VEDIC ASTROLOGER IN INDIA

Nadi astrology is a particular form of Indian hindu astrology unlike vedic astrology where the destiny of a person is prediction by reading the horoscope, which is practiced in Tamil Nadu. According to its concept, everything related to the past, present and future of all the human beings were foreseen by ancient sages.

They composed these Nadis and the nadi astrologers can now refer them to predict the future of people. These astrologers are not vedic astrologer and are expert in reading only the nadi palm leaves.

So Nadi astrology is perhaps one of the most mystical branches of Vedic astrology. It combines astrological information with divine ‘seeings’ into your past, present and future for a unique picture of your soul’s destiny.

In ancient times, in Shiva loka, the Supreme Organizing Authority (Sarvadhikari) Lord Shiva informed Parvathi Devi about several people taking birth during this period. Great sages had seen in meditation from earth and wrote it clearly in Sanskrit language on palm leaves according to the Lord’s command.

18 sages who also had deep knowledge of vedic astrology, created this whole system who wrote the nadis are Agasathya (Agathiyar) Nadi, Bohar Nadi, Valmiki Nadi, Nandi Nadi, Thriumoolar Nadi, Konkanavar Nadi, Machamuni Nadi, Gorakhnathar Nadi, Sattaimuni Nadi, Sundaranandar Naadi, Ramadevar Nadi, Kudambai Nadi, Karuvoorar nadi, Idaikadar Nadi, Kamalamuni Naadi, Pathanjali Nadi, Dhanvanthiri Nadi, Pampatti Nadi.

Later, Thanjavur King Sharabhoji II (1777-1832) with the help of scholars translated the original Sanskrit palm leaves to Aadi Tamil language and named as Nadi palm leaves and Nadi Astrology. Thereafter destroyed the original Sanskrit palm leaves. Afterwards though the Britishers acquired its possession and they sold it to some families. Now these are available as Nadi Palm Leaves, stored at Vaitheeswaran Koil in Tamil Nadu, India.

It is also believed that the astrological predictions were written in Vatteluttu. It is an ancient Tamil script. The Rishi who received these revelations and wrote them was named Agathiyar. The ancient writings were made famous by practitioners around the Vaitheeswaran Temple in the state of Tamil Nadu, and their efficiency made them popular around the world.

The writings are in the form of leaves, which were initially stored in the premises of Thanjavur’s Saraswati Mahal Library in Tamil Nadu. It was only after the British capitalists who showed interest in the Naadi leaves that they came into light. The main objective of these capitalists were to find cures with herbs and medicine, future prediction, etc., in the hope that they could make money out of the ancient science.

The system of prediction has been used to give reliable guidance for many centuries about past, future predictions between birth and death cycle of one destined person.

Today vedic astrologer doing research on nadi astrology shows that this system has been in use for at least 5000 years. The Nadi Shastra is believed to have been first composed very long ago by the Sapta Rishis and divine sages.

NADI LEAF IDENTIFICATION

Nadi Readers say that the seekers would come on their own accord in search of the leaves at the destined time and thumb prints of the palm is taken (right thumb impression for the male and left thumb impression for female). There are 108 categories of thumb impressions that are classified by the seers. 

To find out the exact leaf of a seeker, he is asked to answer a set of questions based on verses in the leaf. Nadi leaves are also classified accordingly, based upon the different thumb impressions.

KHANDAM OR CHAPTERS

The exact leaf tells the names of the seeker, his parents, and spouse and gives out details that are written in the leaf. Like vedic astrology there are 12 houses which denotes different events of our life, in nadi there are various khandam or chapters that give details about the seeker`s family, profession, marriage, children, future happenings, disease, prosperity, family, friends, bad habits and associations, spiritual inclinations, auspicious happenings, death, foreign trips, litigation and a complete overview of life.

Khandam or Chapters are as follows :

Khandam or Chapters 1–  the first house or ascendant. This will contain names parents and wife/husband’s, brothers, sisters, maternal uncles, children, profession and general list of future predictions for all the 12 houses.

Khandam or Chapters 2– second house. Money ,family speech, eyes, education, vision.

Khandam or Chapters 3– third house. Brothers and Sisters.

Khandam or Chapters 4– fourth house. Mother ,House, Lands, Vehicles, Happiness.

