XLV
Sects sectarian great sorrow to the informer,
Beast on stage, the stage game lifted,
Of old fact inventor ennobled,
Confused and schismatic world by sects.
Original
Secteur de sectes grand peine au delateur,
Beste en theatre, dresse le jeu scenique,
De faict antique ennobly l'inventeur,
Par sectes monde confus & schismatique.
This quatrain conceals a formidable event in its bowels. "Sects sectarian" is a redundancy with some intentionality. A "sectarian" is a follower of sects or at least belonging or attached to one. Therefore, we can change the term "sectarian" by fanatical extremist. i.e., it refers to a person. We can change the concept "informer” by snitch, informant. Also, we can change "punishment" by pain, sadness. Let’s change:
"Extremist of sects, great sadness to the informer"
The second verse says: "Beast on stage, the stage game lifted,"
Obviously there is no "beast in the theater,” literally speaking; therefore, we are facing a sort of characterization. We can change the term "beast" by animal, inhuman, brutish, irrational. We can change the term "lifted" by starting, started. The idea of "stage game" implies two things
1) that there are scenes, typical of a play, and more especially if accompanied by the concept "game" and very connected with the idea of theater.
2) to say "lifted" means that the former is started, i.e., a play.
Let’s change what we have:
"Irrational in theater starting the play in scene"
The third verse says: "Of old fact inventor ennobled."
We can change the term "fact" by event. We can replace the term "old" by archaic, past. And we can change the concept "ennobled" by proud, honored, exalted. And we can change the term "inventor" by author.
Let’s change to see how this verse shows:
"From old event the author is proud"
Finally Nostradamus says in his last verse:
"confused and schismatic world by sects."
This verse acts as a sort of conclusion and also a warning. It tells us that the world will be confusing, vague, ambiguous and full of divisions ("schismatique"). Let’s recall that the concept "by" (“per") is a preposition of causality. And the concept “schismatic” can be replaced by split, divided.
Let’s go to history: Well, the relationship of this theater is evident; Nostradamus speaks of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, which occurred on April 14, 1865. That day, April 14, Lincoln and his wife attended a play at Ford's Theatre. Lincoln had invited General Ulysses Grant and his wife, but the general declined the invitation. The play was "Our American Cousin," a musical comedy, a play about American English relatives and their rough nobles ("the stage play lifted").
When Lincoln sat in the balcony, John Wilkes Booth, an actor ("The Beast in the theater") and a Southern Virginia supporter, fired a single shot with a round bullet pistol to the head of the president. He shouted "Sic semper tyrannis!" ("Thus always to tyrants"), (which incidentally is the state motto of Virginia). Booth jumped from the balcony to the stage and broke his leg falling. "Sic semper tyrannis!" Is a phrase attributed to Marcus Junius Brutus, who according to the story yelled it to Julius Caesar at the time of his murder. This bloody episode is the one that John W. Booth emulated to assassinate Abraham Lincoln ("Of old event inventor is ennobled.")
Curious, yet relevant: on March 15 44 BC, Gaius Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome and Pontifex Maximus, was assassinated in the Curia of the Theatre of Pompey where the Roman Senate met. It also was a theater, therefore in the first verse he says that a "sect sectarian great sorrow the informer" because sects are tight, almost impenetrable, so inviolable that their members prefer to die than betray "their brothers").
And if we take this first verse as an advance of what had already happened, the assassination of Lincoln, we can also realize that John W. Booth is related to a sect that was never known of, or the members who conspired to carry out the assassination. Therefore, the prophet warns us in the last verse of this quatrain. That sect helped John W. Booth to sneak in the theater, evade security and even escape. In fact, he was shot by the patrol sent to capture him but not kill him, more than 10 days after the assassination occurred. John W. Booth did not act alone. Simply, his position was betrayed ("great sadness to the informer.")
In short, he was the executioner, but the jury which convicted the president of the United States was well concealed among its close ones. This jury was a sect that could not prevent the fall of the South and was never discovered. Consequently, Lincoln was assassinated by a plot planned by a cult and not by a solitary man. It is a fact that will continue haunting for almost 100 years, with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The quatrain has been clarified.
XLVI
Very close to Aux, Lestore and Miranda,
Great fire from sky for three nights will fall:
Cause will happen very wonderful and amazing
Very soon after the earth will tremble.
Original
Tout aupres d'Aux, de Lestoure & Mirande,
Grand feu du ciel en trois nuicts tumbera:
Cause adviendra bien stupende & mirande,
Bien peu aupres la terre tremblera.
Let’s know certain things. The term "tout" is translated as "all," and the term "aupres" is translated as "close." Therefore the verse says "All around Lestore and Miranda;" the concept Lestor is updated as Lectoure "- Y Miranda Mirande.
