Prediction through Limbs (Anga Vidya)
"Anga Vidya" allows an astrologer to predict good and bad effects by observing the querist's bodily movements, direction, speech, and the limbs they touch. Time, being the Soul of all beings, reveals the future through these signs.
Limb Classifications & Success
Masculine (Immediate Success)
Thighs, lips, breasts, testicles, feet, teeth, arms, hands, cheeks, hairs, throat, nails, thumbs, frontal bone, armpits, shoulders, ears, anus, joints
Feminine (Delayed Success)
Brows, nose, buttocks, belly folds, hips, palm lines, fingers, tongue, neck, hind shanks, heels, shanks, navel, ear-lobes, outer-ear, nape
Neuter (Improbable Success)
Face, back, collar bone, knees, bones, sides, heart, palate, eyes, male organ, chest, spine end, head, forehead
Omens from Touching Limbs
General Effects
- Big Toe Eye disease
- Finger Trouble for daughter
- Strikes Head Trouble from King
- Chest Separation
- Leaves cloth from body Dire calamity
- Draws cloth & joins feet Cherished object achieved
Reading Thoughts
- Scratches earth with big toe → Lands
- Scratches feet with hand → Maid servant
- Looking at palm-leaves/birch bark → Garments
- Standing on hair/husk/bone/ashes → Afflicted with Disease
- Standing on ropes/nets/barks → Imprisonment
Identifying Thieves
| Limb Touched | Thief Identity |
|---|---|
| Internal part | Family member/relative |
| External part | Outsider |
| Big toe | Man-servant |
| Toe | Maid-servant |
| Shanks | Labourer |
| Navel | Own Sister |
| Heart | Own Wife |
| Head | Father/Teacher |
Pregnancy Predictions
| Limb Touched | Prediction |
|---|---|
| Right nostril | Conceive a month hence |
| Left nostril/ear | Two years hence |
| Right ear | Two months hence |
| Breasts | Four months hence |
| Root of braid | 3 Sons, 2 Daughters |
Interpretation Note
If the querist uses expressions like "I should like to ask", "Please tell", etc., predictions vary. Also, specific food eaten can be divined by belching, touching stomach/neck, or tasting actions (licking lips).