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NEW PREDICTION: 4/23/04 -- He will appear sometime between April and July 2004, claiming his first murder victim. Perhaps he already has and we have yet to hear the report. Perhaps, like David Berkowitz, he will pull a gun from a paper bag and begin a reign of terror, shooting his victims as they sit in their cars: couples, commuters, families on vacation. Or maybe, like Andrew Cunanon, he will hunt them down one by one in nightclubs and back streets, commencing a murder spree that will last until July and terminate with the murder of someone famous. Then again, like the Manson family murders, the killings may be cult-related, and the crazed followers will slash and strangle those living in the expensive and glamourous neighbourhoods of Los Angeles, New York City, or elsewhere.
The end of the reign of terror will either come this year or next: one or two summers that will have everyone looking over their shoulders save for the careless and famous ones who will become this serial killer's prey.
RATING: +0
As this web site has demonstrated, there are multiple possible beginnings for World War III -- that point in time when Russia, Iran, and their allies are united against the whole of Europe. I believe the attack on Europe will take place no earlier than 2003 and no later than 2006. Therefore, this earthshaking event in Iran could be a US attack during a major preliminary conflict in the Middle East, an early salvo of World War III, or the final offensive. Or it could actually be a very deadly earthquake.
Nevertheless, Nostradamus warns that Iran will not escape retribution for waging war against the nations of the West. Whether it will be "divine punishment" in the form of a super-earthquake or a nuclear attack by France, Britain, or the United States, June 2004 is one very prominent vector for something quite remarkable and terrible to happen to the nation of Iran.
Quatrain 10.31The Holy Empire will come to
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Iranian earthquake 'kills 20,000'Friday, 26 December, 2003, 21:49 GMT BBC News At least 20,000 people have died in the huge earthquake which struck south-eastern Iran, according to officials. Rescuers are working through the night to hunt for survivors from the quake, which struck before dawn on Friday. The ancient city of Bam has been devastated - most of its buildings have been flattened including two hospitals and a 16th Century citadel. A big relief operation is under way, with many foreign countries sending supplies and rescue workers to Iran. President Mohammad Khatami described the quake as a "national tragedy" and said it was too huge for Iran to cope with alone. The United States offered humanitarian assistance, and President George W Bush said he was "ready to help" Iran. Aid agencies are making urgent appeals for supplies such as tents, blankets and field hospitals. But there are immediate fears for the safety of survivors - temperatures at night in the desert city drop to well below freezing, and food and water are in short supply. Crushed
Bam and the surrounding area is home to more than 200,000 people. About 70% of the houses in Bam have been destroyed, Iranian state television reported. It is thought many people were crushed as they slept. There were scenes of intense grief in the city, with people weeping next to corpses shrouded in blankets. "I have lost all my family. My parents, my grandmother and two sisters are under the rubble," Maryam, 17, told Reuters. Two of the city's hospitals have collapsed, crushing many staff, and remaining hospitals are full. Many of the injured are having to be flown elsewhere for treatment. A huge relief operation involving ordinary Iranians, the army, Islamic volunteer groups and local rescue teams is under way. Rescue teams are flying to the area by plane and helicopter. Emergency centres set up in makeshift buildings are now trying to care for the tens of thousands who have been injured. The BBC's Miranda Eeles in Tehran says that in many places there simply is not enough room. Telephones, electricity and water supplies have been cut by the tremor. The concern now is how to rescue those still alive but buried deep under the rubble, our correspondent adds. A number of countries - including Russia, Britain, Germany and Spain - have offered to send relief teams and supplies. Heritage site The United Nations said it was sending experts to co-ordinate the aid effort. The Red Crescent is setting up tents to house survivors. Friday's quake had a magnitude of at least 6.3, according to Iranian sources. The US Geological Survey measured it at 6.7. Bam - about 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) south-east of Tehran - was on the Unesco's list of World Heritage Sites. An important regional centre in the 16th and 17th centuries, it contained many ancient buildings that were not built to withstand earthquakes. Since 1991, tremors have claimed some 17,600 lives and injured 53,000 people, according to official figures. Death toll rises to 28,000 in Iran quakeTuesday, December 30, 2003 Posted: 2314 GMT ( 7:14 AM HKT)
The grim numbers came a day after the nation's top political and spiritual leaders visited the ancient city in southeastern Iran and promised to rebuild it. "Relying on the cooperation and assistance of the Iranian nation, we will reconstruct Bam," Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Monday, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. "From now on, we all need to talk about life, and hand in hand, try to reconstruct the quake-stricken regions." Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also inspected damage caused by Friday's 6.6-magnitude quake. "I offer my condolences to all families, brothers and sisters who lost their loved ones in this catastrophe with all my heart," he said. Khamenei urged all Iranians and groups to help, saying, "Aid should continue to come so that, God willing, it will be possible to rebuild the city of Bam better and this time stronger than before." Though international teams joined the effort to locate survivors, rescuers held out little hope of finding anyone alive ... Iran quake
toll now put at 41,000 - January 16, 2004.
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COMMENTS (12/26/03): Given the extremely high number of casualties, it appears that this is a PREDICTION FULFILLED, albeit six months early. Normally my earthquake predictions are close to the target month and usually only off by two to four months when not right to the month. However, this is the first time where my earthquake predictions are concerned that I have seen the event precede the projected time by a factor of six months.
Obviously, since there were two major quakes in Iran seven years ago in 1997, it remains possible that a second more powerful earthquake could hit around April, May, or June 2004. However, the casualties from today's temblor better match the single 1990 Iran quake which claimed 35,000 lives.
