Nostradamus C.2 Q.35: N's commentary on the personal menace of his astronomic views. This verse is one of those that contributed most to my earliest views on how Nostradamus incorporated astronomic data into his poetry (See my paper on Astronomy for more). My attention was drawn to it by the anagrams of the fourth line where astronomers  and astronomist stand out as having especially powerful links to the text of that line. The tone of the anagrams is consistent with the views of a person of the sixteenth century who understood the difference between the ill powers of astrology and the pure logic of astronomy. Using the anagrams of this verse in the manner of a powerful keyword filter we can build a focussed picture which correctly foretells the split of 16th century astronomy into two distinct branches, astronomy and astrology but it has an even greater story of the martyrdom of an astronomist, Giordano de Bruno.   C.2 Q.35 The fire by night will take hold in two lodgings, Several within suffocated and roasted. It will happen near two rivers as one: Sun, Sagittarius and Capricorn all will be reduced. Dans deux logis de nuict le feu prendra Plu$ieurs dedans e$touffez et ro$tis Pres de deux fleuues pour $eul il auiendra Sol l'Arq et Caper tous $eront a mortis. Anagrams research that first alerted me to the possibility of there being code was done by me twenty years and it showed that although there is no substantial difference between the frequency of the letter pairs n-m and l-g (which distinguish the two words) there is a significant difference between the occurrences of variants for astronomy and astrology in Nostradamus' Prophecies. There are a total of eleven for astronomy (see astronomers) but only one for the identical variants of astrology (astrologer C.8 Q.56). Enough of a difference exists to infer that Nostradamus saw himself as an astronomer not an astrologer. And this view then gives the prophetic rationale to the text as shown in this precis of one event in history.   Four centuries ago on February 16, 1600, many years after Nostradamus' own death,  the Roman Catholic Church executed Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher and scientist, for the crime of heresy. He was taken from his cell in the early hours of the morning and burnt alive at the stake. In a peculiar twist to the gruesome affair, the executioners were ordered to tie his tongue so that he would be unable to address those gathered. This happened in Rome at a place alongside the Tiber. Throughout his life Bruno championed the Copernican system of astronomy which placed the sun, not the Earth, at the centre of the solar system and he was one of the first to realize that stars are actually suns. There is also a second theme in the anagrams which implies there is still to come an astronomer whose views will offend people of Jewish faith and this accounts for the twinning found in the text. C.2 Q.35 The fire by night will take hold in two lodgings, Several within suffocated and roasted. It will happen near two rivers as one: Sun, Sagittarius and Capricorn all will be reduced. Dans deux logis de nuict le feu prendra Plu$ieurs dedans e$touffez et ro$tis Pres de deux fleuues pour $eul il auiendra Sol l'Arq et Caper tous $eront a mortis. Anagram Sequences in French Text. (** = full line coverage) <feel pure logixs used uncited><raDdan induce logix fleet used><design enxlouds><lux saDden> pretenceful <sadder ieuuS storez Spilt><**saddens uuiser Splits feeZ foetus rot**><storez deadness to Split usuries><uuiSe dreads onsets> Edessan reSidues / reiSsued <deduxes / seduxed pouuerleSs fleuu unrepaired><**sPare fuel exuded ruined ill pouuerS use** > fluxed sPread Prouuess pouuerful-use <So All aStronomers paCqet its route><**aStronomist raCqet All posture(s) /proetus roSe**><treaSon posture> treaSonous FREQUENCIES OF RAREST OCCURRENCE in Centuries pretenceful, logix(x=c), splits, 'astronomers route', 'astronomer posture', pacqet (q=k), treasonous, racqet (q=k) enxlouds (x=c), split / spilt, ' ill pouuers (uu=w)', astronomist astronomers storez (z=s), pouuerless (uu=w), postures prouuess (uu=w) - residues / reissued deduxes / seduxed (x=c), fluxed design - Eddessan / deadness, unrepaired - onsets, exuded Raddan(?) - usuries, pouuers (uu=w), posture / Proetus saddens, Ieuus (Jews) sadder / dreads - - - uuiser (wiser)

Nostradamus C.2 Q.41 : Evolution of the soul at the heart of the Prophet's code. Enigma is a constant part of Nostradamus' verse and in this one the puzzle is of a very  high order. So much so that we can know that its resolution won't be found by twisting the meaning. And since past events have no clear tie to the visible text we can also know two things, one that its application still lies in the future and secondly that its sense is meant to be metaphorical.  The metaphors Nostradamus uses belong to a limited set and the clues to which one any verse belongs is held within the gestalt of its anagrams. Two crucial anagrams are those for mutations in the third and exodus in the second line. Other anagrams are drawn together by the thread of the code itself created by Nostradamus for a decoder of the future and the ultimate aim of all his work, his foretelling of new evolution of the human soul.   When we bring in detail from verses linked to this one by the critical anagram of mutations we see that nuclear fires cause two new life lines to form. Human-kind will then howl in despair and competitive rage as they hunt down these new creations who are taking their place on the top branch of the tree of life and changing the foundations of ancient religion.   C.II Q.41 The great star will burn for seven days, The cloud will cause two suns to appear: The big mastiff will howl all night When the great pontiff will change country. La grand e$toille par $ept jours bru$lera Nuee fera deux $oleils apparoir Le gros ma$tin toute nuict hurlera Quand grand pontife changera de terroir. Anagram Clusters contained in French text <aLla-uuebrS paperS to jot ill dangerS><paperS ell ruleS graaL ordinateS><paperS ell aLlures deSignator> Larger Sedation blurS <a ruNe free exodUs allies><feared soulx applies> <aL gores mutationS unite ruler><ic[99] luther real gaStronomist uuent><**luther unite c[100] Larger autonomiSts**><astronomiSt graeL>maSonist Station <Quatrein-order not a chief danger><if each generated><change infect pardon><Genearch [head of family] terror-idea fit pond date> FREQUENCIES OF RAREST OCCURRENCE in Centuries autonomists, gastronomist designator, sedation, exodus, Al Gores, astronomist, station mutations, Luther soulx, uuent (went), masonist, generated applies infect chief ordinates allures genearch jot blurs - allies - - pond - - -