The Half-Pig Elder
This quatrain also relates to the past. It concerns France surrendering to Germany during World War II. I see that the half-pig symbolizes Nazism for him. He says that they behaved like pigs. The young man belongs to the noble…
NOSTRADAMUS
THE LOST PROPHECIES
NOSTRADAMUS
THE LOST PROPHECIES
Centuria III
Sixty-two quatrains of the third centuria — stars, cycles and destinies, the astrologer’s centuria, read by The Master.
The New Philosophers
This quatrain relates to what we would call “New Age philosophy.” A very well-known man in the metaphysical or New Age movement was born in Germany. This man was the leader of a whole new movement that will lead us…
The Wrongly Accused
This quatrain is connected with a long-past history. It is not long-past for him: the events take place a hundred years before your time. He says that in France a military man was wrongly taken into custody because he was…
The Persian Chief
This quatrain describes how the Antichrist will fight with Mohammedans and Muslims in Iran and Iraq. He also speaks of a front of military operations in Europe near Greece. He says that this is what the names indicate. Parthia and…
The Shortest Path
Translators write that they consider some lines untranslatable. He pronounces “Cyrenian Sea” as “Syrian.” It points to Turkey. The word “Cyrenian” relates to the Antichrist’s invasion of Europe through Spain and Greece. The Antichrist will take Cyprus from Turkey when…
The Cross-Bearing Sect
He predicts that there will be a group of Christians who will unite somewhere in the east in the time of the Antichrist. These people will find themselves involved in what we would call the “resistance movement.”
Blood Across Asia
The names of these regions are connected with historical places of ancient Greek civilization. In this quatrain, Nostradamus deliberately used classical terms, and this technique was designed for the people of the Inquisition, so that they would think that only…
The Fourth Man
This quatrain is connected with the great eastern nation, with China, and the various forms of government it has had in its history: emperors, mandarins and now, he says “communism,” meaning communism. Having experienced various forms of government, the people…
The Hidden Hercules
This quatrain points to Ogmios, the Celtic Hercules, and where he will come from. People will not know about him, because he will be the leader of the resistance in the difficult times of the Antichrist. This points to the…