COMMENTS (12/30/03): Regarding the Nostradamus quatrain 10.31, a future "Holy Empire" has yet to come to Germany. This will never happen until after a Third World War -- or something like it -- has been fought. However, if Nostradamus is actually mocking the power and integrity of the current European Union by calling it "the Holy Empire," then it has already arrived in Germany. So line 1 may already be fulfilled.
Lines 2 and 3 suggest that the Arab world will soon be united under one mighty figure -- could this be the one called the Sufyaani in Islamic prophecy? It correctly predicts that this "Great Arab" (a monster according to Islam) will attack southeastern Iran (Carmania). Nostradamus uses the derogatory "asses" to demonstrate this evil Sufyaani invasion of Iran. Again, this follows Islamic prophecy as an event that will occur before the appearance of the Mahdi.
What is eerie is line 4. It appears the powerful quakes that will bury much of southeastern Iran have already begun. If true, not many years lie ahead before a new Arab war with Iran begins.
COMMENTS (5/29/04): Magnitude 6.3 -- nearly as powerful as the 6.6 Bam earthquake. Casualties around 45 at this writing, nowhere approaching the numbers from December. Still, very remarkable that this happens a few days before the June 2004 vector. Had the Bam quake not occurred, this one still would have scored big, prediction-wise. Could this be a foreshock for a second, more destructive quake in June? Will this prediction, already fulfilled prematurely in December, go into overkill? This necessitates the creation of new term for multiple fulfillments of a prediction that occur over a short space of time: PREDICTION OVERKILL. Technically, my prediction has now accomplished this to some degree.
RATING: +2.0
NEW PREDICTION: 7/14/03 -- Despite all the setbacks in launching the probes and rovers to the Red Planet thus far this year, the international mission will move forward. Actually, the delays work for the better: had the original target date of December 2003 been achieved, no life would have been found. The later during the year 2004, the better the chances life will be discovered, especially by July 2004. It will be simple forms of life, but nevertheless another miraculous breakthrough in interplanetary travel and research.
UPDATE (2/15/04): Since it is possible that, in the end, Nasa might deny evidence of life on Mars exists or existed, I am keeping a pictorial gallery from those news reports which indicate otherwise. I would also point out, regarding my prediction, that this mission need not have ever happened. Along the way there were several setbacks that could have spelled doom for the entire mission, not to mention the loss of communication for an entire day with the first rover. That we are receiving such stunning photos never before seen, as well as just getting to Mars, when the prospect looked bleak, and having all equipment operating correctly, again when things looked bleak, makes this prediction a partial success in and of itself.
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Exclusive: NASA Researchers Claim Evidence of Present Life on MarsBy Brian Berger 16 February 2005 02:09 pm ET
Stoker and other researchers have long theorized that the Martian subsurface could harbor biological organisms that have developed unusual strategies for existing in extreme environments. That suspicion led Stoker and a team of U.S. and Spanish researchers in 2003 to southwestern Spain to search for subsurface life near the Rio Tinto river—so-called because of its reddish tint—the product of iron being dissolved in its highly acidic water. Stoker told SPACE.com in 2003, weeks before leading the expedition to southwestern Spain, that by studying the very acidic Rio Tinto, she and other scientists hoped to characterize the potential for a “chemical bioreactor” in the subsurface – an underground microbial ecosystem of sorts that might well control the chemistry of the surface environment. Making such a discovery at Rio Tinto, Stoker said in 2003, would mean uncovering a new, previously uncharacterized metabolic strategy for living in the subsurface. “For that reason, the search for life in the Rio Tinto is a good analog for searching for life on Mars,” she said. Stoker told her private audience Sunday evening that by comparing discoveries made at Rio Tinto with data collected by ground-based telescopes and orbiting spacecraft, including the European Space Agency’s Mars Express, she and Lemke have made a very a strong case that life exists below Mars’ surface. The two scientists, according to sources at the Sunday meeting, based their case in part on Mars’ fluctuating methane signatures that could be a sign of an active underground biosphere and nearby surface concentrations of the sulfate jarosite, a mineral salt found on Earth in hot springs and other acidic bodies of water like Rio Tinto that have been found to harbor life despite their inhospitable environments. One of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers, Opportunity, bolstered the case for water on Mars when it discovered jarosite and other mineral salts on a rocky outcropping in Merdiani Planum, the intrepid rover’s landing site chosen because scientists believe the area was once covered by salty sea. Stoker and Lemke’s research could lead the search for Martian biology underground, where standing water would help account for the curious methane signatures the two have been analyzing. “They are desperate to find out what could be producing the methane,” one attendee told Space News. “Their answer is drill, drill, drill." . . . |
COMMENTS (2/18/05): With this rather unambiguous announcement "NASA Researchers Claim Evidence of Present Life on Mars" in both the text of the report and right in the news headline itself, I must consider this a PREDICTION FULFILLED. Anyway, I never said "proof positive" of life discovered, but strong "evidence" ... and of simple life forms too.
An Opportunity to
celebrate --
Mars rover hits one-year mark, surpassing "planned 90-day
mission" - January 25, 2005.
RATING: +1.0
NEW PREDICTION: 1/13/04 -- This quake may be another shallow 6.5 or as large as 7.8 or higher, possibly causing between 1,000 to 2,000 deaths. The tentative vector is July 2004.
