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NOSTRADAMUS "The Man who saw Tomorrow"
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Nostradamus: Early Life
Nostradamus was born Michel de Nostradame on December 14 or 21, 1503 in the south of France in Saint-Remy-de-Provence. Nostradame’s grandfather, Guy Gassonet, had converted to Catholicism a half century earlier and changed the family name to Nostradame,

in part to avoid persecution during the Inquisition. Little is known of his childhood, but evidence indicates he was very intelligent as he quickly advanced through school. During this time, young Nostradame was taught the rudiments of Latin, Greek, Hebrew and mathematics.

It is believed that his grandfather also introduced him to the ancient rites of Jewish tradition and the celestial sciences of astrology, giving Nostradame his first exposure to the idea of the heavens and how they drive human destiny.

Nostradamus: Education
At the age of 14, he entered the University of Avignon to study medicine. He was forced to leave after only one year, however, due to an outbreak of the bubonic plague. In 1522 he entered the University of Montpelier to complete his doctorate in medicine.

Nostradamus and The Occult
In 1538, an offhanded remark about a religious statue resulted in charges of heresy against him. When ordered to appear before the Church Inquisition, he wisely chose to leave Province to travel for several years through Italy, Greece and Turkey.

Within a few years of his settling into Salon, he began moving away from medicine and more toward the occult. It is said that he would spend hours in his study at night meditating in front of a bowl filled with water and herbs. The meditation would bring on a trance and visions.

It is believed the visions were the basis of his predictions for the future. In 1550, Nostradamus wrote his first almanac of astrological information and predictions of the coming year. Nostradamus began writing about his visions and incorporating them into his first almanac.

The publication received a great response, and served to spread his name all across France, which encouraged him to write more.
Nostradamus Prophecies
By 1554, his visions had become an integral part of his works in the almanacs, and he decided to channel all his energies into a

massive opus he entitled Centuries. He planned to write 10 volumes, which would contain 100 predictions forecasting the next 2,000 years. In 1555 he published Les Prophesies, a collection of his major, long-term predictions. He ran into some controversy with his predictions,

as some thought he was a servant of the devil, and others said he was a fake or insane. However, many more believed the prophecies were spiritually inspired. He claimed to base his published predictions on judicial astrology. In fact, many scholars believe he paraphrased ancient

end-of-the-world prophecies (mainly from the Bible) and then through astrological readings of the past, projected these events into the future. According to Nostradamus, the world is slated to end in the year 3797.

Nostradamus: Legacy
Nostradamus’s popularity seems to be due in part to the fact that the vagueness of his writings and their lack of specific dates make it easy to selectively quote them after any major dramatic events and retrospectively claim them as true.

More recently, enthusiasts claim that he predicted the rise of COVID-19 when he wrote, “Near the gates and within two cities/There will be two scourges the like of which was never seen. Famine within plague, people put out by steel/Crying to the great immortal God for relief.”

How Did Nostradamus Die?
He suffered from gout and arthritis for most of his adulthood. In the last years of his life, the condition turned into edema or dropsy. Without treatment, the condition resulted in congestive heart failure in 1566.
Source: history.com