What Antaisui Is: 2027 Zodiac Signs and How to Do It Online
Every lunar new year, the most common question is: "Do I need to do Antaisui this year?" It is not a prayer for wealth; it is a prayer for a smooth year with fewer bumps. This guide covers where Tai Sui comes from, which signs are affected, what to prepare, and how to do it online.
What Antaisui is
Tai Sui is the presiding stellar deity of the year in Daoist belief, rotating through the sixty-year cycle with one deity per year. Folk practice treats the zodiac sign of the year's Tai Sui as holding office: if your sign clashes with it, harms it, breaks it or punishes it, or is the same sign (your own zodiac year), you are said to "offend Tai Sui". Antaisui means going to a temple, addressing the year's Tai Sui, and lighting a Tai Sui lamp so the deity watches over you for the year.
The five relationships
Value (值): your sign matches the year's — your own zodiac year, traditionally the most changeable.
Clash (沖): six signs apart, directly opposing; often associated with moving, changing jobs, long journeys.
Harm (害): prone to misunderstandings and friction with people.
Break (破): plans easily disrupted by outside forces.
Punishment (刑): watch for gossip and minor accidents.
There is also a harmonious relationship with Tai Sui, meaning stronger support and connections this year — you do not necessarily need the rite.
2027, the year of the Goat: who should do it
Goat: value (your own zodiac year).
Ox: clash (some readings also count punishment).
Dog: break (some readings also count punishment).
Rat: harm.
Horse: harmonious with Tai Sui — not required, but you may light a lamp for peace of mind.
Other signs have no direct conflict this year; keep your own pace.
2026, the year of the Horse (this year)
Horse: value (own year). Rat: clash. Ox: harm. Rabbit: break. Goat: harmonious. If you only thought of it after the lunar new year, a late rite is fine — the intention is the point, and there is no need to wait for next year.
What to prepare
At a physical temple, usually: a donation for the Tai Sui lamp, a petition form (provided by the temple, with name, lunar birth date and address), and flowers and fruit. Most temples hold the rite in the first lunar month and accept late arrivals. The Tai Sui hall at Tianyun Temple is completely free — no donation, no personal details.
How to do it online
1. Enter the main hall and walk to the dragon side — your right as you face the gate — to the side hall, the Tai Sui hall.
2. Tap the Tai Sui hall at the moon gate and choose your zodiac sign.
3. The page calculates your relationship to this year's Tai Sui from the sixty-year cycle (value, clash, harm, break, punishment or harmony) and shows what to watch.
4. Press "offer the Tai Sui lamp" and a lamp is lit for you in the hall. It will still be there when you come back.
The Tai Sui hall
It sits on the dragon side of the main hall, your right as you face the gate, behind a moon gate, and houses Doumu. After you make the offering, a Tai Sui lamp is lit for you inside — visible only to you. Next time you return, you can confirm from outside the moon gate that it is still burning. No queue, no forms, and nobody will call you. To look at the year's prospects again, draw a Mazu fortune slip in the main hall, or queue at the fortune-telling stall beside the gold furnace.
Three common misconceptions
"Doing Antaisui brings wealth" — it asks for smoothness, not money. For wealth, worship the wealth deity separately.
"Doing it when you are not affected is bad" — no, it is simply unnecessary. If you want peace of mind, a Light of Brightness lamp suits better.
"You can do it many times a year" — traditionally once a year is enough; repeating adds nothing. Online, re-entering the hall shows you the same lamp.
Afterwards
Antaisui is a reminder to slow down this year and pay attention to safety and relationships. At the end of the year or the following one, return to the hall, take the lamp down and thank the Tai Sui for the year's care — that completes the rite.
Enter the temple — free, no signup →Frequently asked questions
The Tai Sui hall at Tianyun Temple is free, one lamp per person, no registration and no name required. Physical temples usually ask a few hundred dollars in donation.
You can, but it is not necessary. A Light of Brightness lamp or a simple incense offering is enough for a peaceful year.
Traditionally in the first lunar month, around the Lantern Festival; some do it at the end of the previous year. A late rite is fine — sincerity matters more than the date.
Yes. Parents can do it on a child's behalf by choosing the child's sign. Pregnant women doing Antaisui is common and does not affect the birth.
The Light of Brightness asks for a bright year and anyone can light one at any time; the Tai Sui lamp is for signs that offend the year, asking to resolve the clash. They do not conflict.
The ritual is about intention. Online Antaisui keeps the address and the lamp offering intact. The form differs, the intention does not. Peace of mind matters most.