6.4 Earthquake jolts PhilippinesFriday, October 8, 2004 Posted: 1657 GMT (0057 HKT) MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 shook Manila on Friday night, swaying high rises, knocking out power over a wide area and sending frightened residents into the streets. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The shaking began at 10:35 p.m. and lasted for more than a minute. The epicenter of the quake was on Mindoro island, 55 miles south-southwest of Manila. The temblor was felt over a wide area, including nearly 90 miles north of the sprawling capital on the main Philippine island of Luzon. The U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado said on its Web site the magnitude was 6.4 at a depth of about 73 miles. A magnitude 6 quake can cause severe damage. Panicked residents and hotel guests poured into the capital's streets. Police were easing traffic away from a condemned building that was cracking and dropping debris. Utility company Meralco reported widespread power outages, possibly due to damaged power lines. The Philippines is along the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common. A magnitude 6.2 quake shook Manila and surrounding areas of Luzon three weeks ago. The Philippine Institute of Vulcanology and Seismology said Friday's quake was believed to be in the same fault line, along the Manila Trench. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in 1990 killed nearly 2,000 people on Luzon. |
NEW PREDICTION: 9/18/03 -- This will be no ordinary temblor. It will be at least a 7.9 on the Richter scale or higher. Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, will die. Look for it around July/August 2004, but prepare for it throughout the year.
Asia quake death toll over 11,000 -- Largest earthquake in 40 years measured 9.0, triggered massive tsunamisMonday, December 27, 2004 Posted: 0059 GMT (0859 HKT) (CNN) -- Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet in more than 40 years wiped out coastal areas across Asia as far as 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) away, killing more than 11,000 people. More than 4,500 people are reported dead in Sri Lanka, along with thousands more fatalities in Indonesia and India and hundreds dead in Thailand. The initial quake, measuring 9 in magnitude, struck about 160 kilometers (100 miles) off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island around 7 a.m. Sunday (0000 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center. It is the fourth largest earthquake in recorded history, according to the NEIC. The measurements have been taken since 1899 ...
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COMMENTS (12/30/04): As the casualties continue to mount, I am coming to believe the superquake I envisioned for China may have struck a bit farther south, instead hitting Indonesia. The base 7 precedent for this earthquake is the mammoth quake that struck China in July 1976, 28 (4 x 7) years ago, resulting in hundreds of thousands dead. The casualties from the South Asia quake and tsunami have now surpassed 100,000 and are still climbing -- making it the most destructive earthquake since the one in China back in 1976. Although I precisely predicted the nature and location of the quake, even the tsunami, on 2003 (Part One), getting the date wrong by 22 months, I feel I have come closer date-wise with this prediction and captured the enormity of the casualties. Just a bit to the south of China, and you have what has occurred. Still, this can only be a PREDICTION PARTIALLY FULFILLED -- especially since China may yet experience a "great" earthquake before December 31, 2005.
RATING: +0.4
Terrorism, Coups, Revolutions, Civil Wars, Anarchy, Crime Waves.
Quatrain 4.47
NEW PREDICTION: 1/27/04 -- Noir, here as in so many places, does indeed mean "black" and is not an anagram for roi ("king"). It is, rather, a poetic description of the soul and heart of this villain, to be equated with "evil" in a metaphorical sense. It best suits the character of Osama bin Laden, the swarthy terrorist mastermind of September 11 who will bring greater horror to the world than it has ever known, especially to "the Romans" (which may mean more than merely Italy, but all of the West, including the United States).
This summer we shall see the start of a time unprecedented, when "the greatest ones" -- presidents, politicians, royalty, and celebrities -- shall be murdered, executed, and assassinated. Some of them shall literally be hanged by their necks and their feet.
The Saudi royal family will be overthrown brutally and executed as was the Czar Nicholas and his family in Russia in 1917. The Jordanian royal line may also be in peril, but this is not certain. Prince Charles is at high risk of assassination, but by who is not known. A new Philippines leader shall no sooner be elected when he shall be killed. An evil man shall stab Mubarak to death through the neck and chest and take control of Egypt while another takes the life of Musharaff of Pakistan. Another Balkans or Central European politician may be murdered as was Zoran Djindjic last year. At least two US politicians, one of them Hillary Clinton, is at risk of being assassinated by a gunman, although by who is not entirely clear (some theories are presented). At least one, possibly two, world famous, female celebrities will be slaughtered in a grisly scene reminiscent of the Manson family murders of Sharon Tate and her famous friends in 1969. The US president himself, whether that is Bush or his democratic challenger, will be killed by an assassin in April or November 2005, if not sooner. The Pope and the Vatican shall certainly not be spared.
Many more leaders and notable ones will be slain in the many revolutions and civil wars that will sweep through the Middle East, Russia and the former Soviet Union, much of Europe, and even America. This can only be the Mega-Revolution that will become worldwide warned of in the prophecies of Josef Kugelbeer, the Seer of Vorarlberg, and Erna Stieglitz.
So many "great ones" shall perish that the world will be terrified, especially by the sight of those who are dispatched by the most brutal and barbarian of means.
All of this shall begin around the month of July 2004 or sooner and be spread out over a period reaching to August 2006. Obviously, Bin Laden and his terrorists will not be responsible for all of these slayings, but will have a hand in some of what happens. Rebellious mobs, coup leaders, and criminals will also be to blame.
UPDATE (4/3/04): And so it begins. One of the bodies hung from the bridge belonged to Scott Helvenston, movie and television stunt man and personal trainer to Hollywood star Demi Moore. Madonna may be making a surprise visit to Baghdad during her upcoming concert in Israel. Bad idea, I think.
UPDATE (12/15/04): I have highlighted text in the above prediction to reflect the near-assassination of Serbian leader Boris Tadic and the sudden death of Filipino politician, former actor Poe. Although natural causes are suspected, the investigation is far from conclusive. The killing of a Philippines leader was specified in the prediction. I will continue to highlight text as more aspects of the prediction are fulfilled or come close to fulfillment.
