Joachim of Fiore (1135-1202 AD)

Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora was born in the village of Celico (Italy), he was son of Mauro and married a girl called Gemma. He was educated at Cosenza and then became a cleric working for the courts before later becoming a notary for an archbishop.

His life changed direction in about 1159 when he left his life behind and went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Jerusalem) where it is said that he went through a spiritual conversion, and upon his return home, he became a hermit for many years, wandering and preaching to many people.

His life took another change as he got older, in 1168 he applied himself totally to try and understand the meanings hidden within the Bible, in particular the Book of Revelations and he himself wrote some books, of which copies are rare. He was later made abbot where many people would visit him on their way to the Holy Land including Richard the Lionheart. He was said to be a simple man who was eloquent yet not proud and often wore rags.

In 1184 he was called to Rome to decipher an obscure prophecy found by the pope and afterwards Joachim founded the Abbey of Fiore in Calabria. He has also been put forward as the author of Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus, the book from which the 'Lost book of Nostradamus' was based upon.

To read about Joachim's prophecy in the Mirabilis liber CLICK HERE

To read about Joachim's interpretations of the Apocalypse CLICK HERE

13th Zodiac Mystery

There is something that has intrigued me about the 13^Th Zodiac ever since I learnt of its existence, it has technically been left out of the worlds calculations. There are of course 52 weeks in the year, if there are four weeks in each, that easily makes 13 months. But you see the thirteenth month has been left out, and the number 13 has been renown for 'bad luck', some cultures Tuesday the thirteenth is unlucky and some cultures Friday the thirteenth is unlucky and in recent years you such things as black Friday and the such.

I was watching a YouTube video the other day that was making theories about ancient cultures, and one of those theories is that the three Egyptian Pyramids may have been built a long earlier than people think. Their proof? Their proof id that the pyramids do not have hyroglipics on them or in them and every other Egyptian piece of stone gets covered, it is a bit strange I admit, but also it the idea that the three pyramids are based upon the sign of Orion and the location of the three stars does match roughly, but Orion in the stars is exactly opposite to the thirteenth zodiac Serpentarious.

The thirteenth zodiac is also mentioned in the Lost Book of Nostradamus, the sign itself depicts a man grasping a serpent, which is some of the imagery used in the lost book. Also the number thirteen is linked to the Mayans calender, each of the nine stages of existence contain seven days and six nights(adding up to 13 stages), this was built into their now infamous Mayan calender. There has also been found images of this thirteenth zodiac on various ancient structures, carved as it the serpent is devouring the Earth.

Even though this is not a sign that our world is about to end, it might be a sign that the last time that the world was aligned with the thirteenth zodiac that there was a terrible disaster, which could be where the unlucky feeling about the number 13 originates. Now I know there are believers and non believers in Noah's flood, but there is evidence for it around the world which I may go into at another point, however it might be possible that this is the disaster that is linked to the 13^Th zodiac and why everyone claims the number to be so unlucky.