Astrology Page

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Description (below)
- Characteristics & Symbolism
--- Sun: Hindu, Buddhist, Bon
--- Moon Hindu, Buddhist, Bon
- Related Deities:
--- Primary (below)
--- Secondary
- Rabbit in the Moon
- Painting: Style & Iconography
--- Landscape: top left and right
--- Attributes: Gauri, Simhamukha, Lama Gongdu Deity
--- Supports: Vajrabhairava
--- Throne Back: White Tara, White Manjushri
- Eclipse: Rahu, Rahula, Kalachakra
- Confusions
- Others...

Videos:
- The Sun & Moon In Art, Part 1 [4 min.]
- The Sun & Moon In Art, Part 2 [5 min.]
- The Sun & Moon In Art, Part 3 (HAR on Patreon [8.5 min.])

Primary Astrological Deities:
--- Surya
--- Chandra
--- Grahamatrika
--- The Eight Great Planets, (Tib. - za chenpo gye)
--- The Twenty-eight Constellations, (Tib. - gyu kar nyi shu tsa gye)
--- Others...

Study Topics:
- Deities Directly Associated with the Sun & Moon
- Related Deities: Primary, Secondary
- Characteristics & Symbols

Jeff Watt 2-2024 [updated 7-2026]

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).

Marichi (Buddhist Deity)
(1 face, 2 hands)

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)
Shristhikantha

Tara (Buddhist Deity)
White

Kalachakra (Buddhist Deity)
(4 faces, 24 hands)

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Surya (Sun God)

Simhamukha (Buddhist Deity)

Shakyamuni Buddha
Jataka (previous lives)

Chandra (Moon God)

Deity
(Multiple Deities)

Heruka (Nyingma)

Surya (Sun God)

Chandra (Moon God)

Marichi (Buddhist Deity)
Kalpoktam (3 faces, 8 hands)