Let’s replace the first verse: "All around Aux, Lectoure and Mirande"
Mirande is located in the region of Midi-Pyrenees, Gers department. Also, Aux is Aux-Aussat, a French commune, located in the region of Midi-Pyrenees, Gers department, in the district of Mirande and county of Miélan. Lectoure is a French commune, located in the region of Midi-Pyrenees, Gers department.
Changing again, we could say:
"All around the Midi – Pyrenees region”
In the second verse, Nostradamus says "Great Fire from Heaven for three nights will fall."
The term "tumbera" is translated as “will knock down”. “Falling” agrees with the translation.
Any "great fire" that fell from the sky for three nights in a row is an event. One might think at a first reading that the prophet is seeing a bombing over cities or towns; however, this is ruled out when reading the third verse "because it will happen very wonderful and amazing." And a bombing could never be amazing for its size or its surprise; it could neither be wonderful.
Therefore, what comes closest to an event that brings fire down from heaven for three nights in a row and that is amazing and wonderful would be a meteor shower or a similar phenomenon. Now if such event happened, why should we look it up in France? Well, all the quatrains from Nostradamus have, directly or indirectly, a French reference. And more so if the first verse names some areas such as Aux (French word).
Well, such an event actually happened in France and more precisely in April 25, 1803. But what significance could a meteor shower have?
Let’s find the answer in history. The first to claim the extraterrestrial origin of meteorites was the German astronomer Ernst Florens Chladni. His study, published in 1794, was received with derisive giggles, because at that time no one believed in stones falling from the sky. The critics would end up being convinced precisely on that April 26, 1803, when a shower of meteorites fell over France. ("Great Fire from heaven for in three nights will fall:")
But let's continue. L'Aigle (France) was one of the sites where this phenomenon could be seen. The information that has been recovered tells us that this meteor shower was so spectacular that more than 3,000 stones were collected by the locals. The physicist Jean-Baptiste Biot investigated the events of L'Aigle and found that other towns had seen a bright fireball in the sky before the explosion. The series of events left no doubt that the meteorites came from a celestial source.
Subsequently to this spectacular event, in the midi – Pyrenees area, Nostradamus tells us that a strong earthquake will shake the area some time later. Reviewing history there is no evidence of any earthquake in the area, although the area is seismic. Therefore, it did exist, but it was an earthquake like any other; if it had been spectacular, history would have mentioned that event. Nostradamus is accurate. Therefore, it is a reference to another obviously wonderful event, because that is the tenor of the quartet. "Bien peu apres la terre tremblera" Or rather, "very soon after, the earth will tremble"
But months later and already in February 1804 to be precise, two mechanical principles, guiding wheels and the use of motive power, were combined for the first time by the English mining engineer Richard Trevithick, who on February 24, 1804 succeeded in adapting the steam engine, used since the early eighteenth century to pump water, to pull of a locomotive which ran at a speed of 8 km / h pulling five wagons loaded with 10 tons of steel, and 70 men on a 15 km railway from the Pen-y-Darren foundry, in South Wales. ("Very soon after the earth will tremble") The quatrain has been clarified.
XLVII
From lake Leman sermons will anger,
Days will be reduced to weeks:
Then months, then years, then all shall faint,
Judges will condemn their useless laws.
Original
Du lac Leman les sermons fascheront,
Les Jours seront reduicts par les sepmaines:
Puis mois, puis ans, puis tous defailliront,
Les magistrats damneront leurs loix vaines.
Let’s consider this quatrain. First, Lake Leman is the current Lake Geneva in Switzerland and so we are situated geographically. ("From Lake Leman .."). When Nostradamus infers “sermons will anger” he is referring to religion itself. Let’s remember that historically, Switzerland is the birthplace of John Calvin, founder of a branch of Protestantism called Calvinism or the famous Huguenots. Let’s also remember that the word Huguenot is the former name given to French Protestants of Calvinist doctrine during the wars of religion.
The second verse should read: "Days will be reduced to weeks." The term "reducedl" is somewhat ambiguous, we can replace it by dominated, subjected, even compressed. We can change the concept "sermons" by preaches, prayers. Let’s go by parts and change what we know:
"From Switzerland, the sermons will anger,"
the days will be subjected to weeks:
The idea that Nostradamus indicates is of endless days. And this idea becomes stronger in the third verse, which is part of the paraclause, since the colon is at the end of the second verse. With this, Nostradamus expresses two images. The first comprises the first two verses in what I call general or main clause. Then the third and fourth verses make up the secondary image or paraclause derived from the main clause.
