Tibetan astrology

Table of Contents
An Introduction 27
Summary 40
How to Use This Book 53
The Tibetan Calendar 55
Solar Calendar Data 62
The Twelve Animal Signs 66
Your Animal Year 68
Animal Year Tables 69
Year-Change Charts 71
The Twelve Animals 74
Animal Days: Electional 86
The Sixty Year Cycle 89
Sixty Element-Animal Combinations 91
The Twelve Lunar Months 152
The Lunar Month 155
The Phases of the Moon 156
Major Practice Days 163
Lunar Practice Days 171
Tithies: The 30 Lunar Days 181
The Karanas: Lunar Half-Days 213
The Eleven Karanas 215
The Indian Tithies or Lunar Days 226
The 27 Nakshatras: Lunar Mansions 257
The Nine Mewas of the Lo-Shu 286
Year Mewa Tables for 200 Years 288
The Nine Mewas: Cards and Text 291
Other Uses for Mewa 309
The Nine Papme Magic Squares 313
Parkhas: The Eight Trigrams 322
Solar Sector Numbers 324
Details on The Eight Trigrams 336
Favorable for Banishing Negativity Birth Year Parkha 343
Birth Year Parkha 344
The Current Year Parkha 345
Parkha for the Current Day 347
The Eight Directions 348
The Eight Directions 357
The Eight Direction Portents 365
The 27 Yogas of Combination 371
The Days of the Week 399
Good and Bad Days 407
Good and Bad Weekdays 408
Good and Bad Days for Travel 409
Planet Weekdays Ele. Directions 410
The Portent Techniques 411
Bad Years 411
Lo-Khak 411
The Tomb Signs 417
Shi-Shey 431
Thun-Sun (3 Friends) 434
The 24 Solar or Seasonal Sectors 442
The 28 Great Conjunctions 467
The Ten Yogas: Element Combinations 496
The Five Elements Interpreted 518
Element-Animal Combinations 535
Element Relationships 536
The Vital Forces 542
Planets and Vital Forces 550
The Deu Khamar 551
The Deu 553
The Fifteen Conjunctures 559
Year Element 575
Electional Astrology 577
The Cosmic Tortoise 584
About Mind Practice 586
The Twelve Nidanas 593
The Tibetan Earth Lords 607
Geomantic Layout 613
Practical Uses 617
The Tibetan Earth Lords 620
The 105 Earth Lords 621
Earth Lords Tables 722
Earth Lord: Year Tables 723
Earth Lord: Month Tables 747
Earth Lord: Day Tables 783
Earth Lord: Hours Tables 807
Yearly Tables 1900-2099 831
Worked Example 840
Tidal Force 847
References 848
About the Author 855
An Introduction
The Spiritual Roof of the World
What is Astrological Technique?
The Swans and the Lake
The Astrology of Tibet
Kar-Tsi and Jung-Tsi: The Two Streams
Summary
Where I Came In
Sange Wangchuk
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Astrology is Astrology is …
Astrology as an Oracle
How to Use This Book
The Tibetan Calendar
Zodiacs: Tropical or Sidereal?
