Marilyn's Photos - Dec 13 2025 - Nostradamus Time

 

Nostradamus is in the headlines as we’re coming to a new year with a refresh needed on his predictions.  I’m not sure a refresh is needed, but it comes every year.  There’s something compelling about the name Nostradamus.  He wrote poetic quatrains in the 1500s. His almanac in 1550 was successful, and he wrote more and worked as an astrologer.   In total he made 6,338 prophecies, so there are lots to go around. Here’s one that caught my attention: 1:26 (Leoni translation):  “The great swarm of bees will arise…by night the ambush…” Did any Nostradmus predictions come true without any mystery or ambiguity?  No.  Vague is what he was.  So how can there be any sense that he was the great predictor?  What might the most accurate prediction be considered?  There are three that are referenced.  The horrible death of Henry II - who was pierced in the eye and brain while jousting, and died a horrible death of sepsis from the wounds. The next is the Great Fire of London in 1666 due to a quatrain mentioning London, fire and the number 30 3s plus 6. The last is the Rise of Adolf Hitler.  There is some mention of conflict against “Hister”, an old name for the Danube River near Hitler’s birthplace.  They aren’t direct predictions as the fourth referenced one -  is the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.  The only one that seems to stand out is this one.  “Pepys records in his celebrated diary a legend that, before his death, Nostradamus made the townsfolk swear that his grave would never be disturbed; but that 60 years later his body was exhumed, whereupon a brass plaque was found on his chest correctly stating the date and time when his grave would be opened and cursing the exhumers.” And predictions for 2026? None so far, yet the media remains interested despite the debunking of his work. Some of the wreaths from Fantasy of Trees past.

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Jan 1 2019 - If It's a New Year it's Nostradamus Time

There was fireworks everywhere to celebrate the New Year - Dubai's was the world's record-setting show - illuminating the world's tallest building and having the largest LED illuminated facade. It is amazing - see the video HERE.  Or watch the NBC News around the world HERE.  Our own Toronto show is HERE. We Canadians want to make sure that people know this is Toronto so have the 3D TORONTO Sign.  It was installed in July 2015 for the Toronto Pan American/Parapan American Games. The letters are 10 feet tall and the LED lights can transition to 228 million different colours.       And what predictions are there this year?  Let's turn to Nostradamus, or should we? He was born in 1503, and initially an apothecary. He 'latinized' his name from Nostredame to Nostradamus when he moved away from apothecary towards the occult.  His 'Les Propheties' was published in 1555. He attracted supporters at the time who were looking for predictions through astrology.  He was rejected by the academic community at the time and since then, but remains popular with the press and public.  This is the repeated reason throughout the internet: the persistence in popular culture seems to be partly because their vagueness and lack of dating make it easy to quote them selectively after every major dramatic event and retrospectively claim them as "hits". This is demonstrated by the Nostradamus predictions from the UK Express. "EXCLUSIVE: Nostradamus’ eerie predictions have baffled people for centuries – but did Nostradamus have any visions of what will happen in 2019? One psychic expert believes 2019 could be an incredibly turbulent year for the US, the UK and the rest of the world.   According to the psychic expert, Nostradamus warned of an assassination attempt on Mr Trump, armed conflict in the Middle East and renewed relations with his Russian counterpart between 2019 and 2020. Mr Hamilton-Parker told Express.co.uk: "I feel Trump will have a second term but Nostradamus's predicted an assassination attempt will be in the second term. One thing Nostradamus did not predict, however, is the result or the effects of the Brexit vote.  Mr Hamilton-Parker himself foresaw a no-deal hard Brexit in the pipeline which is why he said he was surprised to see Brexit omitted from Nostradamus’s prophecies". With stories like this, it is easy to side with the academics in their skepticism that Nostradamus' predictions could, should or even would be taken seriously. Today's image is a Japanese Maple fiery abstract.