Michel de Nostredame (1503–1566), known as Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer whose cryptic quatrains (four-line poems) have fueled speculation for centuries. Written in a mix of Latin, Greek, and Old French—and intentionally obscure to avoid persecution—his Les Prophéties contain over 900 predictions spanning centuries.
hile scholars widely agree that Nostradamus’s verses are too vague to be reliable forecasts, some modern interpreters continue to link them to contemporary or near-future events. Below are three frequently cited quatrains and how they’re sometimes connected to current global anxieties:
