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SARFAROSH
A Naadi Exposition of the Lives of Indian Revolutionaries
SARFAROSH
A Naadi Exposition of the Lives of Indian Revolutionaries
K. Guru Rajesh
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This book is humbly dedicated to
the sacred memory of the revolutionaries
who sacrificed their lives
to free Mother India
Foreword
वंदॆ मातरम्
Many countries have fought for freedom. However India stands-out distinctively
in its achievement of Independence.
सरफ़रोशी की तम ना अब हमारे िदल म है
दे खना है ज़ोर िकतना बाज़-ू ए-क़ाितल म है
Who can forget this great song which inspired patriotism in revolutionaries at
the time of the independence struggle? This verse stands as a testimony to their
sacrifices even in present times!
The word “Sarfarosh” means “selling or pledging the head”. Dr. Guru Rajesh’s
title for this book not only serves to re-ignite patriotism, but also suggests that
he has something from his head to sell (not in terms of commercial selling)! Dr.
Rajesh and I have not met in person nor have we had lengthy interactions. The
only association is through the social network, and there too, our conversation has
been limited. However, thanks to reasons best known to him, he had honoured
me with the task of writing the foreword for his book.
In the absence of personal acquaintance with Dr. Rajesh, this book provided
me with insights into his personality. The title of the book – Sarfarosh - indicates
that Dr. Guru Rajesh is an emotional person. He has chosen the Naadi system,
an abstract method of astrological analysis, as a medium of analysing people’s
characters. This suggests that Dr. Rajesh uses his own logic to understand a
personality and does not go by others’ views. The central theme of the book
revolves around revolutionaries who fought for independence. This indicates that
Dr. Rajesh is a person who values liberty and freedom in his life. In explaining
the struggles of each revolutionary who fought for Indian independence, he
respects and honours those who are action-oriented and truthful. His approach
is rational and not dogmatic because he chooses characters who were fair and
straightforward in their approach. He regards and respects the persons who are
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instrumental in his life even though their contribution could be very little. Finally,
his indexing and arranging of the subject shows that Dr. Rajesh is well-organized
and shows clarity of mind in whatever he does.
I could only glance through the entire book. But it deserves thorough study
of every life profile written. From what I did read, I found that Dr. Rajesh has
done a wonderful job, especially in the collection of the vast biographical data
pertaining to so many Indian revolutionaries. This would not only serve as a
Naadi Astrology guide but also as a compendium of biographies of Indian
revolutionaries, which will be useful for history students. It will also be an eyeopener for the youth of today, to help them understand our history and cultural
heritage. More importantly, true to his nature, Dr. Rajesh had acknowledged the
source of the data and also the authors whose works he has referred to.
Dr. Guru Rajesh has adopted the Nandi Naadi Principles from the magnum
opus work, Bhrugu Nandi Naadi, of Guruji Late Sri R.G. Rao, which is authentic
and respected. Dr. Rajesh considers the 2nd, 12th, 7th, 10th and 11th position of
the planets including their sequential arrangement and does not mention the
directional charts normally advocated by Sri Rao in his Rao’s system of Naadi
Astrology. In fact, in the Bhrugu Nandi Naadi, Sri Rao considers the same
positional influences. Technically, later on, Sri Rao developed Directional Charts
in his Rao’s system of astrology. Dr. Rajesh uses the fundamentals of Nandi
Naadi without deviation. He adheres to Nandi Naadi with conviction.
While considering the planetary friendships, Dr. Rajesh mentions that Sun
and Ketu, and Jupiter and Mercury are mutual enemies. Generally, Ketu is not
considered enemy to the Sun in Naadi. In fact these two will indicate Dhwaja
(flag post) and Keerti (fame). Here, he states that in some matters like fame and
position, the Sun and Ketu are not enemies but friends, and also in matters of
education and learning Jupiter and Mercury are not enemies but friends. This is
a unique concept in planetary relations. For life-bearing significations like father
and brother, the enmities of planets will work as mentioned. Therefore, though
he has mentioned in the general rules that Ketu is in the enemy group of the
Sun, in applying this in real horoscopes of rulers, he logically uses it positively,
showing that general rules are subject to modifications based on situations and
significations for a given event.
