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On the source-webpage (bottom of the copy-pasted section) is a link to History Channel program, one hour and 30 minutes in length, regarding the following.

Decoding The Final predictions of Nostradamus: Doomsday 2012

Nostradamus 2012 , will mark in the history of Earth suggest forces like Armageddon

History Channel The world is coming to an end on December 21, 2012! The ancient Maya made this stunning prediction more than 2,000 years ago .The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012, which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mayan Long Count calendar.

Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae related to this date have been proposed, but none have been accepted by mainstream scholarship. We'll peel back the layers of mystery and examine in detail how the Maya calculated the exact date of doomsday.

Journey back to the ancient city of Chichen Itza, the hub of Maya civilization deep in the heart of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, to uncover the truth about this prophecy.. In The Prophecies Nostradamus have compiled his collection of major, long-term predictions. The first installment was published in 1555. The second, with 289 further prophetic verses, was printed in 1557. The third edition, with three hundred new quatrains, was reportedly printed in 1558, but now only survives as part of the omnibus edition that was published after his death in 1568. This version contains one unrhymed and 941 rhymed quatrains, grouped into nine sets of 100 and one of 42, called "Centuries".

Given printing practices at the time (which included type-setting from dictation), no two editions turned out to be identical, and it is relatively rare to find even two copies that are exactly the same. Certainly there is no warrant for assuming – as would-be "code-breakers" are prone to do – that either the spellings or the punctuation of any edition are Nostradamus' originals.

The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers--their calendar is more accurate than our own. By tracking the stars and planets they assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and made extraordinary predictions based on them--many of which have come true. Could their doomsday prophecy be one of them? In insightful interviews archaeologists, astrologers, and historians speculate on the meaning of the 2012 prophecy. Their answers are as intriguing as the questions.

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On the source-webpage (bottom of the copy-pasted section) is a link to History Channel program, one hour and 30 minutes in length, regarding the following.

Decoding The Final predictions of Nostradamus: Doomsday 2012

Nostradamus 2012 , will mark in the history of Earth suggest forces like Armageddon

History Channel The world is coming to an end on December 21, 2012! The ancient Maya made this stunning prediction more than 2,000 years ago .The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012, which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mayan Long Count calendar.

Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae related to this date have been proposed, but none have been accepted by mainstream scholarship. We'll peel back the layers of mystery and examine in detail how the Maya calculated the exact date of doomsday.

Journey back to the ancient city of Chichen Itza, the hub of Maya civilization deep in the heart of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, to uncover the truth about this prophecy.. In The Prophecies Nostradamus have compiled his collection of major, long-term predictions. The first installment was published in 1555. The second, with 289 further prophetic verses, was printed in 1557. The third edition, with three hundred new quatrains, was reportedly printed in 1558, but now only survives as part of the omnibus edition that was published after his death in 1568. This version contains one unrhymed and 941 rhymed quatrains, grouped into nine sets of 100 and one of 42, called "Centuries".

Given printing practices at the time (which included type-setting from dictation), no two editions turned out to be identical, and it is relatively rare to find even two copies that are exactly the same. Certainly there is no warrant for assuming – as would-be "code-breakers" are prone to do – that either the spellings or the punctuation of any edition are Nostradamus' originals.

Nostradamus does not mention December 21, 2012 directly. His quatrains are subjected to various justifications and interpretations post hoc in order to make the so-called predictions fit the actual events. Since the quatrains were written in Middle French, and because the original meanings were obscured by his word games, the modern English translations are so vague and replete with metaphor and allusion that you can conclude pretty much anything you want.

Little tid bit of fact : Nostradamus's quatrains reach out to ~3790 AD. So either the world does end in 2012 and Nostradamus' subsequent predictions are wrong, or Nostradamus' predictions after 2012 are correct, and the prediction about 2012 is wrong.

Like I often say, you can't have it both ways.

The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers--their calendar is more accurate than our own. By tracking the stars and planets they assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and made extraordinary predictions based on them--many of which have come true. Could their doomsday prophecy be one of them? In insightful interviews archaeologists, astrologers, and historians speculate on the meaning of the 2012 prophecy. Their answers are as intriguing as the questions.

