Elemental Divination

Elemental Divination ('byung rtsis)

• Also known as Chinese divination, this term refers to the system of divination based on the relationships formed between the five elements and their various representations: animal signs, trigrams, numeric squares, planets and constellations. It includes aspects of the Chinese mantic traditions associated with the I Ching and also with geomancy (Ch. feng shui). When practically applied, therefore, divinatory prognoses may be made concerning natal horoscope, as well as geomancy, marriage, obstacle years, ill-health and death. On the Sino-Tibetan origins of this system, see Part I, pp. 000-000. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)