The world of Nadi Astrology By just using your thumb impression it is possible to tell everything about you, your parents, your siblings and your future. It is said that Nadi is an ancient astrology, which has been composed by great Maharishis (sages) of India in the past using their spiritual powers. Pleased with their fervent prayer and dedicated devotion, Lord Shiva bestowed on them with this remarkable skill, which is a kind of sixth sense extra sensory perception.
Nadi astrologers: The chosen ones? With the help of divine guidance, the sages created records of everyone’s past, present and future on palm leaves, which fortunately are still intact even today. These records are however not available for the whole world, the sages created the records for only those people who are destined to know about them. It is widely believed that these chosen souls are involuntarily attracted to read the leaves by force of circumstance or under compulsion or by severe curiosity about oneself. The language on the leaf The language inscribed on these palm leaves is in old poetic Tamil and is understandable to the very few who are well versed in the art of Nadi reading. So, what kind of process is followed by the Nadi institute to get to your leaf? After all, how can someone find about you by just taking your thumb print? Is the process scientific? Let’s explore… The process of reading the future Nadi astrologers take your thumb print (right hand thumb for males and left hand thumb for females) on a piece of paper. Every thumb impression can be classified into a particular category and the leaves are categorized in bundles based on the thumb imprint categories. They say that for a particular thumb impression there could be several bundles, each containing many leavess with the future of various individuals. Once your leaf is found Once the bundle matching your thumb imprint is found, the Nadi reader takes you into closed discussion and proceeds to read each leaf, present in the bundle. All Nadi astrologers claim that the leaf reader has no knowledge of any of your details, he only reads out only what is written on the leaf as he has been trained to understand that language. The reader would one by one take up several leafs asking you to verify basic facts like your date of birth, your father’s name, etc. Asked and answered These facts would just be told to you and not asked from you, you just need to reply with yes/no. If you’re lucky you would get the leaf where everything that is written would match and answers to all the questions would be yes. It may also be that your leaf is not found, in which case they search the records at the main center in Tamil Nadu. ( The main center has a much bigger collection.) Usual modus operandi Helpers at the Nadi centers supposedly spend several hours trying to locate your leaf; but do not charge anything for their services if your leaf is not found. One needs to pay only after your leaf has been found, its content recorded in the original Tamil form in a notebook and translated into either Hindi or English by a translator. The words of the translator are also recorded, on an audio cassette which one is allowed to take back along with the notebook. Doubts!!! Most of us tend to think scientifically and science has no explanation for miracles and superpowers, so many of us have a strong resistance in believing Nadi Astrology. Do the Nadi leaves truly contain the complete detail of our future and our past life too? Let’s know more about it to reach a conclusion… History of Nadi Shastra The origins of the Nadi Shastra are shrouded in the mists of time. This 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. Research 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. What is a Nadi Leaf? In ancient times, the information was passed down orally. The written word came 3000 years after that. The Rishis had special scribes to carefully etch each letter of your story into the dried leaf with a special tool or stylus. This was done all by hand to avoid splitting the leaf. The writing has been almost always continuous, without any space between words. This is one reason why the reading of the leaves requires training, as well as an understanding of the ancient languages of Tamil or Sanskrit. Preservation technique Wikipedia says that when the etching was complete, lamp black or turmeric was applied to increase contrast and make it readable, and oil was rubbed in to help preserve them. A bundle of leaves in the same thumb print category, or soul grouping, was then bound with a cord between two wooden covers. Types of Nadi 18 sages who created this whole system 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. Chapters in Nadi Shastra Chapter 1: General Kandam is to be located by searching through the index bundles corresponding to the impression pattern on the right thumb of men or left thumb in women. It contains a gist of future predictions corresponding to the 12 houses of the horoscope. Chapter2: This Kandam is about Family, Education, Eyes, Money and Intuition. Chapter 3: This Kandam is about brothers & sisters, Relationships between them and self. Chapter 4: This Kandam is about Mother, Land and Vehicles. What each Chapter entails Chapter 5: This Kandam is about Children and births, reason for not having any, future lifestyle of children. Chapter 6: This Kandam is about troubles and hardships due to Disease, Debts Enemies, Litigations or Cases. Chapter 7: This Kandam is about first Union or Marriage and Status of married life. Also contains hints of valuable information about the name of the future spouse, horoscope, age of marriage, and some