(Image courtesy: New Indian Express)L Suresh unearths some chilling prophecies that Nostradamus made about FIFA 2006.
1000 quatrains, of which 942 exist today. 10 centuries. A mix of languages like Greek, Italian and Latin. And 31 days of football action from the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
What the world knows is that Nostradamus had predicted most of the disasters that were to take place in the future. But what escaped every bookie’s notice were some amazing predictions about the FIFA World Cups. 450 years ago, Nostradamus had subtly slipped in sub-text in his book, The Prophecies, that covered every little disaster from Maradona’s hand of God goal to Zidane’s head-butt foul.
As always, the skeptics drew out their carving knives to prove how vague the interpretations were. But Nostradamus saw this coming as well and wrote a lesser-known supplement to his Almanacs, titled Almaniacs that clearly explains how it takes a bit of ‘retroactive clairvoyance’ to bring to light many of these predictions.
FIFA 1986 World Cup, Quarter-final: Argentina vs England
He will rise high over the estate more to the right,
He will remain seated on the square stone,
Towards the south facing to his left,
The crooked staff in his hand his mouth sealed.
(Century V, Quatrain 75)
Obviously, the D in front of the goal is the prime real estate that Nostradamus was referring to. Maradona rose high above the defenders to the right. And instead of trying to stop the ball, if Peter Shilton, the goalkeeper, had held a compass, he would have noticed Maradona coming towards the South facing to his left and doing the crooked stuff with his hand that resulted in the Hand of God goal – and for years after the infamous incident, his mouth was sealed until he let it slip one day, when ‘squarely’ stoned.
FIFA 1990 World Cup, Final: Germany vs Argentina
A captain of Great Germany
Will come to deliver through false help
To the King of Kings the support of Pannonia,
So that his revolt will cause a great flow of blood.
(Century IX, Quatrain 90)
Franz Beckenbauer, one of the most successful captains of Great Germany would help his team win the World Cup, not as a player but as a coach. He would help the then kings of soccer - Mathaeus, Voeller and Klinsmann – to revolt against the genius of Maradona and win the cup in Pannonia (ancient Italy). Obviously this revolt led to a great flow of red cards – two Argentineans were set off in the finals.
If that was about the past, what did Nostradamus have to say about the disasters of the FIFA 2006 World Cup?
Quarter-final: England vs Portugal
The seducer will be placed in a ditch
and will be tied up for some time.
The scholar joins the chief with his cross.
The sharp right will draw the contented ones.
(Century VIII, Quatrain 95)
The original seducer David Beckham will hobble out and ditch his team when it needs him the most, for he would become tired after sometime. The young genius Rooney will join his Chief Beckham after his ‘cross act’ with Ronaldo that will result in him being sent off. And finally, a sharp right from Ronaldo will draw the contented Portuguese out of their homes in celebration.
Ronaldo and Ronaldinho: flops of the year
Near, far the failure of the two great luminaries
Which will occur between April and March.
Oh, what a loss! but two great good-natured ones
By land and sea will relieve all parts.
(Century III, Quatrain 5)
So near and by far, the two great stars Ronaldo and Ronaldinho will be the biggest failures, in all matches played between April 2006 and March 2007. On, what a loss! But they are two such great good-natured ones - ever noticed how they grin even after a defeat? But then, all other teams that come by land and by sea shall be relieved because of such splendid non-performances.
Victoria Beckham from the stands
At Tours, Gien, guarded, eyes will be searching,
Discovering from afar her serene Highness:
She and her suite will enter the port,
Combat, thrust, sovereign power.
(Century II, Quatrain 14)
Ah, Beckham’s on tour, so it’s a given that her eyes will be searching for the likes of Rebecca Loos and other sultry sirens. Many an affair will her serene highness, the Posh Spice of music, discover from far. And unlike the team she supports, she’s not the one to give up without a fight. So she, accompanied by her entourage, will enter each port and slug it out – combat, cat-fight, whatever it takes. Not for nothing was she named Victoria, the sovereign power.
