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Contents: TIBETAN ASTROLOGY |
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Translator's Note |
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Preface |
xv |
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PART ONE - General Considerations
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THE TIBETAN SETTING |
3 |
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The Tibetan Area |
3 |
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A Little History |
4 |
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The Tibetans |
9 |
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The Tibetans and the Natural Environment |
13 |
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The Astrologer in Tibetan Society |
15 |
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THE SOURCES OF TIBETAN ASTROLOGY |
18 |
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The Bon Religion |
18 |
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Chinese Origins |
21 |
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Indian Astrology |
23 |
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The Kalacakra |
25 |
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The Birth of Astrology According to the Padma Thangyik |
30 |
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF TIBETAN ASTROLOGY |
32 |
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The Two Realities |
33 |
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Samsara and Nirvana |
37 |
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The Place and Role of Astrology |
39 |
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The Wheel of Life and the Laws of Causality |
40 |
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The Twelve Links of Causation |
41 |
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PART TWO - Practical Astrology
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INTRODUCTION |
49 |
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The Calendar and Practical Astrology |
49 |
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The Importance of the Lunar Cycle |
50 |
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THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF CHRONOLOGY AND THE CALENDAR |
52 |
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The Five Elements |
52 |
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The Twelve Animals |
63 |
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The Twelve-Year Cycle |
73 |
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The Sixty-Year Cycle |
77 |
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INDIVIDUAL ENERGIES AND ELEMENTS |
85 |
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Animals, Elements, and Individual Forces |
88 |
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Yearly Calculation of the Five Forces |
89 |
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Rituals Concerning the Five Personal Forces |
92 |
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The Wind Horse |
97 |
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MEWAS AND PARKHAS |
102 |
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The Nine Mewas |
102 |
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The Annual Mewas |
104 |
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The Eight Parkhas |
107 |
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Astrological Interpretations of the Mewas |
113 |
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The Papme |
118 |
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Geomantic Interpretation of the Parkhas |
120 |
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KARTSI ASTROLOGY |
127 |
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The Zodiac |
127 |
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The Two Zodiacs |
128 |
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The Twenty-seven Lunar Mansions |
130 |
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The Planets |
143 |
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LUNAR TIME AND THE TIBETAN YEAR AND MONTH |
153 |
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The Tibetan Year |
153 |
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The Tibetan Month |
154 |
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The Elements of the Months |
171 |
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THE TIBETAN DAY OR "EVERYDAY ASTROLOGY" |
174 |
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Days of the Week and Month |
174 |
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Daily Astrological Cycles |
184 |
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The Hours |
212 |
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CASTING AND INTERPRETING A HOROSCOPE |
216 |
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The Chart Data |
216 |
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Interpretation |
222 |
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Appendix 1
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TIBETAN COSMOLOGY
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245 |
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Planetary Spirits and Local Deities |
245 |
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Protective Diagrams and Talismans |
253 |
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The Universe |
257 |
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The Cosmic Man |
266 |
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Appendix 2
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CALENDAR OF SPECIAL DAYS AND RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
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269 |
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Great Annual Ceremonies |
269 |
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Important Days of the Month |
272 |
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Appendix 3
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THE WRITTEN SOURCES AND THEIR AUTHORS
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277 |
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Tibetan Transliterations |
281 |
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Bibliography |
291 |
