![]() IN THE LAS QUATRAIN OF HIS SIXTH CENTURY HE SPECIFICALLY ATTACKS ASTROLOGERS. ASTROLOGY ITSELF IS MENTIONED ONLY TWICE IN NOSTRADAMUS’ PREFACE AND 41 TIMES IN THE CENTURIES THEMSELVES, BUT MORE FREQUENTLY IN HIS DEDICATORY LETTER TO KING HENRY II. HENCE, THE MANY PREDICTIONS INVOLVING ANCIENT FIGURES SUCH AS SULLA, GAIUS MARIUS, NERO, AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS HIS DESCRIPTIONS OF “BATTLES IN THE CLOUDS” AND “FROGS FALLING FROM THE SKY”. RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT MUCH OF HIS PROPHETIC WORK PARAPHRASES COLLECTIONS OF ANCIENT END-OF-THE-WORLD PROPHECIES (MAINLY BIBLE-BASED), SUPPLEMENTED WITH REFERENCES TO HISTORICAL EVENTS AND ANTHOLOGIES OF OMEN REPORTS, AND THEN PROJECTS THOSE INTO THE FUTURE IN PART WITH THE AID OF COMPARATIVE HOROSCOPY. THE BOOK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1555 AND HAS RARELY BEEN OUT OF PRINT SINCE HIS DEATH. HISTORY/DESCRIPTION : NOSTRADAMUS WAS A FRENCH ASTROLOGER, PHYSICIAN, AND REPUTED SEER, WHO IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BOOK LES PROPHETIES, A COLLECTION OF 942 POETIC QUATRAINS ALLEGEDLY PREDICTING FUTURE EVENTS. AUTHOR: MICHEL DE NOSTRADAMUS (1503-1566) LANGUAGE: FRENCH DATE: 1555 PAGE #: 266 REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS: 11.75 X 8.75 IN
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