Nostradamus Predictions for the Future
Nostradamus Predictions
The infamous Nostradamus was a renowned French doctor and remarkable astrologer. Born in 1503 in Saint Remi, he has become quite popular 500 years later for the simple predictions he made. Many people believe in his forecast; however, there are others who deem this as just a bunch of hocus pocus. Nostradamus predictions for the future have been used in a variety of ways, including propaganda “Nostradamus leaflets” during the Second World War by German and allied pilots.
Amongst many other predictions Nostradamus forecast the apocalypse on December 21st 2012, which has been quite shocking for people around the world. This is due to the countless number of prophecies found in the Nostradamus writings. In one of Nostradamus’ major work of predictions, known as “The Centuries”, he predicted the rise and demise of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime and Mussolini. The French doctor and astrologist made the prediction about the apocalypse in the year 2012 based on an astrological alignment of the earth. This would eventually precipitate a cataclysmic event. Furthermore, he foretold many natural disasters that would occur in the future that reveals the end of the world, such as massive comic collision, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and environmental issues. However, many people do question the logic of Nostradamus.
Nostradamus claimed that his prophecies were based on a combination of astrological study and divine inspiration. Since his predictions are based as a result of random chance and creative interpretation, this has led to many skeptics against Nostradamus. There has been no scientific proof to validate Nostradamus’ predictions. Moreover, since most of his writings are rather vague it is not right to directly relate them to the disaster or even that takes place. Nostradamus has predicted many disasters in the previous years, including asteroids hitting the earth in the year 1999 and 2000. In addition, Nostradamus foretold another failed prediction of global disaster with war and famine in the year 2000. Obviously, since these predictions have not come true, many doubt Nostradamus’ writings.
If Nostradamus’ predictions for the future were reliable, shouldn’t the world be preparing for the end of life on December 21st 2012? Moreover, if he had predicted disasters such as the destruction of the World Trade Center’s 500 years ago, why was it not prevented? There is no evidence yet of the world ending on December 21st 2012. It is always best to prepare for the worst, but it not logical to follow Nostradamus’ prediction strictly. This will only create arguments and distress. Let us just hope that Nostradamus’ predictions for the future are just prophecies and live happily.
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Quite interesting post about the biggest obsession of mankind at this point i.e end of the world. I haven’t read the exact excerpts of Nostradamus’ predictions but I had a detailed discussion with one of my professors a while back. What I was told by him is that his predictions, while very closely resembling the actual events, were still quite vague and it is/was hard to make out the exact meaning. The events of 2012 will be a true test of the legitimacy of his predictions.