The Nostradamus Asia Earthquake Prophecy. Was it Japan?

Japan suffered historic, catastrophic disasters: a 9 magnitude earthquake, a horrific tsunami and then a nuclear crisis. Did Nostradamus have any quatrains that specifically referred to an Asian earthquake?  There is such a line.  Did it refer to Japan?  You decide.
-DeMaster Thomas

Century: 3  Quatrain: 3
Mars and Mercury, and the silver joined together,
Towards the south extreme drought:
In the depths of Asia one will say the earth trembles,
Corinth, Ephesus then in perplexity.
Mercury and Mars were in conjunction on February 20, 2011. However, this conjunction occurs nearly every year, so it is not very helpful.

“Towards the south extreme drought”
This may mean the deprivation the people of Japan suffered as their nation tried to regain its footing. In the news: “Millions of people faced a fourth night without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures along the northeast coast devastated by Friday’s disasters.”
This line may also refer to the nuclear crisis. The nuclear reactors in crisis were just south of the earthquake’s epicenter.  Water was desperately used in an attempt to cool the nuclear reactors.  Even helicopters were spraying water in an attempt to dowse the reactors.  There was not enough water to do the job.

“Extreme drought” could also refer to the effects of radiation poisoning south of the nuclear reactors. If farmland were contaminated by radioactivity, it would be unusable, as if in a drought.

 Japan radioactivity could enter food chain

Epicenter and aftershocks

In the depths of Asia one will say the earth trembles.
This is the line that made me consider this quatrain referred to Japan.  The “depths of Asia” suggests a place deep inside Asia, far away from Nostradamus’ homeland of France.  The “depths of Asia” may also refer to the location of the epicenter of the earthquake, which was in the ocean off the coast of Japan. “Depths of Asia” even hints at a tsunami.


Corinth, Ephesus then in perplexity.
This line is perplexing. I’m not certain what it means. Corinth was an ancient city in Greece, which shared a certain fate with Japan. Through history ancient Corinth was destroyed numerous times by earthquakes, in the years 375, 551, and 856. In 1858 the town built on ancient Corinth was totally destroyed by an earthquake. Yet, it has always been rebuilt. Perhaps the city is a metaphor for the future or Japan?  That is a hopeful sign.
Occult View-2011

Prophecy: 2002 - Fulfilled 2006

The world has been riddled with wars and rumors of wars since the fall of humankind. Some were unexpected, others were predictable, none are forgettable. Theology, history, science and religion all agree there is a space and time for everything that happens. Then there is the mystical, the divine, the flip side of the coin the invites an ageless yet undeniable fact. The power of prophecy is real. But what good it is really? If you know the future, but do it anyway, did it really help that you were told what was going to happen? Does it really change anything if you are warned not to do something and do it anyway? The only true power in prophecy is to attempt to change the outcome. Now this ancient argument drums up debate favorites such as, fate vs. free will, coincidence vs. happenstance, and one of the really juicy ones, random evolution vs. controlled chaos. Either way you look at it, no matter what side you take or opinion you have, we as a being continue to repeat the same behavior over and over making us extremely predictable to the outside perspective.

These any many other points of view were taken into deep consideration by the historical prophets. But did not sway their drive to share their visions with anyone who would listen.

It was a sad and cold day in American history when yet another prophecy was fulfilled. The prophecy of Michel De Nostradame.

The Purple Cloak has fluttered in the wind creating a breeze of destruction o'er the nest of the Eagle. Thus the waking hour of the sleeping giant has come. This day of our Lord, the eleventh day of the month of September, in the year two-thousand and one, Anno Domini.

Now this is where it gets interesting. I had a prophecy of my own that came to pass. No, I'm no Nostradame, but I did have the opportunity to experience what it feels like to see deductive reasoning in the realm of absolute certainty. This was my prophecy revealed to me in a dream in early 2002.

Remember the words of the Prophet: 

 1. "the bear and the eagle will rise to defeat the purple cloak." 

(This is translated as "The United Kingdom will join military forces with the United States of America to defeat the Arab Nation.) 

 2. "The Purple Cloak has begun to wave terror on the Bear." 

(This speaks to the terrorist attacks in England.)

:MY PROPHECY:

In the year 2006, the silence will fall upon the land and mass destruction will be the result of the rebirth of hate. How, my God, does man inhabit the earth for over 12,000 years and still knows not the evil that dwells within? What will it take to make us stop killing ourselves? Please God, have mercy: forgive us. Amen.

:FULFILLED:

In March 2003 March, a coalition of countries led by the US and UK invaded Iraq to depose Saddam, controversially citing Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and terror links. Saddam's Baath party was disbanded and the nation transitioned to a democratic system. Captured on 13 December 2003, Saddam was brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government. On 5 November 2006, he was convicted of charges related to the 1982 killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites and was sentenced to death by hanging. 

Saddam was executed on 30 December 2006.

-DeMaster Thomas