Twelve Life Stages in Luck Cycles and Annual Influences
Calculate life-stage labels for luck and annual branches without overwriting the natal chart or turning temporary stage imagery into event predictions.
Overview
A luck pillar or annual branch can be compared with a selected natal stem through the same versioned Twelve Life Stage table. The result belongs to that dated timing layer. It may describe a phase relationship to examine alongside direct luck and annual stems, branches, Ten Gods, roots, combinations, and clashes, but it does not schedule an event.
At a glance
- Reference
- Declared natal or timed stem
- Luck target
- Dated luck-pillar branch
- Annual target
- Dated annual branch
- Duration
- Temporary layer only
- Primary timing evidence
- Direct stems and branches
- Boundary
- No event schedule
State which stem the timing branch is measured against
Many readings keep the natal Day Stem as the reference and look up the life stage at the luck or annual branch.
A method that instead uses the luck-pillar stem or another reference must say so, because a different stem can produce a different stage.
- Store reference and target separately.
- Do not change reference stems mid-reading.
Keep natal, luck, and annual records separate
Every timing result needs its start and end convention. It supplements rather than rewrites the fixed natal lookup.
When a period ends, the temporary label no longer describes the active timing branch, even though the natal chart remains unchanged.
- Attach dates to every timed stage.
- Never overwrite natal stage data.
Read direct timing contacts before stage imagery
Luck and annual stems and branches can change Ten-God visibility, roots, combinations, clashes, and seasonal context.
Those direct contacts provide more explicit evidence than the tone of a stage name and should be evaluated first.
- Calculate direct relations independently.
- Use the stage only as a declared secondary layer.
A temporary stage does not announce an event
Encountering Prosperity, Sickness, Death, Embryo, or another stage does not prove promotion, illness, death, conception, or pregnancy in that period.
Use conditional educational language and keep medical, legal, financial, and safety decisions grounded in present evidence and professional guidance.
- Do not map labels directly to events.
- Avoid alarmist timing claims.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》行運與五行旺衰諸論：大運流年為有期限的後來干支層，仍須回看原局作用A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- 《御定星曆考原》卷一《御定星曆考原》十二宮對照：運支若作目標仍須指定所參照天干與順逆方式A historical source for stem and branch Yin-Yang, Five Phase, direction, seasonal, and calendrical correspondences.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology大運流年十二長生頁保存基準天干、時間範圍與直接干支作用，不以病、死、胎等短期名稱安排事件OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.