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The following is being circulated and being attributed to Nostradamus as if he foresaw the horror in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. Nostradamus foresaw nothing of the kind and these alleged quatrains are hoaxes.

The French text and translations are from Nostradamiama.

In the year of the new century and nine months,

From the sky will come a great King of Terror...

The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.

Fire approaches the great new city..."

In the city of York there will be a great collapse,

2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos

while the fortress falls the great leader will succumb

third big war will begin when the big city is burning.

The first two lines seem to be an alteration of Centuries X quatrain 72:

L'an mil neuf cens nonante neuf sept mois

Du ciel viendra vn grand Roy d'effrayeur

The year 1999 seven months

From the sky will come the great King of Terror.

There is no reference in Nostradamus to "the new century and nine months" that I can find.

The next two lines are from Centuries VI, quatrain 97.

Cinq & quarante degrez ciel bruslera,

Feu approcher de la grand cité neuue,

At forty-five degrees the sky will burn,

Fire to approach the great new city:

Some have speculated that this refers to the latitude of New York, but the latitude in Central Park is 40° 47' N. The remainder of VI.97 is

Instant grand flamme esparse sautera,

Quand on voudra des Normans faire preuue,

In an instant a great scattered flame will leap up,

When one will want to demand proof of the Normans.

Of course, there are several people named Norman living in New York City and Washington.

As an example of this seeing the meaning after the fact, read the following e-mail I received regarding my dismissal of the bogus predictions.

You assumed that "At 45 degrees the sky will burn" made reference to the physical location of the "attack"... I am not familiar with the sun's placement in NY at 9:00am (time) is, but maybe there are alternatives regarding the 45 degrees???? (location, time, flight trajectory, etc.).

Obviously the "great new city" fits?!?!

Also, I do not speak French, but could "Normans" refer to "North Americans"????

And this proof... could it be reference to our proof of the perpetrators prior to US retaliation???

Lastly, the farther away a prediction, the more one would anticipate a discrepancy. The fact that he's within a decade seems crazy enough. Perhaps with further thought, a strong tie could be found???

First, I didn't interpret anything. The e-mail I saw did the interpreting. I just passed on the interpretation. But you can see how many other interpretations one could give to the passage. If you are clever enough and willing to work at it long enough, I'm sure you can come up with something convincing about "At 45 degrees the sky will burn." Likewise for all the other quatrains, hoaxes or not. I think Mr. Marshall had the right idea.

I usually have about 300-400 hits a week on the Nostradamus entry. I've had over 140,000 in the past three days. The Bible Code entry is also up: about 40 times more people than usual are accessing that entry. The SD had over 702,000 hits the day after the terrorist attacks and over one million hits the past three days. We usually get about 9-10,000 a day.

Michel Nostradamus was a 16th century French physician and astrologer. His modern followers see him as a prophet. His prophecies have a magical quality for those who study them: they are muddled and obscure before the predicted event, but become crystal clear after the event has occurred.

Nostradamus wrote four-line verses (quatrains) in groups of 100 (Centuries). Skeptics consider the "prophecies" of Nostradamus to be mainly gibberish. For example:

L'an mil neuf cens nonante neuf sept mois

Du ciel viendra grand Roy deffraieur

Resusciter le grand Roy d'Angolmois.

Avant apres Mars regner par bon heur.

The year 1999 seven months

From the sky will come the great King of Terror.

To resuscitate the great king of the Mongols. Before and after Mars reigns by good luck. (X-72)*

(or, according to the Alta Vista translator, appropriately called Babelfish:

The year millet nine taxable quotas ninety nine seven months

Of the sky will come large Roy deffraior Resusciter large Roy d' Angolmois.

Before after Mars regner by good hor.)

If something falls from the sky in July, 1999, you can bet Nostradamus will be credited with predicting it, even if nobody can figure out who this Mongol king might be. In fact, if anything interesting happens in the sky in June, July, or August, it will be close enough for the true believer to consider it a confirmation of Nostradamus' gift.

