Tai Sui of Lunar Year of DRAGON 2024
Explaining Tai Sui as the Root of Taoism
Tai Sui is being referred to as Grand Duke Jupiter or Grand Commander of the Year. The role of the Tai Sui is rotated annually and he has command over all other deities except the Jade Emperor. The Tai Sui has always been misunderstood as a punisher giving problems such as mishaps and disastrous consequences. In actual fact, the Tai Sui is the divine deity taking charge of the world's general affairs for the particular year. The heaven sends Him to look after mishaps and disastrous happenings and provide protection. Possessing immense authority and power, he is the deity whom none will dare offend, in fear of diversity. A person's bliss, health, luck and misfortune are all under the care of Him. It actually serves as a reminder to avoid misdeeds, to take good care of health and to involve in more benevolent activities and to avoid offending the Tai Sui so that misfortune will not strike. He will note the good deeds and misdeeds of people.
The Taoist calendar is organized into a series of twelve "earthly branches" which rotate according to the five elements. The result is a sixty year cycle. Taoists believe that sixty Grand Commanders are assigned to command each year, and each with their own characteristics, temperaments, abilities, etc., to rule the years of the 60-year cycle. The Tai Sui governs the 24 Divisional cycles and the chinese 12 two-hourly period per day throughout the year. Each Tai Sui will take turns to take on the Heavenly Divine One role on 4th February (start of spring) every year. Therefore, it is customary that chinese folks across the world will usually throng the Tai Sui temples to offer prayers after the 4th February (usually within a span of 1 month) and NOT before. It is also worth taking note that another important date to be remembered is the generalized birthday of all Tai Sui, which is the 19th day of 7th lunar month. Those who have not offered prayer to the Tai Sui in the beginning of the year (first month of spring) and those who had forgotten to express gratitude to the previous Tai Sui at the end of the previous year can take advantage of this day to pay respect to the Tai Sui.
Some masters like to relate Tai Sui to astronomical studies of how the Jupiter planet orbits one day for every 12 years the earth orbits, passing by each horoscope every year. There are magnetic and energy fields for each stellar object, and since Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, it brings great impact on our planet Earth. Jupiter is the biggest planet among the 9 planets in our solar system. Jupiter is made from gases comprising of hydrogen and helium. Because it is 11 times larger than planet earth, as it moved about, it creates interfering waves that exerts magnetic fields onto planet earth. Astrologists divide its path into twelve sectors, starting from the west to the east. Therefore, these masters believe that the basis of Tai Sui is related to the orbit of Jupiter. The Jupiter moves anticlockwise from west to east, and astronomers invented an imaginary orbit that moves the other way round from east to west to take positions and is called Star of Sui (Jupiter). That is how the name Grand Duke "Jupiter" came about.
 Dou Mu Yuan Jun (Big Dipper Mother of Northern Stars) |
If a horoscope is found to be in conflict with Tai Sui, it means the energy and magnetic forces of the position of Jupiter that year would bring unstable influences to people born in certain years. Due to these unstable forces, the people affected will experience bad luck. In Taoism, the custom of praying to Tai Sui for pardoning started centuries ago since Zhou dynasty. Remedying problems brought by the Tai Sui, curing Tai Sui Shar and praying to Tai Sui have also been a tradition practised by the chinese for centuries. One can always visit taoist temples with 60 Tai Sui statues together with Dou Mu Yuan Jun (Big Dipper Mother of Northern Stars) to see for yourselves how important it is that this ancient practice continued until today.
 Common sight of the shrine of 60 Tai Sui with Dou Mu Yuan Jun in the center. This picture was taken when we researched Taoism in the world's most famous Taoist Research Center in Hong Kong. |
The Tai Sui of the Year of 2024 is the Great General Li Cheng
The Tai Sui of 2024 (Jia Chen Dragon Year) is represented by the Great General Li Cheng.
Born during the Yuan Dynasty, in which the empire built schools for Confucian scholars, issued paper money, revived Chinese rituals, and endorsed policies that stimulated agricultural and commercial growth, Li Cheng was a polished imperial court official.
Growing up in Wei Nan province, he was a devoted son who was sincere and uncomplicated. As a court official of great diligence, he had been dutiful and showed excellent judgement in all aspects of governance. With a tender heart, he had administered with morality when it came to sentencing the wrong doers.
Also a visionary person, he had been instrumentally contributing towards agricultural development to ensure food was sufficient for his people. Knowing that knowledge was key for raising the standard of living for the people, he set up many institutions of learning. He had also transformed the civil service into one that is skilled and impartial where all officials had high respect for him. His leadership had led towards a strong presence of law and order where criminals were kept at bay throughout his era. Even opposing officials were afraid to interfere with his decisions.
