A month later, an extraordinary birth took place on planet Earth. A person with unprecedented prophetic gifts was born. The astrologer's birth in the village took place at the very beginning of the Renaissance, in the French town of Saint Rémy de Provence. In a stately mansion behind the market halls where the merchants had been hawking their wares for some time, the contractions had started. Reynière de Nostredame had carefully calculated the date of birth, but the onset of labor still came unexpectedly. The little one probably had a slightly earlier birth in mind in order to meet the optimum position of the planets