One thing Nostradamus didn't predict was that he would become a one-man industry in the 20th century. Publishing houses will never go broke printing non-sense claiming to be the latest predictions culled from the manuscripts of Nostradamus.

Some claim that Nostradamus predicted the space shuttle disaster. Of course, they didn't recognize that he had predicted it until it was too late. Here is the passage:

D'humain troupeau neuf seront mis a` part,

De iugement & conseil separez:

Leur sort sera diuise' en depart,

Kappa, Thita, Lambda mors bannis esgarez.

From the human flock nine will be sent away,

Separated from judgment and counsel:

Their fate will be sealed on departure

Kappa, Thita, Lambda the banished dead err.

Thiokol made the defective O-ring that is blamed for the disaster. The name has a 'k', 'th' and an 'l'. What more proof does one need? Never mind that there were seven who died, not nine. The rest is vague enough to fit many different scenarios.

True believers, such as Erika Cheetham, believe that Nostradamus foresaw the invention of bombs, rockets, submarines, and airplanes. He predicted the Great Fire of London (1666) and the rise of Adolph Hitler and many other wonders.

Skeptics, such as James Randi, cast doubt upon the interpretation of Nostradamus' quatrains.

Here is how Randi and Cheetham read one of the more famous quatrains, allegedly predicting the rise of Adolph Hitler to power in Germany:

Bestes farouches de faim fleuves tranner

Plus part du champ encore Hister sera

En caige de fer le grand sera traisner

Quand rien enfant de Germain observa.

Beasts wild with hunger will cross the rivers,

The greater part of the battle will be against Hitler.

He will cause great men to be dragged in a cage of iron,

When the son of Germany obeys no law.

Beasts mad with hunger will swim across rivers,

Most of the army will be against the Lower Danube.

The great one shall be dragged in an iron cage

When the child brother will observe nothing.


