Recently, many “Nostradamus prophecies” about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, feared to lead to the Third World War, are circulating on the Internet and in the tabloids.
In a “prophecy” circulating on the Internet, it is even claimed that famine will be very bad and humanity will start to eat each other due to famine in 2022. The words of Nostradamus are as follows: “Abbas, no monk, no apprentice to learn; Beeswax will cost much more than wax. The price of wheat will be so high that [into] People will be mixed; For his other friends to eat in despair.” It is also claimed that Nostradamus said much more about the so-called seven-month global war.
In another paragraph of Nostradamus, which disturbs people, it is written, “Seven months of the Great War, people died from evil. Rouen will not fall to the Evreux King.”
British newspaper The Daily Star said it “implies a larger WW3 conflict in Ukraine arising from the problems that will arise next year,” saying, “The seven-month timeline of the conflict may seem like a cause for celebration at first, but including America and Russia. “Perhaps it’s best to be cautious,” he adds.
Another prediction is that a famine is on the way, where wheat prices are so high that people will start eating each other. It is possible to attribute this to the 3rd World War.
Was Nostradamus a prophet?
So was Nostradamus really a powerful wizard cursed to predict the future?
The great thing about predicting the future is that the more vaguely you speak, the more correct you can appear on a large number of issues. That’s why the zodiac sign doesn’t say things like “Be careful with the Lego little Daniel left on the stairs on Tuesday or you’ll be in a lot of pain”, instead they use phrases like “The Harmonious Sun will cause you to experience big changes”. The uncertainty of such predictions ensures that they can be drawn almost anywhere and interpreted that way after something has happened.
In particular, the prophecies of Nostradamus are so vague that it’s quite possible that one day someone might link it to a real-world event that’s not so different. These might be called “post-predictions” because you’re unlikely to understand what they predicted before the event happened. But after the event, you can find a phrase that makes it seem like you knew it all along. Even then, they may not be quite right.
Hitler “prophecies” of Nostradamus
For example, a passage that is said to predict Hitler’s rise in no way warns you about Hitler himself: “From the depths of Western Europe, from the poor people, a small child will be born, He will seduce a large crowd with his tongue; His fame will increase towards the countries of the East.”
If you had read this sentence before Hitler, you might have guessed that it meant that a famous person would be born in Western Europe, but you would be unlikely to guess any more. After Hitler came to power, people decided that these sentences spoke of Hitler, and thanks to this incredibly obscure passage, they once again declared Nostrodamus an incredible source of prophecy.
In short, prophecies are nothing more than predictions that are vague until an event occurs. Therefore, the issue of whether Nostradamus knows the present with his prophecies seems quite controversial.
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