“Disaster” is a word derived from the Old French desastre meaning “from an ill-favored star.” It used to describe “bearded stars” or comets as portends heralding the death of great leaders and kings, such as Julius Caesar, the fall of empires–such as the great comet of 1812 that signified to many Napoleon’s “disastrous” decision to invade Russia later that year.
The great 16th-century prophet Nostradamus believed the appearance of comets were stellar torches shining prescient light upon coming great changes in history. In particular, Nostramamus believed a comet could portend the fall of a tyrant whose death would mark or even could trigger in some way the next world war.
A comet sighting in our times is key to identifying the third of three antichrists foreseen by the prophet. In each case, Nostradamus provided clues that reverberated in similar phrases in a number of quatrains scattered throughout his book of prophecies for the fleet sooth-sleuth-sayer to decant for debate and discussion. He introduced the first antichrist in bold letters in the opening quatrain poem of Century (volume) 8 of his book of prophecy as PAUNAYLORON. Le Peletier, chief among the 19th century’s finest Nostradamus scholars, decoded in hindsight this anagram to mean Napaulon Roy (King Napoleon). In the 1920s, the German Nostradamian, Von Loog, identified with clever foresight the second antichrist–Hister–as none other than Adolf “Hitler.” Though Napoleon’s anagram only came up once, hints in the same prophecy identify character and life details unique to him as a leader of France. Nostradamus is more generous with his mention of “Hister.” This code name for the second antichrist appears five times in the prophecies with numerous hints that it is Adolf Hitler. For instance, “Hister” is the ancient name for the River Danube. Hitler grew up in Linz, Austria, “on” the Danube.
Nostradamus’ third antichrist called “Mabus” is only mentioned once in the prophecies by code name in (Century) 2 Quatrain 62. An echo of that prophecy elaborating further details is indexed under 8 Q77. Some believes it qualifies Mabus as “the Third Antichrist.” Whether Mabus is the Third Antichrist or his victim is a subject of hot debate among Nostradamians. In either case, both Mabus as Third Antichrist or as separate entities, do not see the disastrous end of the new world war. They are killed at the beginning.
Nostradamus predicts the war of the Third Antichrist will be the longest of the three. Napoleon’s war, as Nostradamus accurately predicted in 7 Q13, lasted 14 years (1799–1814), followed by another famous time prediction in 10 Q90 for Napoleon’s escape from exile on Elba in 1815 to lead France for a hundred days until his final defeat at Waterloo. Nostradamus did not tag a specific length to Hitler’s war but he left powerful clues accurately framing the war in time. In his Epistle prophecies he earmarked the years “(19)37″, “(19)41″ and “(19)45″ as the beginning, middle and end of the conflict. He was only slightly off on the beginning year–it was 1939–but 1941 did see the turning of the tide with the Second Antichrist’s disastrous invasion of Russia, started on the same day of the 129 year anniversary of the First Antichrist’s invasion, no less. Hitler’s war did end in 1945.
Nostradamus gives two predictions for the length of the war of the Third Antichrist. In a passage written in 1558 about the three Antichrists in his Epistle to Henry II, he said the following:
“Finally the third [Antichrist] will cause an inundation of human blood, and one will not find Mars [the God of War] fasting for a long time… After that, the Antichrist will be the infernal prince again for the (third and) last time. All the Kingdoms of Christianity, and even those of the infidels [Muslims], will tremble for the space of twenty-five years…”
He wrote the Epistle dedicating a serialization of the final three Centuries (volumes 8, 9 and 10) of his book of prophecies to the king of France after setting down with his pen the following well-known prophecy giving what appears to be a longer timeline: