Gengyin Tai Sui General Wu Huan

General Wu Huan, the Gengyin Tai Sui Star Lord, is one of the Sixty Jiazi Tai Sui deities who take turns presiding annually over the human realm; his term of office falls specifically on Gengyin years—such as 2010 and 2070—and encompasses oversight of all fortune and misfortune experienced by humanity during that period. The zodiac sign associated with Gengyin is the Tiger; folk tradition holds that those born in the Year of the Tiger enter their benming nian (‘root-life year’) during Gengyin, while those born in the Year of the Monkey experience ‘clashing’ with the Tai Sui (chong tai sui). Both groups are advised to visit Daoist temples to perform the An Tai Sui (‘Stabilising the Tai Sui’) ritual and worship the Tai Sui Star Lord, thereby seeking divine protection against annual misfortunes. The Tai Sui cult originates in ancient Chinese stellar chronology centred on the planet Jupiter (the ‘Year Star’, or Sui Xing) and the taboo phrase ‘disturbing the earth above the Tai Sui’ (tai sui tou shang dong tu), which warned against initiating construction or excavation in directions governed by the Tai Sui’s celestial position. People believe that the Sixty Jiazi Tai Sui deities rotate annually, each serving as celestial overseers who monitor human virtue and vice; thus, during years when one’s zodiac sign conflicts with the reigning Tai Sui, devotees offer sincere prayers and rituals to avert calamity, transform adversity into auspiciousness, and ensure safety, harmony, and smooth passage through the year.