Another unique concept used by Dr. Rajesh is the position of Rahu and Ketu
and the equidistance houses from each other, which is an important deviation
of existing Naadi principles. In other words, he has considered the Rahu Ketu
quadrants and I appreciate this logic. This is because, when there is an opposite
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force exerting influence at a 90 degree angle in their approaching direction, any
planet in these signs will undergo that effect.
These are only a few technical aspects of this work that I have touched
upon. There is lot more to explore in this work by Dr. Rajesh, which, I am sure,
will generate plenty of arguments, both for and against, leading to interesting
astrological discussions. All said and done, there is no doubt that this is a
wonderful work. It is an entertaining, educative and thought-provoking book that
would improve the logic of horoscopic chart analysis.
I expect that Naadi astrology lovers will go through each and every biography
in this book slowly, to understand the Naadi principles involved in it. Lastly, I wish
this book a great success and expect more good works from Dr. Guru Rajesh. God
Bless him.
नाअहम ् कतार् सवर् य हिरः कतार्
Satyanarayana naik
1st June 2015
Hyderabad
Preface
Since long, I have been trying to write a book on the lives of the revolutionaries
of the Indian independence struggle from the viewpoint of an astrologer. That
has materialised now due to two reasons – the Nandi Naadi system of astrology,
and the availability of the revolutionaries’ biographies on the Internet. Through
the method of Nandi Naadi astrology, the analysis of a horoscope can be carried
out with just the date of birth of a person, and the timing of life events can
be fixed by studying the transit of planets. This makes possible the analysis of
horoscopes of revolutionaries wherein details of birth time are not available.
This book has been written with two objectives. The lives of many Indian
national leaders, who were mostly from the Indian National Congress, are available
as general biographies and with astrological analyses. However, the biographies
of revolutionaries and martyrs who sacrificed everything, including their lives, for
the sake of the motherland are lost in oblivion. Astrological analysis of their lives
is even rarer. The first aim of this book is to impress upon today’s youngsters
the selfless sacrifice, patriotism and courage of these revolutionaries and inspire
them to develop the noble attributes of patriotism and self-sacrifice. The second
aim of this book is to demonstrate the utility of the principles of Nandi Naadi
astrology by the analysis of the horoscopes of the revolutionaries. Some of them
died young, others lived up to middle age, while some others had a long lease of
life. Some died in battlefields, some through weapons, some were hanged to death
and some died from natural causes. Some of them lost their parents early in life. A
few were adopted. Some had siblings while some others were single children. Some
of the revolutionaries married early, while others had late marriages. There were
revolutionaries who married more than once. Some married widows while others
had love marriages. Some revolutionaries had progeny while some died childless.
Some revolutionaries faced severe physical difficulties including incarceration,
deportations and debilitating illnesses, while some others were powerful rulers
and held politically important positions. Some of them fought without leaving
their native places while some others carried out their struggle from foreign
lands. Teachers, homemakers, poets, writers, musicians, doctors, lawyers, soldiers,
clerks, monks – they were from diverse backgrounds. Hence, I believe that the
experience gained by studying the lives of these revolutionaries using the Nandi
Naadi method will bestow deep insights that will be of great aid in horoscopic
analysis for astrologers.
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The advocates of the traditional Parasari and Jaimini methods or the
followers of modern methods like K.P. may feel that the Nandi Naadi system
applied in this book is too simple, unrealistic and useless. However, believe me,
the logic behind this method is superlative, sublime, simple and almost infallible
in the hands of an adept. My views in support of the Nandi Naadi system should
not be considered as my disregard for traditional Vedic astrology. I am a sincere
student and researcher of traditional Vedic astrology. Readers of my articles
on Vedic astrology published in the erstwhile The Astrological Magazine and its
successor Modern Astrology are well aware of this fact. In my humble opinion,
the Nandi Naadi method applied with conventional astrological analysis would
greatly enhance the predictive capability of astrologers. Keeping this in mind, a
separate chapter dealing with the general rules of Nandi Naadi system is included
in the beginning of this book to help even novices follow the Naadi astrological
discussion given in the biographies. For readers who would like to dwell deep into
the application of the Nandi Naadi method to various aspects of human life, I
would suggest my other books. To the keen and discerning mind, the astrological
explanation provided in this book will give lot of insights into the nuances of
Nandi Naadi method.
