Here is one of the prophecies published in my book "Selected Prophecies and Prophets", linking Vladimir Putin to Nostradamus. A similar idea is also in the book "Prophezeiungen über das Ende der Welt" in Germany.
The most famous prophecy written by Nostradamus is the quatrain X.72, concerning the year 1999. It is found printed world-wide in many books about prophecies, and until 1999 it had been generally interpreted as the year a world war would break out.
This prophecy is about a “king”, not about a war. The quatrain mentions the word “king” twice and the word "rule" while it does not mention the word war anywhere. It announces the arrival of an important political leader to power in 1999. If my interpretation is correct, and only the next years will answer this question, this will become the most amazing and accurate prophecy ever written by man in the whole history of mankind.
Quatrain X.72
"L'an mil neuf cent nonante neuf sept mois,
Du ciel viendra um grand Roy d'effrayeur,
Ressusciter le grand Roy d'Angolmois,
Avant après Mars regner par bonheur."
Translation:
In 1999, seven months,
From the sky a great frightening King will come
The great King of Angoulmois lives again.
Before (and) after March (2000), (he) rules for happiness.
In 1999, after seven completed months, on the 9th of August, Vladimir Putin, at that moment unknown in the international scenery, became worldly known as Prime Russian Minister. On the 31st of December of that same year, Yeltsin resigned and Putin became President of Russia. We must admit that 1999 was the year of Vladimir Putin. In the following year, in March, there were elections in Russia. Putin was already President before March and continued to be President after the elections in March. When he suddenly appeared in August 1999, Putin had 2% of approval of the population. Less than one year after, in the election of March of 2000, the Russians elected Putin as their President. Putin arrived in power in August, not in July as the prophecy says, but this depends on the calendar we use: Should we use our calendar or Nostradamus time calendar?
Nine days is the difference between the full “seven months” predicted by Nostradamus and 9th of August. This difference disappears if we realize that another calendar, the Julian calendar, was used at Nostradamus’ time. Our calendar, the Gregorian calendar, began to be used a few years after Nostradamus’ death. When it was implemented, ten days were “ignored” or “skipped” or “eaten”: in other words, after 4th of October 1582, came the 15th. Nothing in history happened in these 10 days because they didn’t even exist. Therefore, 30th of July, 1999 in Nostradamus calendar (the old Julian calendar) means 9th of August, 1999 in our calendar. What accuracy!
The expression "from the sky will come a frightening king" could mean "from the North, a frightening king will come." If you look at a map, you will see that Russia is located above France, the place where the prophecy was done.
Concerning the expression “King of Angoulmois”, the King of France was a Duke at Nostradamus’ time. Francis I (the first) was Duke of a region called Angouleme. Nostradamus calls Putin as King of Angoulmois for the following reasons: As Putin, Francis I is European, and Francis I tried to attack the united Europe. At that time, Charles V ruled almost the whole of Europe, and he had lands in Germany, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Spain, and the whole Latin America, except Brazil. At a certain point, King Francis got allied with the Muslims to invade Europe. So, a European leader was allied to the Muslims to attack the united Europe.
Even though Russia is in Europe, today it is out of the European Union, as France was at Nostradamus time, in the 16th century. Each line of the quatrain is very clear, not ambiguous. These are the reasons why this prophecy seems to be predicting Vladimir Putin very accurately:
Angoulmois was a medieval province of France. This name (Angoulmois) can be found in some encyclopedias currently in use. Historically, Angoulême was the capital of Angoumois. It became a French province when the Count d’Angoulmois François (or Francis) went to the French throne and became King Francis I, in 1515. Francis I was an autocratic king and his rule was characterized by wars, according to books of history.
The term “Mars”, erroneously interpreted by prophecy writers as “war” during centuries in books of prophecies, also means March, the third month. This misinterpretation of Mars caused the wrong belief that Nostradamus foresaw that the third world war would break out in 1999, which he never did, it seems. Nostradamus wasn’t wrong about that. Summing up, in my view, the quatrain X.72 predicts accurately Vladimir Putin.
