Tibetan Astrology Background: I have been studying Asian astrology since the 1980s. We held the first Vedic Astrology conference in America here at Matrix, followed by a second symposium on that subject and then a third specifically on Tibetan astrology. We also held a conference featuring Tibetan astrologer and translator John M. Reynolds. This was years before the current popularity of this topic. In 1986, I brought Tibetan astrologer and Sanskrit scholar Sange Wangchuk to our center, where he remained for 2 ½ years. During that time, he translated from a number of astrology texts and we worked on that material, some of which was published this last year by Wieser in a book on Eastern astrology. I also programmed most of the Tibetan astrological techniques, an am releasing that program (Windows 95) in May of 1998. This summer (1997), we brought Dr. Drubgyud Tendar to the Matrix center. Dr. Karma is an accomplished Tibetan astrologer, who has been trained in the Tsurphu tradition (the astrological methods used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage), originating from His Holiness, the 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje. Our recent goal has been to program the complete Tsurphu calendar and thus preserve its integrity. During our recent trip to Tibet, I was able to present our preliminary results to the head of the Karma Kagyu Lineage, His Holiness Urgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa. I also traveled to Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, the seat of His Holiness, Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa, where I met with one of the main astrologers at that monastery. While traveling in the East, I was also able to present our work to the Venerable Bokar, Rinpoche and His Eminence, Gyaltsap, Rinpoche. I continued to work with Dr. Drubjud Tendar through the fall of 1997 to complete the calculations we had been working on. We released a Windows program, Tibetan Astrology, on CD-ROM in May of 1998. It is available through Matrix Software (1-800-PLANETS), if anyone is interested. It represents my work on Tibetan astrology since the early 1980s to the present. ...back to the opening page go on to the next story...