The Lunar Months
The Lunar Days: Double and Omitted
The Intercalary: Lunar and Solar Months
Solar Calendar Data
The Twelve Animal Signs
Your Animal Year
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/ Year-Change Charts
The Twelve Animals
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Mouse
Ox
Tiger
Hare
Dragon
Snake
Horse
Sheep
Monkey
Bird
Dog
Pig
Animal Days: Electional
Day of Mouse
Day of Ox
Day of Tiger
Day of Hare
Day of Dragon
Day of Snake
Day of Horse
Day of Sheep
Day of Monkey
Day of Bird
Day of the Dog
Day of the Pig
The Sixty Year Cycle
The Sexagenary Table
Sixty Element-Animal Combinations
#01 Male Wood Mouse
#02 Female Wood Ox
#03 Male Fire Tiger
#04 Female Fire Hare
#05 Male Earth Dragon
#06 Female Earth Snake
#07 Male Metal Horse
#08 Female Metal Sheep
#09 Male Water Monkey
#10 Female Water Bird
#11 Male Wood Dog
#12 Female Wood Pig
#13 Male Fire Mouse
#14 Female Fire Ox
#15 Male Earth Tiger
#16 Female Earth Hare
#17 Male Iron Dragon
#18 Female Iron Snake
#19 Male Water Horse
#20 Female Water Sheep
#21 Male Wood Monkey
#22 Female Wood Bird
#23 Male Fire Dog
#24 Female Fire Pig
#25 Male Earth Mouse
#26 Female Earth Ox
#27 Male Iron Tiger
#28 Female Iron Hare
#29 Male Water Dragon
#30 Female Water Snake
#31 Male Wood Horse
#32 Female Wood Sheep
#33 Male Fire Monkey
#34 Female Fire Bird
#35 Male Earth Dog
#36 Female Earth Pig
#37 Male Iron Mouse
#38 Female Iron Ox
#39 Male Water Tiger
#40 Female Water Hare
#41 Male Wood Dragon
#42 Female Wood Snake
#43 Male Fire Horse
#44 Female Fire Sheep
#45 Male Earth Monkey
#46 Female Earth Bird
#47 Male Iron Dog
#48 Female Iron Pig
#49 Male Water Mouse
#50 Female Water Ox
#51 Male Wood Tiger
#52 Female Wood Hare
#53 Male Fire Dragon
#54 Female Fire Snake
#55 Male Earth Horse
#56 Female Earth Sheep
#57 Male Iron Monkey
#58 Female Iron Bird
#59 Male Water Dog
#60 Female Water Pig
The Twelve Lunar Months
Months and Elements
The Lunar Month
The Phases of the Moon
Major Practice Days
Dharma Protector Days
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Purification Days
The Full and New Moons
Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Tsok: Feast Days
Healing Days
More Protector Days
Lunar Practice Days
Tithies: The 30 Lunar Days
/ The 30 Lunar Days or Tithies
Lunar Day 1: Increase
Lunar Day 2: Auspicious
Lunar Day 3: Powerful
Lunar Day 4: Cruelty
Lunar Day 5: Prosperity
Lunar Day 6: Splendid
Lunar Day 7: Friendliness
Lunar Day 8: Conflicts
Lunar Day 9: Fierce
Lunar Day 10: Gentleness
Lunar Day 11: Bliss
Lunar Day 12: Splendid
Lunar Day 13: Victory
Lunar Day 14: Fierce
Lunar Day 15: Gentleness
Lunar Day 16: Increase
Lunar Day 17: Auspicious
Lunar Day 18: Powerful
Lunar Day 19: Cruelty
Lunar Day 20: Prosperity
Lunar Day 21: Splendid
Lunar Day 22: Friendliness
Lunar Day 23: Conflicts
Lunar Day 24: Fierce
Lunar Day 25: Gentleness
Lunar Day 26: Bliss
Lunar Day 27: Splendid
Lunar Day 28: Victory
Lunar Day 29: Fierce
Lunar Day 30: Ancestral
The Karanas: Lunar Half-Days
30 Lunar Days, Sixty Karanas
The Eleven Karanas
Bava Karana
Balava Karana
Kaulava Karana
Taitila Karana
Gara Karana
Vanija Karana
Vishti Karana
