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 In
the autumn of 1979, a series of articles about Nostradamus,
written by Wim Rietman, was published in the astrological
magazine Sagittarius, published by J.B. Gieles in The
Hague, NL. For me, these articles were the reason to go into the
Centuries.
In connection with quatrain 01-70, I wrote a letter to the
editorial department of Sagittarius. This letter was published in
the april issue of volume 1980, p.12-13. Wim Rietman, who by
that time already finished his series of articles about
Nostradamus, commented. At the end of his comment, he proposed
that the readers of Sagittarius would verify which quatrains
already were fulfilled, proven with facts which could be
verified by means of history. If suited, these contributions
could be published as a supplement. Never such a supplement was
published.
In June 1980, I wrote an article about Nostradamus, its contents
based upon an astrological approach of the Centuries. The
editorial department of Sagittarius considered this article not
suited for publication, because of the many calculations.
I kept on studying the Centuries from time to time. In
the 1986 volume of Sagittarius, the first article was
published of a series of 12 articles I had written about
Nostradamus and the Centuries. In 2002, further study
resulted in the publication of the Dutch book Nostradamus,
astrologie en de Bijbel and the bilingual website
www.nostradamusresearch.org.
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J.B.Gieles
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SAGITTARIUS
AND J.B. GIELES
The astrological magazine Sagittarius was founded in
October 1973 by Jan Bernard Gieles, born in Halsteren (NL) on
June 2, 1918, deceased in The Hague (NL) on September 23, 2007. Gieles, who had an astrological practice at home,
held lectures and courses, was chief editor as well as publisher. He wrote the majority of articles.
In the summer of 2002, Sagittarius was published for the last time.
Regular columns in Sagittarius were e.g. the
descriptions of the zodiacal signs, the lessons in astrology and
numerology, reviews, predictions regarding the circumstances in
the world by means of the actual motion of the planets, the
column "objections against astrology" and analyses of
the charts of well-known persons in the Netherlands and abroad
(artists, politicians, spiritual leaders etc.).
In the lessons in astrology and the horoscope analyses, Gieles
showed how with the minus-one-system of primary and secondary
directions he developed, it was possible to predict on date in
the case of a chart where the birth-time was verified correctly
in connection with events which took place in the past. For
example, Gieles predicted the fall of the American president
Richard Nixon.
Gieles took the writings of Ptolemy as a starting point,
completed with material from the Greek mythology. He used the
seven classis planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter
and Saturn), the three transsaturnial planets (Uranus, Neptune
and Pluto), the Part of Fortune, the Mean Lunar Nodes, the
Placidean system of house division and the Fixed Stars,
according to Vivian Robson's Fixed Stars and constellations in
astrology, the major aspects (conjunction, sextile, square,
triangle and opposition), the minor aspects (semi-sextile,
semi-square, sesquisquare and inconjunct) and the
declination-parallel. He did not use astrological systems which
originated from other cultures. He also did not use astrological
systems which do not result in concrete predictions which become
fulfilled on the given date.
In the years I worked as a freelance correspondent for
Sagittarius, I learned how to write and edit articles. Mr. Gieles taught me
many things, not only about
astrology, but also about a continuous critical approach of
astrological phenomena and the maintenance of the point of view
that whoever practices astrology, has to prove himself to his
clients, his audience and his readers by predicting in a
concrete way, including dates of fulfilment. Someone who is not
able to predict on date, or who only talks about the
future without giving fulfilment data, disqualifies himself. It
is from this conviction that I started to study the Centuries,
back in 1980. In this respect, I owe mr. Gieles very, very much. |
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Dear
editors,
With
interest, I read your articles about Nostradamus. Recently, I
compared its contents with the Schors edition of the Centuries
and, as far as possible, reflected on their meaning. I would
like to know your opinion about quatrain 01-70, which reads:
Rain,
famine and war did not stop in Persia, the too strong faith will
betray the monarch. In Gallia the end will begin, it might be a
secret sign of the goddesses of destiny.
I
am convinced that with this quatrain the change of power is
described, as accomplished by the ayatollah Khomeini and his
adepts. My interpretation:
1st
line:
Poverty, persecution and famine always were present, but hidden
for the eye of the world (rain).
2nd line:
The Islam gets a solid basis from which she can accomplish
changes in the government, at the cost of the Shah.
3rd line:
Khomeini and his adepts were exiles in Paris.
4th line:
Frequently, there are allusions in the quatrains on an invasion
of the Islam in European countries. Nobody knows when this might
happen, but indeed the time might have come, because the
material man in the industrialized world is not always aware of
the power of religion. In my eyes, there is a striking
difference between the present Islamic structure in Iran and the
communist structures in Eastern Europe and China. These regions
can only manifest themselves by the power of their state
institutes. At present, neither Brezhnev, nor the Chinese
leaders have a charismatic way of leading, in contrast with the
ayatollah, due to the religious structure of his people. In
connection with the second line, we can note that this "too
strong faith" might point to the belief in the coming of
the Imam, which could grow despite the activities of the Savak
and other security forces in Iran (again: institutes of power),
and which resulted in the present situation.
Th.
van Berkel
Your
interpretation of this quatrain is very thorough and that solid,
that I have almost nothing to add to it. There is certainly reason
for a compliment. Nevertheless, we have to take into account
(especially in connection with your interpretation of the fourth
line) that in the case of Nostradamus' quatrains, we are always
dependent on INTERPRETATIONS, since unambiguous proof cannot be
given, cf. the last article about Nostradamus in our March-issue.
Nevertheless, thank you for your contribution. The series about
Nostradamus and his quatrains is now finished, but this does not
mean that we never will pick this up again. Perhaps the readers of
Sagittarius who own a copy of Vreede's "De Profetieën van
Nostradamus" can reflect on the quatrains and write down
their findings, proven by facts which can be verified by means of
history, and submit them to us.
If
the number of contributions is sufficient, we might be able to do
a selection and spend another article on the quatrains. I advise
you, however, to be careful with speculations about the future of
the world, because it is hard to verify if such suppositions
yes/no are correct. Do not take the gratuitous point of view that
an atom war of something like that will come and next to
"see" this announced in various quatrains. The number of
doom prophets is big enough. This does not mean, however, that
such speculations instantly will be rejected. When they are
interesting and well-founded, they surely will be included in the
coming article. In the first place, however, we look at those
quatrains in which events seem to have been described which took
place in the past, i.e. between 1560 and 1980. If you have an
idea, do not hesitate to elaborate it and to send it to the
editorial department
of Sagittarius.
W.
Rietman |
Present-day
comment on quatrain 01-70
Today, my meaning about linking quatrain 01-70 to the events in Iran in
January/February 1979, is different. There are striking resemblances between quatrain 01-70 and the events which took place in Iran, such as
a monarch who had to abandon the field in favour of a spiritual leader
and the fact that this spiritual leader was in exile in France in the
year prior to his return to Iran. However, quatrain 01-70 does not
contain a fulfilment date or a clue from which the fulfilment date,
meant at the time this quatrain was written, becomes clear. As far as I
am concerned, this quatrain cannot be linked to the events in Iran in
January/February 1979 because of the lack of clues regarding fulfilment
years, despite the striking resemblances of some lines with these
events. De
Meern, the Netherlands, October 1, 2007
T.W.M.
van Berkel
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