The fate of Africa
No longer will the great one be in his false sleep,
Uneasiness will come to replace tranquillity:
A phalanx of gold, azure and vermilion arrayed
To subjugate Africa and gnaw it to the bone,
(Century V, Quatrain 69)
It will take matches against teams like Ghana for the great Brazil to wake up from its slumber and get its lazy act together. But Brazil will press the eject button rather early, so the uneasiness of Brazilian fans will soon be replaced by tranquility as they can now watch replays of Pele’s bicycle kick from Escape to Victory, without any ulcers. Meanwhile, teams with gold (Brazil), blue (France) and Red (Germany) would have already crushed Africa and gnawed it to the bone.
Zidane’s head butt of Marco Materazzi
The blue head will inflict upon the white head
As much evil as France has done them good:
Dead at the sail-yard the great one hung on the branch.
When seized by his own the King will say how much.
(Century II, Quatrain 2)
Ah, the head of Les Bleus head-butted the one in white who was pole-axed and hurt his head. Blue did as much evil to France as it did them good because the blue shirts were destined to win the FIFAA 2006 World Cup and by a quirk of fate, Italy wore blue and France, white in the finals. And when it came to the last yard, Zidane lost his head just when the momentum was gathering for his team to sail into the Italian camp. So he was ‘hung on the branch’ – penalized with a red card. What came over him and why he did what he did will be something he will say – but that’s for later.
The final verdict: Italy all the way
Libra will see the Hesperias govern,
Holding the monarchy of heaven and earth:
No one will see the forces of Asia perished,
Only seven hold the hierarchy in order.
(Century IV, Quatrain 50)
Librans Totti and Cannavaro will see Herperia (Italy) govern in the finals and the team will end up holding the trophy that shall proclaim them as the monarchs of football, both in heaven and earth. Though it doesn’t deserve a mention, it must be recorded that Asian teams won’t even make a blip in the radar screen. Only seven superpowers have won the World Cup ever - Brazil, England, Argentina, Italy, France, Germany and Uruguay – and they form the football hierarchy and one amongst them will win.
And true to his prophecy, Italy won the World Cup.
1000 quatrains, of which 942 exist today. 10 centuries. A mix of languages like Greek, Italian and Latin. And 31 days of football action from the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
What the world knows is that Nostradamus had predicted most of the disasters that were to take place in the future. But what escaped every bookie’s notice were some amazing predictions about the FIFA World Cups. 450 years ago, Nostradamus had subtly slipped in sub-text in his book, The Prophecies, that covered every little disaster from Maradona’s hand of God goal to Zidane’s head-butt foul.
As always, the skeptics drew out their carving knives to prove how vague the interpretations were. But Nostradamus saw this coming as well and wrote a lesser-known supplement to his Almanacs, titled Almaniacs that clearly explains how it takes a bit of ‘retroactive clairvoyance’ to bring to light many of these predictions.
FIFA 1986 World Cup, Quarter-final: Argentina vs England
He will rise high over the estate more to the right,
He will remain seated on the square stone,
Towards the south facing to his left,
The crooked staff in his hand his mouth sealed.
(Century V, Quatrain 75)
Obviously, the D in front of the goal is the prime real estate that Nostradamus was referring to. Maradona rose high above the defenders to the right. And instead of trying to stop the ball, if Peter Shilton, the goalkeeper, had held a compass, he would have noticed Maradona coming towards the South facing to his left and doing the crooked stuff with his hand that resulted in the Hand of God goal – and for years after the infamous incident, his mouth was sealed until he let it slip one day, when ‘squarely’ stoned.
FIFA 1990 World Cup, Final: Germany vs Argentina
A captain of Great Germany
Will come to deliver through false help
To the King of Kings the support of Pannonia,
So that his revolt will cause a great flow of blood.
(Century IX, Quatrain 90)
Franz Beckenbauer, one of the most successful captains of Great Germany would help his team win the World Cup, not as a player but as a coach. He would help the then kings of soccer - Mathaeus, Voeller and Klinsmann – to revolt against the genius of Maradona and win the cup in Pannonia (ancient Italy). Obviously this revolt led to a great flow of red cards – two Argentineans were set off in the finals.
