Xinmao Tai Sui General Fan Ning

Xinmao Tai Sui General Fan Ning is one of the Sixty Jiazi Tai Sui deities who assume celestial stewardship during the Xinmao year (e.g., 2011, 2071), overseeing all human fortune and misfortune for that year. As the Xinmao year corresponds to the Year of the Rabbit, those born under the Rabbit zodiac enter their benming nian—their ‘destiny year’—and thus sit directly beneath the Tai Sui’s influence; conversely, those born in the Year of the Rooster experience ‘clashing’ (chong) 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 Tai Sui Star Lord’s protection and harmonisation. The Tai Sui concept originates from ancient stellar calendrics based on Jupiter’s twelve-year orbital cycle (the ‘Year Star’ or Sui Xing); the saying ‘one must not dig earth above the Tai Sui’ reflects the deep-rooted reverence for the Tai Sui as the supreme divine authority governing the year. Devotees commonly visit Daoist temples on the 8th day of the 1st lunar month to worship the Tai Sui, praying for disaster avoidance, longevity, and smooth passage through the year.