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Contrary to popular understanding, the ancient Meso-Americans, be they Aztec or Maya or any other group, left no oral or written “prophecy” record about what would or could happen on or about the year 2012 other than a great age of 5125 years would end and another commence.

First of all : We know that this calendar is still being used by some cultures in the highlands of Guatemala! There are no reports of preparations for doomsday.

Secondly : The B’ak’tun date 13.0.0.0.0 is not the “end of the calendar” we’ve heard so much about. It is the end of a cycle of 144,000 days, or 394 solar years. It may or may not also be the end of a higher-order cycle. If one piktun is 13 baktuns, then the 2012 solstice is also the end of a cycle of 5125 years. If one piktun is 20 baktuns (as most scholars think) then the current cycle does not end in 2012. The calendar is mostly base-20, except in the second position, which clicks over to zero when it reaches 18.

Thirdly : Some Mayan inscriptions reference dates after 2012, since the Mayan Calendar also has four rarely used higher order cycles!

And last but not least, since when does a television program cares about anything else than ratings? If you think that a tv show constitutes a valid source of information, then you're quite mistaken.

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Nostradamus predicted the moon landings which I don't believe ever happened.

So that throws a monkey wrench into his predictions for me.

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Thirdly : Some Mayan inscriptions reference dates after 2012, since the Mayan Calendar also has four rarely used higher order cycles!

Let's not forget the dutch researchers who have determined that the long count calendar actually ends in 220 and not 2012.

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On the source-webpage (bottom of the copy-pasted section) is a link to History Channel program, one hour and 30 minutes in length, regarding the following.

Decoding The Final predictions of Nostradamus: Doomsday 2012

Nostradamus 2012 , will mark in the history of Earth suggest forces like Armageddon

History Channel The world is coming to an end on December 21, 2012! The ancient Maya made this stunning prediction more than 2,000 years ago .The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012, which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mayan Long Count calendar.

Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae related to this date have been proposed, but none have been accepted by mainstream scholarship. We'll peel back the layers of mystery and examine in detail how the Maya calculated the exact date of doomsday.

Journey back to the ancient city of Chichen Itza, the hub of Maya civilization deep in the heart of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, to uncover the truth about this prophecy.. In The Prophecies Nostradamus have compiled his collection of major, long-term predictions. The first installment was published in 1555. The second, with 289 further prophetic verses, was printed in 1557. The third edition, with three hundred new quatrains, was reportedly printed in 1558, but now only survives as part of the omnibus edition that was published after his death in 1568. This version contains one unrhymed and 941 rhymed quatrains, grouped into nine sets of 100 and one of 42, called "Centuries".

Given printing practices at the time (which included type-setting from dictation), no two editions turned out to be identical, and it is relatively rare to find even two copies that are exactly the same. Certainly there is no warrant for assuming – as would-be "code-breakers" are prone to do – that either the spellings or the punctuation of any edition are Nostradamus' originals.

The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers--their calendar is more accurate than our own. By tracking the stars and planets they assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and made extraordinary predictions based on them--many of which have come true. Could their doomsday prophecy be one of them? In insightful interviews archaeologists, astrologers, and historians speculate on the meaning of the 2012 prophecy. Their answers are as intriguing as the questions.

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I think you've been had. Nostradamus predicts WW3, WW4 and the end of the World in the 3600's.

Nostradamus did not predict Hitler or many of the other claims. His verses were written in Old French not modern French so the modern meaning of many words is wrong when translated.

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Nostradamus predicted the moon landings which I don't believe ever happened.

So that throws a monkey wrench into his predictions for me.

:D:lol::D

That's one of the funniest statements I've ever read! Oh, sweet irony...You couldn't invent it if you tried!

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So as not to be accused of trolling:

I've read most of his quatrains, in original (with additional help in English). I've poured over them, pondered,got more than one headache in the process, and I can tell you that much with confidence:

Anyone who claims to be able to correctly decipher his predicitions is either bragging or delusional.

First off, unless you are simultaneously 1. a historical expert of French & European history from Nostradamus's time onwards 2. An expert historical linguist (including French, Occitane, Latin & Italian) 3. an expert in French/Italian/European literature & culture of that time, you don't even have to bother.

And even then, most of his quatrains are just too obscure to be useful.