Sri Lanka's foreign
minister assassinated - August 12, 2005.
RATING: +0.66
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NEW PREDICTION: 11/28/02 -- I call this one the "Sharon Tate scenario." In 2004, it will be 35 (5 x 7) years since beautiful, blonde actress Sharon Tate, hair designer Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, and their friends were attacked and murdered by merciless, crazed, knife-wielding robots under the control of convict-turned-guru/messiah, Charles Manson. The body of Tate, pregnant with the child of film director husband Roman Polanski, was found both stabbed and hanged by investigators at the crime scene.
It will also be 14 (2 x 7) years since America became obsessed with the question: Who Killed Laura Palmer? Laura, as we discovered in the film "Twin Peaks: Firewalk With Me," was brutally murdered by ... (see the film).
No, this does not mean a 21st Century version of the Manson family is going to be slaughtering celebrities and their neighbours in the suburbs of Los Angeles. At least, probably not.
However, the base 7 signature for August 2004 brings us, once again, to an especially brutal murder of a young female celebrity. There may be other victims involved in this ghastly and tragic crime, and some of them may also be well-known.
The clues are as follows (and should be obvious): the woman in question will likely be quite young, in her mid-20s. She will be blonde and likely a film star, but one cannot rule out another career such as pop singer. She is currently unknown and will not become known to the world until sometime in 2003, which will be her debut year. She may be married to a famous director or a film star. Her future will appear bright -- many will believe her to be the next Marilyn Monroe. Sadly, her life and her career will be cut short so this cannot happen.
Although it is likely that it will be someone who will make a name for herself in 2003, one cannot rule out someone already famous, whose career has been relatively short (since around 1999). There is even a remote chance it will be someone well-known for a longer time who will be in her 30s or 40s, but this is not likely. I would still say mid-20s is most likely.
The murder will be quite brutal, involving stabbing or strangling, and may be carried out by a cult or by terrorists.
The case for a famous blonde dying in 2004 is quite strong and should be taken very seriously. The 2004 line of tragedy is virtually unbroken and goes back easily to 1920, if not longer ago than that:
Kitty Melrose (August 1913, suicide), Olive Thomas Pickford (September 1920, accidental poisoning - suspicious), Isadora Duncan (September 1927 - accidentally strangled by scarf caught in spokes of car tire), Thelma Todd (adjacent for 1934, December 1935, carbon monoxide poisoning - suspicious), Carole Lombard (adjacent for 1941, January 1942, plane crash), Carole Landis (July 1948, suicide by drugs overdose), Ona Munson (February 1955, suicide by drugs overdose) and James Dean (September 1955, car crash), Marilyn Monroe (August 1962, suicide by drugs overdose - suspicious), Judy Garland (June 1969, accidental drugs overdose) and Sharon Tate (August 1969, stabbed and strangled to death - homicide), Sal Mineo (February 1976, stabbed to death by mugger/stalker) and Jack Cassidy (December 1976, died from burns received in house fire), Princess Grace - Grace Kelly (adjacent for 1983, September 1982, suffered stroke while driving and died in car crash), Capucine (March 1990, suicide, jumped from eighth story window), and the Twin Peaks' "Who Killed Laura Palmer?" obsession (1990), and Princess Diana (August 1997, car crash - suspicious).
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All those who were rising stars or at the peak of their careers, save for Carole Lombard and Thelma Todd, died in August or September.
There is also a potential Nostradamus link to this event:
The reference to the "three" could indicate that America is at war with Iraq, Iran, and North Korea (the "axis of evil") at this time when a great "elevated blonde," a "supreme" celebrity, will be "strangled" dead. Then again the "empire" could be the EU in 2004, literally subrogated and enslaved by Russia, Iran, and Libya.
According to Quatrain 1.39, someone or some group of people will break into the blonde star's bedroom and strangle her dead.
But what is the "too great an involvement?" It could mean a future romance with a major male figure in 2004 with deadly consequences. Clearly, some group will not wish to see a relationship develop between the woman in question and the man. They may seek to warn her off and, failing that, murder her. Any correspondence between the lovers or the murdered celeb's diary will be confiscated and burned or otherwise disposed of.
Is there anyone who might in some respects match the profile? Yes, there are two: easily the most famous blonde pop singer of our time since 1999 (Britney Spears) and, quite unexpectedly, a blonde socialite who was largely obscure and suddenly became a household name in November 2003 (Paris Hilton). Also, although older than the age of Sharon Tate, there remains the greatest blonde icon of the last over twenty years aside from the late Princess Diana: Madonna.
Madonna, has essentially substituted herself for Princess Diana, or at least has been trying. This is likely the reason she survived June/July 2002 and November 2002 (two vectors during which I projected she would be in danger of death on Madonna-Pamela Anderson Prophecy (Part One)): she became greater than a mere "second fiddle" to Diana like Jayne Mansfield was to Marilyn Monroe, and much greater although not nearly as talented as Natalie Wood by the time 2002 rolled around. She is such a global icon, a universal mega-star that only the Diana vector (August 2004) or the Elvis Presley/Frank Sinatra vector (August 2005) can possibly touch her now. However, if her career slides, she will once again need to be cautious in June or October 2009 as a fading star...
Of course, we must be realistic. It is unlikely that all three of these women -- Britney Spears, Madonna, and Paris Hilton -- are going to end up murdered or otherwise dead in August 2004. It is worth mentioning though, that Paris Hilton, who debuted at precisely the right time, is a distinct possibility as the new "Sharon Tate."
