"The Thirty Computational Charts"
p. 360 the 30 computational charts
the 15 Chinese computational charts |
|
1st |
harmony between mother and child |
2nd |
procedure for a bride's departure |
3rd |
geomancy |
4th |
quality of agricultural land |
5th |
inspection of gems |
6th |
luck pertaining to childbirth |
7th |
recognition of lifelong companion-gods |
8th |
recognition of daimones |
9th |
natal horoscope |
10th |
obstacle-years |
11th |
good & bad sectors of growth & of decline |
12th |
cremation & entombment |
13th |
adversarial tomb-signs |
14th |
tomb-sector |
15th |
beneficial ritual-charms |
the 15 Bodish computational charts |
|
1st |
kings |
2nd |
Bauddha monks |
3rd |
Bon priests |
4th |
ministers |
5th |
adult males |
6th |
wives |
7th |
young men |
8th |
young women |
9th |
children |
10th |
resources |
11th |
prognoses regarding riding horses, domestic hounds, and domestic servants |
12th |
vitality-element in respect of males |
13th |
body-element in respect of children |
14th |
destiny-element in respect of females |
15th |
luck-element in respect of aristocrats |
p. 363 1st : concerning kings
sector |
whether the __ |
will __ or not |
1st |
blue heaven |
be rent |
2nd |
royal turban |
fall to the ground |
3rd |
palace-residence |
be deserted |
4th |
kingdom |
be rife with many defamations |
5th |
royal subjects |
rebel against the king |
6th |
king |
be eclipsed |
7th |
royal tigre- & leopard-skin rugs |
be worn-down |
8th |
royal carpet |
have faded |
p. 363 1st : 'white crystal Garu-d.a' chart
sector |
white pebble |
black pebble |
1st |
good auspices for ancestral lineage |
many ups & downs for ancestral lineage |
2nd |
protector-deities will be praesent |
accidental death due to fire |
3rd |
no diseases |
moved to another country, palace is deserted |
4th |
no bad reputation |
defamations, requiring counteractive thread-crosses |
5th |
free from rebellions |
relatives become hostile; gto (charms) should be offered |
6th |
not eclipses |
wrongdoers become hostile, requiring gto to be made |
7th |
happiness |
decline; gto should be made |
8th |
independence |
losing control of the 5 elements; gto should be made |
p. 364 2nd : concerning kalyana-mitra ('spiritual friends')
sector |
whether the __ |
will __ or not |
1st |
lion throne |
collapse |
2nd |
silk curtain |
fall down |
3rd |
man.d.ala-offering of gold & turquoise |
fracture |
4th |
string of the pearl-rosary |
break |
5th |
mountain of protection |
crumble |
6th |
vase of longevity |
slip from the hand |
7th |
line of communications between deities & humans |
be interrupted |
8th |
friend's actions |
will be left undone |
p. 364 2nd : 'white snowlion [snowleopard]' chart
sector |
white pebble |
black pebble |
1st |
prosperity |
have to leave home |
2nd |
merit will flourish |
obstacle, persevere with counteracting rites |
3rd |
wishes will be fulfilled |
students will become hostile; persevere with virtuous acts |
4th |
no obstacles to the life-span |
obstacles will impede the life-span; offer gto |
5th |
no haeretical doctrines |
haeresies will arise; persevere with feast-offerings |
6th |
no obstacles to vitality |
obstacles; undertake ritual ransom from death |
7th |
dgra-lha (hostile gods) & yul-lha (countryside-gods) will be in vanguard of line of communication with the deities |
obstacles between deities & humans, requiring performance of rites of confession |
8th |
friend's actions will be virtuous |
friend will engage in on-virtuous actions |
p. 365 3rd : concerning mantrin-s
sector |
whether the __ |
will __ or not |
1st |
lion throne |
collapse |
2nd |
silk curtain |
fall down |
3rd |
man.d.ala-offering of gold & turquoise |
fracture |
4th |
string of the pearl-rosary |
break |
5th |
mountain of protection |
crumble |
6th |
vase of longevity |
slip from the hand |
7th |
line of communications between deities & humans |
be interrupted |
8th |
friend's actions |
will be left undone |
p. 365 3rd : 'black venomous snake of existence' chart
sector |
white pebble |
black pebble |
1st |
lineage not interrupted |
paternal ancestors will dislike the doctrine |
2nd |
rig-pa ('awareness) will be manifestly compraehended |
the sound of the bell will be lost; undertake ritual of the +Ma-mo & of the Natha-protector who averteth battles |
3rd |
merits will increase |
obstacles, requiring the means for attainment of longevity |
4th |
extensive good luck |
students will be hostile; persevere with gtor-ma offerings |
5th |
good reputation |
ritual implements of existence should be utilized |
6th |
d.akini-s will continue to offer protection |
injunctions of the d.akini-s have been infringed; rites of aversion |
7th |
paternal ancestors will come to resemble kings |
obstacles; protective amulets which avert Dam-sri (oath-breaking spirits) should be worn |
8th |
paternal ancestors also resembling kings |
great danger that the lineage will degenerate; undertake ritual offerings with nectar & blood |
