Tai Sui Plaque for The Year of 2012

 

 

THE GRAND DUKE JUPITER resides as follows:

2001 in the south-southeast (place of the snake)
2002 in the south (place of the horse)
2003 in the south-southwest (place of the sheep)
2004 in the west-southwest (place of the monkey)
2005 in the west (place of the rooster)
2006 in the west-northwest (place of the dog) and so on …

The Grand Duke’s location during each of the 12 animal years of the lunar calendar follow the exact compass location of the earthly branch of the animal sign of the snake, which means the 15 degrees defined as south-southeast. Note that his location moves in a clockwise direction around the compass and his direction is based on the earth plate (in Luo Pan) where north is taken to mean magnetic north shown in a compass.

Usually, in any given year, the animal sign that is directly opposite the Grand Duke’s location is said to be clashing with him In the year of the horse, for instance, the animal sign of the rat clashes with the Tai Tsui, so those born in the year of the rat should appease the Grand Duke.

Traditionalists usually advise that one places the image or statue of the Pi Yao (also known as the Pi Xiu or Pi Xie) inside the home in the direction of the Tai Tsui. This is believed to be a very effective cure to ensure that the Tai Tsui is not offended.

My advice is to place a Pi Yao statue in the home since this is an auspicious celestial creature anyway – this way one never has to worry about offending the Grand Duke. The Pi Yao creature is available in a number of different postures.

(Adopted from "Lilian Too’s flying star feng shui for the master practitioner")