Sakuni Karana
Chatushpada Karana
Naga Karana
Kintughna Karana
The Indian Tithies or Lunar Days
The 27 Nakshatras: Lunar Mansions
The 27 Nakshatras or Lunar Mansions
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Nakshatra 00: Healing
Nakshatra 01: Removal
Nakshatra 02: Purification
Nakshatra 03: Growth
Nakshatra 04: Enrichment
Nakshatra 05: Great Effort
Nakshatra 06: Renewal
Nakshatra 07: Spiritual Energy
Nakshatra 08: Remove Obstacles
Nakshatra 9: Leaving the Body
Nakshatra 10: Procreation
Nakshatra 11: Abundance
Nakshatra 12: Fulfillment
Nakshatra 13: Merit
Nakshatra 14: Transformation
Nakshatra 15: Harvesting
Nakshatra 16: Middle Way
Nakshatra 17: The Hero
Nakshatra 18: Cutting the Root
Nakshatra 19: Cleansing
Nakshatra 20: The Champion
Nakshatra 21: Link Together
Nakshatra 22: Work Together
Nakshatra 23: Spiritual Healing
Nakshatra 24: Spiritual Fire
Nakshatra 25: Auspicious Rain
Nakshatra 26: Nourishment
The Nine Mewas of the Lo-Shu
The Nine Mewa Square
Year Mewa Tables for 200 Years
The Birth Mewa
The Nine Mewas: Cards and Text
Mewa 01
Mewa 02
Mewa 03
Mewa 04
Mewa 05
Mewa 06
Mewa 07
Mewa 08
Mewa 09
Other Uses for Mewa
Daily Mewa
The Papme Mewa
Determining the Papme for Men
Determining the Papme for Women
The Nine Papme Magic Squares
Magic Square with #1 Iron or Metal
Magic Square with #2 Water
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Magic Square with #3 Water
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Magic Square with #4 Wood
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Magic Square with #5 Earth
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Magic Square with #6 Iron or Metal
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Magic Square with #7 Fire
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Magic Square with #8 Iron or Metal
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Magic Square with #9 Fire
Parkhas: The Eight Trigrams
The Ba-Gua
Solar Sector Numbers
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Annual Number 1900-1939
Annual Number 1940-1979
Annual Number 1980-2019
The Natal Number
Origins: The Cosmic Tortoise
Xiantian "Prior To Heaven"
The Lo-Shu Diagram or Houtian
The Magic Square
Trigram #1: Li
Trigram #2: Kun (Khon)
Trigram #3: Dui (Dha)
Trigram #4: Qian
Trigram #5: Kham
Trigram #6: Zhen
Trigram #7: Zin
Trigram #8: Zon
Favorable for Banishing Negativity Birth Year Parkha
Natal Parkha: Method One
Natal Parkha: Method Two
The Current Year Parkha
Parkha for the Current Day
The Eight Directions
Four Good Directions:
Four Bad Directions:
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Geomantic Houses for the Trigram Li
Geomantic Houses for the Trigram Kun
Geomantic Houses for the Trigram Dui
Geomantic Houses for the Trigram Khen
Geomantic Houses for the Trigram Kham
Geomantic Houses for the Trigram Zhen
Geomantic Houses for the Trigram Tsin
Geomantic Houses for the Trigram Li
Four Good Directions:
#1 Nam-Men (Sky Healer)
#2 Sog-Tso (Healthy Life)
#3 Pal-Key (Generating, Glorious)
#4 Cha-Lön (Luck Messenger)
#5 Nö-Pa (Evil Spirit)
#6 Dre-Gna (Five Ghosts)
#7 Dü-Chö (Devil-Cutting)