pp. 365-366 4th : concerning Bon priests
sector |
whether the __ |
will __ or not |
1st |
helmet-horns of meteorite |
have rusted |
2nd |
divine arrow with the red notch |
slip from the hand |
3rd |
deities & daimones |
both be disturbed |
4th |
divine tips of the swastika |
fade |
5th |
drum & cloche |
fall from their pegs |
6th |
tigre & leopard motifs |
fade |
7th |
vulture-quills |
be broken |
8th |
blue sheepskin coat |
have fallen down |
p. 366 4th : gYu->brug (Turquoise Dragon') chart
sector |
white pebble |
black pebble |
1st |
most auspicious |
a Bon temple should be constructed |
2nd |
auspicious |
great ups & downs, so Sa-bdag Gud-phur rites should be performed |
3rd |
deities & daimones will not be deranged |
lHa->dre Yo-bcos ritual should be performed |
4th |
lineage will not be interrupted |
it will be interrupted, so ritual means of restoration should be implemented |
5th |
auspicious |
Pho-lha ('male deities') will flee in agitation, requiring rites of confession |
6th |
the Bon lineage will flourish |
the land will be blighted by plague-causing spirits |
7th |
most auspicious |
inauspicious, requiring prosperity-rites |
8th |
Bon deities will nourish prosperity |
Bon deities will be enraged, ending the family-line, so counteractive rites should be performed |
p. 366 5th : concerning dignitaries or elders
sector |
whether the __ |
will __ or not |
1st |
an elder's senior aide |
come |
2nd |
main conference-room |
be left empty |
3rd |
discussions of village elders with their walking sticks |
be completed |
4th |
punishments |
be |
5th |
crystal staff |
break |
6th |
sympathetic friends |
become rivals |
7th |
scandal-mongers |
gossip |
8th |
long-term goal of discussions |
be thwarted |
pp. 366-367 5th : sa-yi glan-chen ('steadfast elephant') chart
sector |
white pebble |
black pebble |
1st |
auspicious |
family-line of chieftain will be interrupted |
2nd |
auspicious |
inauspicious for the country |
3rd |
discussions will be completed |
accusations being bandied about, so thread-crosses should be made |
4th |
befriended by village headman |
incur punishment |
5th |
wealth will increase |
inauspicious for houses & estates |
6th |
beloved by companions |
enemies will unjustly arise |
7th |
no scandals nor bad reports |
scandal-mongers will bandy rumors & accusations |
8th |
aspirations will be fulfilled |
aides will become hostile with unsound advice |
[further divination charts:-]
p. 367 6th : concerning adult males
p. 367 6th : 'striped forest tigre' chart
p. 368 7th : concerning wives
p. 368 7th : zans-kyi Srin-mo dmar ('Copper Ogress Red') chart
pp. 368-369 8th : concerning children
p. 369 8th : '5-pronged golden vajra' chart
p. 369 9th : concerning young women
pp. 369-370 9th : 'talking parrot' chart
p. 370 10th : concerning retainers, subjects, & servants
p. 370 10th : '9-sectored palace' chart
p. 371 11th : concerning horses, donkeys, & mules
p. 371 11th : 'supreme horse' chart
pp. 371-2 12th : concerning animals with cleft hooves
p. 372 12th : 'blue-horned wild yak of the north' chart
p. 372 13th : concerning compatible spouses
pp. 372-3 13th : 'golden vase' chart
p. 373 14th : concerning bride's departure
pp. 373-374 14th : 'peafowls with crossed necks' chart
p. 374 15th : concerning households & land
p. 374 15th : 'Chinese-temple roof' chart
p. 375 16th : concerning good & bad estates
p. 375 16th : '8-sectored golden estate' chart
p. 375 17th : concerning armor & copper household artefacts
p. 376 17th : 'fiery gemstone' chart
p. 376 18th : concerning childbirth
pp. 376-377 18th : 'tree & spring' chart
p. 377 19th : concerning pollution of beneficial temples
p. 377 19th : 'snowcock of ill-omen' chart
p. 378 20th : concerning harmful influence of malignant daimones
p. 378 20th : 'black kite [bird]' chart
pp. 378-9 21th : concerning good luck of the aged
p. 379 21th : 'Salga antelope' chart
pp. 379-2 22th : concerning duration of ill-health
p. 380 22th : 'invalid confined to sickbed' chart
p. 380 23th : concerning cremation & burial procedures
pp. 380-381 23th : 'red human corpse' chart
p. 381 24th : concerning correct & incorrect divination-procedures for corpses
pp. 381-382 24th : 'pale coffin' chart
p. 382 25th : concerning good & bad funeral sites
p. 382 25th : '9-stacked skulls' chart
p. 383 26th : concerning white, black, & variegated good-luck charms
p. 383 26th : Sa-bdag sGo-gsum 'Soil-lord Headed-Three' chart
p. 384 27th : concerning vitality-element of males
p. 384 27th : 'golden vis`va-vajra' chart
p. 385 28th : concerning body-element of young children
p. 385 28th : '8-spoked wheel' chart
pp. 385-386 29th : concerning destiny-element of women
p. 386 29th : 'spiralling swastika' chart
p. 386 30th : concerning luck-element of educated persons
p. 387 30th : '8-petalled red-waterlily' chart
Gyurme Dorje (commentator & translator from the Tibetan): Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings. John Eskenazi Ltd. & Sam Fogg Ltd., London, 2001. pp. 358-387