Thus, "the big three" of Britney, Madonna, and Paris appear to be competing for the doomed blonde who will either be as popular as Diana was in 1997 or as Sharon Tate was in 1969. Britney and Paris because of Quatrain 1.39 and/or the Sharon Tate influence and Madonna because of both Quatrain 1.39 and Quatrain 6.73 (the "Modena" quatrain) and the Diana influence.
Addendum: the notorious August 2004 vector aside, looking back on each instance since 1913 we must note again that actress Carole Lombard died in a bizarre plane crash in January 1942 rather than in summer 1941 and actress Thelma Todd died from carbon monoxide poisoning in what many believe to be a murder cover-up in December 1935 rather than in summer 1934.
Twice in seventy years these tragic deaths have been late. They are the only exceptions to date.
So it is with great trepidation we may watch events play out in August and September, knowing that if nothing happens, chances are they may still next year, as in the cases of Carole Lombard and Thelma Todd. Whether it will fall to January 2005 or as late as December 2005 or a completely different month in 2005 we cannot know for certain.
Also complicating matters is the August-October 2005 vector for a major rock or music icon, male or female, to die as did Elvis Presley, the King of Rock, in 1977, Marvin Gaye in 1984, Freddie Mercury of Queen in 1991, Frank Sinatra in 1998, or Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix in 1970. Could this be the time of danger for the Queen of Pop, Madonna, or the Princess of Pop, Britney Spears?
UPDATE (7/6/04): The following material was taken from Madonna-Pamela Anderson Prophecy (Part One), although I have updated it here considerably. Included in the update is a more exact translation of Quatrain 6.73:
Quatrain 6.73
Modena is a small city in northern Italy and is often the accepted translation for the anagram Modene. However, as a city, it makes utter nonsense of this particular quatrain. Nor am I the only commentator who believes that "Modena," in this instance only, is something other than a city. For example, commentator John Hogue (1997) has translated "Modena" as "modern." His read on the quatrain, however, is quite tongue-and-cheek (he hasn't a clue, in other words). Still, like me, he refuses to see an Italian city in this verse.
No matter how many times I've read this obscure verse over the last almost fifteen years I keep seeing the name Madonna. It really appears as though a person, not a city, is being conspired against. Besides, it wouldn't be the first time that Nostradamus used the name of a city, sea, or river to approximate a person's name.
The "monk" may not be a monk at all, but a cult member (possibly a member of Kabbalah), an Islamic terrorist, an outspoken priest, minister, rabbi, a far-right Christian fundamentalist, or even a member of a religious order (a real monk). Obviously, the "monk" could also be a reclusive psychopath suffering from some sort of religious mania, like the man who attacked the late George Harrison in 1999. He may even be a hired killer who is disguised as a monk or someone posing as a member of a cult or a religious order.
In today's world the meaning of being an "artisan" has a wide range of possibilities: in terms of craftsmanship, however, it might best apply to a fashion designer or set designer of a play or concert. Of course, a musician, painter, photographer, sculptor, singer, actor, comedian, etc. could also be intended.
The great harbour city may be New York City, Los Angeles, or London: all cities where Madonna has homes. One of these people may live near the harbour, the other may rent the spacious upper floor of a former warehouse or other facility ("the walls"). One or both of them appear to be involved in some sort of conspiracy against "Modena" (Madonna).
Nostradamus suggests
"Modena" will be in a theatre or cellar speaking or
performing when a conspiracy against her is hatched (or that
the conspirators hatch their plot in a theatre or cellar).
In 2002, her West End appearance in Up For Grabs made the most sense. Now, however, it is her world tour which continues until September.
Who are the "monk" and the "artisan" who conspire? There are no definitive answers as of yet. One potential matter of interest regarding the "artisan": her little follower Britney Spears has reportedly purchased a seaside mansion in England so as to be nearer to her Madge.
Does Madonna have any enemies? Recently Rabbi Shmuley Boteach attacked Phillip Berg, the head of the Kabbalah Centre, for allowing Madonna to be a celebrity spokeswoman for the pop cult. Boteach is quoted as saying, "Sorry to be so crass, but Madonna is a slut. Yes, she may sing, and she may dance. But she is famous for being a slut. And no religion dare have a slut as its principal representative." However, now that London-based Al Qaeda terrorists have directly threatened Madonna's life and the lives of her children if she goes to Israel it is even clearer who her enemies might be. Madonna cancelled the planned concerts in Israel only to announce she is going there to study Kabbalah in October.
Could the taxi explosion outside of her apartment in New York City on June 29 have been a warning by terrorists how easily they can get at her if she says any more about a trip to Israel or elswhere in the Middle East?
Madonna's selection of close aquaintences is also something to be concerned about. On September 20, 2002, the Daily Star reported that Madonna, who had grown fond of shooting and hunting with her husband, Guy, was associated in their shoots with former paratrooper Peter O'Hare, who later committed suicide after murdering one Kaeron Adkins and her daughter Torie. Other distressing friendships from the past have been renewed recently as well, such as one with former lesbian lover Ingrid Casares, who reportedly was converted to Kabbalah in April 2004 by Madonna and has been seen in her company from time to time since a party held for the screening of Swept Away. Casares had close ties to the underworld of organised crime.
What will the nature of the conspiracy be? Like the recent planned abduction of former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, it might be a kidnapping for profit where she is afterwards released. But this scenario is quickly fading as a possibility. More likely, perhaps what is being considered is an abduction by Islamic terrorists planning to make an example of her on live television. Of course, it could also be an outright murder at her home or at one of her concerts. She has not only attracted terrorists of late, but also psychopathic stalkers.
