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The Wu-Wu Tai Sui: General Li Qing
A horse master who trained an army's worth of warhorses in two months instead of six.
- Guardian of
- People born in a Wu-Wu year, the Year of the Horse
- Born between
- Feb 7, 1978 – Jan 27, 1979
Feb 4, 2038 – Jan 23, 2039 - Past life (legend)
- Li Qing, a Tang dynasty officer in charge of frontier horse farms (folk legend)
- Symbol
- A thick staff held level: ready to defend or to strike
If you were born between these dates, you were born in a Wu-Wu year, the Year of the Horse, and General Li Qing watches over you.
(A new year starts on Lunar New Year’s Day.)
A horse on the high plain
Wu is yang earth, a mountain that is the backbone of the land. Wu (the Branch) is the horse at noon, racing across open grassland. The mountain gives the horse open ground, and the horse gives the mountain momentum.
General Li Qing guards this year. People born in Wu-Wu years often bring a reassuring presence into any room. They move fast, but not recklessly. They can move quickly because they know their feet are planted.
Solid and decisive
He is big and broad, with a stern face and eyes like lightning, the look of someone who means what he says and gets results. He wears blue layered armor with gold shoulder plates and a red cloak.
His most unusual feature: he holds a thick staff level across his body in both hands. It can block or strike in an instant. Steady, and ready to move.
Two months instead of six
According to legend, he was Li Qing, a Tang dynasty officer who ran the frontier horse farms that bred and trained warhorses for the cavalry. From a horse's stride, eyes and bones, he could tell how strong it was and what kind of fighting it suited best.
Before a big border conflict, the court suddenly needed a large number of horses fit for hard charges. The normal process took at least six months. Li Qing did not complain about the time. He drew up a fast new plan for choosing and training them, and delivered the horses in two months.
When it counted
Those horses played a key role in the fighting that followed.
Heaven named him the Tai Sui of the Wu-Wu year. A level staff and a steady, galloping spirit: that is his gift to everyone born in the Year of the Horse.
Questions people ask
Who is the Tai Sui for people born in 1978?
People born between Feb 7, 1978 and Jan 27, 1979 were born in a Wu-Wu year, the Year of the Horse. Their Tai Sui is General Li Qing.
Who was General Li Qing before becoming a Tai Sui?
Li Qing, a Tang dynasty officer in charge of frontier horse farms (folk legend).
What does General Li Qing hold?
A thick staff held level: ready to defend or to strike.
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