ASTROLOGICAL DIAGRAM (# 2513/15)

TEMPERA AND INK ON PAPER

RAJASTAN TANTRIC SCHOOL

CIRCA 18TH CENTURY (1810-1825) 21.5 cm. x 25.5 cm / 8.4” x 10”

EXHIBITED:

Ithaca College Museum of Art Ithaca, New York, 1971 Lycoming College Gallery, Williamsport Pennsylvania, 1981

DESCRIPTION: The astrological diagram was used for casting the future; a form of dice were involved. The four houses containing numbers (at the corners of the diagram) were the keys to accessing the diagram once the dice were cast. Mantras occupy the corners just outside of the circle; between the houses of numbers and the circle; the face in the center of the circle is surrounded by the names of deities.