Oddly enough, Nostradamus enjoyed a good relationship with the Roman Catholic Church. It is believed he never faced prosecution for heresy by the Inquisition because he didn't extend his writings to the practice of magic. Nostradamus ran into some controversy with his predictions, as some thought he was a servant of the devil, and others said he was fake or insane. However, many more believed the prophecies were spiritually inspired.
He became famous and in demand by many of Europe's elite. After reading his almanacs of , where he hinted at unnamed threats to her family, she summoned him to Paris to explain and draw up horoscopes for her children. In , while serving in this capacity Nostradamus also explained another prophecy from Centuries I , which was assumed to refer to King Henri. The prophecy told of a "young lion" who would overcome an older one on the field of battle.
The young lion would pierce the eye of the older one and he would die a cruel death. Nostradamus warned the king he should avoid ceremonial jousting.
Three years later, when King Henri was 41 years old, he died in a jousting match when a lance from this opponent pierced the king's visor and entered his head behind the eye deep into his brain. He held on to life for 10 agonizing days before finally dying of infection. Nostradamus claimed to base his published predictions on judicial astrology—the art of forecasting future events by calculation of the planets and stellar bodies in relationship to the earth.
His sources include passages from classical historians like Plutarch as well as medieval chroniclers from whom he seems to have borrowed liberally. In fact, many scholars believe he paraphrased ancient end-of-the-world prophecies mainly from the Bible and then through astrological readings of the past, projected these events into the future.
There's also evidence not everyone was enamored with Nostradamus' predictions. He was criticized by professional astrologers of the day for incompetence and assuming that comparative horoscopy the comparison of future planetary configurations with those accompanying known past events could predict the future.
Nostradamus suffered from gout and arthritis for much of his adult life. In the last years of his life, the condition turned into edema or dropsy, where abnormal amounts of fluid accumulate beneath the skin or within cavities of the body. Without treatment, the condition resulted in congestive heart failure. In late June of , Nostradamus asked to see his lawyer to draw up an extensive will, leaving much of his estate to his wife and children.
On the evening of July 1, he is alleged to have told his secretary Jean de Chavigny, "You will not fine me alive at sunrise. Most of the quatrains Nostradamus composed during his life dealt with disasters such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods, invasions murders, droughts, and battles.
Nostradamus enthusiasts have credited him with predicting numerous events in world history including the French Revolution , the rise of Napoleon and Hitler , the development of the atomic bomb and the September 11, , terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Nostradamus's popularity seems to be due in part to the fact that the vagueness of his writings and their lack of specific dates make it easy to selectively quote them after any major dramatic events and retrospectively claim them as true.
Some scholars believe he was not writing to be a prophet, but writing to comment on events of his time and the people in it. Whatever his method or intentions, Nostradamus' timeless predictions continue to make him popular to those seeking answers to life's more difficult questions. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! The passage reads: "The young lion will overcome the older one, "in a field of combat in single fight: "He will pierce his eyes in their golden cage; "two wounds in one, then he dies a cruel death.
The Great Fire of London On September 2, , a fire broke out in central London that grew to consume entire swathes of the medieval city. The astrologer wrote: "The blood of the just will commit a fault at London, "Burnt through lightning of twenty threes the six: "The ancient lady will fall from her high place, "Several of the same sect will be killed. Nostradamus predictions for Do you believe Nostradamus could see the future?
The assassination of president John F. Perhaps the most bizarre, however, is the claim Nostradamus knew this would happen. Did Nostradamus make any predictions about ? There are many Nostradamus prediction people believe are still waiting to unfold. In Century 8, Quatrain 59, he wrote: "Twice put up and twice cast down, "the East will also weaken the West. The French mystic wrote: "The newly made one will lead the army, "Almost cut off up to near the bank: "Help from the Milanais elite straining, "The Duke deprived of his eyes in Milan in an iron cage.
Instead, his writings have been linked to events after they have happened. Mr Dunning said: "Nostradamus' writings are exploited in a number of fallacious ways.
End of the world: Dire claim coronavirus is only tip of the iceberg Baba Vanga Did the 'Balkan Nostradamus' predict coronavirus? Conspiracy theories World War 3. The fact that he wrote in enigmatic poems, or quatrains, means that his words can be endlessly reinterpreted to fit historical events. This makes trying to assess his 'accuracy' a notoriously tricky thing to do.
But what if we really squint and give him the benefit of the doubt? Did Nostradamus get anything right? Unfortunately, Henry actually turned out to be very vincible indeed, and came to a horribly painful end aged just A slow and painful death from sepsis followed, and many believe it was foretold by Nostradamus. The quatrain in question tells us 'the young lion will overcome the older one', that he will 'pierce his eyes through a golden cage', and that 'two wounds' will ensure a 'cruel death'.
Although critics have pointed out the quatrain also says the killing occurs 'on the field of combat in a single battle', while Henry was accidentally slain during a playful joust. As ever with Nostradamus, ambiguities make it hard to be definitive. The Great Fire was set off by a flame in a bakery, not by 'lightning', and what does the 'ancient lady' signify? Perhaps London itself?
Nostradamus has been credited with quite a few 20th Century predictions, and the rise of Adolf Hitler is often cited as one of them. And, to be fair, his writings do provoke a slight chill of recognition.
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