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  1. Nov 9, 2009 · Nostradamus was a French astrologer and physician whose mysterious books of prophecies and predictions earned him fame and a loyal—and controversial—following during the 1500s.

  2. Dec 25, 2023 · For 2024, some alleged predictions include a great naval battle, possibly war with China, the dethroning of King Charles III, the rise of a new pope, and — a Nostradamus favorite — more famine and weather disasters. In fact, Nostradamus thoughtfully left predictions for the world that evidently extend well into the 38th century. And while ...

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    e. Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566 [1]), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, [a] was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 [b] poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.

  4. Nostradamus was a 16th-century seer. He and his propheciesrevered by some, ridiculed by others—are still well known today, centuries after he lived, and continue to be the subject of debate. Nostradamus was born in France in 1503.

  5. ‘The dry earth will grow more parched,’ he predicts in one quatrain, ‘and there will be great floods’. Elsewhere, he warns of ‘Very great famine through pestiferous wave’, the latter phrase potentially referring to tsunamis destroying agriculture and allowing disease and starvation to take hold.

  6. Nostradamus became famous in his own lifetime for publishing a long series of prophecies which continue to mystify, intrigue and (frankly) exasperate us to this day. The fact that he wrote in enigmatic poems, or quatrains, means that his words can be endlessly reinterpreted to fit historical events.

  7. Aug 24, 2024 · Nostradamus, French astrologer and physician, the most widely read seer of the Renaissance. Because of their cryptic style and content, his prophecies continue to create much controversy. Some of them are thought by believers to have foretold actual historical events that occurred since Nostradamus’s time.