He managed to stamp out the invasion of He Nan border by foreign tribes and stabilized the border. His collection of funds in a fair manner from country folks according to ones affordability to finance the military had earned him glorification from people from all walks of life. The poor offered food while the rich offered weapons as the people believed he could provide them with peace and stability once the war over.
Later on before his retirement, his biggest accomplishment was his ability to give his people a prosperous period.
His life experiences translate to year of possible invasions been stamped out, changes for the better in governing bodies, fairness in administration and stability in economic affairs. Food supplies around the world will be stabilized and taxes will be channeled appropriately to correct aspects. Everyone should be able to benefit from economic recovery. As usual a few zodiac signs will suffer from his wrath this year. Besides certain zodiacs linked to him, those whose Chinese names having the same strokes as his will also be offending him and will suffer from emotional setbacks due to pressure, lawsuit, sickness, quarrel and fight.
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Grand Duke Tai Sui Plaque
Displaying the Grand Duke Tai Sui Plaque at home is a common method of acknowledging the goodwill of Tai Sui as the Heavenly Divine One who is in charge of the year. This is also a way of paying deep respect to the deity and seeking blessings from Him. Displaying this plaque invokes the protection and goodwill of the Tai Sui. The Tai Sui of the Year always bring virtue and good tidings and promises divine help when needed. This protects against offending him and cultivates his support in all our daily endeavours, for health, wealth, love, peace and happiness. This is a popular Taoist method of invoking His guardian and protection. Those whose zodiacs are facing “disagreement” with the Tai Sui are the ones who will need to display the Tai Sui plaque at home, especially those who live in areas where they are unable to perform their prayers at the Tai Sui temple. Zodiacs facing “disagreement” with the Tai Sui will be further discussed below. Those facing “disagreement” can face serious misfortunes if not properly remedied. The Tai Sui plaque is usually displayed in the position/direction of the Tai Sui. However, if the direction of the Tai Sui is in a toilet, bedroom or storeroom, then it will be more suitable for the plaque to be displayed in the direction of the Tai Sui at the living room or family room. For those who have a Buddhist or Taoist prayer altar at home, the plaque can be displayed at the prayer altar. Remember that the Tai Sui must always be treated with high respect.
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SOUTHEAST 1 and NORTHWEST 1 will be afflicted with Tai Sui Shar Chi
The position where the Tai Sui commands, no happiness but misfortune will befall. It is advisable to avoid its locating position and its opposite direction. The position of Tai Sui in 2024 is at SOUTHEAST 1 ranging from 112.6 to 127.5 degrees. The direction opposite where he is sitting will be the NORTHWEST 1 ranging from 292.6 to 307.5 degrees. This direction will have geographical negative magnetic fields (shar chi) that could not be explained scientifically. If you do negotiations, you can capitalize these effects by sitting in the SOUTHEAST and facing the NORTHWEST. Then your opponent will be facing the SOUTHEAST and confronting the Tai Sui. That way, you will always be in the winning position. The traditional use of either the Tai Sui Plaque or Pi Yao Riding on Phoenix in this area will greatly help to appease the Tai Sui. the Phoenix-PiYao duo promotes the benevolent energy while countering a wide array of inauspicious energy in a sector. The Pi Yao is a powerful celestial creature known to absorb all the bad vibes caused by inadvertently offending the Tai Sui, for example if you cut a tree, dig a hole, hammer a nail or unavoidably disturb the Tai Sui corner. Over the years of gathering information, we finally found the most effective way to appease the Tai Sui with certain additional properties into the traditional cure. When curing with the Pi Yao, it must look pronounce and not be hidden from view. And there must be metal element involved. Tai Sui’s favourite “pet” playing with him will essentially align the cosmic forces to synchronize with the detrimental vibes of planet Jupiter, thus counter measuring its negative gravity towards earth.
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Please take note also that there should be no construction, no unearthing, no digging and no excavation work carried out in the SOUTHEAST sector of your house, including repair work. If this sector is disturbed, those staying in the house will have a tough year ahead with a lot of arguments and sicknesses. This includes chopping a tree. When activities are carried out in the direction of the Tai Sui, it is deemed a challenge to his authority and a petrifying backlash will likely ensue. If there is no choice but a serious need to work on this area, then avoid starting and ending in the SOUTHEAST. One can start in other sectors instead before proceeding to the SOUTHEAST.
Next, one should not forget that the opposite direction which is NORTHWEST sector is also negatively afflicted and it is known as the Year Breaker (Sui Po). The negative effect in the NORTHWEST sector is similar and needs to be remedied with another Pi Yao too.
Zodiacs facing "Disagreement" with the Tai Sui are OX, RABBIT, DRAGON, SHEEP and DOG
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To check for which zodiac one is born under, one will have to follow the Solar Calendar. There are many zodiacs in disagreement with the Tai Sui in 2024 and they are the OX, RABBIT, DRAGON, SHEEP and DOG. The disagreements (in descending order of severity) are further termed as Conflicting Tai Sui, Offending Tai Sui, Torturing Tai Sui, Harming Tai Sui, Breaking Tai Sui and Damaging Tai Sui which we will be discussing in greater detail in the following paragraphs.
