Nostradamus predictions for 2024 include sunshine, rainbows and peace for all.

Well, not exactly. If the infamous 16th-century “doomsday” prophet had actually said those things were going to happen no one would know who he was. Instead, his 1555 text “Les Prophéties,” prediction wars, famine, disease and doom and that gloomy message continues into 2024.

The New York Post outlined some “expert” interpretations of Nostradamus predictions for the new year and they include:

• Prince Harry becomes king, based on the phrase “one who will have no mark of a king” assuming the throne.
• China wages war in a “naval battle,” with the “Red adversary (becoming) pale with fear, putting the great Ocean in dread.”
• Climate disaster rocks the Earth. Experts point out this line “the dry earth will grow more parched, and there will be great floods when it is seen,” as referring to 2024.
• A new Pope will be installed in 2024, according to predictions. “Through the death of a very old Pontiff, a Roman of good age will be elected, Of him it will be said that he weakens his see, But long will he sit and in biting activity,” he wrote.

You can see more details on each here.

Interpretation of Nostradamus predictions has long been controversial and is definitely more conjecture than literal. And his track record is, at best, iffy.

So what exactly did Nostradamus predict? Here’s how IFSscience.com explains it:

“Absolutely nothing. The great thing about predicting the future is the vaguer you are, the more right you can be about a larger number of topics.  Nostradamus was especially good at creating predictions so loose that eventually, someone would be able to ascribe it to a not-too-dissimilar real-world event. They are what’s known as “postdictions”, in that you could not possibly guess what he was predicting before the event happened, but after the event you can find a passage that makes it look like he’d known all along – and even then they are not that accurate.”