Mile Dupor

Astrology was his passion, though not so much from the narrow perspective of an individual’s fate, but rather as a means of contemplating and studying the origins of humanity and the evolution of the history of civilizations. He was convinced that astrology provides an excellent foundation for understanding particular civilizations, but he was also a great erudite, metaphysician, philosopher, and hermeticist, as well as a deep connoisseur of Egyptian, Slavic, Greek, and Roman mythology.

He brought this knowledge together in his books, presenting the positions of the planets in parallel comparison with details from various mythologies, which is why some of his works are still considered textbooks of astrology today. He began publishing on the eve of World War II, at a time when astrology was not widely discussed. He also studied astronomy, which he considered the primary basis of astrology. He published his second book in Split in 1939, titled “The Slavs Are Coming,” in which he discusses the future role of the Slavs.

In that work, he predicts the decline of the West, claiming that modern civilization, after 2,000 years, has begun its path toward an end. However, according to him, this cosmic cycle lasts from 1848 to the year 3995, surpassing even Nostradamus’s predictions, which extend to 3797. He foresaw that during this period a cult of humanity would be cultivated, and he mentioned Russian (albeit with some reservation) as a possible eternal language and sacred scripture. In one of the rare interviews he gave, published in Start magazine in 1975, he confirmed that he had written the book as a kind of response to Hitler’s rise.

“I was offended by Hitler’s rambling about the superiority of the Germanic race, and I clearly predicted that Hitler would lose the war,” he said at the time.

The Italians got hold of his books and, because of his prediction that they would lose the war, they wanted to have him executed. His superiors in the Ministry of Finance at the time also tried to obtain a medical certificate declaring that he had “gone insane,” so they could dismiss him from service.

Today, his assessment of the negative traits of Slavic peoples seems very prophetic: that they “always uncritically accept what is foreign, while despising what is their own, authentic.” Because of some of his predictions, he was regarded as a prophet.

For example, he became widely known for predicting that Korčula would be bombed during World War II, which did indeed happen. However, because of the same prediction, he was also nearly executed as a German spy. Due to some of his forecasts, his fellow townspeople often mocked him as a wizard and an eccentric. One such prophecy was his 1961 claim that there would be an earthquake in the area of Brač. A few days after the date he predicted, an earthquake did occur though not on Brač, but in Makarska. Because of the ridicule, he had difficulty finding publishers, so he published 20 books at his own expense. Two of his books attracted more public attention: “Don’t Believe - Verify,” in which he presents the basics for studying astrology, and “Astromedicine - Stars, Love, Sex,” which he himself said he wrote simply because he knew that topics like illness and healing, as well as compatibility of zodiac signs and sexual tendencies, would interest people and help him earn money to pay off his debts.

"He also predicted his own death. Namely, when I was left alone with my son as a single father, my father was preparing to come to Rijeka for a while to help me. On the eve of the trip, he told my mother that he would never return, and shortly afterward he died. Later, I also found my father’s death indicated in my own yearly horoscope, although in my case it was stated that it would happen on February 3, while he actually died on January 21, 1981, due to health problems,” says Dupor’s son.