What I could gather is that most quatrains deal with the fate of France & the Church. Nostradamus was a stout nationalist & Catholic. His worries lay with the future of his beloved country. Most predictitons deal with local happenings, e.g. within France, neighbouring countries & Europe.

It's a common mistake to think that he made predictions about the whole planet. That is just not true. He sais so himself in his letter to his good king Henry. He demarcates exactly the geographical area of his predictions. Strictly Europe (of his time) only. There's one possible exception where he might mention the US, something about an eagle?..it's been a while...

Nostradamus' world was much smaller than ours. And I also think that most of his predictions were not too far off in the future from his point of view.

He does talk an awful lot about horrible pests, famines, destruction, fire and brimstone...But dating them as WWIII, IV or V is taking awful liberties.

Maybe he suffered from indigestion??

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He does talk an awful lot about horrible pests, famines, destruction, fire and brimstone...But dating them as WWIII, IV or V is taking awful liberties.

Maybe he suffered from indigestion??

Nostradamus used as his source, mainly biblical prophecies. This explains why his prophecies tend to the cataclysmic in nature.

Nostradamus believed in Judicial Astrology - that the cyclical positions of the stars/planets effected a cyclical efflux of events. So, he worked from the biblical prophecies to 'predict' similar events when planetary/stellar alignments would match with the assumed date of said biblical prophecy.

He also used other classical sources, but the bible was by far his primary source.

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Yes, that's correct. I personally do believe however, that he did see things when he was in his trance. But as to what exactly was the nature of his visions is a whole other theme.

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Nostradamus does not mention December 21, 2012 directly. ...

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Thirdly : Some Mayan inscriptions reference dates after 2012, since the Mayan Calendar also has four rarely used higher order cycles!

And last but not least, since when does a television program cares about anything else than ratings? If you think that a tv show constitutes a valid source of information, then you're quite mistaken.

The program would not have been aired if the management thought that it would not rate well enough.

Regarding, "Nostradamus does not mention December 21, 2012 directly": As I understand it, the producers simply used Nostradamus as a focus for advertising their program = "cashing in on the name". A lesson in how to gain publicity, -- valid or not, is not their worry. B)

Concerning, "If you think that a tv show constitutes a valid source of information..." they said that themselves, at the end of the program. :tu:

Just a few passing thoughts,

Karlis

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The program would not have been aired if the management thought that it would not rate well enough.

Regarding, "Nostradamus does not mention December 21, 2012 directly": As I understand it, the producers simply used Nostradamus as a focus for advertising their program = "cashing in on the name". A lesson in how to gain publicity, -- valid or not, is not their worry. B)

Concerning, "If you think that a tv show constitutes a valid source of information..." they said that themselves, at the end of the program. :tu:

Just a few passing thoughts,

Karlis

Well, if you know all this, I fail to see why you posted it in the first place? I mean it's hocum, not even worth the bandwidth.

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Well, if you know all this, I fail to see why you posted it in the first place? I mean it's hocum, not even worth the bandwidth.

It's an interesting and well-produced presentation imo.

Karlis

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Personally, I haven't seen a quatrain yet that could genuinely line up with history.

My personal favourite misinterpretations are "Hister" as "Hitler" and "Normans" as "North Americans".

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like most (if not all) prophecies, theyre all open to interpretation, from being so vague and not restricted to actual events.

and people only seem to notice the prophecies After they apparently happened, then people try to connect some dots here and there. but no prophecy seems to have any specifics. and if a prophecy didnt come true "oh, well it hasnt come to pass yet". BS.

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Nostradamus does NOT predict that the end of the world will occur in 2012. He makes predictions for things that will happen well past the year 3700 AD...so the world has to be here for that if he is to be believed. The Mayan prophecies do NOT predict the end of the world for 2012. They call for an end to a cycle...the way that Saturday ends a cycle we call a week, and Sunday begins a new cycle...or December 31 ends a yearly cycle, and January 1 begins a new cycle. The Mayan Calendar is ROUND, because it turns, and does not end. As once cycle ends, another begins. The alignment of the Earth/solar system with the galactic center will not destroy the world, as it has so aligned tens of thousands of times in the past, without being destroyed...so this time won't be any different. Christ will NOT return in 2012 to fulfill Bible prophecies of Armegeddon...because Bible prophecies say that no one-not even Christ-knows when he will return. Only The Father knows, and He has told no one. 2012 will no more end the world than did: 2000, 1988, 1968, 1925, 1888, etc, etc, etc. The End has been often predicted...but never fulfilled. If you waste time worrying about the end of the world, you deserve the misery you will give yourself, and you will feel like a real fool when the big day arrives, and nothing happens. End Of The World hoaxes are perpetrated by religious wackos, and by publishers of movies/books/magazines/newspapers...to gain power, and make a lot of money. Don't be a sucker all of your life.