Khandam or Chapters 5– fifth house. Children, birth of children, reasons for not having children, creativity.

Khandam or Chapters 6– sixth house. Enemies, Diseases, Debts, cases in court.

Khandam or Chapters 7– seventh house. Marriage, Married life, problems nad blessing from marriage.

Khandam or Chapters 8– eighth house. Danger to life, longevity, period of death.

Khandam or Chapters 9– ninth house. Father, Wealth, luck, Temple, spirituality, devotion to God and Guru.

Khandam or Chapters 10– tenth house. Business, Job, Profession, success.

Khandam or Chapters 11 – eleventh house. Profit, money, gain, second Marriage.

Khandam or Chapters 12– Twelfth house. Expenditure, loss, Foreign travel, moksha, self realisation, next birth.

Theses above khandams are like 12 houses of a horoscope indicating the similar type of events as per vedic astrology.

After the twelve khandams that relate to the twelve astrology houses, there come special chapters that deal with additional aspects of life.

Khandam or Chapters 13– Shanti Khandam – Shanti means peace. This chapters deals with pacifying the past life issues, past karma and last birth. The remedial measures that need to be done in order to calm the negative karma. This is the most important Khandam or chapter.

By rectifying the past life allows us to live in the present with happiness and peace. But this is also the Khandam people have the greatest problem with, as it is open to abuse by the unscrupulous Nadi practitioners.

Do remember that not all Nadi Readers are corrupt and unscrupulous. They usually are very dharmic following their family tradition faithfully. As rectifying the past life is essential to move forward, it does not have to be done through expensive pujas and rituals if the individual cannot afford them.

The rishis could not have thought that only the wealthy who can afford these rituals, would the only ones who are relieved of their past karmas. This cannot be right. But the onus falls on the individual to make effort to clear his wrong karma once they gets aware of the issues they have collected in the past.

It is important to appeasement the deities and work with the remedies. Without working with this essential aspect of the Nadi reading, there is unlikely to bring any lasting benefit. While the other khandams or chapters give knowledge of past life and what is going to happen now. We are not able to enjoy the future properly without sorting out the baggage of past karma.

Khandam or Chapters 14– Diksha Khandam- Diksha means initiation. Here it refers to initiation into secret knowledge that allows the deeper world to develop through the use of the right mantras and the right protection. To get the right diksha, the individual has to be willing to clear the past karma revealed in the shanti kandam.

Khandam or Chapters 15– Aushadha khandam. Aushadha means herbs, in this case medicine. This kandam deals with health and healing.

Khandam or Chapters 16– Dasa Bhukti khandam. This Kandam 16- Dasa Bhukti khandam. This is Nadi version of the dasa and bhuktis for life.

In addition to these, there is also a special chapter for Prasna. The reader answers the questions from what is written by the Rishis. The nadi reader does not give these answers through traditional prashna astrology like in vedic astrologer.

It also gives the causes for present birth`s karmic struggles and ways to overcome them through suitable remedies.

It would be a general overview of his life in the future. Some details would correspond to the present or past. Each leaf has a different answer to a seeker.

Vedic astrologer also give importance to the great value of the Nadi  that gives you an understanding of the link from your prior birth to your current life. It also provides the exact ways to transform the residual karma from the previous birth. Your past really can come to haunt you. The Rishis not only wrote down your soul’s roadmap on your Nadi leaf but also prescribed a list of ‘remedies’ or ‘course corrections’ that will reroute you in a favorable path.

THE ROLE OF OUR DESTINY

One tends to seek this form of divination only if he is destined. Very strangely the leaf also mentions at what time the native will appear to take his reading. The native only at the predestined hour gets to read his leaf. It is very divine in essence. It is believed that Lord Shiva has destined a life for every soul in all its incarnations and if he wills, the particular soul would seek a reading to understand the life patterns emerging in that particular incarnation.

What one must understand it that Nadi astrology is a very ancient science like vedic astrology and  It should not be misused. Only those with a great desire to know their past and future should go, with the right attitude and devotion. Otherwise it is not possible for them to receive the good results. Also if you do go to the home of Nadi in Vaitheshwaran or to a good Nadi reader elsewhere and do not receive the right reading, then it is also part of your karma too. Don’t blame the reader. The time may not have been right for you as yet. You may have to try again at a later date.