An Indian astrologer is in the news for predicting the fast-approaching World War 3. Kushal Kumar, an astrologer from Panchkula in Haryana, wrote in a Medium post, on May 23, that “Tuesday, 18 June 2024 has the strongest planetary stimulus to trigger WW3 although 10 and 29 June may have a say as well.” He reportedly based these predictions on Vedic astrology. Out of the three days that he predicted for the start of World War 3, two have passed (June 10 and June 18) normally.
Despite his failing predictions, Kushal Kumar recently published another Medium post in which he mentions “predictive alerts” that are somehow related to the start of World War 3. He has added that June 29 might also be doomsday.
Published on June 13, the astrologer mentions the “terrorist attack on pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi that killed nine people.” He then mentions the escalation of conflict between North and South Korea and more. He also points to growing tensions between China and Taiwan. At the end of his Medium post, he wrote, “It may be observed here that predictive alert for better care and appropriate strategy involves careful and serious interpretation of planetary impacts while unintended human error or slip cannot be ruled out entirely.”
Kaushal Kumar’s Medium profile says, “I usually write predictions about nations.” He has 71 followers. Last month, many publications dubbed Kushal Kumar as the “New Nostradamus”, after french astrologer Nostradamus, who is best known for writing a book of “prophecies” called Les Propheties. Astrologers making doomsday or World War 3 predictions are not new. Over the decades many hoaxes about the end of the earth or the start of apocalyptic world wars have emerged.
In pop culture, Nostradamus’ prophecies are seen as legitimate by a significant number of people. Back in 2011, Benjamin Radford, the deputy editor of science magazine Skeptical Inquirer dismissed Nostradamus’ prophecies in an NBC News article. He wrote, “He (Nostradamus) wrote in ambiguous, nearly inscrutable sets of phrases called quatrains that believers claim predicted everything from the American Civil War to Hitler to John F. Kennedy’s assassination.” Benjamin Radford asserted that since Nostradamus’ book was vaguely written, people were free to interpret it as per their wish.
Over a decade ago, the doomsday theory that the world would end on December 21, 2012, as per the Maya Long Count calendar became popular. In response, NASA wrote in a statement, “The world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.”
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