This book contains the biographies and astrological explanations for the
life events of 108 revolutionaries who were active from the 18th century, up to
1947 – the year that India won independence. In fact, there are thousands of
revolutionaries in the illustrious history of the Indian freedom struggle. However,
for many of them, even the birth date is not available. Hence, for this reason,
and keeping in view the size of this work, 108 leading revolutionaries have been
selected and arranged in a loose chronological order. Care has been taken to
gather relevant and correct information regarding various events and dates, but I
cannot vouchsafe for their accuracy as I have collected them from various sources.
While discussing every biography, a brief introduction of the revolutionary with
his/her date and place of birth is provided. This is followed by the analysis of the
birth chart in the light of Nandi Naadi principles regarding the potential promise
in the Horoscope. Afterwards, the life profile of the revolutionary is discussed in
detail from childhood to death along with the planetary transits responsible for
the unfolding of these events. All the horoscopic charts are cast for 6a.m. for the
required date at Kolkata, my place of residence, while working for this book. The
possible alternative position of the Moon in another sign is indicated by placing
the Moon within parenthesis – “( )”. In the astrological discussion the planetary
combinations are indicated by placing planets separated by hyphenation “-”, such
as Sun-Jupiter-Mercury when Sun, Jupiter and Mercury are associated. Whenever
reference is made to planets that are involved in mutual sign exchange, they are
indicated by a slash “/”. For example, when Mars is placed in a sign of Saturn
joined with Moon and involved in sign exchange with Saturn, they are referred to
as Mars/Saturn-Moon.
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I have to express my sincere gratitude to late Sri R.G. Rao, whose book
Bhrugu Nandi Naadi forms the basis of my research in Nandi Naadi. Secondly,
I am thankful to various websites, including Wikipedia, from where I have
collected biographies of the revolutionaries. I am grateful to Sri Satyanarayana
Naik, renowned author and one of the senior researchers on Naadi astrology in
India, for taking out some valuable time from his busy schedule for writing the
foreword for my humble work. I express my love and gratitude to my father Sri
Krishna Murthy Rao, mother Radha, wife Prathima and daughter Srimayi for
their understanding and care. They stood by me though I could not give the time
they deserved as I was immersed in writing this book. If this book could awaken
patriotic fervour in readers and impress upon them the utility of Nandi Naadi
system, I would consider my efforts fruitful. I am enthused to share the opinions
and experiences of astrologers who have applied the principles explained in this
book.
Dr. K. Guru Rajesh
Contents
Nandi Naadi System of Astrology
The Early Starters
1. Rani Velu Nachiyar
3
2. Tipu Sultan
6
3. Tilka Manjhi
11
4. Pazhassi Raja
13
5. Veerapandiya Kattabomman
16
6. Marudhu Pandiyar
20
7. Dheeran Chinnamalai
24
8. Sangolli Rayanna
26
9. Titu Mir
28
1857 – The First War of Independence
10. Mangal Pandey
35
11. Rani Jhansi Lakshmi Bai
38
12. Rao Tula Ram
42
The Interlude
13. Baba Ram Singh
47
14. Vasudev Balwant Phadke
51
15. Chapekar Brothers – Damodar Hari Chapekar
56
16. Prince Tikendrajit Singh
60
The Inspirers
17. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
69
18. Swami Vivekananda
73
19. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
79
20. Ganesh Damodar Savarkar
83
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21. Lala Lajpat Rai
90
22. Bipin Chandra Pal
94
23. Sri Aurobindo
98
24. Pramathanath Mitra
105
25. Pulin Behari Das
107
26. Sister Nivedita
111
27. Shashibhushan Raychaudhury
117
28. Subramanya Bharathi
121
29. Subramaniya Siva
126
The Royal Bengal Tigers
30. Prafulla Chandra Chaki
131
31. Khudiram Bose
134
32. Upendranath Bandhopadhyay
139
33. Barindra Kumar Ghose
141
34. Jadugopal Mukherjee
145
35. Kanailal Dutta
149
36. Jatindranath Banerjee-Niralamba Swami
152
37. Satyendranath Bose
156
38. Satyendra Chandra Mitra
