It seems that in this year, 2026 famous people have been dying far too often. It does not seem right. The last time celebrities seemed to be dropping like flies was 2016, another year ending in Six. Could there be something to that? I sought out the famed New Orleans psychic, Madame Sophia LaRoque. I asked her if there is some kind of curse going on. Why are so many people in Hollywood, the music business and other famous names dying so frequently? She confirmed my suspicion.
There is indeed a curse on years ending in six. It goes back to the Roman Empire. A mystic angry about the great fire attempted to curse the Emperor Nero for starting the fire, but she died before she could finish her incantation as the fire consumed her.
The great fire of Rome occurred in the year 64 AD. It began on July 18. It seemed to be under control after 6 days, but reignited and burned for 3 more. Many blamed Nero himself for the fire, as it cleared the way for his plan to build a new palace for himself.
I see a pattern here. 64 AD has a 6 in it. 6+6+6=18. They wrongly though they had it under control in 6 days. I asked her if that were all, and she said no.
Nero falsely blamed the fire on Christians, who he had been cruelly oppressing. Christianity is descended from Judaism and many early Christians used the Hebrew language. It used the same characters to represent letters and numbers. With the most common method for counting the title Nero Ceasar (Neron Kaisar) is added up, you have 666, the number of the beast. Nero was often called the beast because of his obscene cruelty and depravity. If you add up his name strictly as Nero Ceasar instead of Neron, you get 616, another form of the number of the beast in some manuscripts. The bad luck for famous people in years ending in six is because of an incomplete attempt to curse Nero that was misdirected toward all famous people because the spell caster died before the last words of the vengeful curse could be uttered.
I asked Madame Laroque how this curse could still be in effect today. The calendar system has changed. There was the Julian calendar, but now we have the Gregorian calendar. The numbers we use are different. Why has the curse stuck with years ending in the same digit in spite of that?
Madame LaRoque explained that this is because of many attempts to break the curse that failed. Since no one knows the exact wording, cadence, gestures and spell components that were used, an effective counter curse has not been devised and attempts have backfired. Also the level of burning anger the mystic who first attempted to curse Nero felt would have to be matched by positive feelings with equal strength by any attempting to dispel it.
There you have it. Years ending in 6 are indeed cursed due to a failed magical attempt to punish Nero for the great fire. It is why famous people are dying in such years more often than in others. This is a bad year to be a famous person just as 2016 was and 2036 presumably will be.