Nadi astrology

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Ndi Astrology (' ' in Tamil), (ni jyotia) is a form of Hindu astrology practiced in
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and adjacent regions in India. It is based on the belief that the past, present and the
future lives of all humans were foreseen by Hindu in ancient time

Contents
1 History
2 Theory
3 Beliefs
3.1 Brahma
3.2 Athma
3.3 Navagrahas and siddars
3.4 Types
4 Research
5 Naadi astrology in popular culture
6 References
7 Bibliography

History
In Tamil Nadu, the texts are mainly written in Vatteluttu, which is an ancient Tamizh (Tamil) script.
They were written by a Rishi called Agathiyar who had a highly developed consciousness. These ancient
records of providence were made famous by practitioners around the Vaitheeswaran Temple in the state
of Tamil Nadu. First, the Naadi palm leaves are located based on the thumb impressions (right for men,
left for women).[1]
These Naadi leaves were initially stored in the premises of Thanjavur's Saraswati Mahal Library in
Tamil Nadu. The British colonialists later showed interest in the Naadi leaves concerned with herbs and
medicine, future prediction, etc. Some leaves got destroyed and the remaining were auctioned during the
British rule. These Nadi leaves were obtained by the families of astrologers at the Vaitheeswaran
Temple and have been passed down the years from one generation to the other.[2]
There is also another set of astrologers claiming that the content written in the palm leaf is conversation
between Shiva and parvathi. This is called Shiva nadi josiyam

Theory
The basic concept of Nadi Astrology is "Nadi" (ni). There are 150 Ndis in a sign or Rshi (Rsi), one
sign is 30 degrees of zodiac. Twelve signs of zodiac grouped into three categories: Movable (Chara),
Fixed (Sthira) and Dual (Dvisvabhva) signs Nomenclature of 150 Ndis is peculiar to each of these
three types of signs. There are 1800 Ndis in 360 degrees. Numbers and names of Ndis are identical
among all four Chara signs. Among all four Sthira signs, Numbers and names of Ndis are identical, but
numbering is different from those in Chara and Dvisvabhva signs. Similarly, numbering of Ndis in all

four Dvisvabhva signs are identical among themselves, but different from Chara or Sthira signs. For
instance, the first Ndi in Chara signs such as Aries is Vasudh Ndi, but in Sthira sings the order is
reversed and Vasudh is 150th Ndi. In Dvisvabhva signs such as Gemini, Vasudh is 76th Ndi; that
is, from the middle of 150. Thus, there are 450 distinctive names and numbers in full zodiac. Ndi texts
use this concept of Ndi as the basic unit for prediction. That is why they are called "Ndi granthas".
Chandra Kal Nadi, which is also known as Deva Keralam, was published by Sagar Publications in
1992, edited and translated into English by R Santhanam. It is a compilation of over 82 hundred verses
by Achyut of Kerala, that is why it is called Deva Keralam. But its original kernel was Chandra Kal
Ndi which has not been preserved as a separate text. Deva Keralam has borrowed many non-Ndi
concepts also in order to make the book fuller, but it preserves the gist of Ndi astrology. However, there
are many different trends in Ndi Astrology which are not present in Deva Keralam. There are Ndi
texts named after planets, such as Guru Ndi or Shukra Ndi, and there are voluminous unpublished
texts like Dhruva Ndi. The palm leaves in Tamil Ndu temples use a style different from that of Deva
Keralam, and the Tamil method of Ndi Astrology is paralleled by Bhrigu Samhit in North India, which
has been published in part, but many spurious publications in the name of Bhrigu Samhit have also
appeared in the market.
The basic methodology of these Ndi or Samhit texts have never been described in these texts, hence
astrologers can predict only what they already possess, and are dumb-founded when they do not possess
the required leaf about some particular person. The most fundamental trait of Ndi texts is Ndi, which
is actually a sum total of all divisions of a sign caused by sixteen divisional charts (shodasha vargas)
described in texts like BPHS (Brihat Parshara Hor Shstra). 135 divisions out of total 285 are repeated
in other divisionals, hence there are exactly 150 distinctive divisions of a sign. But these divisions are
unequal, largest division being of half a degree and smallest division is 36th part of a degree.
When predictions are based on Ndis in which ascendant and planets are placed, it means the combined
results of all sixteen divisional charts are being told. Hence, Ndi Astrology is the most detailed and
accurate method. But it requires highly precise birth time, and it also requires knowledge of genuine
Ndi texts, most of which are unpublished and the custodians do not allow others to see the manuscripts.
Same is the case with Samhit texts in North India, such as Bhrigu Samhit or Rvana Samhit.