characteristic features of the spouse etc. >From profession to marriage Chapter 8: This Kandam is about the lifespan and Longevity, Accidents and dangers with indication of time and age during one’s lifetime. Chapter 9: This Kandam is about Father, Wealth, Visits to holy places, Fortune; Benefit from the preachings of Guru and holy people, charitable deeds and social life. Chapter 10: This Kandam is about Career, Job. Chapter11: This Kandam is about Second or further marriages, Profits in business etc. Chapter 12: This Kandam is about Expenditures, Foreign Visits, Next birth and Salvation. Nadi shastra and past life Chapter13: Shanti Pariharam: This Kandam is about past life or birth, bad and good deeds and a series of rituals that can dilute the effect of past bad deeds. Chapter14: Dheeksha Kandam: This Kandam is about the methods of preparing the Mantra Raksha that has the power to shield the self from the evil forces of jealous and envious Raksha ensures relatively better rewards for one’s efforts and success in deeds. Nadi shastra and Moksha Chapter15: Dasa Bhukthi: Speaks about the planets influencing the Native primarily and secondarily at the time of listening to this prediction. Chapter16: Gynana Kandam: It speaks the goal of the life (liberation) of the Native, since how many births he/she has been trying to achieve it. Chapter17: Political Kandam: This is about predictions about social service and political life. Chapter 13 is about your past life Chapter 13 reveals your past karma – From this chapter, a reader reads out a short story about your karmic life to reveal your past good and bad karmas. Through this story, it will be revealed to you how and which of your karmic acts are creating obstacles for you in the present and how they may influence your future. Your karma defines you According to Nadi Astrology you are an entity born out of the energies of the Cosmos that keeps being born on earth and every time you are born you continue to carry the baggage of your karma. It reveals how your karmic impressions unfolded in each life on earth you had and how they may continue to affect you through your future. Knowing your past karmas Karma is viewed as the root cause of your thoughts, confusions in mind, the way your mind compels you to act and so on. Knowing your karma will reveal many secrets of your life. Why you acted in a certain way in a situation, why you are confused and not able to solve a problem or how you achieved something which others could not. When you understand what kind of Karma your mind is possessed with, you will be able to free yourself. Getting rid of Past Karmas Chapter 13 suggests remedies of bad karmas affecting your life. The temples in India are considered the power vortexes of specific energies. A Nadi reader suggests about the temples that can disentangle or disperse the inert karmic energies that you are holding in your psyche and thereby remove obstacles from your life. Beware! Nadi astrologers can take you for a ride There are a lot of theories that state that Nadi astrology is not for real. One of them being – It is not possible that your future is written on palm leaves by sages who died thousands of years ago. If these leaves were truly that old they should have withered away from now rendering the writing unreadable. Even the original Mona Lisa which is more than 500 years old has to go through extensive restoration and regular maintenance to maintain its appearance Just a smart way! According to an investigation done by delhiplanet.com, the entire goal of a Nadi Astrologer is to determine your name, place of birth and date of birth post which he proceeds to make a birth chart allowing him to predict your future like any other Pandit would do. What makes Nadi Astrology appear more authentic is that they provide you with a lot of information about your background. These details are however given to the astrologer by the person themselves through a series of questions. Challenging the beliefs Some intellectuals say that all Nadi centers are located in houses which are old and primitive. The Nadi leaves are also stored in small rooms which are closely guarded. Such rooms however are not suited for storing leaves that are so old. Daily weather changes, insects, rodents, etc. Can easily destroy these leaves. So how is it possible that these leaves survived? Leaves simply act as an eyewash Naadi Astrology is some sort of family enterprise which originated in the south of India. All the members of this fraternity are skilled at the art of determining your current state using your thumb prints and thereafter predicting the future after making your birth-chart. The leaves simply act as an eyewash. This is how a usual session ends! All sessions end with a warning that your problems will get worse if you don’t go in for the remedies. This firmly establishes that Naadi Astrology is simply a means to create fear in the minds of people using less understood religious ideology, thereby funding the lives of the members who belong to this fraternity. To conclude There is quite a possibility that Naadi Shastra is an authentic branch of Astrology but highly misused by a few who are fooling people to make some moolah! There are things beyond our intellectual capacity so dismissing this historical phenomenon, which finds mention in our roots, might not be a good idea too. However, my personal experience with a Naadi Astrologer doesn’t bring back fond memories so use your discretion before you lunge to know your past or future. KR IRS 21025 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqFg_ajcTrCB_vtP85p1TEt4c7OJuvGK4EtF%2B5eokk7hw%40mail.gmail.com.
