Tuesday 18 November 2014

ELEMENTAL CALCULATIONS IN TIBETAN ASTROLOGY

The calculations used on this blog are based on the relationship between the element of the planet of the day and the element of constellation on that particular day. It is the most basic calculation but also the one which has the most significant influence on our daily life.

"The daily element combination is known as the "Little Combination," but it is nevertheless a detemining factor in the favorable or unfavorable character of the day. In the order of importance, this combination is the strongest."
Cornu Philippe - Tibetan Astrology

"In order to carry out a first and more general consultation of the calnedar, one of the most important aspects is the combination of the element of the day of the week with that of the corresponding constellation. This type of consultation is called trodchung or Minor Combination. This does not mean that it is less important, because to arrive at an astrological evaluation of the day this combination is considered the most significant."

Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche  - Key for Consulting the Tibetan Calendar 
 
Relate to this indications/ horoscope as to secondary conditions which can support or obstruct whatever we are doing. 
 
There are 3 combinations which are excellent, 3 which are positive, 3 unfavourable combinations and 1 fatal combination.


Three excellent combinations:
EARTH-EARTH
WATER-WATER
WATER-EARTH

Three positive combinations:
FIRE-FIRE
AIR-AIR
FIRE-AIR

Three negative combinations:

AIR-EARTH
AIR-WATER
FIRE-EARTH

One fatal combination:

FIRE-WATER

ELEMENTS OF THE DAYS/PLANETS
ELEMENTS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS
SUNDAY/SUN
MONDAY/MOON
TUESDAY/MARS
WEDNESDAY/MERCURY
THRUSDAY/JUPITER
FRIDAY/VENUS
SATURDAY /SATURN
FIRE
WATER
FIRE
WATER
AIR
EARTH
EARTH
BRA NYE
SMIN DRUG
SNAR MA
MGO
LAG
NABS SO
RGYAL
SKAG
MCHU
GRE
DBO
ME BZHI
NA GPA
SA RI
SA GA
LHA MTSHAMS
SNRON
SNRUBS
CHU STOD
CHU SMAD
GRO ZHIN
MON GRE
MON GRU
KHRUMS STOD
KHRUMS SMAD
NAMGRU
THA SKAR
FIRE
FIRE
EARTH
AIR
WATER
AIR
FIRE
WATER
FIRE
FIRE
AIR
AIR
AIR
AIR
FIRE
EARTH
EARTH
WATER
WATER
EARTH
EARTH
WATER
EARTH
FIRE
WATER
WATER
AIR
Recommended book: The Key for Consulting the Tibetan Calendar by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche

"The Key for Consulting the Tibetan Calendar came out of a course held by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in Rome at the beginning of the 1980s as part of a seminar on Tibetan Medicine and Astrology. It aims to act as an introduction to the Tibetan astrological universe, so different from ours in its complex and fascinating richness. At the same time, it can serve as a useful instrument to guide those who understand how closely our lives are linked to the warp and weft of the movements of the universe, in the general interdependence of all
phenomena.
A calendar such as this one uses the knowledge and the synthesis of a thousand years of culture, even if we have forgotten it all. It is a tool which enables us to rediscover, at least in part, how we fit in with that universal energy and with that cosmos of which we are the living image and a part, a more intense and more intimate part than we are usually prepared to believe. If all days are not the same, then it is important and useful to recognise the flavour, colour and cadence with which each day manifests.
What you have in your hands is a key, a precious key for the interpretation and reading of temporal and cosmic cycles, but the only person who can open and close the door of your actions is yourself."
 
Key for Consulting the Tibetan Calendar