In the Orient, Garuda is a force to reckon with. A superbly intelligent humanoid bird with a wingspan of many miles, the flapping of Its wings is known to block out the sun and send off tornadoes on either side. Garuda is the very lifeblood of the three realms of existence according to Hinduism and Buddhism, given that It is the bearer of Vishnu, the symbolic deity of preservation (part of the Hindu projection-preservation-destruction trilogy).
In this exquisite repoussé wall hanging, the gigantic deity afloat above the Himalayas is surrounded by the twelve zodiac signs in confirmation with Tibetan astrology. Tibetan astrology draws from Indian, Chinese, and Buddhist influences as well as the tantra of the nameless religion of the Bon people of Tibet. These zodiac signs have as much to do with the annual cycle as they have with the usual monthly cycle observable in other schools of astrology.
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