What Is A Palm Leaf Reading?

What Is A Palm Leaf Reading?

A palm leaf reading is a reading of a Nadi leaf: if your leaf is found, a reader describes your life, your karma and the guidance the sages left for you. Many people experience it as a turning point; it is not a prediction you have to accept. Traditionally, people had to travel to India and look for an authentic palm leaf library by themselves to hear about their nadi predictions. But luckily, things can be much easier for you nowadays. At My Palm Leaf, we host every online palm leaf reading via Zoom. We connect the Indian palm leaf libraries with clients all around the world, and ensure a smooth, seamless flow and support through trained moderators.

In this article, we share what moderators at Mypalmleaf have seen in many palm leaf readings and the deeper processes that they invite us to.

What is a Palm Leaf?

Let’s start from the start, in case some of you are new here.

A few thousand years ago there was a great spiritual master, Sri Agastya Maharishi. Along with a small group of fellow sages named the Saptarishi, sage Agastya composed a series of extremely detailed and refined predictions of the lives of many many thousands of people.

The Rishis wrote the predictions down on dried palm leaves, hence the name.

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The bundles of leaves, called Nadis, have been kept and copied by families of readers, mostly in Tamil Nadu, for generations. They wait for the ones whose lives the rishis wrote down on them. When the seeker arrives (the word nadi is usually explained from the Tamil verb ‘to seek’ — the tradition says the leaf seeks you as much as you seek it), he or she meets with an experienced Nadi astrologer, or palm leaf reader and the process of finding the leaf of the seeker begins.

The matching process uses the thumbprint of the seeker to find bundles of possible palm leaves. The reader then asks questions based on the contents of those leaves. The questioning continues until either all of the questions answer ‘yes’ and the leaf is found, or all of the questions answer ‘no’, and the palm leaf reader will go back to the library and search for new bundles of potential leaves.

Once the palm leaf is found, the palm leaf reading actually begins. This initial reading takes around an hour and contains copious details about the seeker’s life. Topics covered include health, business, travel, ownership of property, relationships, periods of difficulty (for example malefic Saturn periods).

Of course in modern times it is no longer necessary to go to India to receive a reading in person. Today you can receive a reading live on Zoom, from home.

The role of the moderator

And that is where the moderators’ role comes in. At My Palm Leaf, moderators assist every Nadi leaf reading. This is an experienced assistant, who has themselves had a reading and performed their remedies.

The moderator is present before the reading begins to welcome the client, to make them feel comfortable and safe, and to explain the process of the reading. The moderator is present throughout the process of the reading, although usually without a camera or microphone. If the moderator is in a translator role as well, he or she will usually remain visible during the reading and interpret in real time.

Usually the moderator helps the client understand the questions the reader asks, so that every answer is the client’s own, given with full understanding.

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What’s in my leaf?

Of course, there is a lot of information about the life of the seeker. There is also a lot of information about past life karma. This can sometimes be challenging to hear as the palm leaves may speak of certain Doshas, which are blockages coming from past lives and ancestral lineages.

These blockages include family, partner and child blocks to name just a few. In each case the block has the effect of interrupting our relationships in these areas, making it hard to have stable relationships, or healthy, close bonds with family.

In each case the leaf offers remedies as guidance. As such, over and over, I’ve seen what initially sounds like ‘bad news’ become an invitation. The invitation to the client is to become fully conscious and responsible for the respective areas of life.

Can a palm leaf reading change my life?

The response varies from client to client according to their level of readiness and willingness to face the real life situations that they are living. However, it happens often that seekers come to the reading already aware of many of the issues that the leaves reveal.

When the client is ready, the magic happens. Of course neither astrology, numerology or any other predictive tool can change your life. But a reading worth its salt can offer you practical, tangible understandings of the path to transformation.

You yourself have to do the work. This is the bottom line in life, change doesn’t come if you just sit around with your hand out waiting. But you can choose to meet your life directly, without hiding or pulling back from it.

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Inviting change through spiritual remedies

The grace of the palm leaf readings lies in the practice of the remedies. Actually the final section of a palm leaf reading is dedicated to explaining the recommended remedies. These remedies include the practice of Puja, spiritual ritual.

You may also be recommended one or more acts of social/spiritual service. Finally you will likely be suggested to arrange one or more additional pujas, to be performed by a priest in a temple in India. These may include Athma Shanti, Homa fire or Mantra Yantra Puja.

Many clients find that practising the remedies gives them a concrete way to work with their karmic patterns. The remedies are guidance, not obligations, and no particular result can be promised.

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Transformation

Our moderators are often yoga and meditation teachers themselves, and they work with many people. What is obvious is that transformation happens to those who are ready for it.

What does readiness imply?

1. Gratitude

Genuine gratitude, sometimes called the highest state of receivership, is the expression of a ship with open sails. Only then can you catch the constantly blowing winds of grace which bring transformation.

2. Simplicity

Coming with an open mind (to anything, not just a palm leaf reading) creates the space to actually receive what’s being offered. Thus you are free from preconceived notions, expectations etc.

3. Humility

Freedom from the assumption that ‘I know’ anything at all. Humility is an acceptance of who and what you are as you are.

Conclusion

In the end, it’s not so complicated. Transformation is possible. The work is yours, but there is help literally sitting in a library waiting for you to ask. Ask, with gratitude for what you have, simplicity in your heart and humility, and the guidance is there if you choose to ask for it.

Are you looking for a change? If you’re feeling called and ready to do the work, check out our booking page and Find Your Leaf.

Ready to find your own leaf?

We search the palm leaf libraries in Tamil Nadu with your thumbprint, then read your leaf with you live on Zoom. The reading costs €337. If no leaf is found within 3 appointments, you get a full refund. Find my leaf — €337 →

published: 25/07/2022