160
39. Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy
164
40. Ashutosh Das
166
41. Ullaskar Dutta
169
The Outsiders
42. Shyamji Krishna Varma
175
43. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
180
44. Madan Lal Dhingra
187
45. Madam Bhikhaiji Cama
191
46. M.P.T. Acharya
195
47. V.V.S. Aiyar
198
48. Taraknath Das
201
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49. Sardar Ajit Singh
205
50. Avaninath Mukherjee
210
51. Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barkatullah
213
52. Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh
216
The Viceroy Bombers
53. Pratap Singh Baharat
223
54. Basanta Kumar Biswas
225
The Gadharites and the Indo-German Conspiracy
55. Lala Har Dayal
231
56. Sohan Lal Pathak
235
57. Mathra Singh
239
58. Bhai Parmanand
243
59. Chempakaraman Pillai
246
60. Kartar Singh Sarabha
250
61. Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje
254
Bengal Revolutionaries and the Indo-German Conspiracy
62. Bagha Jatin (Jatindranath Mukherjee)
259
63. Manabendra Nath Roy (M. N. Roy)
266
64. Amarendranath Chatterjee
273
The Andhra Lion
65. Alluri Sita Rama Raju
279
The Revolutionary Poet
66. Kazi Nazrul Islam
287
The Pouncers of HRA & HSRA
67. Ram Prasad Bismil
299
68. Pandit Gendalal Deekshit
306
69. Thakur Roshan Singh
310
70. Rajendranath Lahiri
313
71. Murari Sharma
315
72. Ashfaqullah Khan
317
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73. Prem Krishna Khanna
321
74. Sachindra Nath Bakshi
325
75. Basawon Singh (Sinha)
327
76. Manmath Nath Gupta
331
77. Chandra Sekhar Azad
335
78. Bhagat Singh
340
79. Sukhdev Thapar
348
80. Shivaram Rajguru
350
81. Jatindra Nath Das
352
82. Mahaveer Singh
355
83. Batukeshwar Dutt
359
84. Bhagwati Charan Vohra
363
85. Durgawati Devi
368
86. Bhagwan Das Mahaur
372
87. Satchidananda Vatsayana
380
The Inferno of East Bengal
88. Surya Sen
387
89. Lokenath Bal
393
90. Ganesh Ghosh
397
91. Ananta Singh
400
92. Binod Bihari Chaudhury
404
93. Pritilata Waddedar
408
94. Kalpana Datta
412
95. Dinesh Gupta
416
96. Binoy Basu
419
97. Bina Das
422
98. Suniti Choudhury (Ghosh)
425
99. Phulrenu Guha
428
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The Rani of the Northeast
100. Rani Gaidinliu
433
The Muslim Martyr
101. Golam Jilani
439
The Avenger
102. Sardar Udham Singh
445
The Sindhi Patriot
103. Hemu Kalani
453
The INA, Netaji and his Associates
104. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
457
105. Hemachandra Ghosh
464
106. Bhupendra Kumar Datta
468
107. Rash Behari Bose
474
108. Captain Lakshmi Sahgal
481
Forthcoming books from the Author
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Nandi Naadi System of Astrology
Naadi texts are many in number and each has its own set of rules to judge the
horoscope. Chandrakala Naadi applies various conventional tools of astrology,
such as ashtakavarga, aroodha, rasi dasas, kaalachakradasa, vimshottari dasa,
navamsa position of planets, transits of planets and so on, besides the crucial
naadiamsas to explain the events in the life of the native. Some other Naadi texts
do not bother to give astrological reasons behind the events, and explain the
events unfolding in the life of the native after giving cursory details about the
native’s rasi chart.
Late Sri R.G. Rao has done extensive research on Naadi texts such as Bhrugu
Naadi, Nandi Naadi, Saptarishi Naadi and so on, and propounded his system,
which is named Rao’s system of astrology by his students and followers. The
present book is based on the Bhrugu Nandi Naadi by Sri Rao, which is said to
have been compiled partially from Bhrugu Naadi and partially from Nandi Naadi.
The book contains some 500-odd horoscopes explaining different events and
aspects of the natives with clear astrological rationale revealed in some cases,
and with obscure astrological reasons in some others. After a deep study of the
work, I came to the conclusion that, barring a few horoscopes, most of them are
from Nandi Naadi and I attempted to formulate the principles of Nandi Naadi.
I got astounding results when I applied these principles on real cases and it is
my humble opinion that no other system of astrology can provide such simple,
natural and accurate analysis of a horoscope in such a short time.