"Then months, then years, then all shall faint"
The term "faint" can be changed by decay, weaken, worsen. Basically, Nostradamus presents a quite long period of time ("after years")
The only thing in history that has that precedent is precisely the religious wars in France.
As from the seventeenth century, the Huguenots would often be referred to as Religionnaires, because the royal decrees (and other official documents) used the dismissive or "pretended reformed religion" ("sermons will anger”) for referring to Protestantism.
Let’s also know that Calvin helped the Protestant churches in France from Geneva (“From Lake Leman the sermons will anger.") At the Synod of Paris in 1559, most French Protestants decided to approve a clearly Calvinist doctrinal statement in order to present it before the new king of France, Francis II of France. However, the influence of the House of Guise, a declared enemy of the Reformation, triggered in response a clearly repressive policy against the already respected Protestant minority at that time.
Huguenot families would be pursued by every means, and for thirty years (1562-1594) ("Days will be reduced to weeks, then months, then years, then all shall perish") The clarity of this quatrain infers that those who falter are those who pray, and therefore, those who are angry are those who do not share those prayers. Even in the last verse, the prophet says "The judges will condemn their useless laws." When he says "judges" and "laws," he is symbolyzing the justice system. Clearly, not even the French judiciary of the time will defend those who preach sermons that infuriate, but will also participate in this "anger" ("The judges will condemn their useless laws.")
We are finally at the Killing or Massacre of St. Bartholomew (in French, Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy), which is the mass murder of Huguenots during the Wars of Religion in France during the sixteenth century. The events began on August 24, 1572 in Paris, extending over the following months throughout France. Anyway, the provincial capitals supported the slaughter. On August 25, the murders took place at Orleans and Meaux; on the 26th, at Charité-sur-Loire; on the 28th and 29th, at Angers and Saumur; on Aug. 31st, at Lyon; on September 11th, at Bourges; on October 3rd, at Bordeaux, etc. The death toll is estimated in a total of 2,000 in Paris and between 5,000 and 10,000 throughout France. ("Then all shall perish.") The quatrain has been clarified.
XLVIII
Twenty-year reign of the Moon past,
Seven thousand years another shall have his monarchy:
When the Sun takes its days left,
When my prophecy is met and consummated.
Original
Vingt ans du regne de la lune passez,
Sept mil and autre tiendra sa monarchie:
Quand le soleil prendra ses jours lassez,
Lors accomplit & mine ma prophetie.
Nostradamus again brings symbols. "The moon" remains a representative of the Ottoman Empire or dependant on the quatrain from the Arab world. The sun also continues representing France. But basically the French monarchy, since King Louis XIV was called the Sun King. Let’s change what we have:
"Twenty years of the Ottoman Empire past"
The concept "du" is not translated as "from" but as "of." The concept "Pazzes," which translates as "past," can be changed to "gone by.” And let us improve syntax and change:
"Twenty years from the Ottoman Empire which have passed"
Basically, he does not say that the Ottoman Empire has been extinguished, but rather Nostradamus tells us that twenty years of the Ottoman Empire have passed. By default he is referring to another land or territory. The second verse proves us right:
"Seven thousand years another shall have its monarchy"
Let’s know that one of the most common mistakes in the interpretations is precisely not giving the right sense to what is trying to be said. Here we note that the concept "sa monarchie" does not refer to replacing the Ottoman Empire for another 7,000 year period.
Rather, it refers to a parallel with another kingdom: "Another will have its monarchy." When saying “another”, it is clear that perhaps – we will find out – he refers to a particular person, or to a people. We can change the term "will have" by will obtain, will assume, will enjoy, will benefit. Also, if the concept “monarchy” does not fit, we can replace it by estate, dominion, kingdom. Let’s see:
"Seven thousand years another will benefit (from) his kingdom"
Let’s remember that when he was in his campaign in Egypt, Napoleon said "forty centuries gaze at us." However, the history of ancient Egypt ranges from 5,000 to 4500 BC. More or less, and interestingly if we add the 2,000 to 3,000 years after Christ, we have the seven thousand years. Coinciding with what many say about the extension, that the Centuries should cover to the year 3,000 AD. And this is interesting from the standpoint of the last verse. ("When my prophecy is met and consummated,") which we will see at the end.
Let’s know something from which to count those 7,000 years. By the year 3600 C, the Gerzean arises and is spread throughout Egypt, unifying it. This cultural consonance will lead to political unity, which will emerge after a period of struggles and alliances between clans to impose their supremacy.
To achieve greater efficiency and production, by 3500 a. C., the early channeling works were executed and hieroglyphic writing began in (Abydos). Proto-states began at this time.
