So what is it this year, Michel de Nostredame, aka, Nostradamus? More fire, blood, and steel? Plagues, zombies, plague zombies, zombie plagues, etc.?
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There's always the standard fallback prophecies that'll never miss the mark: war, death, really bad weather, and societal ruination of the general type. If Nostradamus wanted to bat a thousand, he should have just refreshed these apocalyptic go-tos year after year. Then again, he kind of did.
Some of the greatest poets of all time, such as Walt Whitman and William Blake, are described as "visionaries" for the images they are able to convey and imprint on the reader's memory. But few poets are said to predict the future in the visions they share. Except for Nostradamus...
It's once again time to choose your favorite Nostradamus apocalyptic bugbear and/or deathly portent. The usual suspects include fire, floods, blood, famine, some beasts and plagues, and of course: the Antichrist
Every year, loads of articles make the rounds declaring Nostradamus' latest visions of doom and gloom. 16th-century French doctor and mystic Michel de Nostredame has become the globe's most infamous funny-hat-wearing prognosticator.
Nostradamus: forced Christian convert, medical school expellee, widower, target of the Inquisition, and sufferer of chronic painful ailments. He didn't have the easiest life. Ah yes, and he's also that prophet-poet guy whose preoccupation with mysticism and staring into fragrant bowls of water led him to become history's most well-known and often-quoted "prophet."
Superstitions are why we believe some of the things we do, from feeling lucky or unlucky to warding off evil.
