rnam 'tshe

Inauspicious Years (ngan lo)

• Various categories of inauspicious year are recognised- particularly in the context of natal horoscope, and the divinations concerning marital compatibility and obstacle years. Among them, the following categories are specifically identified: the earthly sentinel (sa'i bya ra), the eight inauspicious fire years (lo ngan me brgyad), the eight orphan years (dva phrug lo brgyad), the eight years endowed with the five elements (byung ba lnga ldan lo brgyad), the eight years of widowhood (yugs sa lo brgyad), the eleven years susceptible to ogres ([[srin khyer lo [bcu gcig]]]), the five acquisitions ('byor pa lnga), the five calamities (phung gyod lnga), the five lineage interruptions (rus chod lnga), the five separations (bye bral lnga), the four adversarial year signs (gshed bzhi), the four black fanged years (lo nag mche ba can bzhi), the four black undertakers (dur mi nag po bzhi), the four accursed iron and eight fire years, the four naked demons (ther 'dre mi bzhi), the four separations (bye bral bzhi), the heavenly sentinel (gnam gyi bya ra), the seven malign years (gdug ba can gyi lo bdun), the seven years of bad omen (ltas ngan lo bdun), the seven years of drought (than pa lo bdun), the three soaring black sons (lding nag bu gsum), the ten years endowed with two elements ('byung ba gnyis ldan lo bcu), the twelve accursed years (nag 'thus lo bcu gnyis), the twelve inauspicious years (lo gnan bcu gnyis), and the twelve iron years promoting drought (than skyes lo bcu gnyis). See Part II, pp. 000-000. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)