Nadi astrology
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Nadi Astrology ('நாடி ஜோதிடம்' in Tamil), (nāḍi jyotiṣa) is a form of Hindu astrology practiced in Tamil Nadu, India. It is based on the belief that the past, present and the future lives of all humans were foreseen by Hindu sages in ancient times and written down as Palm Leaf Manuscripts (nāḍi grantha).
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[edit] History
The texts are mainly written in Vatteluttu, which is an ancient Tamil script. The script largely resembles to that of Grantha Script in its developing form. There are different schools of thought as to the author of these leaves. They were written by a great Tamil sage called Agathiyar who had divine revelations. This doctrine of astrology was made famous by astrologers around the Vaitheeswaran Temple in the state of Tamil Nadu and is still practiced around the temple by their descendants.
These Nadi leaves were initially stored in the premises of Tanjore Saraswati Mahal Library of Tamilnadu. The British rulers later showed interest in the Nadi leaves concerned with herbs and medicine, future prediction etc; but ironically left most of the Nadi prediction leaves to their loyal people. Some leaves got destroyed and the remaining were auctioned during the British rule. These Nadi leaves were obtained and possessed by the families of astrologers in Vaitheeswaran Temple. This is an art passed down the years from one generation to the other. [1]
It is said that the leaves available are of only 40% of the total humans. There are reported cases of exact match in the past details and future predictions.
[edit] The manuscripts
Ritter (The Secret of Indian Palm Leaf Libraries pp.81-85) describes his experiences of many Nadi centers he visited in India and the result of Carbon 14 test conducted in the famous "Institute for Ion Radiation of Physics Department 'placed in Nuclear Research Centre, Rossendorph, Saxen, Germany. This institute has been responsible to decide the age of ancient paintings and other documents of national importance in Germany, Thomas Ritter contacted expert C 14 scientists Prof. Fradrik and Dr. Hanse of the institute. He also confirmed from the experts on Tamil language in Germany that the matter is in fact Tamil language script. It is about predictions and not some religious matter.
The Carbon 14 test was performed in 1995 and yielded an age of some 350 years, placing the manuscript in the 17th century.
[edit] Procedure
Usually, the Nadi Reader asks for the thumb impression (right hand thumb impression for males and left hand thumb impression for females). The Nadi Reader then searches his repository of leaves for the seeker's classification of thumb print. Finally, the minimum possible set of matching leaves is brought. Every leaf corresponds to some individual and hence will bear the birth and kinship details of its seeker. Then the Nadi Reader goes on asking about the details mentioned on the palm leaf one by one, for sake of finding the exact leaf out of the set of the leaves. For example, he will ask you if your (i.e. the seeker's) name is XYZ. If it is correct or incorrect, the seeker would require to say yes or no. If the answer to the first question was in the affirmitive, the reader then reads the next detail written on the same leaf, e.g. "Your mother's name is ABC." Again the seeker has to confirm the same or otherwise. If the seeker's mother's name was incorrect, the seeker would only have to say "no". That would mean the specific leaf did not belong to the seeker. Hence the reader starts reading another palm leaf. And so the procedure continues. The seeker is asked a series of questions, based on the verses, so as to find the exact match. These questions are to be answered yes or no. The exact leaf of the seeker is said to get only "yes" responses from the seeker. If all the details on the one and the same leaf are 100% correct, then that leaf belongs to the seeker. It is said that the details such as father/mother's name, seeker's name, name of the wife( if married), details of children, profession, present age of the seeker, date of birth of seeker etc, are found mentioned on the palm leaf. Also, to confirm the same, the seeker is provided with the astrological chart which is present in the leaves in poetic format. Once the exact leaf is found, by confirming the seeker's name, parents' name, spouse's name and many other details about his past, the future which is further mentioned in the leaf, is read out for the seeker. The future is generally written in such a way that a folder within a folder, e.g. If the seeker is not married at the time of reading, in the general chapter, it might have been written that his marriage will take place at e.g. 27 years of age. If the seeker desires more details regarding his married life then he has to refer to the seventh chapter which deals with only married life and may contain name of wife, her background etc etc. The first chapter (kandam) in the leaf has the general overview of its seeker's life. The kandams that follow this are specific ones like Marriage, Profession, etc. The list of chapters and details are as follows: [2]
1. General Kandam: Contains general summary of the future predictions for the seeker. It is gist of all the 12 houses of the horoscope.
2. Regarding family, Education, Speech, Eyes, Money and Intuition etc.
3. Regarding brothers & Sisters, affection, help or ill feelings between self and them.
4. Regarding mother, House, Land, Properties, Vehicles and the pleasures of life.
5. Regarding children, their births, reason for not having children, adoption, remedial measures for getting children, their future.
6. Regarding diseases, debts, enemies, litigation & court cases, and remedial measures for the above.
7. Regarding marriage, marital life, detailed information of future spouse, and planetary position of the spouse etc.
8. Regarding longevity, accidents and danger to life, planetary position of the day of death and the place of death.
9. Regarding father, wealth, visits to holy places, fortune; Benefit from the preachings of Guru, charitable deeds and social life.
10. Regarding career, job, profession, change of place, good-bad times in career, growth, prosperity and losses in one's profession.
11. Regarding second or further marriages, profits in business, profits from side businesses etc.
12. Regarding expenditures, foreign visits, next birth and attainment of salvation.
Separate Kandams:
13. Shanti Pariharam: This Kandam is regarding the past birth details, sins committed in past birth, remedial measures that can dilute the effect of it.
14. Deeksha Kandam: Regarding the methods of preparing the Mantra Raksha, that has the power to shield the self from evil forces of jealous and envy.
15. Aushadha Kandam: Regarding medicines for chronic diseases, method of preparing them and taking them.
Initially, only the first chapter is read to the seeker. If the seeker needs further details on some particular chapter (like Business, Health, Marriage etc), then the corresponding chapter's verses are read to him/her. The seeker is also advised rituals which can correct the future mishappenings, there by leading to a choice.
[edit] The Experiences
Wing Commander (Retd.) Shashikant Oak of Pune has conducted an original research by meeting a thousands of persons individually during the course of last 15 years; and has taken an account of their first hand experiences of Nadi Astrology. Wing Commander (Retd.) Oak has written several books and articles in Marathi, Hindi and English explaining the experiences in detail. His books and articles have been translated into several other languages including Tamil and Gujarati.
[edit] References
- Sanjay Rath, Collected Papers in Vedic Astrology (2006), ISBN 097651771X, chapter 9, pp. 247-276.
- Thomas Ritter, Die Palmblattbibliotheken. Und ihre Prophezeiungen zur Zukunft Europas (2006) ISBN 978-3938516201.
- Thomas Ritter, Die Geheimnisse indischer Palmblattbibliotheken Dem Schicksal auf der Spur: Dem Schicksal auf der Spur. Das Vermächtnis der Sieben Weisen. Schicksalsbibliotheken auf der Spur (2002) ISBN 978-3890943503.
[edit] External links
- http://www.naadiastro.org/
- http://www.kagabujandar.org/
- http://www.nadiastrologer.org/
- http://www.nadireader.org/
- http://www.naadiguruonweb.org/
- http://www.nadi-astrology.org/
- http://www.findyourfate.com/indianastro/nadi2.htm
- http://www.komilla.com/pages/NadiGranthasandPalmLeafAstrology.html
- Experience with Nadi Astrology [3]
