Nostradamus, Anagrams, and What If....

Nostradamus, most famous for his 'Prophecies', lived more than 500 years ago. He was actually a French apothecary, a writer, a translator, and a seer, born on either December 14th or December 21st, 1503. Found dead on July 2, 1566, he had predicted it the night before, even calling for a priest to administer last rites. Famous for his predictions in his own time, and he has only become more so with the passage of time.

He wrote a book called The Prophecies. The book contains chapters called 'Centuries'. Each of the ten Centuries (except for VII) contains 100 'Quatrains', short, vague, 4 line verses many people believe predict the future. He wrote in a way that was deliberately obscure. He used a combination of languages mixed together, included anagrams in some of his Quatrains, and he claimed to have distorted the timing of his predictions in order to prevent being prosecuted as a magician. Some of the more well known predictions that have been attributed to Nostradamus have been about WWII, Kennedy's assassinations, and 911.


Why am I telling you this? Because I believe in 1991 I figured out the meaning of one of his Quatrains.

Now, this was before the commonplace use of personal computers. This was done the 'old fashioned' way, through reading books. But, however it's researched, it's always been about some catastrophic event, or some awesome crisis, where people turn to Nostradamus' Prophecies, pouring through the verses until they find a Quatrain that fits the present moment. It's always been after the fact. It's always been in retrospect we can see how he predicted a present day event some 500 years ago. And one question has always hung over the Prophecies: When will one of his predictions be recognized BEFORE the fact?

I think I answered that question in 1991. This particular Quatrain foretells the future outcome of current events. Events still unfolding. This Quatrain predicts the outcome BEFORE the fact.

Of course, then next question would be, why have I waited so long to mention it? The answer is, I'm not sure how to share it. I'm not sure how it would be received. Normally with the Nostradamus prophecies, people are researching events that have already taken place, so looking back in retrospect isn't going to upset any one's applecart. But when people believe things are one way, and you know their applecart isn't as safe and secure as they might think, telling them might upset them! No one would want to believe it. People might get frightened or angry.

But, what if I'm right? What if the outcome of certain current events has been predicted by Nostradamus? Is it fated to unfold that way? Can it be changed? Should it be changed? Should people be told? And what could or would change if people did know?

I've started a book about this. It's a small book, obviously, because it's mostly about this one Quatrain that predicts events before the fact, although I've included a few other Quatrains that became rather obvious after the fact. It's about how I figured this out. As with most puzzles though, it sort of smacks you right between the eyes when you see it for what it is.

I'd be really interested in any comments or thoughts on this.