General rules of Nandi Naadi
1. Horoscope should be judged based on the characteristics of planets and
signs. Mutual friendships and enmities between the planets play an important
role in judgment. In this method, ascendant has no role to play.
2. The most important principle in the Nandi Naadi system is perhaps the
mutual enmity and friendships between the planets, which show a great
effect on their significations. They are somewhat different from that of the
planetary relationship employed in conventional astrology. The following
information explains the planetary relationships:
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a.
Sun has Saturn, Venus, Rahu and Ketu as his enemies; the rest of the
planets, Moon, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter are his friends.
b. Moon has Mercury, Saturn, Venus, Rahu and Ketu as her enemies; the
rest of the planets, Sun, Mars and Jupiter are her friends.
c.
Mars has Saturn and Mercury as his enemies besides Rahu and Ketu,
while Venus, Moon and Jupiter are his friends.
d. Mercury’s enemies are Mars, Jupiter, Rahu and Moon and his friends are
Venus, Sun, Saturn and Ketu.
e.
Jupiter has Venus, Rahu, Ketu and Mercury as his enemies, and rest of
the planets, Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn are his friends.
f.
Venus’s enemies are Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu, while his friends
are Mercury, Saturn and Mars.
g.
Saturn has Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu and Ketu as his enemies, while Jupiter,
Mercury and Venus are his friends.
h. Rahu and Ketu are considered to be enemies of all planets in general.
3. Every planet aspects the 7th sign and the planets placed therein from its
position. Every planet will be influenced by the planets placed in the 2nd, 12th,
7th, 10th and 11th signs from its position. The most powerful influence will
be from the planets occupying the 2nd and 11th signs, followed by the planets
placed in the 7th and 10th signs. The least powerful will be the influence of
planets placed in the 12th sign.
4. Two special rules are applicable in this system of astrology: The first one
pertains to the exchange of signs between planets, and the second to
retrogression of planets.
When a planet has exchanged signs with another planet, the following rules
will apply:
a.
Both planets should be considered as influencing each other strongly, as
if they are placed together in a sign.
b. The exchanged planet should be considered as placed in its own sign,
and all other general rules should be applied from that position as well.
c.
Exchange of planets always indicates significant events and issues, such
as going for adoption, usurping others wealth and property, elopement
and extra-marital affairs and so on.
When a planet is retrograde in motion, it should also be considered as placed
in the previous sign and all other general rules should be applied from that
position. When a planet is retrogressed or involved in sign exchange, the final
position obtained by the planet will have the ultimate say on its affairs.
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5. A planet is considered strong in the following cases:
a.
when it occupies its exaltation, own or friendly sign
b. when it is in the previous sign or next sign of its exaltation sign
c.
when it has joined friendly planets
d. when it has friendly planets in the 12th and/or 2nd and/or 7th signs
6. A planet is considered weak in the following cases:
a.
when it occupies its debilitation or inimical signs
b. when it is in the previous or next sign of its debilitation
c.
when it has joined inimical planets or Rahu-Ketu
d. when it has inimical planets in the 12th and/or 2nd and/or 7th signs
e.
when there are no planets in the preceding, succeeding signs and also in
the 7th sign
f.
When the planet is joined with two mutually inimical planets
g.
When the planet is hemmed between mutually inimical planets or it has
mutually inimical planets in the 2nd sign
7. Various matters pertaining to the human life can be judged based on the
characteristics of the planets as described in the following way:
a.
Jupiter stands for jeeva or the native himself. Jupiter should be considered
to judge the physical and mental characteristics of the native, as well as
his family background, birth place, health and longevity.
b. Saturn represents karma, and hence should be considered to judge the
work, profession, fame and recognition, status and so on of the native.
c.
Sun stands for the native’s father and, hence, all matters concerning
father should be judged from the Sun. He also signifies fame, respect and
government. In this context, Ketu acts as a friend of Sun in enhancing
fame and position of the native.
d. Moon stands for mother and, hence, should be considered to judge the
matters pertaining to the native’s mother.
e.
The native’s brothers are to be judged generally by Mars. However,
planets associated with Jupiter indicate the native’s siblings and, hence,
should be considered for predicting anything about them.
f.
Venus stands for the wife in general in male horoscopes. Venus, Moon
and Ketu are female planets and they should be considered in predicting
anything about the female relatives of the native, such as mother, wife
or sisters.
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g.
