fire, blood, plague, and a double dose of all disasters.” Fain, feu, sang, peste, et de tous maux le double,” “Through the three brothers the world will get into trouble. We read in 8:17 that “Par les trois frères le monde mis en trouble. The “Prophecies” of Nostradamus are divided into “centuries,” and in the eighth one we find references to “three kings” and also to “three brothers.” That “brothers” and “kings” are the same is already a matter of interpretation. Of course, none of these characters is really a king. The publicity on Amazon for an old book on Nostradamus’ and other prophecies has been quickly updated to state that “The current and gathering crisis pitting the United States and the European Union against the Russian Federation over Ukraine may have rewound the doomsday clock and started it ticking out… That time is today.”īut did Nostradamus really predict that World War III is now at hand and will start in Ukraine? Those who answer yes point out to several predictions about devastating wars (yet to come) and a conflict between “three kings,” whom they identify in Putin, Biden, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (perhaps because the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is a “queen,” a woman).

Some may even find here an opportunity to make some money. Will the events in Ukraine trigger a World War III? Yes, some prophecy buffs tell us, based on predictions by Michel de Nostredame, the French astrologer still known today by the Latinized name of Nostradamus (1503–1566). A look at the “Nostradamologists.”īy Massimo Introvigne Nostradamus in a 19 th-century print. Some try to persuade us that the French 16 th-century astrologer predicted World War III and widespread religious persecution.

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