Conditions for Directional Meetings (三會局成立條件)
See the membership, layer, season, root, proximity, and interference tests used before a Bazi Directional Meeting is called complete or effective.
Overview
A Directional Meeting requires the three distinct branches of one seasonal sequence: Yin–Mao–Chen, Si–Wu–Wei, Shen–You–Xu, or Hai–Zi–Chou. Membership, effective force, phase transformation, and usefulness are separate decisions. OpenFate reports each stage rather than treating three characters as an automatic outcome.
At a glance
- Membership
- Three distinct branches from one canonical seasonal sequence
- Layer rule
- Natal and timing members must be identified separately
- Force evidence
- Season, roots, exposure, proximity, and continuity
- Interference
- Clashes, competing groups, and controlling phases
- Separate decision
- Usefulness follows after group strength
- Boundary
- Complete membership is not an event prediction
Start with a closed membership table
Match the chart only to one of the four canonical seasonal sequences.
Require all three distinct branches and identify any member supplied by a Luck Pillar or year.
- No duplicate substitution.
- Label temporary members.
Separate existence from effective force
A complete set can be weak when out of season, rootless, distant, or heavily opposed.
Seasonal command, exposed phase, roots, and structural continuity explain how much force is usable.
- Report membership first.
- Score force with stated evidence.
Resolve the full branch network
Each member can simultaneously clash, combine, harm, punish, or join another group.
No relation disappears automatically; priority must be justified by access, support, and timing.
- Retain simultaneous edges.
- Explain resolution criteria.
Do not collapse meeting, transformation, and benefit
A complete meeting does not automatically transform every branch or make its phase favorable.
Life outcomes require Ten-God roles, overall balance, timing, and evidence beyond the relation table.
- Use four separate statuses.
- No favorable-by-name shortcut.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》卷二四方會局：四組成員表、方位季節與成局後仍受沖刑破害影響A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)《滴天髓》「方局」：三會重在一方氣勢，完整符號與真正主導仍是兩個判斷層A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology三會局成立條件頁採封閉成員表，依次驗三支齊備、層次、月令根氣、重疊關係和有效期OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.