What is Nadi Astrology?

By Astrospeak Team
Sep 08, 2017

What is Nadi Astrology?

An ancient form of astrology practiced in southern India, Nadi Astrology is based on the belief
that the past, present and the future lives of all humans were foreseen and recorded on palm
leaves by Hindu sages in ancient time.

A very ancient form of astrology, whose origins began in Southern India, Nadi Astrology is
based on an old-age belief that the one can decipher the past, present and future of all humans
through the text written on palm leaves. It is a popularly believed that the great Hindu sages of
the yore foresaw the past, present and future of all humans and hence, recorded these on tree
barks and palm leaves.

Nadi Astrology is practiced in the Tamil Nadu region as well as Kerala and other adjacent areas
in South India. Simply put, it is an ancient method of recording data. Over the ages, people have
come to believe that a thousand years ago, great Indian sages were granted a boon – to look into
every human being’s past, present and future lives. They had to power to look into the lives of
people were not only dead, living but also those who were yet to be born!

These sages then recorded these visions, i.e. data onto palm leaves in Tamil script. Today, these
can be deciphered or read by Nadi astrologers or experts who have studied this branch of
astrology. The term ‘Nadi’ in Tamil means ‘in search of’. Therefore, the existence of Nadi
astrology indicates that every human being is in search of his past and future. According to
legends, these scriptures on palm leaves are scattered across different parts of India and some of
them were first found in Tamil Nadu.

It is widely believed that these pal scriptures, holding secrets to past and present were classified a
thousand years ago during the Chola reign in South India. The Nadis are named after the rishis
and sages who originally recorded these findings. They are Suka Nadi, Kaushika Nadi, Brahma
Nadi and Agasthiya Nadi. These Nadis are not easy to read as they are written in ancient Tamil
and are in poetry form, i.e. in sonnets and couplets. Only expert linguists who have studied this
form of astrology over many years can read them.

Nadi Astrology is one of the oldest forms of astrology originating in India and in the recent past, it has attained
a lot of popularity. However, due to its popularity and lack of clarity among people about its nature, a lot of
fraudulent knowledge and frauds pretending to be experts are doing the rounds.

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Here are a few truths about Nadi Astrology that you must know –

1. Nadi Astrology originates from Souther India and several leaves were found to be preserved
in the Saraswati Mahal Library in Tanjore, Tamil Nadu. Many Brahmin astrology communities
are known to possess these leaves as well. Some of these bundles are ‘exported’ to cities in other
parts of India like Delhi, Mumbai, etc on a temporary, rotating basis. Most original Nadi centres
are in remote rural interiors of Tamil Nadu where Hindi or even English is understood very little
and access is difficult for common people, etc.

2. Nadi Astrology gives details of one’s past very correctly including personal details but is
inaccurate about future. This is because complete future is known to God alone! No branch of
astrology can foretell future that is 100% correct. Therefore, expecting this is foolish. Rishis who
wrote on the Nadi leaves were known have had visions about a person in detail ‘till that person
approaches a nadi leaf reader and gets his past, present decoded’. Future life of that person was
written broadly and in advisory capacity. Remedies (called parihar) to offset/minimize evils are
given more importance. These rishis wanted that when a person gets his leaf read, gets his future
brief and then performs remedies.

3. Chances of locating ‘your’ leaf are 10%. Yes. For a customer who wants to get his future read,
this answer is probably 10-15% as one nadi centre cannot keep lakhs of prints. However, we
have an-India network with most genuine Nadi centres and chances of locating your leaf are
probably 70-80%.