Armed with several years of experience and knowledge about the purported science, we sought to

conduct a two fold experiment with the goal of understanding the real truth of Naadi Astrology. Do
the Naadi leaves truly contain the complete detail of our future? or Is it only an estimation based on
insights gleaned from a persons birth chart?

Our first experiment involved verifying the future predicted for one of our team members in 2007.
An experience which led us to publish our first feature on this topic, Naadi Astrology Opening The
Leaf To Your Future. To verify the predictions given by the Nadi reader we simply compared the
account of events which he described against the reality six years later. The results were not
encouraging, the Naadi reader had accurately described the events of the next one or two years
although they were referenced to in a vague and general fashion. However, everything that he
described beyond two years didnt happen. Either the prediction proved wrong or the timing was off
and the described event hadnt taken place yet. To understand this further, we consulted a
traditional Indian Pandit and asked him to predict the future of the same person after only providing
his date of birth, place of birth and time of birth. These details allowed the Pandit to prepare the
individuals birth chart which he then used to describe the future.

What we discovered through this experiment was that the Pandits prediction closely matched that
of the Naadi Astrologer. The key difference here was that Naadi Astrologer had detailed what events
would happen in which year, while the Pandit had only provided time frames. This led us to believe
that the entire goal of a Naadi 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 Naadi Astrology appear more authentic however, is that they provide
you with a lot of information about your family, your background, your profession, career
aspirations etc. These details are however given to the astrologer by the person themselves through
a series of questions.

The second experiment involved re-visiting the entire Naadi Astrology process at a different Naadi
center for a close relative of the person who was examined in 2007 (as shown in the above video).
By now, our team was really familiar with the process of determining a persons Naadi leaf having
gone through it many times in the past. This time, everything was very closely monitored and the
setup was carefully observed.
It is a common fact that each one of us is greatly impacted by the lives of our close family members,
namely parents and immediate siblings. Even our uncles, aunts, cousins etc play a role in
determining how pleasant or unpleasant our experiences can be in the future. Thus, by determining
the future of the parent of the person examined earlier we would be able to check the accuracy of
the predictions made in the past.

The thumb-print of the parent had been given at the Naadi Center more than a year ago. Finally they
were called to visit the center and verify the found leaf. The process started in the same manner as
before, the Naadi reader asked a number of questions with the goal of finding a sequence of
consecutive yes responses. These queries started out as being vague before becoming more
specific, some of the questions asked were; Is your father alive? Is your mother alive? How many
characters are their your parents name/ your name/ your husbands name? Were you born in the
first 15 days of the month? Whats the occupation of your children etc?. The questioning went on
for almost an hour during which almost 200 questions were asked. Once again, similar to our
previous experiences, the leaf with most of the matching details was found in third bundle of leaves.
Each bundle has 108 leaves meaning that it took the Naadi reader almost 250 leaves to finally arrive
at one where everything he said was matched by a yes response.

Another interesting observation was that the reader would often repeat the same question he had
asked earlier. This made us believe that the entire process was simply a way to extract the
information from you through a series of confusing and scattered inquiring. The process ends when
the three most important details namely, your name, date of birth, place of birth and time of birth
have been identified. Thereafter the Naadi reader asks you to wait for a good one hour during which
time he prepares your birth chart and records all your responses in writing.

The Real Truth of Naadi Astrology - A Page from the book with your future

Before you pay the fee associated with the above process, the Naadi reader will read out the future
to you as written by him on his notebook. Here again, what we found to be really fishy was that the
Naadi reader was simply reading out all the positive responses he had gotten from us. He didnt tell
us anything new. When specifically questioned on certain areas his responses were similar to what
the Pandit had given indicating that he too was only predicting your future based on your birth
chart. Finally, when all discussion had ended the readers suggested extremely complex religious
remedies that would help solve many of our problems. The remedies were very expensive and the
establishment simply wanted you to give them the money in return for Prasad which would be
delivered to your house.
This thorough investigation and two-fold experiment helps us to summarize a few findings although
there are still some doubts for which we dont have answers yet.

Summary Of Findings

Naadi Astrology is not what it appears to be. Your future is not written on palm leaves by sages who
died thousands of years ago. If these leaves were truly that old they should have withered away by
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

All Naadi centers are located in houses which are old and primitive. The Naadi 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

Naadi Astrology is some sort of a 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
print and thereafter predicting the future after making your birth-chart

The leaves simply act as an eye-wash. They are designed to help you buy into the story being told
about your future being written on leaves. In actuality what they contain is a series of cues and
questions that need to be asked, so that the person gives away everything there is to know
themselves

All sessions end with a warning that your problems will get worse if you dont 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
the Naadi Astrology fraternity