It is unfortunate that Nostradamus is not specific in this quatrain as to the actual fate that actually will befall the world's most famous female icon. However, the mere mention of the word "cellar" has many potentially disquieting associations. One possible clue lies in the other quatrain discussed above, Q1.39, unless that one applies to one of the other famous blondes of 2004: Britney Spears or Paris Hilton (unless it was intended solely for Marilyn Monroe, another possibility).
The motive of the conspirators in Quatrain 6.73 appears to be in line 4: she is "betrayed for acting under the colour [guise] of marriages."
But, then again, is this a motive? It may simply be Nostradamus' way of saying that Madonna will have numerous lovers and husbands. Through the years Madonna has been romantically linked according to press reports with many men (and a few women). The more famous include actors Warren Beatty and Sean Penn, musicians Vanilla Ice, Prince and Michael Jackson, comedian Sandra Bernhard, personal trainer Carlos Leon, and the late John F. Kennedy Jr. Madonna is now married to director Guy Ritchie, yet this doesn't appear to be getting in the way of a deepening relationship between Madge and Britney Spears.
Perhaps Madonna's varied liasons, past or present, may make her a desirable target for certain types of individuals: jilted past lovers, stalkers, religious maniacs, and terrorists who might tend to consider her as a major symbol of Western decadence.
As we approach August 2004 and the seventh anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, we must ask what form the danger to her might take. Once again, I suspect a staged accident like the death of Princess Diana. This could take the form of a car crash. However, if Quatrain 1.39 applies to Madonna rather than someone else, such as Britney Spears or Paris Hilton, then she will be murdered by some method of strangulation. A purely accidental strangulation that comes to mind is that of Isadora Duncan in September 1927, who, like Madonna, was a dancer. Her long neck scarf got caught in the spokes of the rear tire as she drove off in a sports car during a visit in Paris.
On November 11, 2001, I experienced a lucid dream vision of what appears to be the details of Madonna's death in a car crash. If this was for real, we may know the nature of the danger facing her in 2004 or 2005. To see what I have seen, open a Dream Window. Shadowdncer also shares an unnerving posthumous vision from May 15, 2002 of Madonna's tragic death in the above dream window.
One additional observation: Madonna, like Sharon Tate, is married to a film director (Guy Ritchie). Sharon was married to film director Roman Polanski. Since Madonna travels back and forth between LA and London, it is not impossible she could be at her LA residence this summer, just as Sharon Tate was in August 1969, entertaining a few friends whilst Guy is in London or filming elsewhere in Europe. Like Tate and her friends, Madonna and her party could be as vulnerable to the crazies and cults of Hollyweird -- including Kabbalah.
CONCLUSIONS 2004
What follows is a detailed commentary concerning this prediction. Before beginning, however, I must point out that several events have occurred in January 2005 that might be "loose ends" from 2004 or portents that this prediction may yet be fulfilled to the letter within the next two months. I will address these events after the commentary.
I think it possible that 2004 was another male actor tragedy year, like 1956 and 1976, and that the actor this time around was Christopher Reeve.
![Christopher Reeve [R] and Margot Kidder [L] forever immortalised in the 1978 film Superman](Superman_2.jpg)
I was profoundly shocked and saddened by news of Christopher Reeve's passing. Not since Princess Diana died in 1997 had I felt so heartbroken. It really is true: only the good die young. This was a man determined to overcome his disabilities and, in so doing, pave the way for others in similar circumstances to do the same. The tragedy was that a pressure point sore became infected, proceeded to a sepsis infection, and killed him, cheating him of what I believe would have been a certain victory and return to a normal life. His turnaround began in ernest in 2002 and I believe he would have walked again within the next five years. Instead his life was cut short.
Christopher Reeve had much in common with acting legend Jeffrey Hunter. Jeffrey Hunter played Jesus Christ in the film, King of Kings. "Christopher" has the name "Christ" in it and Reeves played the definitive role of the comic book hero Superman. Hunter died instantly of a broken neck on May 27, 1969, at the age of 42 after falling down a flight of stairs at his home. However, before his death, he played the role of the horribly scarred, quadraplegic Captain Christopher Pike, kept alive by an artificial mobile apparatus in the two-part Star Trek episode, "The Menagerie." Reeve fell from a horse and broke his neck on May 27, 1995 at the age of 42, but lived on nine years and five months as a quadraplegic championing the linked causes of spinal cord injury rehabilitation and cure and stem cell research before dying, indirectly, from his injuries on October 10, 2004, a few weeks after his 52nd birthday.
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Both men's deaths are linked in time by the base 7 phenomenon. May 1969 was 35 (5 x 7) years before October 2004.
I know it has been hotly debated on various forums whether Christopher Reeve was really a hero or a rich Hollywood so-so actor who had the money to prolong his life. I believe his dedication to help those suffering from similar plights and his determination to overcome a devastating disability against almost impossible odds makes him a hero and an inspiration to us all. That he was cheated of realising his goal by another, unexpected medical crisis is a tragedy. Christopher Reeve, champion and superman, will be greatly missed.
A male repetition of tragedy for 2004 was never considered. With two iconic blonde divas and a spectacular blonde socialite competing for attention, it seemed a shoe-in that one or more of them would be endangered by the 1913-1997 timeline that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, Princess Grace, Sharon Tate, and Marilyn Monroe among many others. Part of the problem is that on only two rare occasions since 1913 were males the dominant or only victims of the timeline. Thus, because of this, I had perceived them as being exceptions of an otherwise exclusively female line of tragedy. That is, until the death of Christopher Reeve in 2004.
