Jiwei Tai Sui General Fu Dang

Jiwei Tai Sui General Fu Dang is one of the Sixty Jiazi Tai Sui deities who assume annual duty in the Jiwei year (e.g., 2039, 2099), overseeing all human fortune and misfortune during that period. As the Jiwei year corresponds to the Year of the Sheep, those born under the Sheep zodiac enter their benming nian (natal year), directly sitting beneath Tai Sui; those born in the Year of the Ox, meanwhile, clash with Tai Sui (chong Tai Sui). According to folk custom, both groups should visit temples to ritually install and venerate Tai Sui, offering sincere worship to seek the Stellar Lord’s protection and neutralisation of adverse influences. The concept of Tai Sui originates from the ancient stellar-calendar system based on Jupiter’s (Sui Xing) twelve-year orbital cycle; the saying ‘Dare not disturb the earth above Tai Sui’ reflects the profound reverence accorded to Tai Sui as the supreme celestial sovereign governing the year. Devotees commonly attend Daoist temples on the 8th day of the 1st lunar month to worship Tai Sui, praying for disaster avoidance, longevity, and smooth passage through the year.