Annual Influences and the Natal Chart
Overlay a year Jiazi on the fixed natal chart, audit its Ten-God and stem-branch contacts, and keep all findings date-bounded.
Overview
The natal chart is the fixed reference for annual analysis. Add the year stem and branch as a separate dated layer, derive their roles, and test their contacts with the Four Pillars, roots, structure, palaces, and useful functions. An annual influence can emphasize or obstruct an existing pathway but cannot rewrite the birth chart.
At a glance
- Fixed layer
- Natal Four Pillars
- Timed layer
- Annual Jiazi
- First tests
- Ten-God role and roots
- Relation tests
- Stem and branch contacts
- Scope
- Declared year interval
- Boundary
- No natal rewrite
Freeze the natal evidence first
Record the Month Command, Day Master strength, structure, roots, palaces, useful functions, and original relations before adding the year.
This prevents a temporary symbol from being mistaken for a birth-chart feature.
- Keep natal findings immutable.
- Preserve their evidence and version.
Overlay the full annual Jiazi
Derive the annual stem role and branch hidden stems, then test generation, control, combinations, clashes, punishments, harms, and breaks with natal symbols.
Use only registered rules with named participants and retain incomplete, blocked, or competing conditions.
- Read both annual characters.
- Store exact relation evidence.
Describe a dated change in availability
The year may supply a root, repeat a role, complete a formation, expose a conflict, or constrain a useful pathway.
State which natal mechanism changes, for what interval, and with what confidence instead of describing the whole person differently.
- Bind findings to the year.
- Keep counterevidence visible.
A yearly overlay does not cause events
Annual contacts do not prove medical, financial, legal, relationship, career, family, or safety outcomes.
Use the analysis for cultural learning and reflection, and use present facts and professional guidance for real decisions.
- Avoid biography back-fitting.
- Do not replace qualified advice.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平·看命入式》以出生四柱和月令為根基，再將歲君干支加入比較，不重排原局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》歲運篇將流年視為對原局作用的短期引發、支持或牽制，保留原局分類A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology流年與原局頁固定出生證據，另存年度甲子、十神、關係、期限與反證，禁止人格改寫和事件因果OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.