Beliefs
Brahma
In ancient history, this universe and earth were created by the cosmic God of Knowledge, Sri Brahma,
who is a higher consciousness of every human being, and the entire universe is controlled by three
powerful cosmic Gods or the Trimurti (Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh).

Athma
Athman is the 'real' you with no body, no mind or no desire. Athman is immortal, and characterises the
real you. Changes apply only to the physical bodies. Common stages are birth, childhood, teenage,
adulthood, oldage, and death. The real you (the Athma) then enters into a different body depending on
your Karma and takes form relative to the good or bad deeds you have done. Athman can neither be
created nor destroyed. Athman manifests in a physical body as per applicable karmas.
In Karmic terms, a transition like this is like a person working in an organisation getting promoted when
he or she works sincerely, honestly and efficiently, or demoted if he or she is a bad worker.

Naadi Astrology is like a mirror of your karmas in the previous birth(s). While this is not entirely
accurate, for simplicity's sake, let's say there are two options associated with your Karma. You either
live out your mistakes or you can overcome them by performing corrective actions in a proactive manner
- this goes for all living beings.[3]

Navagrahas and siddars

All beings, irrespective of species, nationality, religion, social class, aggressiveness, etc., are controlled
by the Navagrahas (nine houses or planets). The Navagrahas are very sincere in their duties as cosmic
public servants and never deviate in performing their duties. They cannot be bribed. They affect
individual beings as well as entire societies as per the Karma (thoughts, words and deeds of beings in
this world as well as other worlds) applicable. The current life path of a person is determined by past
Karma. For example, if a person is blessed with wealth in this birth, then it implies this person has done
many punyas (activities that resulted in good Karma) in his/her previous births and he/she is enjoying
the benefits of it in this birth. It is like a person who has saved a lot of punyas in his or her account
cashing it in when the need arrives.
Birth, death, rebirth and moksha are all controlled by our karma. Paapams (activities that result in
negative Karma) are obstacles that may take long to dilute whereas punyas earned can be 'spent' very
soon. From the Hindu point of view, this makes it important that we always think good thoughts and do
no harm to any other being. Bad Karma is committed even if we think unrighteous thoughts.
What is to be given to your lot in life, when, how and where are all decided by the Brahma using the
Navagarahas and the Siddars as channels. As the Brahma cannot do everything in our realm directly,
84,000 Siddars have been created to perform duties on its behalf. Siddars are only another level of public
servants in the cosmos, and they have capabilities and energies many would consider supernatural,
although in Hinduism this is quite normal. Of all the siddars, 84,000 are identified as very powerful and
these siddars express themselves by way of Naadi. Agathiyar is the leader of all Siddars. Agathiyar
along with Kakapujandar, Bokar. Agatiyar always thrived for Jeeva Karunyam (to not harm any being),
i.e., taking care of all living things in this world and guiding them to the path of Gnana or the attaining
of supreme self-knowledge.

Types
Naadi talks about a person's past, present and future and is mostly concerned with material things
like getting a job, construction of house, marriage, curing a disease, etc. Gaanda Naadi were
already written by Siddars ages back and are available in Tamil Nadu with the blessed people.
Jeeva Naadi is like a live thing happening. It is mainly concerned with Gnana and Nakshatra.

