Daily Tibetan Astrology: December 20, 2009

Chinese 4th, M-T-K  4th. Snake, Zon, Red 7. Today is baden, so no prayer flags. Today is zin phung. Take a rest. Starting with tomorrow's solstice, you're in for a roller-coaster ride all week long. Look at the line up: Monday, Solstice; Tuesday, Nganpa Gu Dzom; Wednesday, Zangpo Chu Dzom; Thursday, Christmas; Friday, Everybody out crazy wearing aftershave and hitting up after-Christmas sales; Saturday, Guru Rinpoche Day, and Lhuntse Tshechu in Bhutan (also Boxing Day in Oz and that place north of here where the beavers live). By the way -- today is Fire-Earth, so activities are obstructed, unfavorable for journeys toward the West but not the South, so if you must travel West, bow to the Buddha of the West before making your journey.



And one more thing -- some people have written in to ask about zin phung days. This refers to the sa bdag, Zin 'phung nag po, usually expressed as a black scorpion-headed figure with a sword and snare, riding an ox. Apart from helpfully noting the zin phung day in order to orient the other sa bdag days, the zin phung days are also associated with particular earth energies.

Published every day at 00:01 香港時間 but written in advance and auto-posted. See our Introduction to Daily Tibetan Astrology for background information. If you know the symbolic animal of your birth year, you can get information about your positive and negative days by clicking here. If you don't know the symbolic animal of your birth year, you can obtain that information by clicking here. For specific information about the astrology of 2009, inclusive of elements, earth spirits, and so forth, please consult our extended discussion by clicking here. The Ox Year baden senpo (bad days to raise prayer flags) this year (2009) are: December 20, and next year (2010) are: January 1, 12, 16, 28; February 8. Click here for Hong Kong Observatory conversion tables. Daily Tibetan Astrology copyright (c) 2009. All rights reserved.