Tibetan astrology

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Tibetan astrology (Tibetan: དཀར་རྩིས, Wylie: dkar rtsis) is a traditional discipline of the Tibetan peoples that has dialogued with both Chinese astrology and Indian astrology. Tibetan astrology is one of the 'Ten Sciences' (Wylie: rig-pa'i gnas bcu; Sanskrit: daśavidyā) in the enumeration honoured by this cultural tradition.

Year-signs

The Year-signs cycle in an archetypal progression or continuüm:

• Mouse/Rat
• Bull/Elephant/Ox
• Tiger
• Hare
• Dragon/naga
• Snake/serpent
• Horse
• Sheep
• Ape/Monkey
• Bird/Rooster/FengHuang
• Dog
• Pig/Boar

Tibetan calendar

Gregorian year	Tibetan year	Losar*	element and animal
2000	2127	February 5 – February 7	iron dragon (male)
2001	2128	January 24 – January 26	iron snake (female)
2002	2129	February 12 – February 14	water horse (male)
2003	2130	February 1 – February 3	water sheep (female)
2004	2131	January 22 – January 24	wood monkey (male)
2005	2132	February 9 – February 11*	wood bird (female)
2006	2133	January 30 – February 1	fire dog (male)
2007	2134	February 18 – February 20	fire pig (female)
2008	2135	February 8 – February 10	earth rat (male)
2009	2136	January 27 – January 29	earth ox (female)
2010	2137	February 12 - February 14	iron tiger (male)

* 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. "Aspects of Turtle Divination"
• 2. "Hidden Points"
• 3. "Geomantic Aspects"
• 10. "The Thirty Computational Charts"
• 11. "The Thirteen Charts"

Source

Wikipedia:Tibetan astrology