Nostradamus C8 Q56: Astrologer guides a contrite pope on climate change
Copyright: Allan Webber, December 2015, Jan 2023
This
verse is another of Nostradamus ways of rejecting popular beliefs that
his methods involved astrology. In his day he did write hotoscopes for
important clients but those more famous for that art decried his efforts
as not being astrologically sound. In his only verse in Latin C6 Q100 he
says in his third line Let all astrologers, barbarians and
idiots stay far off.
The anagrams in the third line go a long way to
revealing Nostradamus assessment of astrologers. This is the only verse
where there is an anagram based on that root. In that line there are
angrams for Astrologer persuades contrite
Pope but there is also one of the five occurrence of
roots. That last term justifies its inclusion in the current series.
The structure of this word sequence comes from Astrologer (a Le gros tro)
persuades contrite (rs peau deſ_tre
coin t) Pope / Pape (oppe
/a). This can be extended by other anagrams saying
larger roots in trouble.
There
is an asterism in the first line of the verse and it is the name of the
eye of Taurus, Aldebaran and in the same line there is also anagrams for
correct letter. The lettering alongside these terms allow us tor read
correct letter of Aldebaran. Now in Nostradamus day
there was still an ongoing controversy over the way to spell that name.
It is in this context that the text of the verse makes sense. The herd
in the rhird line identifies Taurus while the rest narrates the debate
around the name of its brightest star.
The appearance of astrologer in this one verse can be
seen as not a source of knowledge but a reflection on practitioners
stuck in older ways of perceiving the movement of the stars. Aldebaran
is a good focal point for Nostradamus purpose since its one of the four
stars called the Royal stars and were a foundation stone for astrology.
They were called the guardians as were the Little and Big Bear at a
later date but the difference was the Bears were guardians of the Pole
Star while the Royal Stars were based on four equal regions
marking out the heavens in an equatorial manner.
The above is the reason I
pair C8 Q56 with
C1 Q51 in
the Astronomy roots series because of the different place each of the
two verses has in giving the foundation of the critical date mechanism
in Nostradamus' Prophecies as astronomic and not astrologic.
DATA Section
C8 Q56
The weak band will occupy the land, those of high places
will make dreadful cries. The large herd of the outer corner
troubled, near D.nebro it falls discovered by the writings.
La bande foible le tertre occupera
Ceux de hault lieu feront horribles crys Le gros
troppeau deſtre coin troublera Tombe pres D. nebro
deſcouuers les eſcris.
Anagram Sequences in
French Text.( ~ means full line used)
<aLdebaran [alpha Tauri] cup befoil core
letter><pure correct a banaL>parabLe
<a contrite pope uSed><pape uSed bluer
astroLoger><coresident real trouble> <Larger Secretion trouble
troops><into ruble Legators [will maker] prop re-educatEs> <Praepostor
English head student] uSed> <reLabel into our Secret> <aL gores ion
trouble> eSoteric Sector
<leSser peers benD coderS Tomb crises><elSe uuorse
codeS><leSser codeS uu borne><~peer Sees mob benDs crisT decorouS
rules~> ulcerous enrobeD
Table listing anagram occurrences (1-23) in
Nostradamus' Prophecies