Jisi Tai Sui General Guo Can

Jisi Tai Sui General Guo Can is one of the Sixty Jiazi Yearly Tai Sui Deities, assuming office during Jisi years—such as 1989 and 2049—and overseeing all human fortune and misfortune for that year. As the Snake is the zodiac sign associated with Jisi, those born in the Year of the Snake enter their benming nian (‘original life year’), directly sitting beneath the Tai Sui’s influence; conversely, those born in the Year of the Pig experience ‘clashing with the Tai Sui’. According to folk custom, both groups are advised to visit temples to ritually install and venerate the Tai Sui, offering sincere worship to seek the Star Lord’s protection and neutralisation of adverse energies. The Tai Sui concept originates in the ancient stellar calendar based on Jupiter’s twelve-year orbital cycle (the ‘Year Star’ or Sui Xing); the saying ‘Dare not disturb the earth above the Tai Sui’ reflects the deep-rooted belief in the Tai Sui as the supreme divine authority governing each year. Devotees commonly attend Daoist temples on the 8th day of the 1st lunar month to perform the Tai Sui worship ritual, praying for disaster avoidance, longevity, and smooth passage through the year.