What do Nostradamus and Baba Vanga predict for 2055?
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sky HISTORY in the UK with a collection of predictions from our favourite soothsayers, Nostradamus and Baba Vanga.
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Happy 30th, Sky HISTORY!
The channel launched in the UK on 1st November 1995, so let’s hop another 30 years forward and ask our two favourite headline-makers (French astrologer, apothecary and seer Nostradamus, and Bulgarian mystic and healer Baba Vanga) what life might look like in 2055.
Nostradamus: mid-century predictions
“Before and after, Mars shall reign”
One of Nostradamus’s rare date-tethered verses (the famous 1999 'King of Terror' quatrain) ends with the line, 'Before and after, Mars shall reign as chance will have it.' Many believers say ‘Mars’ refers to war (Mars is the name of the Roman god of war). However interpreted literally, Mars could refer to the planet. In this case, it refocuses the lens on a reign of Mars that sees the planet explored and maybe even colonised.
With NASA planning to send astronauts to the planet by the 2030s and SpaceX on track to launch the first Starships to Mars in 2026, the idea that 'Mars shall reign' in the 2050s isn’t so far-fetched after all.
Climate shocks and high water
Nostradamus’s verses are full of floods, poisoned waters and 'gardens' under stress. Sky HISTORY’s own explainer highlights a quatrain read as environmental trouble for the Amazon. By 2055, the safe-bet reading is: keep your go-bag and your flood insurance current.
Europe cycles through war and public-health worry
Sky HISTORY’s Nostradamus rundown for our own decade leans on 'cruel wars' and an 'ancient plague'. Not exactly birthday cake material. But it’s a reminder that mid-century Europe will likely still be juggling geopolitics and outbreaks.
Money gets weird
The prediction 'Through long war all the army exhausted… they will come to coin leather, Gallic brass, and the crescent sign of the Moon' from Les Prophéties is often read as currency debasement after protracted wars. If global currencies do crumble, 2055 could be looking quite bleak. Others interpret it as a centuries-old endorsement of digital currencies like Bitcoin. Read: those that don’t embrace the digital currency shift will be left with coin leather and Gallic brass.
Big shake(s) in May
Several Nostradamus verses tie 'a very great trembling' to May via planetary line-ups. Interpreters routinely wheel this out whenever seismic risk spikes. It’s vague, but you can bet that when May 2055 rolls around, somebody will dust off this quatrain.
Baba Vanga: the big swings (by 2055)
Synthetic organs for the masses
One recurring claim says lab-made organs become mass-produced in the 2040s. If that pans out, 2055 healthcare could feel very sci-fi. Think replacement parts on tap and transplant waiting lists radically shorter. Great news for the NHS.
New energy breakthroughs (and a Venus detour)
Those same roundups credit Baba Vanga with a late-2020s leap in energy tech, sometimes framed as 'mining energy from Venus'. Whether it’s fusion, space-based solar or something we haven’t coined yet, the gist is abundant power (possibly sourced from space) by mid-century.
Bigger, stranger weather
Baba Vanga lists are heavy on quakes, eruptions and extreme seasons. Even her 2026-ish chatter gets read as 'expect more natural hazards', which, folklore aside, tracks with what climate scientists already say about the coming decades. Of course, Baba Vanga has got plenty of predictions wrong so if you’re the optimistic type, it’s not all doom and gloom. Simply enjoy a slice of birthday cake and get on with life!
Europe under Muslim rule by 2043
The circulated claim that Europe will be under Muslim rule by 2043 is a favourite with Baba Vanga believers. If it hasn’t happened by 2043, maybe prophecy just runs on island time… Check back in 2055!
If one took that claim literally and it has happened by 2043, then by 2055 expect visible cultural markers across the continent. We’re picturing more mosques, Islamic cultural centres and everyday Muslim life reflected in public space.
Equally plausible: Europe’s pluralism simply keeps deepening through immigration, birth rates and urban change. With or without prophecy.
How to read all this (and still enjoy the party)
Dates are slippery. Nostradamus didn’t timestamp the 2050s and Vanga’s 'by-year' lists are stitched together. Fun to browse, but not to bet the mortgage on.
The bottom line? Themes tend to beat specifics. Space gets busier. Medicine gets weirder (in a good way). Weather gets wilder. Europe keeps… Europe-ing.
In the meantime? Raise a glass to Sky HISTORY and help us celebrate our 30th birthday. And of course, make a toast to 2055 (and to another three decades of asking 'did they really predict that?').
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