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Not to worry folks don't rush out to buy generators just yet like the Y2K nuts. Your going to be standing in line like the other nuts wanting your money back when 2013 hits. Nothing is going happen the word is not going to end why cause a panic over nothing but a stupid belief based on nothing. You got nothing to worry about and nothing says the world is going to end but the people who have no idea how to just accept the facts.

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Slightly off the point;

Is it true that he predicted the date his tomb would be opened by being buried with a plaque with the date in Roman Numerals on it?

"The legend goes that had himself buried with a plaque engraved with a date and left a memento saying that whosoever held his skull would gain all the knowledge he had--then die. The legend goes on to say that during one of the wars his grave was discovered and dug up by three soldiers on the date written on the plaque. As one lifted up the skull, his companions said that his eyes opened wide, then he was shot through the head with a bullet."

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Nostradamus does NOT predict that the end of the world will occur in 2012. He makes predictions for things that will happen well past the year 3700 AD...so the world has to be here for that if he is to be believed. The Mayan prophecies do NOT predict the end of the world for 2012. They call for an end to a cycle...the way that Saturday ends a cycle we call a week, and Sunday begins a new cycle...or December 31 ends a yearly cycle, and January 1 begins a new cycle. The Mayan Calendar is ROUND, because it turns, and does not end. As once cycle ends, another begins. The alignment of the Earth/solar system with the galactic center will not destroy the world, as it has so aligned tens of thousands of times in the past, without being destroyed...so this time won't be any different. Christ will NOT return in 2012 to fulfill Bible prophecies of Armegeddon...because Bible prophecies say that no one-not even Christ-knows when he will return. Only The Father knows, and He has told no one. 2012 will no more end the world than did: 2000, 1988, 1968, 1925, 1888, etc, etc, etc. The End has been often predicted...but never fulfilled. If you waste time worrying about the end of the world, you deserve the misery you will give yourself, and you will feel like a real fool when the big day arrives, and nothing happens. End Of The World hoaxes are perpetrated by religious wackos, and by publishers of movies/books/magazines/newspapers...to gain power, and make a lot of money. Don't be a sucker all of your life.

Actually, the earth wont even cross that plane in 2012.

But, yeah, you seem to have the right idea here. Sadly, people arent listening.

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Nostradamus does NOT predict that the end of the world will occur in 2012. He makes predictions for things that will happen well past the year 3700 AD...so the world has to be here for that if he is to be believed. The Mayan prophecies do NOT predict the end of the world for 2012. They call for an end to a cycle...the way that Saturday ends a cycle we call a week, and Sunday begins a new cycle...or December 31 ends a yearly cycle, and January 1 begins a new cycle. The Mayan Calendar is ROUND, because it turns, and does not end. As once cycle ends, another begins. The alignment of the Earth/solar system with the galactic center will not destroy the world, as it has so aligned tens of thousands of times in the past, without being destroyed...so this time won't be any different. Christ will NOT return in 2012 to fulfill Bible prophecies of Armegeddon...because Bible prophecies say that no one-not even Christ-knows when he will return. Only The Father knows, and He has told no one. 2012 will no more end the world than did: 2000, 1988, 1968, 1925, 1888, etc, etc, etc. The End has been often predicted...but never fulfilled. If you waste time worrying about the end of the world, you deserve the misery you will give yourself, and you will feel like a real fool when the big day arrives, and nothing happens. End Of The World hoaxes are perpetrated by religious wackos, and by publishers of movies/books/magazines/newspapers...to gain power, and make a lot of money. Don't be a sucker all of your life.

wow well said unless someone here can prove it wrong i will believe this it actually makes sense

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On the source-webpage (bottom of the copy-pasted section) is a link to History Channel program, one hour and 30 minutes in length, regarding the following.