#8 Lu-Chey (Body Destroying)
The Eight Direction Portents
Elements and Directions
The South - Element Fire
The North - Element Water
The East - Element Wood
The West - Element Metal
The Center - Element Earth
The 27 Yogas of Combination
01 Victorious (Vishkambha)
02 Contented (Priti)
03 Long Lived
04 Good Fortune
05 Voluptuous
06 Many Obstacles
07 Magnanimous
08 Enjoyment
09 Confrontational
10 Troublesome
11 Discrimination
12 Immovable
13 Fierce
14 Thrilled With Joy
15 Thunderbolt
16 Accomplishment
17 Adversity
18 Lap of Luxury
19 Obstruction
20 Benevolent
21 Accomplished
22 Amendable
23 Auspicious
24 Brilliance
25 The Priest
26 The Chief
27 The Divider
The Days of the Week
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Good and Bad Days
Good and Bad Weekdays
Good and Bad Days for Travel
Planet Weekdays Ele. Directions
The Portent Techniques
Bad Years
Lo-Khak
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Dun-Zur
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Shi-Shey
Gu-Mik
Mewa Gu-Mik
Death Spot: Dur-Mik
Black Year
Same Element
Log-Men: The Reverse-Year
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The Tomb Signs
The Eight Trigrams
Mewa Progression
Combined Method
Major/Minor Tomb Signs
Solitary Tomb Sign
12-Year Animal
Tomb Sign: Ox
Tomb Sign: Dragon
Tomb Sign: Sheep
Tomb Sign: Dog
Shi-Shey
She-Shey: Dragon, Sheep, Dog, Ox
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She-Shey: Mouse, Hare, Horse, Bird
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She-Shey: Tiger, Snake, Monkey, Pig
Thun-Sun (3 Friends)
3 Friends = Bird, Ox, Snake
3 Friends = Mouse, Dragon, Monkey
3 Friends = Pig, Sheep, Hare
/ 3 Friends = Tiger, Horse, Dog
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Dun-Zur
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Animal Sign Power: Best
Animal Sign Power: Moderate
Animal Sign Power: Least
The 24 Solar or Seasonal Sectors
01 Coming of Spring
02 Rain Water
03 Insects Awaken
04 Spring Equinox
05 Clear and Bright
06 Grain Rain
07 Summer Starts
08 Grain Full
09 Last Planting
10 Summer Solstice
11 Small Heat
12 Great Heat
13 Autumn Starts
14 Cooling
15 White Dew
16 Fall Equinox
17 Black Dew
18 Deep Frost
19 Winter Begins
20 Small Snow
21 Great Snow
22 Winter Solstice
23 Slight Cold
24 Great Cold
The 28 Great Conjunctions
28-Conjunctions: 01 Joy
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29-Conjuctions: 02 The Staff of Time
28-Conjunctions: 03 Discipline
28-Conjunctions: 04 Multitude
28-Conjunctions: 05 Youth
28-Conjunctions: 06 Raven
28-Conjunctions: 07 Victory Banner
28-Conjunctions: 08 Knot of Eternity
28-Conjunctions: 09 Thunderbolt
28-Conjunctions: 10 Hammer
28-Conjunctions: 11 Parasol
28-Conjunctions: 12 Friends
28-Conjunctions: 13 Attainment
28-Conjunctions: 14 Desire
28-Conjunctions: 15 Firebrand
28-Conjunctions: 16 Extracted Root
28-Conjunctions: 17 Death Lord
28-Conjunctions: 18 Arrow
28-Conjunctions: 19 Success
28-Conjunctions: 20 Lance
28-Conjunctions: 21 nectar
28-Conjunctions: 22 Pestle
28-Conjunctions: 23 Elephant
28-Conjunctions: 24 The Tigress
28-Conjunctions: 25 Exhaustion
28-Conjunctions: 26 Movement
