One of its quatrains, 4:22, is particularly intriguing:
“At his house sleeps the feline with the burning eye,
guardian of the sky-born soul.
When the north roars and the south trembles,
those who guard him will see the light.”
At first glance, these lines look symbolic, even esoteric. Yet some researchers show them as a coded invocation of our feline companions. What if Nostradamus considered cats as more than just pets?
Cats, guardian of the invisible?
Since ancient times, especially in Egypt, cats have been revered as mystical beings, protectors of the home and souls. Nostradamus, affected by the symbolic thinking of his time, could have followed this tradition. For some experts, the “feline with the burning eye” related to that piercing gaze that all cat owners know: the one that seems to probe your soul .
The idea that this “soul guardian” watches over places and people is not new in the spiritual world. Some current esoteric currents confirm that cats act as energy filters, consuming negative waves, calming tensions and accompanying their humans in moments of doubt.
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