Tai Sui (太歲) in Bazi Annual Cycles
Define Tai Sui in annual Bazi analysis, distinguish the year symbol from natal data, and explain clash, harm, break and punishment without fear claims.
Overview
Tai Sui (太歲), also called Sui Jun in traditional timing language, identifies the governing annual stem–branch layer. In OpenFate’s Bazi relation checks, the annual branch is compared with the natal year branch for same-branch, clash, harm, break and punishment labels. Those are named structural relations, not automatic disasters. A responsible reading also compares the annual stem and branch with the whole natal chart and Luck Pillar, states the year and convention, and keeps religious observance separate from deterministic chart calculation.
At a glance
- Timing layer
- One named year stem–branch
- OpenFate comparison
- Annual branch against natal year branch
- Relation labels
- Value, clash, harm, break and punishment
- Additional context
- Whole natal chart and Luck Pillar
- Convention rule
- State the analyzed year and calendar boundary
- Boundary
- No automatic disaster or ritual guarantee
Tai Sui names the annual timing layer
Classical Bazi texts use Tai Sui or Sui Jun for the current year entering analysis. It is dynamic data, unlike the four fixed natal pillars.
The year must be stated explicitly. A page should not call someone permanently “in Tai Sui” without naming the annual symbol and comparison rule.
- Name the exact analyzed year and Ganzhi.
- Separate annual and natal layers.
Offending Tai Sui labels are defined branch relations
A natal year branch can match, clash, harm, break or enter a punishment relation with the annual branch. Each label comes from its own fixed relation table.
The relation identifies contact; it does not specify an event, severity or victim. Other natal and timing evidence can support, redirect or contradict a later interpretation.
- Show both annual and natal branches.
- Separate relation detection from outcome claims.
OpenFate keeps annual relation checks reproducible
The current engine compares the annual branch with the natal year branch for the named Tai Sui markers while retaining the remaining annual and natal interactions.
A Wiki article documents that boundary. It does not add a ritual requirement, change annual weights or revise saved reports without a versioned engine change.
- Keep the exact implemented comparison visible.
- Do not imply unimplemented spiritual effects.
Tai Sui does not guarantee disaster, protection or ritual results
A match or clash cannot by itself predict illness, accident, death, lawsuit, unemployment, financial loss, divorce or violence. It also cannot prove that a purchase or ritual prevents an outcome.
For safety, health, legal and financial concerns use current facts and qualified help. Religious practice may be personally meaningful but remains separate from product calculation claims.
- No fear-based event prediction.
- No guaranteed remedy or paid ritual claim.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《御定星曆考原》卷一《御定星曆考原》歲次、太歲與干支曆法相關條目：太歲先落在當年干支及其曆法位置A historical source for stem and branch Yin-Yang, Five Phase, direction, seasonal, and calendrical correspondences.
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》歲運與地支刑沖合害相關論述：流年關係須放回原局、大運與其他干支作用判讀A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology產品以流年支對本命年支回報值、沖、害、破與刑的固定關係命中，不自動扣分、預告災禍、強制儀式或保證化解商品OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.