28-Conjunctions: 27 Firmness
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28-Conjunctions: 28 Increase
The Ten Yogas: Element Combinations
Element: Earth-Earth
Element Water-Water
Element: Earth-Water
Element: Fire-Fire
Element: Wind-Wind
Element: Fire-Wind
Element: Wind-Earth
Element: Wind-Water
Earth and Fire
Element: Fire-Water
Five Elements: Production Sequence
The Destruction Sequence
The Production Cycle
The Destruction Cycle
The Reduction Cycle
The Masking Cycle
Two Diagrams
The Five Elements Interpreted
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Element: Earth
Element: Fire
Element: Iron (Metal)
Element: Water
Element: Wood
Element Interplay
Natural Elements
Process and State
Process of Change
Element Remedies
Remedies - Mother and Child
Destroying Element
Helping an Element
The Enemy of the Enemy Is My Friend
Element-Animal Combinations
Year Elemental Animal Combination
Current Month Animal-Element Combination
Current Day Animal-Element Combination
Element Relationships
Best Friend
Friend
Neutral
Enemy
Worst Enemy
The Vital Forces
Vital Force – Life force or Sok
Vital Force – Power or Wang-Thang
Vital Force – Body or Lü
Vital Force – Soul or La
Vital Force – Luck or Lung-Ta
Planets and Vital Forces
The Deu Khamar
Deu: Earth-Earth/Water-Water
The Deu
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Deu: Friend
Deu: Mother
Deu: Son
Deu: Power
Deu: Power
Deu: Enemy
The Fifteen Conjunctures
15 Conjunctures: 01
15 Conjunctures: 02
15 Conjunctures: 03
15 Conjunctures: 04
15 Conjunctures: 05
15 Conjunctures: 06
15 Conjunctures: 07
15 Conjunctures: 08
15 Conjunctures: 09
15 Conjunctures: 10
15 Conjunctures: 11
15 Conjunctures: 12
15 Conjunctures: 13
15 Conjunctures: 14
15 Conjunctures: 15
Year Element
Element Relationships
Element Togetherness:
Good Relationship:
Friendly or Beneficial Relationship:
Neutral or Filial Relationship:
Antagonistic Relationship:
Electional Astrology
Astrology
Building Shrines,
Business Activities
Cutting Hair
Destruction of Any Kind
Divination and Geomancy
Felling Trees
Fire Puja (Purification)
Funerals
Buying a New Home
Increase Activity
Make Offerings to Local Deities
Marriage
Medical Treatment
Move to New House
Naming Children
Make Offerings
Pacification
Make Petitions
Planting Trees and Other Plants
Prepare Weapons
Good for Prosperity
Purification
Rain Rituals
Removing Obstacles
Start Building or Project
Start Fight - Aggression
Start on Journey
Take Responsibility
Take Control
Good for Wealth
Work the Land
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The Cosmic Tortoise
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About Mind Practice
Shamata Meditation
The Twelve Nidanas
The Twelve Nidana
#1 Consciousness (vijnana)
#2 Name and Form (nama-rupa)
#3 The Six Senses (shadayatana)
#4 Contact (sparsha)
#5 Feeling (vedana)
#6 Craving (trshna)
#7 Grasping (upadana)
#8 Becoming (bhava)
#9 Birth (jati)
#10 Old Age and Death (jara-marana)
#11 Ignorance (Avidya)
#12 Karmic Formations (samskaras)
The Tibetan Earth Lords
Geomantic Layout
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Geomantic Layout for Years and Days
