Annual Influences and Chart Structure
Preserve the natal structure classification while testing how an annual Jiazi supports, exposes, damages, or redirects its mechanisms.
Overview
Chart structure is classified from the natal chart under a declared method, usually with the Month Command and revealed functions as central evidence. An annual influence can support, expose, obstruct, or redirect that structure during a dated interval, but it does not retroactively create a different birth structure. State the natal classification first, then trace the annual stem and branch through formation, failure, rescue, and counterevidence rules.
At a glance
- Natal anchor
- Declared structure method
- Classification time
- From the birth chart
- Annual roles
- Support, exposure, obstruction, redirection
- Required
- Formation and failure conditions
- Output
- Dated structural interaction
- Boundary
- No retroactive reclassification
Classify the natal structure first
Record the method, Month Command, revealed functions, formation criteria, and alternative classification before adding timing layers.
Do not choose a structure because it fits a later event or a favorable annual symbol.
- Freeze the natal evidence.
- Keep alternatives and uncertainty.
Trace the annual Jiazi through structure rules
Check whether the annual stem or branch supplies a required function, exposes a flaw, completes a control pathway, or introduces obstruction.
Apply the same formation, failure, and rescue criteria used for the natal analysis.
- Name the exact pathway.
- Use consistent criteria.
Separate temporary expression from natal classification
Describe the structure as supported, contested, or less available during the annual interval rather than newly born.
Read the active Luck Pillar first and show relations that reinforce or counter the annual contact.
- Time-limit the annual effect.
- Do not rewrite the birth chart.
Structure timing is not a status forecast
It cannot prove rank, wealth, success, failure, employment, illness, or social value.
Keep traditional classification separate from professional, financial, and personal decisions.
- Reject hierarchy and worth labels.
- Avoid outcome guarantees.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平》取格以原局月令、透藏及成敗條件為主，行運歲君用於考察格局後來受助、受損或救應A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)《滴天髓闡微》格局與歲運篇以出生結構為本，歲運只引發既有機制並須同看制化、喜忌與反證A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology流年與格局頁先凍結具名原局分類與備選，再用一致成格破格救應規則檢查年度作用，禁止倒推改格和地位結果保證OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.