History of Nadi Astrology

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.

Nadi Astrology (Nadi jyothidam) is a type of Dharma astrology practiced in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and adjacent regions in India. The history of ancient Nadi astrology originated in centuries of years ago; there were great Sages or Rishis, who had the vision of looking to know the future of anybody on earth. These foresights were written on Palm Leaves as Nadi josiyam in a particular script and these leaves are used to predict the people's future in these days by Nadi Astrologers.

The Rishis of ancient India Applied their minds and discovered many arts & sciences for the well-being of future generations of mankind. One of the science is Astrology. There are various branches in Astrology viz Horoscopy., i.e. casting & reading horoscopes based on the positions of planets at the time of birth of an individual and the movements of the planets across the Zodiac. This is a well developed science as proved from ancient texts like Brihatsamhita, Jathaka, Paarijatha and so on.

Nadi Leaves

In the year 1540, moguls attacked the palace of Tanjore and they found the nadi leaves in the secret chambers of the palace. Nadi leaves meant little to them and so they ordered it to be destroyed. That night, sage Agasthya appeared in the dream of a Brahmin astrologer and instructed him to go and save the leaves from destruction. The astrologer had to walk 120 kms approximately to the palace and to his surprise he did find the leaves.

He was promised by sage Agasthya that he and his future generations would find success and auspicious merit for saving the nadi leaves from peril. From then on, the Brahmin`s family and his succeeding generations became the blessed family called, “Shiva family”, who formed the original custodian of the nadi manuscripts. They continued the spiritual legacy of prediction of nadi leaves.