The Geomantic Layout for Months and Hours
Observing the Houses
Practical Uses
The Tibetan Earth Lords
The 105 Earth Lords
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01 King The-Se
02 Queen Mother The-Chim
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03 Queen Hang-Pen
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04 Prince Te-Se
05 Minister Tsang-Kun
06 Astrologer Se-Wa
07 Royal Dog-Keeper Hang-Phen
08 King's Treasurer Se-Ji
09 Bodyguard Se-Shar
10 Royal Mount Se-Wa
11 Royal Groom Se-U
12 Timekeeper Se-Ja
13 The Royal Upolsterer
14 The Official Kung-Myul
15 The Sweeper Se-Lo
16 Princess Kar-Sham
17 The King's Dog, Black Hal-Chi
18 Her Husband, Bal-Te
19 Red General Wang-Ging
20 General Tsang Kun
21 Assistant
22 Dog-Headed Tsang-Kun
23 The Advisor Phe-U
24 Black Earth-Lord Zin-Phung
25 Pi-Ling
26 The Eleven Ministers of the Earth-King
27 Ten-ma, Goddess of the Earth
28 Da-ngeu
29 Grey earth-dog
30 Female Black Earth-Dog
32 Leopard Skin Earth-Lord
33 Awesome Boar-Headed
34 Ke-tsek
35 Be-na Lag-chen
37 Earth-King of the Moon/Month
38 Leopard Tail
39 Hearth-God Se-shar
40 Da-Lung
41 Life Control
43 Hang-Bu
44 Sky Treasury
45 Earth-Lord Dom-Chi
46 Great God.
47 Crystal House
48 White Tiger
49 Sky-Hen Gung-gyal
50 Earth Medicine
51 Well-Listened
52 Companion Deities.
53 Nine-Hound Head
54 Gold Control
55 Tent God
56 Earth Soldier
57 World Destroyer
58 Earth Ji-Lam
60 Diviner of the Month
61 Chu-Tsak
62 Red Earth-Lord Nga-Zor
63 Blue Ji-Lam
64 Pi-Ling Par-Ma
65 Sky Destroyer
66 Castle
67 Corpse Eater
68 Stealer of Yama's Food
69 The Weapon-Bearing King
70 Persian
71 Black Spinster
72 Child Horse of Mara
73 Illness Mara.
74 Burying Executioner
75 Five Component Element Deities
76 Naked Cripple
77 Mulit-Colored Nyen
78 The Crawling Earth-Lord of The Perimeter
79 Entomber Earth-Lord
80 Butcher
81 Palace Diviner
82 Wild Planet
83 Armor-Wearing Illuminator
84 Yellow Flag
85 Earth-Lord Se-Ddu
86 Geriatric Earth-Lord
88 Reptile Earth-Lord
89 Ji-Lam
90 The-Se Drum-Bu
92 Queen of Spring
93 Queen of Summer
94 Queen of Autumn
95 Queen of Winter
96 Monthly Angles
97 Monthly Lord
98 Domestic
99 Yellow Turtle
100 The Fanged Earth-Lord
101 (Wealthy) Multicolored Nyen
102 He-Ton
103 Ji-Dur
104 Death-Crow
105 Green Nyen
Earth Lords Tables
Earth Lord: Year Tables
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Earth Lords Years: Mouse
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Earth Lords Years: Ox
Earth Lords Years: Tiger
Earth Lords Years: Hare
Earth Lords Years: Dragon
Earth Lords Years: Snake
Earth Lords Years: Horse
Earth Lords Years: Sheep
Earth Lords Years: Monkey
Earth Lords Years: Bird
Earth Lords Years: Dog
Earth Lords Years: Pig
Earth Lord: Month Tables
Earth Lords Months: Mouse
Earth Lords Months: Ox
Earth Lords Months: Tiger
Earth Lords Months: Dragon
Earth Lords Months: Horse
Earth Lords Months: Sheep
Earth Lords Months: Monkey
Earth Lords Months: Bird
Earth Lords Months: Dog
Earth Lords Months: Pig
Earth Lord: Day Tables
Earth Lords Days: Mouse
Earth Lords Days: Ox
Earth Lords Days: Tiger
Earth Lords Days: Hare
Earth Lords Days: Dragon
Earth Lords Days: Snake
Earth Lords Days: Horse
Earth Lords Days: Sheep
Earth Lords Days: Monkey
Earth Lords Days: Bird
Earth Lords Days: Dog
Earth Lords Days: Pig
Earth Lord: Hours Tables
Earth Lords Hours: Mouse
Earth Lords Hours: Ox
Earth Lords Hours: Tiger
Earth Lords Hours: Hare
Earth Lords Hours: Dragon
Earth Lords Hours: Snake
Earth Lords Hours: Horse
Earth Lords Hours: Sheep
Earth Lords Hours: Monkey
Earth Lords Hours: Bird
Earth Lords Hours: Dog
Earth Lords Hours: Pig
Yearly Tables 1900-2099
Worked Example
Not a Workbook
Calculations for July 18, 1941
Tidal Force
References
John M. Reynolds
Sange Wangchuk
Dr. Drubgyud Tendar
Edward Henning
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