Decoding The Final predictions of Nostradamus: Doomsday 2012

Nostradamus 2012 , will mark in the history of Earth suggest forces like Armageddon

History Channel The world is coming to an end on December 21, 2012! The ancient Maya made this stunning prediction more than 2,000 years ago .The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012, which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mayan Long Count calendar.

Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae related to this date have been proposed, but none have been accepted by mainstream scholarship. We'll peel back the layers of mystery and examine in detail how the Maya calculated the exact date of doomsday.

Journey back to the ancient city of Chichen Itza, the hub of Maya civilization deep in the heart of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, to uncover the truth about this prophecy.. In The Prophecies Nostradamus have compiled his collection of major, long-term predictions. The first installment was published in 1555. The second, with 289 further prophetic verses, was printed in 1557. The third edition, with three hundred new quatrains, was reportedly printed in 1558, but now only survives as part of the omnibus edition that was published after his death in 1568. This version contains one unrhymed and 941 rhymed quatrains, grouped into nine sets of 100 and one of 42, called "Centuries".

Given printing practices at the time (which included type-setting from dictation), no two editions turned out to be identical, and it is relatively rare to find even two copies that are exactly the same. Certainly there is no warrant for assuming – as would-be "code-breakers" are prone to do – that either the spellings or the punctuation of any edition are Nostradamus' originals.

The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers--their calendar is more accurate than our own. By tracking the stars and planets they assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and made extraordinary predictions based on them--many of which have come true. Could their doomsday prophecy be one of them? In insightful interviews archaeologists, astrologers, and historians speculate on the meaning of the 2012 prophecy. Their answers are as intriguing as the questions.

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Well there have been other people to have predicted this such as Michelangelo predicted it to be in 1953 so Nostradamus could be wrong as well as the million of other people who have been wrong also Nostradamus has been wrong before by predicting all of europe being conqured by Germany.

http://books.google.com/books?id=S3b8_tvnQ_sC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=Nostradamus+doom+date&source=bl&ots=nh-AfR5d_v&sig=7Ki8stfrFhkGbL7nbG5QxZ60JD4&hl=en&ei=0YliTcy2JoKClAeE4pm0BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Nostradamus%20doom%20date&f=false

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i find it strangely amusing that people spend so much time worrying about when the world will end, but don't bother to live the lives they have right now to the fullest. what does it really matter when it will end? today is all you really have, right now is all you really have.

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From what I've read in books, Nostradamus predicted that the world would end in 1999/2000. Keep eating the crap, people. It doesn't taste right, and it smells wrong.

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i find it strangely amusing that people spend so much time worrying about when the world will end, but don't bother to live the lives they have right now to the fullest. what does it really matter when it will end? today is all you really have, right now is all you really have.

you are soooo right jgirl

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For those who know the Bible, it clearly stated that no one knows when the world will end[paraphrasing there]. So not even Nostradamus would know when the end would occur. I do believe Nostradamus had prophetic gifts because he has so often predicted certain events with alarming accuracy. Skeptics will point out his numerous erroneous prophecies and I will admit that he has been wrong on several occasions. There is a theory that Nostradamus was giving several predictions throughout the course of human history that were alternative futures and not one set in stone. In other words, he was giving different outcomes based on what choices we people make in our history that changes it. This is yet another subject in which you either believe it or you don't. If it is true, it's interesting to consider how many things Nostradamus got right. If you don't believe in Nostradamus, you have to admit it is a good story for myth and legend.

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For those who know the Bible, it clearly stated that no one knows when the world will end[paraphrasing there]. So not even Nostradamus would know when the end would occur. I do believe Nostradamus had prophetic gifts because he has so often predicted certain events with alarming accuracy. Skeptics will point out his numerous erroneous prophecies and I will admit that he has been wrong on several occasions. There is a theory that Nostradamus was giving several predictions throughout the course of human history that were alternative futures and not one set in stone. In other words, he was giving different outcomes based on what choices we people make in our history that changes it. This is yet another subject in which you either believe it or you don't. If it is true, it's interesting to consider how many things Nostradamus got right. If you don't believe in Nostradamus, you have to admit it is a good story for myth and legend.

For those who follow the Bible, the world will not end until after 1000 years of peace. Worrying about something that won't happen in our lifetime is useless.

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