Research
This is more from word of mouth than reliable sources
One Wing Commander (Retd.) Shashikant Oak of Pune has a great contribution in bringing the Naadi
palm leaf based astrological system into limelight. For more than 16 years, he has been conducting an
original research on the aforesaid system. His research includes various scientific angles, and has given
the whole subject a new dimension. To conduct the original research, he has visited almost all the Naadi
centers in India during the course of last 15 years, apart from individually meeting a thousands of
persons to take on account the firsthand experiences. He has also presented a detailed paper called
'Comparative Study: Nostradamus and Naadi Granthas.' Over the past few years he has been
instrumental in bringing out the subject to the notice of international researchers. Apart from writing

several research oriented books and detailed articles in various languages; Wing Commander (Retd.)
Oak has also initiated preparing a dictionary of ancient Tamil words which appear in the Naadi palm
leaves. His books are available in Marathi, Hindi, English, and have been translated into several other
languages including Gujarati.

Naadi astrology in popular culture

Prince of Malacca
In the film Chandran Rutnam is set to direct, Prince of Malacca, the olai-chuvadi (palm-leaf) reading
which Raj Rajaratnam sought to forecast his future is influenced.[4]
After Johny reads an article in the Newsweek magazine by a professor at the University of New York,
he becomes interested in olai-chuvadi reading or Naadi astrology. The article reveals, "Rajaratnam had
gone to the ola-leaf readers." It is said there was a government case against Raj, that he was in the stock
business, that he was famous worldwide. That he had to close his business down. Rajaratnam revealed in
the article that he doesn't generally believe in fortunetellers and astrologers. "But the ola leaves were
written thousands of years ago. In those days there was no share business. I found it interesting." The
leaf reader had also divined that his wife was born in "some Southeast Asian country." His wife Asha
was born in the Philippines.[4]

References
1. Kris Dhingra (12 October 2007). "Nadi Astrology Opening The Leaf To Your Future"
(http://www.delhiplanet.com/index.php/2007/10/12/nadi-astrology-opening-the-leaves-to-your-future/).
Delhi Planet, India. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
2. http://www.nadi-astrology.org/History. Missing or empty |title=(help)
3. Lois Lane (7 August 2011). "Nadi Astrology And The Secrets Of Your Past Life"
(http://www.delhiplanet.com/index.php/2011/08/07/nadi-astrology-and-the-secrets-of-your-past-lifedelhiplanet-exclusive/). Delhi Planet, India. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
4. Sashi, Rathi (2012-10-05). "Chandran Rutnam set to direct "Prince of Malacca" is about a Wall Street hedge
fund billionaire and his activities" (http://www.pr-inside.com/chandran-rutnam-set-to-direct-prince-ofmalacca-is-about-a-wall-street-hedge-fund-billionaire-and-his-activities-r3411373.htm). PR Inside. Retrieved
2012-10-10.

Bibliography
Shashikant Oak, Naadi Predictions A Mind Boggling Miracle (2010), ISBN 81-7182-948-1
Sanjay Rath, Collected Papers in Vedic Astrology (2006), ISBN 0-9765177-1-X, chapter 9,
pp.247276.
Thomas Ritter, Die Palmblattbibliotheken. Und ihre Prophezeiungen zur Zukunft Europas (2006)
ISBN 978-3-938516-20-1.
Thomas Ritter, Die Geheimnisse indischer Palmblattbibliotheken Dem Schicksal auf der Spur:
Dem Schicksal auf der Spur. Das Vermchtnis der Sieben Weisen. Schicksalsbibliotheken auf der
Spur (2002) ISBN 978-3-89094-350-3.
Shashikant Oak (Wing Commander), Naadi Predictions A Mind Boggling Miracle (2010), ISBN
81-7182-948-1
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