What Is the Original Bazi Chart? (原局)
Learn what Yuan Ju means, which relations belong to the original birth chart, and how to separate permanent natal evidence from temporary luck-cycle activation.
Overview
The original chart, or 原局, is the natal four-pillar configuration before Luck Pillars, annual, monthly, or daily influences are added. It preserves the baseline symbols, roots, season, Ten Gods, and natal relations. Timing can activate, supply, weaken, or redirect that baseline, but it must not be silently merged into Yuan Ju.
At a glance
- Contents
- The four natal pillars and their derived relations
- Excludes
- Luck Pillars, annual, monthly, and daily additions
- Stable role
- Baseline for all later comparisons
- Natal evidence
- Season, roots, Ten Gods, patterns, and interactions
- Timing role
- Activates or modifies without rewriting the birth data
- Boundary
- A baseline model, not an exhaustive life description
Freeze the natal evidence before adding time
Record the four birth pillars and all deterministic derivatives as the original chart. This creates a stable reference for later analysis.
Do not insert a Luck Pillar or annual branch into the natal list. Store its chart layer and period separately.
- Keep one immutable natal baseline.
- Label every non-natal symbol by layer.
Natal relations belong to Yuan Ju
Combinations, clashes, roots, Ten Gods, and pattern candidates formed entirely by natal symbols are original-chart evidence.
A relation that needs a transit member is not natal. It can be called temporarily completed only for the supported period.
- Distinguish complete natal relations from candidates.
- Date any temporary completion.
Compare timing against the baseline, not instead of it
Timing can increase an existing phase, introduce a missing participant, or pressure a natal structure. Its effect depends on what the original chart can receive.
A period-specific useful function or strength assessment may differ from the natal baseline, so the output must name which layer it evaluates.
- Show before-and-during comparisons.
- Do not relabel temporary state as natal fact.
Original does not mean predetermined
The word 原局 identifies data ownership and analytical order, not an immutable script of events.
Real circumstances, decisions, institutions, and other people remain outside the chart. Preserve that boundary in every practical interpretation.
- Use structural, not fatalistic, wording.
- Do not blame the natal chart for outcomes.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》命局與大運流年諸論：固定出生柱與時間引動分層A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平》原局取用諸論：先定命局基線再看歲運A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology原局頁保留出生干支不變，不將大運流年寫回原局OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.