– Vitality Element: Fire,
– Body Element: Fire,
– Strength Element: Wood,
– Fortune Element: Water,
– Life-soul Element: Wood.
Now let's compare the Elements of 1952 with the Elements of 2025. The degree of favorability is estimated with the help of black and white stones:
– Vitality Element (Fire produces Earth): ○○○ – three white stones
– Body Element (Water controls Fire): ○○ – two white stones
– Strength Element (Water produces Wood): ○● – one white stone and one black stone
– Fortune Element (Wood produced by Water): ○○○ – three white stones
– Life-soul Element (Wood produces Fire): ○○○ – three white stones
Two white stones in the Bodyfield indicate that the Element of 1952 (Water) controls the Element of 2025 (Fire). This means that the year 2025 gives an opportunity to those who were born in 1952 to strengthen their bodily "vessel".
Ifthe Bodyhad two black stones (as, for example, those born in the year of the Water Tiger), then this would indicate an increased health hazard in 2025.
The interpretation of all black and white stones for each pair Element-Animal and recommendations for 2025 can be found in the corresponding chapters of this book.
How to identify your Animal and your Element
The Tibetan calendar is lunar-solar. The Tibetan new year does not start on January 1, but on one of the days of January, February, or March.
Each new month of the Tibetan calendar begins with the new moon. The first day of each new month starts when it begins to dawn, in Tibet, it's around 5 a.m.
In popular literature, on Tibetan astrology, you may find the opinion that the year changes its quality (Animal and Element of the year) exactly at the time of the new moon. But this opinion contradicts the fact that the new moon always falls on the 30th day of the month of the Tibetan calendar (as the full moon falls on the 15th), and therefore refers to the previous year. Losar (Tibetan New Year holiday) gives the official start to the new year at dawn.
In the list below you will find information about the start dates of each year in the Tibetan calendar. Once you know your Animal and your Element, you can go to the appropriate Chapter and read your forecast for 2025.
1927 – March 4 – Hare-Fire
1928 – February 22 – Dragon-Earth
1929 – February 10 – Snake-Earth
1930 – March 1 – Horse-Metal
1931 – February 18 – Sheep-Metal
1932 – February 7 – Monkey-Water
1933 – February 25 – Bird-Water
1934 – February 14 – Dog-Wood
1935 – February 4 – Pig-Wood
1936 – February 23 – Rat-Fire
1937 – February 12 – Ox-Fire
1938 – March 3 – Tiger-Earth
1939 – February 20 – Hare-Earth
1940 – February 9 – Dragon-Metal
1941 – February 27 – Snake-Metal
1942 – February 16 – Horse-Water
1943 – February 5 – Sheep-Water
1944 – February 24 – Monkey-Wood
1945 – February 13 – Bird-Wood
1946 – March 4 – Dog-Fire
1947 – February 21 – Pig-Fire
1948 – February 10 – Rat-Earth
1949 – February 28 – Ox-Earth
1950 – February 17 – Tiger-Metal
1951 – February 7 – Hare-Metal
1952 – February 26 – Dragon-Water
1953 – February 14 – Snake-Water
1954 – February 4 – Horse-Wood
1955 – February 23 – Sheep-Wood
1956 – February 12 – Monkey-Fire
1957 – March 2 – Bird-Fire
1958 – February 19 – Dog-Earth
1959 – February 8 – Pig-Earth
1960 – February 27 – Rat-Metal
1961 – February 16 – Ox-Metal
1962 – February 5 – Tiger-Water
1963 – February 24 – Hare-Water
1964 – February 14 – Dragon-Wood
1965 – March 4 – Snake-Wood
1966 – February 21 – Horse-Fire
1967 – February 10 – Sheep-Fire
1968 – February 29 – Monkey-Earth
1969 – February 17 – Bird-Earth