If that was about the past, what did Nostradamus have to say about the disasters of the FIFA 2006 World Cup?
Quarter-final: England vs Portugal
The seducer will be placed in a ditch
and will be tied up for some time.
The scholar joins the chief with his cross.
The sharp right will draw the contented ones.
(Century VIII, Quatrain 95)
The original seducer David Beckham will hobble out and ditch his team when it needs him the most, for he would become tired after sometime. The young genius Rooney will join his Chief Beckham after his ‘cross act’ with Ronaldo that will result in him being sent off. And finally, a sharp right from Ronaldo will draw the contented Portuguese out of their homes in celebration.
Ronaldo and Ronaldinho: flops of the year
Near, far the failure of the two great luminaries
Which will occur between April and March.
Oh, what a loss! but two great good-natured ones
By land and sea will relieve all parts.
(Century III, Quatrain 5)
So near and by far, the two great stars Ronaldo and Ronaldinho will be the biggest failures, in all matches played between April 2006 and March 2007. On, what a loss! But they are two such great good-natured ones - ever noticed how they grin even after a defeat? But then, all other teams that come by land and by sea shall be relieved because of such splendid non-performances.
Victoria Beckham from the stands
At Tours, Gien, guarded, eyes will be searching,
Discovering from afar her serene Highness:
She and her suite will enter the port,
Combat, thrust, sovereign power.
(Century II, Quatrain 14)
Ah, Beckham’s on tour, so it’s a given that her eyes will be searching for the likes of Rebecca Loos and other sultry sirens. Many an affair will her serene highness, the Posh Spice of music, discover from far. And unlike the team she supports, she’s not the one to give up without a fight. So she, accompanied by her entourage, will enter each port and slug it out – combat, cat-fight, whatever it takes. Not for nothing was she named Victoria, the sovereign power.
The fate of Africa
No longer will the great one be in his false sleep,
Uneasiness will come to replace tranquillity:
A phalanx of gold, azure and vermilion arrayed
To subjugate Africa and gnaw it to the bone,
(Century V, Quatrain 69)
It will take matches against teams like Ghana for the great Brazil to wake up from its slumber and get its lazy act together. But Brazil will press the eject button rather early, so the uneasiness of Brazilian fans will soon be replaced by tranquility as they can now watch replays of Pele’s bicycle kick from Escape to Victory, without any ulcers. Meanwhile, teams with gold (Brazil), blue (France) and Red (Germany) would have already crushed Africa and gnawed it to the bone.
Zidane’s head butt of Marco Materazzi
The blue head will inflict upon the white head
As much evil as France has done them good:
Dead at the sail-yard the great one hung on the branch.
When seized by his own the King will say how much.
(Century II, Quatrain 2)
Ah, the head of Les Bleus head-butted the one in white who was pole-axed and hurt his head. Blue did as much evil to France as it did them good because the blue shirts were destined to win the FIFAA 2006 World Cup and by a quirk of fate, Italy wore blue and France, white in the finals. And when it came to the last yard, Zidane lost his head just when the momentum was gathering for his team to sail into the Italian camp. So he was ‘hung on the branch’ – penalized with a red card. What came over him and why he did what he did will be something he will say – but that’s for later.
The final verdict: Italy all the way
Libra will see the Hesperias govern,
Holding the monarchy of heaven and earth:
No one will see the forces of Asia perished,
Only seven hold the hierarchy in order.
(Century IV, Quatrain 50)
Librans Totti and Cannavaro will see Herperia (Italy) govern in the finals and the team will end up holding the trophy that shall proclaim them as the monarchs of football, both in heaven and earth. Though it doesn’t deserve a mention, it must be recorded that Asian teams won’t even make a blip in the radar screen. Only seven superpowers have won the World Cup ever - Brazil, England, Argentina, Italy, France, Germany and Uruguay – and they form the football hierarchy and one amongst them will win.
And true to his prophecy, Italy won the World Cup.
(Appeared as a slightly abridged version in the New Indian Express Sunday Supplement on 16 July, 2006)
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