Tibetan Astronomical Terms (and other helpful words)
- See also:Introduction to Tibetan Astrology
hello - tashi dalay
thank you - tu-jay-shay
Aquarius - bum pa
Aries - lug
ascending node - sgra can
astrologer - skar mkhan
Big Dipper - skara ma chu stod
Cancer - sbal pa
Capricornus - chu srin
constellation - rgyu skar can
crescent moon - zla tse sa
descending node - mjug ring
eclipse - gzas zin
full moon - dkyil 'khor gang; nya gang; zla ba nya ba
Gemini - 'khrig pa
Jupiter - phur bu
Leo - seng ge
Libra - srang
lunar day - tshe zhag
Mars - ku dza; mig dmar
Mercury - lhag pa; gza' lhag
meteor - dkar mda'; skar mda'
moon - zla ba
new moon - gnam gang
new moon - stong
North Star - rkang steng bu
Pisces - nya
Pleiades - smin drug
Pole Star - skar ma brtan pa
Sagittarius - gzhu
Saturn - 'khyog 'gro; spen pa
Scorpius - sdig pa
star - skar
starlight - skar 'od
summer solstice - dbyar nyi ldog
Sun - nyi ma
sun dogs ("mock suns") - na 'ja'
sunrise - nyi 'char; nyi shar
sun's northern declination - nyi ma byang bgrod
sun's southern declination - nyi ma lho bgrod
sunset - nyi nub
Taurus - glang
Venus - dkar po; pa sangs; ba wa sangs
Virgo - bu mo
waning moon - nag phyogs; mar ngo
waxing moon - dkar po-i phyogs; yar ngo
winter solstice - dgung nyi ldog
