Nostradamus and the Year 2012
Nostradamus 2012
“After a great misery for mankind, an even greater approaches. The great cycle of the centuries renewed, it will rain blood, milk, famine, war, disease. In the sky will be seen a great fire dragging a trail of sparks.”
Did Nostradamus predict the end of mankind – doomsday – to coincide with the end of the Mayan long count calendar on December 21st, 2012? One of Nostradamus’ many, many predictions seems to indicate a giant catastrophe as the result of a comet or meteor at the time of the renewal of a great cycle of the centuries. With the following information, you will be better equipped to decide for yourself.
Nostradamus does indeed speak of some sort of horrible disaster. He claims that following a “great misery for mankind, an even greater approaches.” The problem with this statement by itself is that it is both ambiguous and relative. I realize that prophecies are not an exact science and I don’t mean to debunk anything merely on its inability to be crystal clear about the future 1500 years in advance. However, no one can pin this part of the prophecy down. Furthermore, there is no way to quantify either “great misery” or “greater misery.”
It is when Nostradamus speaks of “the great cycle of centuries renewed” that the Mayan long count theorist do gain some credence. The descriptive term Nostradamus uses could clearly and appropriately be used to describe the culmination of the long count calendar. Nonetheless, I must point out that this exact same prophecy was widely used to point towards the Y2K disaster scenario that never happened. I am not claiming that Nostradamus is not referring to December 21st, 2012, I am just pointing out that there could be other explanations.
Finally, Nostradamus says, “In the sky will be seen a great fire dragging a trail of sparks.” I must say that a comet or meteor could clearly be described in this way, but so could a missile launch. To say definitively that Nostradamus predicts a calamity due to a comet or meteor in this passage is assuming too much. I personally think it makes a great deal of sense, but I can’t claim this as a fact.
So does Nostradamus claim that a comet or meteor will cause greater misery to mankind on December 21st, 2012? It is understandable why so many people have drawn that exact conclusion, but ultimately you must weigh the information for yourself.
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Hi just another thought,
Maybe Yellowstone volcano will erupt (long over due)
You know the biggest and most obvious problem with old Nos. is that his so-called “prophesies” are ridiculously non-specific. Sure, flip a coin, he could very well be talking about 2012…then again he could have been talking about WW1, WW2, thousands of years in the future, today, tomorrow?? He doesn’t say. It’s just completely non-specific, and therefore there is no justifiable reason to link this jumble of words with 2012.
Yes, I agree. That is why there are so many situations that could fit… or not.
If ur going to try to sound intelligent, u should probably at least be able to spell “prophecies” correctly. Idiot
Jay, you may have stayed up too late or gotten up too early.
That is an alternate spelling. Note that “prophesies” is in quotes. That means the word was “quoted” and, therefore, not an opinion.
-the fire in the sky dragging a trail of sparks
is either -APOPHUS, expected to closely pass the earth with a danger of possible impact in 2028 and again in 2036 .. the russians have asked the u.s for colaberation with diverting it … in the meier predictions /prophecies [which the russians and c.i.a read] its fortold that if its not diverted it will hit the earth and crack the earths crust at the black sea.. nostrodamus also has quatrains that link in .
So you can tell us what Nostradamus meant? That;s great because even he didn’t know.
How do you know what the CIA and the “Russians” read?
This comment is classic! Thanks!
nostrodamus like the other great seers spoke of this period as a time of great renewal.. great destruction as the “great cycle of the centurys brings renewal”-[galactic revolution/allignment]
nostrodamus understood the effects of the firmaments on all life and new the great cycle of the centurys culminating in our planet entering the golden radiation of the central sun and the revolutionary effects it would have on us.. as is increasingly more evident by the revlutionary spirit gripping the world. and though some nations try and take advantage of these effects abroad, ultimatly they will have to deal with these great effects and transformations on their own shores.
It sounds to me strongly as if he is talking about what is happening soon.
Great misery for mankind – japan?
An even greater one approaches- comet elenin? YU55?
The great cycle of centuries renewed – mayan calender?
famine – famine has now been declared in somalia?
War – afghanisan and iraq?
But the most compelling thing to me is i’ve been a firm believer in comet elenin. Which is due to cross our path very soon this year in november. It is predicted to fly pass the earth , and the earth will cross over into elenins trail. So keep that in mind when you read the last sentance.
In the sky will be seen a great fire dragging a trail of sparks.”
Show me credible proof of Elenin. If you say the phrases “astral projection,” “alien esp,” or “Harold Camping,” you will be banned.
Elenin is short for Eleven Nine or Novemeber 9th 2011 when it is supposed to pass between the earth and the Moom. It passed by on 11-09-2011 and is now gone. All is well.
I Armagon say You are Wrong…Leonid Elenin Discovered this Comet…That’s why it is named Elenin…Nothing but the Fact’s…Now the Funny thing about this Comet is that if you Wiki the name Leonid it means: “Meteor Shower”…If You breakdown the Name Elenin and Wiki “ELE” it means “Mass Extinction Event”…Than Wiki “NIN” you get “Person or People”…Put it all together now and you got “Meteor Shower Mass Extinction Event of People…I promise I will never Lie to You…
thats dumb. Leonid is a particular meteor shower that regularly hits earth anyway, its too small to make an effect, ELE is an acronym, although it does stand for Extinction-Level Event, and NIN is just a band.
He says “great misery for mankind, an even greater approaches.” which means the tsunami in Japan will cause Japan to start sinking and the final sink will create a tsunami so large that it will wipe out most of western America’s.
A great fire dragging sparks in the sky? hmm sounds like a dwarf planet that comes back into our solar system and has orbiting planets around it?
yeah you may think i’m crazy, but i’ve seen this in my dreams.
maybe this is true 15 june 2011 it will hit the borneo and philippines
if you actually read Nostradamus, he makes predictions…there is nothing specific about 2012 anywhere. And while he may speak in puns and riddles and rebus’ and all, I have seen the original text and spoken with a leading expert in France…
Please guys get a grip if its going to happen we all die anyway lets have a big party. If nothing happens then you just have a head ache in the morning. .
where it says ‘rain blood’ do you think it means figuratively relating to the wars etc, or literally? i heard about a phenomenom where it can rain red. they said possible causes are sunspots, algae.. or as in the last case in Kerala, dust from meteorites.. maybe a connection to the ‘great fire dragging a trail of sparks’ ??
Hi Cole,
I am not sure. Those are both very good suggestions though. I had always assumed figuratively, but no one can say for sure – not even Nostradamus!
Hi John
I am not saying that for certain – only that it does make some kind of sense.
It “fits.”