Tibetan Astrology

Animals

The animals cycle in an archetypal progression or continuüm:

Hare

Dragon

nake

Horse

heep

Ape/Monkey

Bird/Garuda/Rooster

Dog

Pig

Mouse/Rat

Bull/Elephant/Ox

Tiger

Tibetan calendar

: * Note: The start date of Losar depends on what time zone one is in. For example, in 2005, Losar started on February 8 in U.S. time zones and February 9 in Asia time zones. Some people began celebrating Losar on February 9 in the US.

Vaiḍūrya dKar-po (White Beryl)

The names of the chapters of the "Vaiḍūrya dKar-po" (the premier Tibetan text on astrological divination) are :
*1. " [http://texts.00.gs/Elemental_Divination,_1.htm Aspects of Turtle Divination] "
*2. " [http://texts.00.gs/Elemental_Divination,_2.htm Hidden Points] "
*3. " [http://texts.00.gs/Elemental_Divination,_3.htm Geomantic Aspects] "
*10. " [http://texts.00.gs/Elemental_Divination,_10.htm The Thirty Computational Charts] "
*11. " [http://texts.00.gs/Elemental_Divination,_11.htm The Thirteen Charts] "

ee also

* Jyotisha (Indian astrology)
* Chinese astrology
* Losar
* Tibetan calendar
* Culture of Tibet
* Tibetan people
* Tibet
* Tibet Autonomous Region

External links

* [http://www.men-tsee-khang.org/astrology/index.htm བོད་གཞུང་སྨན་རྩི་ཁང་།] Men-Tsi-Khang Institute of Medicine & Astrology of H.H. the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala India.
* [http://www.songtsen.org/chanteloube/EN/dres_online_cal_tibetan.php Songtsen Tibetan Calendar with elemental combinations]
* [http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/study/tibetan_astrology_medicine/astrology/tibetan_astro_sciences/tibetan_astro_science_01.html Tibetan Astro Sciences: Basic Principles] - Dr. Alexander Berzin

Further reading

* Cornu, Philippe "Tibetan Astrology". Shambhala, 1997. ISBN 1570622175.
* Desi Sangye Gyatso, Lochen Dharmasri and Gyurme Dorje "White Beryl: Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings". Eskenazi, 2001. ISBN 0953994104
* Berzin, A "Tibetan Astrology and Astronomy." in Maitreya Magazine (Emst, Holland), vol. 11, no. 4 (1989).
* Berzin, A "Tibetan Astro Studies." in Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).