	Web Site Title \| home A Day Of Prayer \| A Last Goodbye \| Prophices of September 11,2001 \| Relief & Help \| Contact Us Prophices of September 11,2001 The following is being circulated and being attributed to Nostradamus as if he foresaw the horror in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. Nostradamus foresaw nothing of the kind and these alleged quatrains are hoaxes. The French text and translations are from Nostradamiama. In the year of the new century and nine months, From the sky will come a great King of Terror... The sky will burn at forty-five degrees. Fire approaches the great new city..." In the city of York there will be a great collapse, 2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos while the fortress falls the great leader will succumb third big war will begin when the big city is burning. The first two lines seem to be an alteration of Centuries X quatrain 72: L'an mil neuf cens nonante neuf sept mois Du ciel viendra vn grand Roy d'effrayeur or, in English The year 1999 seven months From the sky will come the great King of Terror. There is no reference in Nostradamus to "the new century and nine months" that I can find. The next two lines are from Centuries VI, quatrain 97. Cinq & quarante degrez ciel bruslera, Feu approcher de la grand cité neuue, At forty-five degrees the sky will burn, Fire to approach the great new city: Some have speculated that this refers to the latitude of New York, but the latitude in Central Park is 40° 47' N. The remainder of VI.97 is Instant grand flamme esparse sautera, Quand on voudra des Normans faire preuue, In an instant a great scattered flame will leap up, When one will want to demand proof of the Normans. Of course, there are several people named Norman living in New York City and Washington. As an example of this seeing the meaning after the fact, read the following e-mail I received regarding my dismissal of the bogus predictions. You assumed that "At 45 degrees the sky will burn" made reference to the physical location of the "attack"... I am not familiar with the sun's placement in NY at 9:00am (time) is, but maybe there are alternatives regarding the 45 degrees???? (location, time, flight trajectory, etc.). Obviously the "great new city" fits?!?! Also, I do not speak French, but could "Normans" refer to "North Americans"???? And this proof... could it be reference to our proof of the perpetrators prior to US retaliation??? Lastly, the farther away a prediction, the more one would anticipate a discrepancy. The fact that he's within a decade seems crazy enough. Perhaps with further thought, a strong tie could be found??? First, I didn't interpret anything. The e-mail I saw did the interpreting. I just passed on the interpretation. But you can see how many other interpretations one could give to the passage. If you are clever enough and willing to work at it long enough, I'm sure you can come up with something convincing about "At 45 degrees the sky will burn." Likewise for all the other quatrains, hoaxes or not. I think Mr. Marshall had the right idea. I usually have about 300-400 hits a week on the Nostradamus entry. I've had over 140,000 in the past three days. The Bible Code entry is also up: about 40 times more people than usual are accessing that entry. The SD had over 702,000 hits the day after the terrorist attacks and over one million hits the past three days. We usually get about 9-10,000 a day. Michel Nostradamus was a 16th century French physician and astrologer. His modern followers see him as a prophet. His prophecies have a magical quality for those who study them: they are muddled and obscure before the predicted event, but become crystal clear after the event has occurred. Nostradamus wrote four-line verses (quatrains) in groups of 100 (Centuries). Skeptics consider the "prophecies" of Nostradamus to be mainly gibberish. For example: L'an mil neuf cens nonante neuf sept mois Du ciel viendra grand Roy deffraieur Resusciter le grand Roy d'Angolmois. Avant apres Mars regner par bon heur. The year 1999 seven months From the sky will come the great King of Terror. To resuscitate the great king of the Mongols. Before and after Mars reigns by good luck. (X-72)* (or, according to the Alta Vista translator, appropriately called Babelfish: The year millet nine taxable quotas ninety nine seven months Of the sky will come large Roy deffraior Resusciter large Roy d' Angolmois. Before after Mars regner by good hor.) If something falls from the sky in July, 1999, you can bet Nostradamus will be credited with predicting it, even if nobody can figure out who this Mongol king might be. In fact, if anything interesting happens in the sky in June, July, or August, it will be close enough for the true believer to consider it a confirmation of Nostradamus' gift. One thing Nostradamus didn't predict was that he would become a one-man industry in the 20th century. Publishing houses will never go broke printing non-sense claiming to be the latest predictions culled from the manuscripts of Nostradamus. Some claim that Nostradamus predicted the space shuttle disaster. Of course, they didn't recognize that he had predicted it until it was too late. Here is the passage: D'humain troupeau neuf seront mis a` part, De iugement & conseil separez: Leur sort sera diuise' en depart, Kappa, Thita, Lambda mors bannis esgarez. From the human flock nine will be sent away, Separated from judgment and counsel: Their fate will be sealed on departure Kappa, Thita, Lambda the banished dead err. Thiokol made the defective O-ring that is blamed for the disaster. The name has a 'k', 'th' and an 'l'. What more proof does one need? Never mind that there were seven who died, not nine. The rest is vague enough to fit many different scenarios. True believers, such as Erika Cheetham, believe that Nostradamus foresaw the invention of bombs, rockets, submarines, and airplanes. He predicted the Great Fire of London (1666) and the rise of Adolph Hitler and many other wonders. Skeptics, such as James Randi, cast doubt upon the interpretation of Nostradamus' quatrains. Here is how Randi and Cheetham read one of the more famous quatrains, allegedly predicting the rise of Adolph Hitler to power in Germany: Bestes farouches de faim fleuves tranner Plus part du champ encore Hister sera En caige de fer le grand sera traisner Quand rien enfant de Germain observa. Cheetham's version: Beasts wild with hunger will cross the rivers, The greater part of the battle will be against Hitler. He will cause great men to be dragged in a cage of iron, When the son of Germany obeys no law. Randi's version: Beasts mad with hunger will swim across rivers, Most of the army will be against the Lower Danube. The great one shall be dragged in an iron cage When the child brother will observe nothing.