Tibetan astrology (Tibetan: དཀར་རྩིས, Wylie: dkar rtsis) is a traditional discipline of the Tibetan peoples that has dialogued with both Chinese astrology and Indian astrology. Tibetan astrology is one of the 'Ten Sciences' (Wylie: rig-pa'i gnas bcu; Sanskrit: daśavidyā) in the enumeration honoured by this cultural tradition.[1]
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The animals cycle in an archetypal progression or continuüm:
| Hare | Dragon | Snake | Horse | Sheep | Ape | Bird | Dog | Pig | Mouse | Bull | Tiger |
| Gregorian year | Tibetan year | Losar* | element and animal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2127 | February 5 – February 7 | iron dragon (male) |
| 2001 | 2128 | January 24 – January 26 | iron snake (female) |
| 2002 | 2129 | February 12 – February 14 | water horse (male) |
| 2003 | 2130 | February 1 – February 3 | water sheep (female) |
| 2004 | 2131 | January 22 – January 24 | wood monkey (male) |
| 2005 | 2132 | February 9 – February 11* | wood bird (female) |
| 2006 | 2133 | January 30 – February 1 | fire dog (male) |
| 2007 | 2134 | February 18 – February 20 | fire pig (female) |
| 2008 | 2135 | February 8 – February 10 | earth rat (male) |
| 2009 | 2136 | January 27 – January 29 | earth ox (female) |
| 2010 | 2137 | February 12 - February 14 | iron tiger (male) |
The names of the chapters of the Vaiḍūrya dKar-po (the premier Tibetan text on astrological divination) are :