Zaisha (灾煞)

Symbolic stars · Tendency: Inauspicious

From the classics

三合墓前为劫煞，灾煞天煞次第加。

——《大六壬指南·神煞》及《六壬神煞赋》

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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