Nadi astrology

Ndi Astrology (ni jyotia) is a form of Dharma 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 Dharma sages in ancient
time.

Contents
1 History
2 Theory
3 Beliefs
3.1 Brahma
3.2 Athma
3.3 Navagrahas and siddars
3.4 Types
Agathiyar
4 Naadi astrology in popular culture
5 References
6 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 Agastya who had a highly developed consciousness. These ancient records of providence were made famous by practitioners
around the Vaitheeswara 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 Raj (rule). These Nadi leaves were obtained by the families of
.[2]
astrologers at the Vaitheeswaran Temple and have been passed down the years from one generation to the other

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 the
zodiac 360. Twelve signs of zodiac are grouped into three categories: Movable (Chara), Fixed (Sthira) and Dual (Dvisvabhva) signs.
The nomenclature of 150 Ndis is peculiar to each of these three types of signs. There are 1,800 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 signs 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 the full zodiac. Ndi texts use this
concept of Ndi as the basic unit for prediction. That is why they are called "Ndi amshas".

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 the smallest division is 36th part of a degree. Another school of thought assumes that all 150 divisions are equal; the
value being 12 minutes (arc) in length.[3]

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. The 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, as 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 isa bad worker.

Naadii 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
[4]
corrective actions in a proactive manner - this goes for all living beings.

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.,

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.[5]

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 Asha was born in thePhilippines.[5]
his wife was born in "some Southeast Asian country

References
1. Kris Dhingra (12 October 2007)."Nadi Astrology Opening The Leaf To Your Future" (http://www.delhiplanet.com/in
dex.php/2007/10/12/nadi-astrology-opening-the-leaves-to-your-future/)
. Delhi Planet, India. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
2. "History of Nadi Astrology"(http://www.nadi-astrology.org/history-of-nadi-astrology/). nadi-astrology.org.
3. Chandulal S. Patel (2008).Nadi Astrology. Sagar Publications.
4. Lois Lane (7 August 2011)."Nadi Astrology And The Secrets Of Y our Past Life" (http://www.delhiplanet.com/index.ph
p/2011/08/07/nadi-astrology-and-the-secrets-of-your-past-life-delhiplanet-exclusive/)
. Delhi Planet, India. Retrieved
28 June 2012.
5. Sashi, Rathi (2012-10-05)."Chandran Rutnam set to direct "Prince of Malacca" is about a W all Street hedge fund
billionaire and his activities"(http://www.pr-inside.com/chandran-rutnam-set-to-direct-prince-of-malacca-is-about-a-w
 all-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-
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