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The Jia-Yin Tai Sui: General Zhang Chao
An officer who stepped up when the commander fell ill: "Danger isn't sick. I'll lead you."
- Guardian of
- People born in a Jia-Yin year, the Year of the Tiger
- Born between
- Jan 23, 1974 – Feb 10, 1975
Feb 19, 2034 – Feb 7, 2035 - Past life (legend)
- Zhang Chao, a cavalry officer of the Eastern Han dynasty (folk legend)
- Symbol
- Coiled, ready energy: no waiting, no hesitation
If you were born between these dates, you were born in a Jia-Yin year, the Year of the Tiger, and General Zhang Chao watches over you.
(A new year starts on Lunar New Year’s Day.)
Double wood
Jia is the tallest tree, and Yin is the tiger of early spring. Both are yang wood, making this one of the strongest wood years of all, like an ancient forest with a tiger's roar in it, enough to make bare land grow again.
General Zhang Chao guards this year. People born in Jia-Yin years are often full of drive, hate waiting, and act on what they say. Their energy lifts everyone around them, and they say what they mean.
Ready to spring
He wears a deep blue robe and a red cloak. His wide face and round, open eyes have no polite mask at all: what he says is what he means.
Even sitting down, his whole body seems coiled, ready to leap up the next moment.
"Danger isn't sick"
According to legend, he was Zhang Chao, an Eastern Han cavalry officer known for his riding and quick decisions. During a border crisis, the commander fell ill and the army was left leaderless and frightened. Zhang Chao was not in charge, but he stood up and told the troops, "The commander is sick. The danger isn't. I'll lead you."
In three days, he reorganized the broken defenses and had everyone in position before the enemy arrived. When the enemy saw them ready and hesitated, he seized that moment, attacked first, and won a battle no one expected to win.
"Someone had to"
Someone said, "You're brave. Things were such a mess. How did you dare?" He said, "There wasn't time to think. I just knew someone had to step up, so it was me."
Heaven named him the Tai Sui of the Jia-Yin year. Double wood and a tiger's courage: that is his gift to everyone born in the Year of the Tiger.
Questions people ask
Who is the Tai Sui for people born in 1974?
People born between Jan 23, 1974 and Feb 10, 1975 were born in a Jia-Yin year, the Year of the Tiger. Their Tai Sui is General Zhang Chao.
Who was General Zhang Chao before becoming a Tai Sui?
Zhang Chao, a cavalry officer of the Eastern Han dynasty (folk legend).
What does General Zhang Chao hold?
Coiled, ready energy: no waiting, no hesitation.
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