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This was apparently the case when
blonde-haired actor James Dean died in a car crash on
September 30, 1955, forty-nine (7 x 7) years ago. However, further digging reveals that blonde, largely B-film actress Ona Munson committed suicide on February 11, 1955 from an overdose of sleeping pills. So, in this case, the male victim of tragedy (Dean) eclipsed the female victim (Munson) in terms of fame (the same as being the only major and memorable tragedy of the year). |
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The other time was when actor Sal Mineo, by then a faded film star, was murdered by a mugger/stalker on February 12, 1976, twenty-eight (4 x 7) years ago. Mineo had got his start starring with James Dean and Natalie Wood in the film Rebel Without A Cause. All three principals died tragically young, Natalie Wood being last to die in November 1981 in a drowning accident off Santa Catalina island (on a different timeline of tragedy than the current one). Actor Jack Cassidy of The Partridge Family (father of singer David Cassidy) and Columbo fame, among many other film and TV appearances, also died the same year as Mineo (1976) in a house fire on December 12.
In 1976, no famous female actress or pop icon died tragically. However, in a recent interview, disco diva Donna Summer admitted that she had almost committed suicide in November 1976 by jumping from an eleventh-floor hotel window in NYC. Likewise in November of this year, actress Shelley Long attempted suicide by taking an overdose of painkillers, but survived. Also, in a case of pulling "the old switcheroo," singer/actress Claudine Longet, notably the wife of singer Andy Williams, shot and killed her lover, Olympics skier Spider Sabich on March 21, 1976. There have been no repetitions of that scenario -- at least not yet.
Why blonde bombshell Farrah Fawcett escaped a Marilyn Monroe or Sharon Tate -type fate in 1976 is a complete mystery tto me. She was the most logical victim of the famous blonde female timeline of tragedy that year, and had I been doing then what I am doing now, I would almost certainly have predicted great danger for her. And I would have been wrong. Whatever the reason, two male actors, Sal Mineo and Jack Cassidy, died strange and tragic deaths instead that year.
That means in 1976 the famous female line of tragedy skipped a seventh year and in 1955 the line was eclipsed by a much more famous member of a rarer male line.
Even so, five famous blonde celebrities had very close calls in 2004.
Madonna, one of three I actually applied the prediction to, and her children, were issued a death threat by a London-based Al Qaeda group opposed to her doing a concert in Israel. Later, when she brought the matter back up in public whilst on tour, a taxi blew up outside her New York home. During the summer tour, Madonna collapsed twice on stage, in the first incident shocking and horrifying many of her fans. Last month she claimed a stalker who has been following her since she began her summer tour is planning to kill her. This follows closely my detailed analysis of what is endangering her.
A "too great an involvement," as described in line 4 of Quatrain 1.39, continues with the dangerous cult she has become the leading spokesperson for: the Kabbalah Centre. Also, an intimate relationship with Britney Spears begun publicly at the MTV awards in August 2003 has appeared to jinx the both of them. Despite Spears' marriage to Kevin Federline and Madonna's continued marriage to Guy Ritchie, the "courtship" continues.
!["The Kiss" - Britney [L] and Madonna [R]](Britney_Spears_L_and_Madonna_R_french_kiss.jpg)
Is it possible? Could the "too great an
involvement" of Quatrain 1.39 be addressing Britney's
relationship with Madonna? Or is it Madonna who is getting into
"too great an involvement" with Britney? In terms of
both media and public reaction to her very public intimate
exchange and rather extraordinary continuance of the
"courtship" with Britney, it may be the Material Madam
who is the focus of the quatrain. With crazies like John
Hinckley, Robert Dewey Hoskins, Lynette "Sqeaky"
Fromme, and Leslie Van Houten being released from prison in 2005,
can either Madonna or Britney afford to be so conspicuously
debauched?
At this time all things, good and evil, appear to be drawing towards a common point: the entertainment icon we have come to know over the years as Madonna. Yes, even the silly headlines that have "nothing to do with her" seem to be screaming out a universal warning:
SCREAM, MADONNA. END OF ROAD FOR MADONNA.
Almost immediately after the death of Princess Diana in 1997, Madonna has been playing into the hands of the dark karmic forces that have sought a Diana-type sacrifice every seven years since at least 1920. These forces are now in sync with the performer, matching the psyche of Madonna step for step. It is a dangerous game she plays with the powers that now surround her, human and unseen.
Britney Spears, another of three I applied the prediction to, encountered a wide range of problems after her televised French kiss with Madonna during the 20th Anniversary MTV Music Awards on August 28, 2003. It was almost as if she had fallen under a curse from Madge's "kiss of death." No one really knows what her "undisclosed health problem" early last year was: depression, alcoholism, and Prozac addiction were all reported as possibilities. All of this happening on the heels of her mind-numbing, 55-hour-old, Las Vegas wedding to childhood friend Jason Alexander in early January 2004 which threatened to destroy her career. Knee injuries and violent mood swings cut her planned worldwide tour short. Then, in a seeming act of catharsis, Spears simulated what many suspected she was heading for:
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Britney has landed herself in hot water
today over the release of her new music video for the
single 'Everytime'. Britney is seen drowning in a bath
after cutting herself on a glass vase ... Parent groups
fear that the video could lead to copycat suicides ...
Britney has long been trying to move away from the
squeaky clean image with which she launched. Of the new
video, Britney is quoted as saying: "It's dark and
shows me in a different light."Britney plans reality doc as she shocks with suicide video - April 15, 2004. |
| Britney Spears - R.I.P. 1981 - 2004 | TO BE CONTINUED? |
UPDATE (4/16/04): Well, the deed is done. Britney Spears has finally acted out her ultimate fantasy: death by suicide (or is there something even more ultimate to be revealed from the princess of shock?). On video, of course. After assuring the public for the last month that she had changed her mind and would never allow such a scene to appear in her next video, Everytime, the suicide blonde has sneakily reversed herself, releasing an even more provocative version, infuriating and worrying legions of moms and dads fearful their daughters and sons might decide to do a copycat and "go out like Britters."
