ASTROLOGERS and psychics throughout Blackpool and the North West have revealed exclusively to the Citizen their staggering predictions of disaster and destruction over New York's skies.

Suddenly, the French prophet Nostradamus' 16th century apocalyptic visions of the end of the world and a war to end all wars begin to sound frighteningly credible to even the most sceptical minds.

Blackpool's own astrological society, Northern Lights, agrees with the writings of this ancient prophet and has produced a chilling chart that plots a deadly alignment of planets over New York at the time of the terrorist attacks.

Top astrology tutor for the society, Kathy Rowan-Drewitt, explained: "The astrological chart of New York at the time of the attack shows that the two powerful planets of Pluto and Saturn are in direct conflict. This combination warns of mass destruction, terror and the break-down of structure.

"What is even more interesting is that Pluto is at a crisis point in its cycle which has previously indicated the start of WW1, WW2 and the Vietnam War."

The prediction that the attacks could initiate a war is backed up by Thornton-based medium, Lilian Kelly, who said: "I have been feeling uneasy for weeks and I think it is all far from over. I believe that two more major tragedies on the same massive scale will take place in America very shortly and this is just the beginning."

The UK's only professional name analyst, Laurence Y Payg, who has featured in various national newspapers and in several TV and radio programmes, had some interesting revelations about leading suspect, Osama Bin Laden's name and its ancient meaning.

The Manchester-based analyst explained: "This man has two sides to his personality, the name 'Bin' reveals he is an extrovert and a very dangerous person, the name 'Laden' means the exact opposite and reveals a very deep, intense and calculating mind, capable of creating tremendously negative thoughts and visions.

"The 'Osama' confirms that he is a schizophrenic personality type, who is extremely unhappy and obsessive in his beliefs and thoughts -- which he unfortunately has the power to carry through to reality.

"He goes into bad letters in his name soon and things are to get very bad for him in the near future, there will be a lot of violent and sudden changes around him. He is definitely capable of organising these horrific events in America and of much more."