The Seer of Seers is at it again
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The French astrologer Nostradamus has long been a trendy topic as the clock nears midnight on New Year’s Eve, with the prophet’s predictions—though highly subjective and even more debatable—catching the curiosity en masse for the year ahead.
Unfortunately, the quatrains focused on 2025 are pretty dreary, bordering on chaotic.
But alas, here they are …
War in England; the return of the plague
A sign welcomes people to the village of Eyam in Derbyshire, northern England on March 23, 2020. – In the 17th century, the inhabitants of Eyam got rid of the plague by placing themselves in quarantine. In recent more days, in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, this village in central England has seen red in the face of an influx of visitors defying health recommendations. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LINDSEY PARNABY AND SYLVAIN PEUCHMAURD (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)
Last year, Nostradamus predicted torment among the Royal Family. Now, he’s seeing war in the UK and the dismal return of the plague.
“The kingdom will be marked by wars so cruel, foes from within and without will arise. A great pestilence from the past returns, no enemy more deadly under the skies.”
Conflict in global politics
July 15, 2018; Moscow, Russia; Russia president Vladimir Putin and FIFA president Gianni Infantino present the trophy to France after the final of the FIFA World Cup 2018 against Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Groothuis/Witters Sport via USA TODAY Sports
While this isn’t groundbreaking, the 2025 domestic and international political landscape creates a bit of an on-the-nose scenario with such a prediction.
Nostradamus said that there would be “a decrease in the influence of established Western countries and the emergence of new world powers.”
A long war comes to an end
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While Nostradamus’ predictions have typically been a ravage-filled drag lately, this one is more one the positive side.
The seer noted: “Through long war all the army exhausted, so that they do not find money for the soldiers; instead of gold or silver, they will come to coin leather, Gallic brass, and the crescent sign of the Moon.
Could we see an end to the Russia-Ukraine war—which began in 2022—in the year ahead?
End of the world
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 19: Las Vegas Astronomical Society vice president of special events Keith Caceres uses computer software connected to his telescope to locate asteroid 2014 JO25 outside the Planetarium at the College of Southern Nevada on April 19, 2017 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The near mile-long asteroid is traveling at 75,000 mph as it passes the Earth’s orbit at almost 1.1 million miles from Earth, less than five times the distance from the Earth to the moon. Astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona discovered the asteroid in May 2014, as part of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program. It is a contact binary asteroid (two connected rock lobes that were originally separate) giving it a peanut-like shape and is the closest any asteroid this large has approached Earth since September 2004. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
While the war might be over, the good vibes will be quickly squashed by the end of the world—courtesy of a giant asteroid.
Nostradamus wrote: “From the cosmos, a fireball will rise, A harbinger of fate, the world pleads. Science and fate in a cosmic dance, The fate of the Earth, a second chance.”
Obviously, the seer overlooked the fact we’d have a blueprint in place to stop such catastrophe in the form of the 1998 smash hit “Armageddon.”
Devastation and disaster in the Amazon
TOPSHOT – A man clears his house after the overflow of the Acre river in Cobija, in the Bolivian Amazon, on March 3, 2024. Hundreds of people in Cobija are suffering unprecedented flooding caused by heavy rains and the subsequent overflow of the Acre river on the border with Brazil. (Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP) (Photo by AIZAR RALDES/AFP via Getty Images)
Before the world ends, climate disaster is predicted to hit Brazil through massive flooding and volcanic eruptions.
Nostradamus noted: “Garden of the world near the new city, In the path of the hollow mountains: It will be seized and plunged into the Tub, forced to drink waters poisoned by sulphur.
The rise and fall of Aquaman
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 05: The Aquaman exhibit on display during the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood Aquaman Exhibit reveal on March 05, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood)
Nostradamus took a bit of swing with this one, noting that a “mysterious leader” would rise to form an “aquatic empire.”
That prediction is not a misprint, nor are we sure if he’s referring to Jason Momoa and box office numbers or an actual aquatic anomaly rising from the depths to take over the world—while probably starting a tequila brand and a podcast.
Well, we’ll just have to wait and see — at least, until the world ends.
This article originally appeared on List Wire: Nostradamus’ predications for 2025
