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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 Notion Press Old No. 38, New No. 6 McNichols Road, Chetpet Chennai - 600 031 First Published by Notion Press 2015 Copyright © K. Guru Rajesh 2015 All Rights Reserved. ISBN: 978-93-52061-72-3 This book has been published in good faith that the work of the author is original. All efforts have been taken to make the material error-free. However, the author and the publisher disclaim the responsibility. No part of this book may be used, reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. 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 viii Foreword 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 Foreword ix 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. xii Preface 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. Preface xiii 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 xvi Contents 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 Contents xvii 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 xviii Contents 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 Contents xix 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 485 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: xxii Nandi Naadi System of Astrology 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. Nandi Naadi System of Astrology xxiii 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. Nandi Naadi System of Astrology xxiv 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 Nandi Naadi System of Astrology xxv 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 xxvi Nandi Naadi System of Astrology 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 Nandi Naadi System of Astrology xxvii 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. xxviii Sarfarosh 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 SARFAROSH A Naadi Exposition of the Lives of Indian Revolutionaries