Nadi Techniques
The Nadi tradition and Bhrigu Nandi Nadi planetary links.
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Level 1Units: 5
Level 1 · Unit 1
The Nadi tradition and its history
Nadi as a family of South Indian works, palm-leaf readings at Vaitheeswaran Koil, what believers claim and historians note, and how to visit a reader wisely.
- What the Nadi texts are
- Palm leaves at Vaitheeswaran Koil
- Claims, history and scholarship
- Visiting a reader wisely
- Checkpoint: The Nadi tradition and its history
Level 1 · Unit 2
Bhrigu Nandi Nadi planetary links
A graha-centred method: link grahas by their rashis, give them fixed BNN karakas with Jupiter as the native, and follow chains of links through a teaching chart.
- A chart of grahas, not houses
- The link positions
- Karakas in Bhrigu Nandi Nadi
- Reading chains of links
- Checkpoint: Bhrigu Nandi Nadi planetary links
Level 1 · Unit 3
Transit-trigger methods
Jupiter and Saturn transits as triggers for natal grahas and their links, the 12- and 29.5-year cycles, a worked example with real transits, and responsible framing.
- Transits as switches
- The Jupiter and Saturn cycles
- A worked example
- Themes, not events
- Checkpoint: Transit-trigger methods
Level 1 · Unit 4
Reading a chart by karaka
Start from any BNN karaka, not only Jupiter: trace routes to the native, read crowded rashis and lone grahas, name the retrograde variant, and practise on teaching Chart B.
- Starting from any karaka
- Crowded rashis and lone grahas
- Retrograde grahas: a named variant
- Chart B: work and partnership
- Checkpoint: Reading a chart by karaka
Level 1 · Unit 5
Building a transit timeline
Turn the trigger rule into a timeline for Chart B: real Lahiri ingresses with staged entries, Jupiter–Saturn overlaps, a staged Saturn return and responsible write-ups.
- From ingresses to a timeline
- When Jupiter and Saturn overlap
- Returns and staged seasons
- Presenting a timeline responsibly
- Checkpoint: Building a transit timeline