Monday, March 3, 2014

How accurate is Nadi Astrology?

We all know that Nadi Shastra was written by 7 rishis or sages about the destinies of souls which go through cycle of reincarnation, through their yogic powers.  The seven rishis are : Agasthya, Vyasa, Bhogar, Bhrigu, Kaushika, Vasishta and Valmiki.  Before learning how accurate is Nadi Astrology, let us read something about what is Nadi Astrology?

What is Nadi Astrology?

Nadi Astrology is ....

  • It reveals the destiny of man, his past, present and the future.  This is done using thumb impression and the full details about one's life is read out from a palm leaf.
  • The Nadi astrology predictions were written in Tamil and they are called as Nadi Grandhas
  • Grandhas are manuscripts divided into 16 kandams or chapters
  • Different chapters or kandams give details about a person's family, profession, marriage, children, diseases, future happenings, family, friends, bad habits and associations, spiritual inclinations, death, foreign trips etc...
  • Nadi Astrology also gives the causes of present birth's karmic struggles and ways to overcome them through suitable remedies.
  • When the leaf is read, you can see names of the parents, current position in life, reasons for seeking the reading too is mentioned in the leaf.  This indicates that the predictions made by Rishis conquered time.

How the leaf is identified

  • The Nadi Astrology readers say that the seekers would come on their own in search of the leaves at the destined time and thumb prints of the palm is taken ( right thumb impression for males and left thumb impression for female).  
  • There are 108 categories of thumb impressions which are classified by the seers
  •  In order to find out the exact leaf of the seeker, he is asked to answer a set of questions based on the verses in the leaf.  Nadi leaves are also classified accordingly, based on the different thumb impressions.
  • The exact and correct leaf tell the names of the seeker, his parents, based on the different thumb impressions.
  • It would be a general view of the life of seeker in the future.  Some details correspond to present or past.

Role of Destiny

One tends to seek this form of divination only if he is destined. Very strangely the leaf also mentions at what time the native will appear to take his reading. The native only at the predestined hour gets to read his leaf. It is very divine in essence. It is believed that Lord Shiva has destined a life for every soul in all its incarnations and if he wills, the particular soul would seek a reading to understand the life patterns emerging in that particular incarnation.


What are factors which determine the accuracy of Nadi prediction


Factors that determine the accuracy of Nadi Prediction

    It depends mainly in the identification of the right leaf.
    The Nadi Astrologer should be proficient in interpreting the verses in the nadi leaf.
    Different types of nadis have different ways of interpretation. It is said by some texts like Jaimini, mantra nadis will have predictions of the future in an uncertain manner. . However there are different types of nadis like Rishi nadis, tantra nadis, and prasna nadis.