LESSON L19 / 27 OF 36
The yearly palace: where this year starts
Know that the year's Life Palace is the palace whose branch matches this year's.
Original app lesson · free on the web
This lesson has been self-reviewed and is awaiting final sign-off. The classical passages have been checked word by word; the plain-language text and the exercises are written by this project.
Which cell do I start from for this year?
Fictional birth data · teaching example · not a real person's chart · 2026-10-12
In plain words
The year layer is about this year. Whatever this year's branch is, the palace with the same branch is the year's Life Palace. 2026 is a Bing Wu year, so the year's Life Palace is the palace at Wu. It is the same rule for everyone, whatever their birth data.
What the text says
The text calls the year Tai Sui. Volume 3 says that for Tai Sui one looks at its trines and opposite: the year layer is also read with its four positions.
Compare with your own chart
Find which of your natal palaces is this year's Life Palace, and see its stars.
An everyday example
A yearly layer changes the reading starting point on the natal chart; natal stars do not move. Find that year's Life palace, then map its relationship, career and money topics.
Keep natal stars in place and mark the yearly starting point separately.
CHECK YOURSELF
Now, try it yourself.
Answer both questions correctly to complete the lesson. The original explanation appears after each answer.
FIND IT IN THE CHART
Find it on a chart.
Say which of your palaces is this year's Life Palace.
Open my chart ↗Classical sources
凡太歲看三方對照星辰
For the year's Tai Sui, look at the stars in its trines and opposite.
Zi Wei Dou Shu Quan Shu, Volume 3; traditionally attributed in received editions
Classical texts provide cultural context. Everyday examples and exercises are written by this project.
YOUR STUDY / L19