From a psychological and fictive
perspective, I suppose my prediction regarding Britney
Spears in a way is partially fulfilled, even though
suicide appears to be the modus operandi rather than homicide.
This does not mean she is out of the woods by any stretch of the
imagination, which is why I say "fictive" and
"partially fulfilled." I agree with Mr Lister, (remarks
since deleted), that she is possessed by those nasty little
thetas, astral elves, or whatever, and headed for a bad end. It
could come this month, in August, or not for another fourteen
years when she is 36 years old (Diana's and Marilyn's age at
death) for that matter. We'll have to see how much more crazy she
gets this year.
Meanwhile, I still fear homicide for Madonna and/or Paris Hilton. Madonna, especially, is going to be taking some big risks visiting Israel and especially troops in Baghdad. Meanwhile, I suppose if Britter's craziness gets too out of control, she could end up coming on to some freak in an elevator and getting iced that way. Who knows? The point is, the girl does not care ... not about herself nor about those teens and young adults who she may inspire.
Then again, perhaps this fictive suicide is an example of the "Who Killed Laura Palmer?" influence from 1990 I mentioned at the beginning. A sign, perhaps, that there will be no real tragedies this year for anyone?
Close Call ... and a Warning to Madonna
I also note that in late August 2004, the most dangerous time, blonde actress Charlize Theron nearly broke her neck doing a wire-hanging stunt during a film shoot (partially fulfilling Quatrain 1.39 if she had). This begs the question: was the beautiful blonde actress originally "destined" to break her neck in the stunt accident that nearly paralysed her? I suspect Theron's neck injury was a warning, probably to Madonna, who is more likely to succumb to the elements detailed in Quatrain 1.39 ("being strangled to death in bed because of a potentially controversial romantic involvement" [like Marilyn and JFK/RFK]) than either Britney or Paris.
Had this happened on the news report posting date of August 31, 2004, I suspect Charlize would no longer be among the living, since that was the seventh anniversary of Princess Diana's death. But, as it turns out, the accident happened earlier in week.
On the 2004 timeline there was one tragedy that involved a fatal neck injury. That was the case of dancer Isadora Duncan (September 1927) who was strangled and her neck broken when her long draping scarf got caught in the spokes of a tire in the sports car she was riding. It is remotely possible that Charlize Theron was Fate's intended tragic victim for 2004, narrowly escaping an Isadora Duncan type fate. But it is also possible that hers was yet another of many warnings dancer Madonna has received over the last year (dancing and choreography are Madonna's real talents, acting and singing are secondary). Quatrain 1.39 warns that a famous female blonde celebrity will be strangled by assassins for "too great an involvement."
Was Charlize
Theron also selected by Fate because of the bad karma emanating
from the murders committed by the Charlie Manson family 35 (5 x
7) years ago in 1969? The same karma that resulted in the
Manson-style slayings of six people in Florida in August 2004 and
in the wrath of Hurricane Charley?? Was Charlize telling us that
Madonna is becoming a "pain in the neck" to her masters
and minders and will end up with a fatal neck injury or
strangulation? Note also that the medical report on Princess
Diana concluded a rare condition resulted from her fatal injuries
seven years ago in the Paris car crash called "heart
strangulation." These "clues" make a great deal of
sence to those who are aware of the particulars of Quatrain 1.39
and of the case of one Ms Thelma Todd, deceased some 69 years ago
this December, SEVENTY years in December 2005,
due to carbon monoxide asphyxiation.
The spectre of Manson was also raised when actress Catherine Zeta-Jones testified that a female stalker threatened to "slice her up like meat on a bone" in a crime that would make "entertainment history." Moreover, one letter from the stalker boasted that "the bitch will be shredded to pieces like Sharon Tate was. This is going to be entertainment history," referring to the actress murdered by the Manson gang. "See ya at the funeral," said another.
After Charlize Theron's close call, on November 16, 2004, blonde actress Shelley Long attempted suicide by overdosing on pain killers and failed.
Yet another Diana (Shelley Long's Cheers character, Diane Chambers) nearly wound up dead, seven years after Princess Diana. An overwhelming number of news organisations reported this was a suicide attempt despite an earlier and later denial by Shelley Long's agent. Entertainment Tonight officially televised the story about and behind the suicide bid in-depth.
The country suffers frequent earthquakes,
with small tremors happening almost daily. In one
earthquake in 1990, 35,000 people died.
BAM, Iran (CNN) -- With
aftershocks rumbling through the region, the death toll
in Bam has reached 28,000 from last week's earthquake, an
official in the devastated Iranian city said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON -- A pair of NASA
scientists told a group of space officials at a private
meeting here Sunday that they have found strong evidence
that life may exist today on Mars, hidden away in caves
and sustained by pockets of water. The scientists, Carol
Stoker and Larry Lemke of NASA’s Ames Research
Center in Silicon Valley, told the group that they have
submitted their findings to the journal Nature for
publication in May, and their paper currently is being
peer reviewed. What Stoker and Lemke have found,
according to several attendees of the private meeting, is
not direct proof of life on Mars, but methane signatures
and other signs of possible biological activity
remarkably similar to those recently discovered in caves
here on Earth.
Death toll
from Asian earthquake and tsunami reaches 100,000