In female horoscopes, Mars represents the husband and, hence, should
be considered in judging matters pertaining to husband. Other male
planets represent male relatives of the female native.
h. Mars and Venus have to be judged in the horoscopes of couples to judge
all matters related to marital and conjugal life.
i.
Sun and Venus are considered to predict the matters pertaining to
progeny. Sun represents the vitality while Venus stands for the female
receptacle.
j.
Rahu represents paternal grandfather while Ketu represents maternal
grandfather. Rahu indicates mouth while Ketu indicates tail. Ketu also
stands for spiritualism, fame and government banner. Rahu-Ketu axis
plays a key role in predicting separations of people in the native’s life,
such as the native moving away from his/her birth place and relatives,
brothers separating from each other, wife and husband separation and
so on. Rahu sometimes stands for people doing menial work and will
sometimes represent leaders who have a mass following. Rahu-Ketu will
exert their influence not only in the signs they are stationed but also in
the two signs that fall in the middle of their axis. This rule applies in
transit also.
k. Mars stands for land, house, fire, machinery, weapons and so on, and
should be considered to judge those matters.
l.
Venus represents the happiness and wealth of the native and her position
indicates the extent of native’s happiness and material wealth in life.
m. Mercury signifies the intelligence and education of the native. Though
Jupiter is an enemy of Mercury in matters concerning education, their
association will be a great asset. Mercury stands for the native’s friends.
Mercury also represents girlfriends and boyfriends and, hence, should be
studied carefully for such relationships.
n. Moon rules over travel, foreign residence and change of place. Ketu
also stands for this. Moon also represents the mind. When the Moon is
placed alone in a sign, her influence is negligible as Moon is the fastest
moving planet. For this very reason, sometimes, the placement of Moon
in 2, 12, 7, 10 and 11 signs is not considered as a strength factor.
o. When two or more planets associate together, they represent some
particular aspect and entity depending on the situation. For example,
Moon-Rahu combination will stand for fraud, deception, mental illness,
domination of one’s mother, widowhood to sisters or mother and so
on, according to the context. The Mars-Rahu combination represents
dry wood, machinery, denial of married life, accidents, or aggressive and
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revolutionary nature, according to the context. Similarly the combination
of Sun-Mercury-Jupiter may indicate a scholarly father, native gaining
political position, native being a great scholar receiving royal patronage
and felicitation and so on. In this way, the astrologer should exercise his
common sense, experience and knowledge to derive the significations
indicated by the planets singularly and collectively.
p. Other characters of the planets and signs enumerated in classical texts
will also hold good.
q. Aries stands for machinery and weapons; Taurus for financial institutions;
Gemini for business houses and academic institutions; Cancer for watery
places such as milk, hotels, and hospitals; Leo stands for the seat of
government or capital city; Virgo represents agriculture lands, crops
and maidens; Libra stands for beautiful places; Scorpio for secretive
places and underground mines; Sagittarius stands for forests; Capricorn
represents martial places, military and machinery concerns; Aquarius
stands for intellectual organisations, and labour; Pisces represents watery
spots and spiritual institutions.
8. The sequential placement of other planets with reference to a planet will
indicate the ups and downs in the life of the particular relative or material
aspect represented by the planet. For example, to know the life profile of
a native’s father, the Sun should be considered as the reference point, and
the planets posited in the 12 signs starting from the Sun will indicate the
life history of the native’s father. Similarly, concerned karaka should be
considered to judge the life of the respective relatives.
9. When a planet has a continuous array of planets in the succeeding signs,
the effect of the planets that are placed in the last sign in the sequence will
be more pronounced than the rest of the planets. Contrary to this, when a
planet has empty signs ahead, the effect of the planets it meets first during its
transit will have prominence.
10. Sometimes, the influence of the planets placed in the 10th and 11th signs from
a particular planet needs to be considered. To know the profession and gains
accrued by the native, the influence of planets placed in the 10th and 11th
from Saturn needs to be studied. While judging longevity, the planets posited
in the 10th and 11th to Jupiter should also be considered. Similarly, to know
the financial condition of any relative, the planetary influence on the 2nd and
11th houses from the particular karaka should be considered.
