It is now widely recognised that the recent ‘predictions’ from Nostradamus concerning the recent terrorist attacks were hoaxes, cobbled together from unconnected references, as we mentioned a few weeks back. For the record, GEOFF STRAY briefly dissects the misleading verse which have been widely disseminated over the Internet…


The FALSE verses, which have been widely quoted, read:

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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
Two 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

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I'm not a big Nostradamus fan, but here's what I found out:

As suspected, the prediction is pure codpiece (= codswallop & pants combined).

The first two lines are taken from Quatrain 10:72, which begins: "In the year 1999 and seven months, from the sky will come a great King of Terror..."

There is no way that the French could be translated as "In the year of the new century".

Lines 3 & 4 are from Quatrain 6:97: “The sky will burn at forty-five degrees, fire approaches the great new city. Immediately, a huge, scattered flame leaps up…”

As for lines 5 & 6, NOWHERE in Nostradamus' prophecies is the phrase "In the city of York" - though the term "new city", or "great new city" is usually interpreted to mean New York, as in 6:97 above, and Quatrain 9:92, 10:49 & 1:87. [It has also been pointed out to us that New York sits at a 40 degrees, 41 seconds latitude, anyway, not 45 – Ed.]

As for the remaining lines, the term "third big war" does not occur in the prophecies, though some commentators have connected such an event with certain quatrains.