What is Nadi Astrology?

The Rishis of Ancient India practiced their minds and revealed a lot of arts and sciences for the well-being of future generations of mankind. One such precious science is called Nadi Astrology. Nadi Astrology is also termed as "nadii jyotisa" which is a form of Dharma astrology adopted in different zones in India.

It is being reasoned on the faith that the past, present and the future lives of all human beings were foreseen by Dharma sages in old-age times.

The Spiritual remedies being prescribed here in the sacred script including the temple poojas are left to the sheer choice of the individuals concerned. Nadi Astrology is a form of Dharma astrology practiced in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and neighboring regions in India. In essence, the Nadi palm leaves are identified based on the thumb impressions (right for men, left for women). There are 150 Nadi's in a sign; each sign is 30 degrees of the zodiac 360. Twelve signs of zodiac are grouped into three categories: Movable (Chara), Fixed (Sthira) and Dual (Dvisvabhava) signs.

The phraseology of 150 Nadis is distinctive to each of these three types of signs. There are 1,800 Nadis in 360 degrees. Numbers and names of Nadi's are similar among all four Chara signs. Among all four Sthira signs, numbers and names of Nādis are alike, but numbering is peculiar from those in Chara and Dvisvabhava signs. Further, numbering of Nadi's in all four Dvisvabhava signs are similar among themselves, but different from Chara or Sthira signs. The predictions in the Nadi leaves are given in Kandams or chapters. One could get a general prediction or specific prediction, specific prediction based on the need.

Like many other arts and sciences of ancient days they were also in Sanskrit. Later days, the Tamil kings gathered all such palm leaves irrespective of the subjects, they dealt upon and stored them in big libraries. These Nadi leaves which are the repository of the Wisdom of ancient Rishis would otherwise have been lost to us. The king of Tanjore, a true patron of Arts and Sciences, found a reserve for these Nadi Astrology plam leaves in his palace library. He also got them translated in to ancient Tamil with the help of Pandits.

The Nadi palm leaves kept by us are those which we got from our ancestors. We have not professed at any time that these are the original Nadi palm leaves Purported to be written by the rishis and obtained by us in the days of British rule in the auction. Before revealing the predictions, each person is first identified by furnishing his date of birth details, planetary positions as at the time of his / her birth, parentage, names of some close relatives, position in life, marital status etc. After this, the predictions for the individual follow from the date of his seeking the Nadi to his last day. The past, i.e. the happenings from date of birth to date of seeking the Nadi leaf is not covered. This is probably in order to avoid any complications arising in human lives.