Modern Mysteries

Did Nostradamus' predictions for 2026 refer to the war in Iran?

By T.K. Randall
March 8, 2026 ·  21 comments

Image: Statue of Nostradamus
Credit: Clément Bardot / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) There are few people in history as well known for their predictions of the future as Michel de Nostredame (more commonly known as Nostradamus) - a man whose foretellings are regularly revisited in the hope of gleaning a hint of events that may still be to come.

Whether or not you happen to believe that any of his predictions have actually come to pass, there are still many who subscribe to the idea that a not-insignificant number of them genuinely do reference real events.

Perhaps the most significant of the seer's predictions believed to reference 2026 reads: "The great swarm of bees will arise... by night the ambush..."

Some believe that the "swarm of bees" may be a reference to drone warfare, and while it was previously suggested that this may have been about the war in Ukraine, this month's events have perhaps opened up the possibility that it could be referring to the war in Iran instead.

Then there's this prediction: "Seven months great war, people dead through evil / Rouen, Evreux the King will not fail."Could this suggest that the war in Iran will last for seven months ?

Could "the King" be a reference to a major political figure such as Trump, Putin or Netanyahu ?

Then there is this prediction: "When Mars rules his path among the stars, human blood will sprinkle the sanctuary. Three fires rise from the eastern sides, while the West loses its light in silence."

Again, it's difficult to know if this references the situation in the Middle-East, or if it in fact means nothing at all and that we are simply looking too hard to find some sort of meaning in it.

Like the other predictions attributed to Nostradamus, all of these are perhaps best taken with a big pinch of salt.

Source: Mail Online | Comments (21)

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