Did Nostradamus Claim that Napoleon was an Antichrist?

No.  He never even mentions Napoleon by name.  In Century VIII, Quatrain 1 Nostradamus writes that ‘Paul, Nay, Loron will be more of fire than of blood.’  According to enthusiasts, the letters ‘Paul, Nay, Loron’ rearranged become ‘Napoleon Roy,’ or ‘Napoleon the King,’ who was certainly a man of war rather than royal lineage.  The next two lines in the quatrain refer to the imprisoning of the ‘Piuses,’ which could arguably be a reference to Napoleon’s imprisonment of Popes Pius VI and VII. 

First of all, "Paul,"Nay" and "Loron" do NOT become "Napoleon Roy" when jumbled around.  They become "NAPOLUNAL ROY."   That's some seriously bad spelling, people.  Couldn't Nostradamus do a better anagram than that?  How about "Ronny, Leo, Opa?"   At least that has all the letters. 

And once we start playing the anagram game, then any quatrain can mean almost anything.  For example, Nostradamus is an anagram for "DAMN, ROAST US."  Does this mean Nostradamus is really the Devil getting ready to damn us to Hell and then roast us in eternal hellfire?  Hmmm.  I think not....    

Why did Scaliger get so mad at Nostradamus?

Julius Caesar Scaliger was one of the leading scholars of his day.  In 1531, Scaliger invited Nostradamus to come to Agen to study with him.  However, several years later, after Nostradamus' first wife and two children died of the plague, Nostradamus and his mentor had a terrible falling out.  What got Scaliger so mad?  I suggest the answer in the new book Quatrain.  Go to http://www.quatrainbyjohnmedler.com/ and click on "Links" to find out how to order the book.

Did Nostradamus Even Know How to Read Astrological Charts?

 No.  Even though he was known far and wide as a psychic with prophetic gifts, when it came to giving horoscopes, Nostradamus would often have his own clients provide the birth charts instead of doing the charts himself.  When he was forced on a few occasions to determine the birth charts on his own, he bungled the job terribly, and made many errors.  His horoscope for the Crown Prince Rudolph Maximilian, for example, was riddled with errors. 

Are these the lost 58 prophecies of Nostradamus?

Nostradamus wrote a collection of 1,000 prophetic verses, but only 942 have been found. Century VII of his collection is missing 58.  Take a look at http://www.lost58quatrains.com/.  Are these the lost quatrains of Nostradamus?  How many can you decode?

New Fiction Novel Called Quatrain

In my new fiction novel called Quatrain, a UCLA Anthropology Professor discovers clues leading him to the missing 58 quatrains of Nostradamus.  But were they really written by Nostradamus?  These quatrains look specific and appear to refer to real people and events in history, not garbled and vague poems that could mean anything to anybody.    The book suggests that these 58 quatrains were actually written by Nostradamus' first wife Henriette, who I suggest is a direct descendant of Joan of Arc's neice (hence, the prophetic gifts).  When the professor and his two rebellious teenagers finally find all the missing quatrains, they notice that some of the quatrains refer to events which have not yet occurred, including an upcoming terrorist attack on the United States.  Can Professor Morse and his two teenagers use the lost prophecies of Nostradamus (or rather, his wife) to stop the terrorists and prevent the spiraling and dire events to come, and will anyone believe them?
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Seer or Quack? 
What do you think of Nostradamus: was he a true prophet, a self-deluded but well-meaning imbecile, an arrogant and narcissistic snake oil salesman, or just a talented man with a boatload of flaws?  Tell me what you think?

What about that thing with King Henri's Duel?

In I. 35, Nostradamus tells us that a young lion shall conquer the old in a duel, that the older lion's eyes will be put out in a "cage of gold," and that then there shall be two injuries and a death most cruel.  Nostradamus enthusiasts suggest that this refers to the 1559 jousting contest between Henri II of France and the Conte de Montgomery, a much younger man, who impaled the king in the eye and killed him.  Followers of Nostradamus argued that the shields of both men had pictures of lions, and Henri's helmet was made of gold (the "cage of gold").  The lance apparently splintered, resulting in the two injuries (or alternatively, one injury was to Henri and the other was to France).  However, scholars like Lemesurier question whether the shields of the men were even painted with lions, and scoff at the idea that Henri's helmet would have been made with a soft metal like gold.  Moreover, the prophet's Almanach for that year  proudly proclaimed that everything was going to be hunky dory that year for the King, with no mention of his impending doom.  Luckily for Nostradamus, however, his patron Catherine de Medicis seized upon quatrain I.35, suggesting that the prophet's vision had been foretold.    The queen, however, was just wrong.  The word "classes" in the last line probably meant a fleet of ships, and not the Greek word for "injury."  So it wasn't two injuries, but rather two fleets of ships.  The jousting tournament obviously had nothing to do with a fleet of ships.    

Was Mabus the Third Antichrist?

NO, the only thing Nostradamus said about "Mabus," in II.62, is that he was going to die, and that after his death, there would be a comet and a vengeful massacre.  Lemesurier suggests that maybe Nostradamus was referring to the painter Jan Gossaert de Mabuse who died in 1532, the same year there was a comet.  In the same month, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V had a bloody war with Ottoman invaders in Hungary.  In any event, Nostradamus did not say that Mabus was the Third Antichrist.  And he never said he had a blue turban.  Sorry, Orson....