Who Was Nostradamus And What Did He Predict? 

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2 May 2024

Nostradamus, the renowned 16th-century French astrologer, continues to captivate the world even 500 years after his death

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The astrologer, also a physician and seer, wrote a book called Les Propheties (The Prophecies) in 1555 which contains 942 forecasts that appear to predict the future

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He is said to have predicted major world events like John F Kennedy's assassination, 9/11 attacks, French Revolution, Hitler's reign and even coronavirus pandemic

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For 2024, some alleged predictions include a great naval battle, dethroning of King Charles III, the rise of a new pope, and more famine and weather disasters

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So who was he? Born in the south of France in 1503, Michel de Nostradame was the son of a prosperous Jewish family

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His family later converted to Catholic Christianity. Nostradamus studied at the University of Avignon, but was forced to leave because of a plague outbreak

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He then worked as a physician and began his medical practice in the 1530s, although he did so without a medical degree

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He began making prophecies about 1547 and published them in a book. In the text of his book, each four-line block, called a quatrain, attempts to predict the future

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The predictions do not follow chronological coherence and were written combining French, Greek, Latin and Occitan

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It is believed that it contains anagrams, mythological and astrological references, in a language that makes comprehension difficult

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He suffered from severe gout towards the end of his life, which eventually developed into edema. He died in 1566 at the age of 62

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