11. Timing of events will be explained in terms of the native’s age. Transit of
slow-moving planets Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are employed for this
purpose. Jupiter represents the native himself and Saturn stands for his
karma or work. Rahu and Ketu who represent the time-spirit stand for the
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destiny. In some conditions, the method of one sign representing one year of
the native is also applied. In some other cases, such as timing of death, one
sign equal to 12 years is also considered.
The time of fructification of the events should be ascertained broadly
by studying the influence of transit Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu on the
natal planets. This can be fine-tuned by considering the transit of fast moving
planets such as Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury and Moon. Whenever Jupiter and
Saturn meet in transit, it indicates the beginning of a new phase in life. The
nature of this change can be ascertained by judging the natal planets being
influenced by the transit Jupiter-Saturn combination. Generally, the transit
of Jupiter over natal Saturn and natal Jupiter and the transit of Saturn over
natal Jupiter and natal Saturn indicate significant events in life that propel
the native towards his/her destiny. Also, the transit Jupiter or Saturn about
to meet an array of planets in the natal chart indicate a phase of significant
activity in life.
The movement of the transit planets starts bearing fruit when they enter
the sign preceding a particular combination in the natal chart. Similarly, a
transit planet in retrogression will influence the natal planetary combination
placed in its preceding sign also. Normally, a retrograde planet in transit
establishes a link with the three signs and the natal planets placed therein starting with the preceding sign, the sign it occupies and the succeeding sign.
12. In the present context Sri R.G. Rao’s Naadi system, which is based on Naadi
texts such as Saptarishi Naadi, needs some discussion. This system employs
the concept of grouping trinal signs according to their direction into four
groups. Aries-Leo-Sagittarius signs stand for east, Taurus-Virgo-Capricorn
for south, Gemini-Libra-Aquarius for west, and Cancer-Scorpio-Pisces for
north. The planets posited in the signs belonging to the same direction will
be considered as placed together and they will be written according to the
ascending order of their degree-wise positions irrespective of the signs. Then
the predictions are made based on the planets posited in the same direction,
opposite direction and the planets placed in the next direction or second
group of signs. For example, consider a horoscope where there are Jupiter
in Aries, Saturn in Taurus, Mars and Rahu in Gemini, Sun and Venus in
Leo, Mercury and Moon in Virgo, and Ketu in Sagittarius. Then Sun-VenusJupiter-Ketu are considered as placed in the east, Moon-Mercury-Saturn in
the south, and Mars-Rahu in the west. Hence the planets placed in the east,
Sun-Venus-Jupiter-Ketu, are aspected by planets in the west, that is, MarsRahu. The next direction from the east will be south, and, hence, the planets
Moon-Mercury-Saturn placed in the southern signs will also influence the
planets placed in the east. However, Bhrugu Nandi Naadi published by Sri
R.G. Rao does not follow this method of grouping planets. This method
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of grouping, as it can be observed, creates a situation where almost all the
planets influence all others and, in my opinion, it will make any attempt
for meaningful interpretation difficult. It may be possible for some great
astrologers – I pay my respects to them. Instead of this method, the Nandi
Naadi system considers the sequential arrangement of planets.
The general rules explained above shall suffice to help the readers in
following the astrological discussion given in the biographies. Readers who
want to study the Nandi Naadi system further, and understand its application
to various branches of human life, will benefit by reading my books, written
exclusively on these topics.
Strengths of Nandi Naadi approach to horoscopes
1. There is no need for exact time and place of birth of the native. Date of
birth is enough to reveal a great deal about the past, present and future of
the native. This opens up a vast number of horoscopes of celebrities and
common people for astrological examination.
2. There is no need to prepare elaborate divisional charts or for extensive
calculations of planetary strengths, asthakavarga and dasa system. Simple
rules of astrology, such as the characteristics of planets, signs, mutual
relationships between planets, sequential arrangement of the planets and so
on are sufficient to proceed in interpretation.
3. Timing of events is also comparatively easy, based on the transits of slowmoving planets.
4. It provides scope for creativity and intuition in interpreting the significations
of planets and signs, which would otherwise be hampered by the mathematical
complexities of routine astrological examination.
5. This method may be applied as an initial reconnaissance tool in horoscopes
where complete birth details are available. This opens up new horizons in
the horoscope, which would otherwise remain undisclosed for routine
astrological analysis. For natives who do not have details of time and place
of birth, interpretation can still be made to a much satisfactory extent by
using the Naadi principles.