Naqada II period is the Pre dynastic Egyptian culture, also known as Gerzean (a name from the town of Al-Gerzeh in the region of El Fayum), that develops from 3500 to 3200 A. C.
We now have the first two verses. Nostradamus again establishes the colon at the end of the second verse and thus indicates that the first two verses are a main clause or main image and the third and fourth verses are the paraclause as I call it, or rather the image derived from the clause. Let's see what we have:
"Twenty years of the Ottoman Empire which have passed
Seven thousand years another will benefit (from) its kingdom"
Therefore we immediately deduce that this "kingdom" is a territory within the Ottoman influence. And we know that it refers to Egypt. And let us improve syntax, and change:
"Twenty years of the Ottoman Empire which have passed
Seven thousand years another will benefit (from) Egypt:”
Now let’s improve the syntax of the second verse and see:
"Another will benefit (from the) 7000 years of Egypt"
That is our main image and within it, the last two verses:
"When the Sun takes its days left"
Now let’s add what we have:
“Twenty years of the Ottoman Empire which have passed,
Another will benefit (from the) 7000 years of Egypt:
When the Sun takes its days left "
That is the improved and correct quatrain.
The question that immediately arises is at what point the "sun" or rather the French monarchy "takes its days left." Obviously, it was after the French Revolution and the advent of Napoleon Bonaparte and his subsequent exile on the island of Elba. He escaped from Elba in February 1815 and landed in Antibes on March 1, from where he prepared his return to France. ("When the Sun takes its days left.") Then we are talking about 1815.
Interestingly, Mehmet Ali, considered the founder of modern Egypt, introduced major reforms in the country to situate it in the position it deserved and obtain a certain degree of independence before the Great Powers, besides a large autonomy from the Ottoman Empire. He also significantly expanded its boundaries, subjecting neighboring peoples or fighting against the Ottomans.
Between May 12th and 13th, 1805, Mehmet Alí was elected Vali of Egypt by the Ulema (religious authorities) in Cairo.
In 1811 he fought the Wahhabi uprising, at the request of the Ottoman Empire, which allowed him to extend his authority over Hijaz. When he went to war, he left his son Ibrahim Bajá in the government. In 1815, while fighting with the rebel tribes, he received reports about the escape of Napoleon from Elba ("When the sun takes its days left), and a possible Ottoman invasion of Egypt. This difficult international situation could make him lose the government of the country, so as soon as he could he left for Cairo in order to prepare a defense and strengthen their position against the Ottoman Empire. ("Another will benefit (from the) 7000 years of Egypt".) On June 18th, (day of the Battle of Waterloo), he arrived to the capital. Then the campaign went on, led by his son Tusun. In 1816, Ibrahim succeeded his brother (killed in action), and in 1818 definitively ended the uprising, thus consolidating his power in Egypt ("Another will benefit (from the) 7000 years of Egypt") exactly 20 years after the arrival of Napoleon.
This campaign marked the Egyptian control of the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina, and the Red Sea's eastern coast. Mehmet Ali thus became the safeguard of the Pilgrimage and obtained strategic areas in order to control the trade routes of Arabia, as well as consolidating his power in Egypt exactly 20 years after Napoleon in 1798. Let’s remember that Bonaparte was called Sultan Kebir Bonaparte by the Egyptians and was flattered by it, because literally, it means "great" Sultan. Bonaparte went so far as to openly say that the Quran had predicted the defeat of the caste of the Mamluks who ruled Egypt, and also spoke of the conversion of the French army from the East to Islam. ("Twenty years of the Moon’s reign past”)
The last verse is no less strange: "When my prophecy is met and consummated." An obvious verse in any case; in short, Nostradamus meant "when his prophecy is met and consummated." The term "lors" is translated as "when"; "accomplit" derives in the current French word “accomplir,” which acts as action within context, and therefore translates as "perform, carry out, do" And the concept “mine” is curious, because it currently translates as undermine, and can be replaced by erode, deepen, dredge. Let’s change:
"Then my prophecy (be) accomplished and deepened."
He is speaking about time. Curious. He is not speaking about this quatrain, but about his whole prophecy. It is obvious that the idea of 7000 years bears much relation with this last verse, as we said
The idea "then (be) accomplished" is correct when we think that it refers to the execution of all his quatrains over time. Also, the idea that follows "and deepened" refers that it should be studied and analyzed.
Thus this verse in particular, related with the second verse, form a strange relationship. Let's see.
Another will benefit (from) the 7000 years of Egypt
then my prophecy (be) met and deepened.
In sum, Egypt. + Centuries = 7,000 years. If we tentatively consider 3,500, it is obvious that the prophecies are related with the year 3500 AD approx. But this is still a matter of speculation. By me, the quatrain is clarified.