Conflicting/Confronting Tai Sui – The DOG conflicts the Tai Sui in 2024. It means the DOG confronts the Tai Sui directly from the opposite direction like in “wrestling position” with the Tai Sui. Remember, no one can win a fight with the Tai Sui because he will be the victorious wrestler of the year. This kind of energy conflict is the fiercest of all. It implies high risk, crisis, inconsistency in fortune and difficulty in every aspect. Problems associated to such a disagreement are for example the death of a loved family member, accidents, injuries, death, hospitalization, money loss, bankruptcy, demotion and losing a job. There will also be possible changes in the love relationship, therefore one has to exercise caution. Therefore, the DOG should consider donating their blood and doing more charity in 2024.
Offending Tai Sui – The DRAGON offends the Tai Sui in 2024. The seriousness of offending Tai Sui will be considered as 2nd to conflicting the Tai Sui. Those who offend the Tai Sui will feel weak for the whole year and suffers from bad temper which results in poor human relationship. They will frequently fall sick, get wounded, pessimistic, feel restless and suffer from love problems. Therefore one has to exercise regularly and eat nutritiously. One should also not stay out for late nites because a lot of evil things can happen to one when the luck is not good.
Torturing Tai Sui – The SHEEP tortures the Tai Sui in 2024. When torturing the Tai Sui, the year spells no good harvest. There will a lot of contradictory problems afflicting them. Gossips, scandals, disharmony, badmouthing, emotional instability and bad relationship with people are going to be a norm at work and even hard work will not pay off well at the end. Crisis after crisis will occur. Crisis implies troubles, obstructions, failures in investments and blood mishaps. Therefore this is going to be a non-fruitful year for those torturing the Tai Sui. The whole year will just go to waste. The best is to stay low profile. They can also learn up meditation and pick up some spiritual paths.
Harming Tai Sui – The RABBIT harms (pokes) the Tai Sui in 2024. It simply means incompatiblity. When the Tai Sui is harmed, one will not do well simply because they cannot connect well with the rest of the eleven other zodiacs. They cannot get along with anyone, always in confrontation mode and will face difficulty at work. Their public image will become tarnished and this will be a major disadvantage for those who are in politics, showbiz, business and doing sales. Gossips and troublemakers are aplenty making them difficult to concentrate on getting more important things done.
Breaking Tai Sui – The OX breaks the Tai Sui in 2024. This affliction will result in one’s life going haywire and behaving in a disorderly manner. Although it is the lightest affliction, it cannot be ignored by all means else it will magnified to become bad. The slightest mistake will bring financial losses. For example one is going to get speeding tickets, fined for drunk driving, investigated by authorities for wrongdoings etc. Therefore, the OX will have to be extra tactful and careful in the year 2024.
The zodiacs in disagreement with the Tai Sui also cannot get married in 2024. Some older masters even forbid them from doing renovation and moving house. Traditionally, these zodiacs in disagreement with the Tai Sui will have to pray to him for blessings after 4th February 2024. Traditionally, those who are living in towns that do not have the Tai Sui temple, they will carry along the Grand Duke Charm (Tai Sui Talisman) and the Pi Yao. The Grand Duke Charm will neutralize the influences of magnetic field to the person concerned, protecting against the odds and promises better safety. The Pi Yao will appease the Tai Sui, will help in difficult situation and will help one obtain a smoother ride for the year with more helpful people, less troublemakers and obtaining a more peaceful year. This is also a method one can use if it goes against ones religion on worshipping the Tai Sui.
The new 2024 Grand Duke Charm (Tai Sui Talisman) provides powerful protection and safeguard against many dangers from the Grand Duke Jupiter (Tai Sui). We have specially enhanced it to incorporate the authentic current year’s “Tai Sui Mantra” onto it for genuine protection. This protective talisman also combines with another 5 potent symbols of Tai Sui protection; namely the symbol of Longbi, the Pi Yao, the image of the year’s Tai Sui and multiple lucky fans to blow away misfortune. This protection charm is best carried along and hung in ones personal bedroom, workplace and car for protection against mishaps.
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- Tai Sui Plaque: All those who have zodiacs in disagreement with Tai Sui and all houses facing the SOUTHEAST. Home protection. Get the Tai Sui to be on your side.
- Tai Sui Talisman: All those who have zodiacs in disagreement with Tai Sui should carry along the amulet. Outdoor protection. Get the Tai Sui to be on your side and draw good fortune.
- Pi Yao Riding on Phoenix: All houses will need to display in the Tai Sui direction. Annual home protection and good tidings.