Zaisha (灾煞)

Symbolic stars · Tendency: Inauspicious

From the classics

灾煞者，其性勇猛，常居劫煞之前，冲破将星，谓之灾煞。此煞主血光横死。在水火，防焚溺，金木杖刃，土坠落，瘟疫克身，大凶。若有福神相助，多是武权。

——《三命通会》

What it means

Zaisha (灾煞, the Calamity spirit) is the fiercest of all, set ahead of Jiesha and clashing the General Star directly, governing sudden bloodshed and violent death. Each element has its peril: with Water or Fire guard against burning and drowning; with Metal or Wood against blade wounds; with Earth against falling. Though a greatly ill spirit, with the aid of fortunate stars and a thriving Officer-Seal it instead marks martial authority—turning ill into power.

The Chinese source texts are in the public domain. The English readings on this page were written for this library, not machine-translated from the Chinese commentary.

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