Yungtsi (Tibetan འབྱུང་རྩིས, 'byung rtsis — "elemental astrology") is one of the two main branches of Tibetan astrology (Tsi-si, རྩིས, rtsis — "calculation").

Based on the five elements. It rests on the theory of the five elements (Jungwa Nga, འབྱུང་བ་ལྔ, 'byung ba lnga):

• Wood (Shing, ཤིང)
• Fire (Me, མེ)
• Earth (Sa, ས)
• Metal (Chag, ལྕགས)
• Water (Chu, ཆུ)

Source of the System

China + India. The source: the Chinese Wu Xing system (五行), adapted by the Tibetan tradition and combined with Indian astrological elements. It is a synthesis of two great traditions.

What Yungtsi Calculates

Multidimensional analysis. Yungtsi computes the elemental characteristics of the year, month, day and hour of birth, determining:

• Compatibility
• Auspicious dates
• Life cycles

Five Key Categories

• Sok (སྲོག) — life force
• Lu (ལུས) — body
• Wangtang (དབང་ཐང) — personal power
• Lungta (རླུང་རྟ) — "wind horse", luck
• La (བླ) — vital essence (T072)

A multidimensional chart. Each category is governed by one of the five elements, creating a multidimensional birth chart — much more complex than a simple natal diagram.

The Second Branch — Kartsi

Kartsi — stellar calculation. The second branch of Tibetan astrology is Kartsi (སྐར་རྩིས, skar rtsis) — "stellar calculation", based on Indian Jyotish (#18). Yungtsi and Kartsi work together.