Taotie: The Devourer of All · The Insatiable Greed of the Seven Killings
It has the body of a sheep and a human face, with eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth, and human claws. Its cry sounds like a baby. Before it can swallow its prey, it brings harm upon itself. It is a warning deity on bronze ritual vessels, cautioning against greed and killing.
Origins of Classics and Inheritance of the Baleful Deities
"Shan Hai Jing · Second Classic of the North": On Mount Gouwu, the sunny side is rich in jade, the shady side in copper. There is a beast there, shaped like a sheep's body with a human face, its eyes under its armpits, tiger's teeth and human claws, its voice like a baby's, named Paoxiao (Taotie), which devours humans. "The Classic of Divine Wonders" says it hoards wealth without using it and delights in eating people.
Baleful Dharma Forms and Mutated Powers
Commonly seen on bronze vessels as a beast-face pattern, with a wide-open, angry mouth but no body, symbolizing self-devouring due to insatiable greed.
Karmic Forces of Past Lives and Projection of Mental Shadows
Corresponds to an astrological chart where the wealth star is too heavy and the self is weak, leading to material obsession, addiction, endless desire for plunder, and resource anxiety.
Taoist Thunder Method Resolution and Dual Cultivation of Nature and Life
[Generosity Breaks Stinginess] Practice charitable giving and let go of attachments; wear gold obsidian or dark jade to dispel turbid energy, and check in on the YuanYu merit book to dedicate merits.
Transform Killings into Authority: Convert Inner Ferocity into Unwavering Will
In YuanYu Bazi Chart, find your Seven Killings, Blade of Yang, and Robbing Wealth fierce stars, and complete energy transformation with Jungian Shadow Oracle.