Prophecies

The Underwater Dome

Antique engraving illustrating Nostradamus's Centuria Iii · Quatrain Xxi — The Underwater Dome

He says that this refers to a scandal that will erupt due to a leak of information connected with certain military secrets. The fact is that at the bottom of the Adriatic Sea, Russia, for experimental purposes, will plan the…

The Daylight Monster

Antique engraving illustrating Nostradamus's Centuria Iii · Quatrain Xxxiv — The Daylight Monster

This quatrain concerns the appearance of the Antichrist on the international scene. For many years the Antichrist will work quietly behind the scenes, consolidating his power. But the structure he has built will not be visible until an event occurs…

The Buried Tyrant

Antique engraving illustrating Nostradamus's Centuria Iii · Quatrain Xxxvi — The Buried Tyrant

This quatrain describes Hitler’s suicide and his remains found later, as well as the consequences of the death of the Great Reich. Nostradamus says that in his time an apoplectic was considered an unbalanced person whose brain was most often…

The Great Theatre

Antique engraving illustrating Nostradamus's Centuria Iii · Quatrain Xl — The Great Theatre

The words “the great theatre will rise again” do not refer to a theatre where action takes place on a stage, but rather to a theatre similar to the ancient Roman arena with gladiators. He simply recorded all this and…

The Assassin’s Aim

Antique engraving illustrating Nostradamus's Centuria Iii · Quatrain Xli — The Assassin's Aim

This quatrain is about the last Pope. He is not actually a hunchback, but he has problems with curvature of the spine and with his legs. Nostradamus says that he will be in league with the prevailing majority of materialists…

Born Hungry

Antique engraving illustrating Nostradamus's Centuria Iii · Quatrain Xlii — Born Hungry

He describes this as world famine. Children will be born hungry, ready to eat, but there will be no food. This is how the symbol “with two teeth in the mouth” is explained. He says that in his time Tuscany…

The Burst Dam

Antique engraving illustrating Nostradamus's Centuria Iii · Quatrain Xliii — The Burst Dam

He shows me a hydroelectric power station in Italy. There is no nuclear reactor, and it looks like a dam. It is somehow connected with a dam that will burst. He wants to say that it was not built quite…

The Speaking Beasts

Antique engraving illustrating Nostradamus's Centuria Iii · Quatrain Xliv — The Speaking Beasts

He shows me a picture of a laboratory where there are many monkeys, gorillas and other primates. I see how scientists teach them to speak and… converse? Yes, converse! But they do not speak with their mouths, but with their…

The Five Strangers

Antique engraving illustrating Nostradamus's Centuria Iii · Quatrain Xlv — The Five Strangers

This refers to the Jewish temple that is built in Israel. Muslim fanatics will try to desecrate it, because it stands on the territory of their holy places. This will happen in the 1990s after an earthquake shakes the Holy…