Limitations of Nandi Naadi principles and caveats for
practitioners
1. In the absence of access to original text of Nandi Naadi, I have had to
depend upon the English translation published by late Sri R.G. Rao in which
the introduction of some amount of subjectivity cannot be ruled out.
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2. Even in the translation, the rules of interpretation are not spelt out clearly
in all the case studies. I have culled out the rules from cases where they are
revealed clearly and inferred them from cases where they are obscure.
3. The significations of planets and signs could be interpreted in multiple
ways, which has been actually done in the case studies given in the Naadi.
Hence, practitioners should be careful while proceeding further in case of
controversial and sensational predictions. This should not be a problem for
seasoned astrologers. Double-checking through conventional methods may
be of help to beginners.
4. As the ascendant is not employed in this system, the Moon will be the next
fastest-moving entity. We all know that the Moon takes about two to twoand-a-half days to cross a sign. Thus, by mechanical application of the Naadi
rules, all the persons born within this time should have same kind of life,
which is obviously not the case. Here, the multiplicity of the planetary and
sign characteristics coupled with the desa-kaala conditions should help the
astrologer come to a conclusion.
5. Cases and events given in the Naadi pertain to ancient times and most probably
hypothetical – hence, vigorous application of the rules to contemporary
horoscopes should help us in formulating the rules that can be applied to
present times. I have made a sincere attempt in this direction. The importance
of space and time (desa and kaala) connotation perhaps attains the highest
significance in the application of Naadi astrology principles.
6. In my humble experience, Naadi principles are found to be more successful
in the case of predictions relating to father, mother, native’s longevity,
profession, education, married life and foreign travels. However, in predicting
the number of siblings and children, it is found to be difficult to interpret.
The wellbeing or otherwise of siblings and children can be found in general
but not related to a particular brother, sister, son or daughter.
Notwithstanding the above limitations, there is no doubt that the system
of Nandi Naadi will form an indispensable and important tool in the hands of
an astrologer to obtain a bird’s eye view of the native’s life to give snapshot
predictions.
The Early Starters
Rani Velu Nachiyar
Velu Nachiyar was the ruler of the Siva Ganga region of Tamil Nadu in the 18th
century. Born on 3rd January, 1730, she was one of the first Indian rulers to revolt
against the British in southern India.
Jeevakaraka Jupiter is placed in his
exaltation sign Cancer, alongwith Ketu.
Mo 7:23
Moon occupies the 12th house while
Saturn aspects the 2nd house. Rahu is
placed in the 7th to Jupiter. Retrogression
Sat 14:58
Ket 15:38
03.01.1730
of Jupiter brings him to Gemini where
JuR 16:23
RASI
he will join Moon aspected by Sun and
Mercury from Sagittarius. This creates
Rah 15:38
an exchange of signs between Mercury
and Jupiter, and, therefore, Jupiter will
be relegated to Sagittarius where he will
Mer 12:04 Ven 29:20
Mar 20:25
join the Sun. Venus will be in the 12th,
Sun 22:21
Rahu in the 2nd and Saturn in the 3rd from
Jupiter in Sagittarius while Mars occupies the 10th house.
The planetary influences on Jupiter thus indicate that the native would be of
royal birth and would live the life of a queen. This is because of the combination
of Jupiter with Ketu, the planet for royal insignia, and the contact of Jupiter with
Moon and Sun, both luminaries and royal planets. Jupiter is exalted and will be
relegated to his own house, Sagittarius. He has his debilitation sign Capricorn
in the 2nd – where Rahu is placed. This indicates her problems due to foreign
forces. Jupiter will contact Saturn next, indicating that she will regain her position.
Mars in the 10th from Jupiter indicates that she would have a following of armed
people.
Saturn, the karmakaraka, is placed in his own sign Aquarius, having Venus
in the 10th, Sun-Mercury, Sun-Jupiter in the 11th and Rahu in the 12th. There are
no planets in the succeeding three signs, indicating trouble in her career as a
ruler. Saturn, during his rounds, will first contact Jupiter-Moon aspected by SunMercury – indicating her exalted status.
Velu Nachiyar was the daughter of Chellamuthu Sethupathy, the king of
Ramanathapuram. Sun, ruling over her father, is placed in Sagittarius with
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A Naadi Exposition of the Lives of Indian Revolutionaries