1. The stem and branch of the major year act first, determine whether they are covering the head, cutting the foot, or generating each other, and thus assess the strength and weakness of the stem and branch of the major year.
2. When the major year and minor year have an opposite sex relationship, both the major and minor years seek the same-sex action in the fate chart. Because the action force of the same sex is greater, while that of the opposite sex is smaller. The interaction between opposite sex major and minor years should not be completely ignored, and both should be taken into account.
3. If the use god is controlled by the use god, it leads to misfortune; if the hindrance god is controlled by the hindrance god, it brings great fortune. If the stem of the major or minor year is a hindrance god and the branch is a use god that suppresses the stem, the degree of misfortune caused by the stem is reduced.
4. When the major year and minor year have relationships such as union, conflict, or injury, these should be given priority consideration.
5. If the stem of the major or minor year is a use god and the branch is a hindrance god that suppresses the stem, the degree of fortune caused by the stem is reduced. If both the stem and branch of the major and minor years are use gods, it brings great fortune. If both are hindrance gods, it brings great misfortune.
6. In many cases, both good and bad things happen within a year. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the relationship between the flow month and the flow year to determine the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness.
7. If the stem and branch of the major year are real gods and the stem and branch of the minor year are virtual gods (not present in the fate chart), the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness is determined based on the real god being affected. If the virtual god of the major and minor years has a union, conflict, or injury relationship with a character in the fate chart, the virtual god is treated as a real god.
8. When the characters in the fate chart appear in the major and minor years, their effect is the most pronounced, and the result of the effect is either very auspicious or very inauspicious.
9. When the major and minor years are of opposite sexes, they generally do not interact with each other, and can simultaneously affect all same-sex characters in the fate chart.
10. When the stem and branch of the major or minor year are of the same nature, the effect is significant. For example, "Yi Mao", "Jia Yin", "Geng Shen", "Xin You", "Bing Wu", "Ding Si", "Wu Xu", "Renzǐ", etc., are more prominent. Others like "Yi Hai", "Jia Zi", "Geng Chen", "Bing Yin", "Wu Wu", "Ren Shen", etc., are slightly less prominent.
Many blind masters only look at the minor year and can still accurately predict events. This is usually because the major and minor years are of opposite sex, or the same-sex major year enhances the minor year. However, when predicting based solely on the minor year is inaccurate, it means that the minor year is subject to the major year. For example, if the minor year is of the same sex and gives power to the major year. When the stem and branch of the minor year restrict each other, the flow month has a significant impact on the minor year.

The result of the interaction between the minor year and major year enters the fate chart, and the change determines auspiciousness or inauspiciousness. When the major year and minor year form a three-way union, three-way meeting, or three-way injury, or encounter conflicts, the influence of the time period should be considered, including the conflicts, unions, injuries, and the generation and control of the five elements. For example, having too much wealth and weak body, or having too much killing force and weak body, are all existing problems in the original fate chart. After identifying the problem, we can determine the timing of the illness caused by the year and major year. Because the intervention of the year and major year causes new changes in the strength and balance of the five elements in the fate chart, which trigger the original problems in the fate chart.
If the major year has a positive effect on the fate chart, it is a favorable major year, and the level of auspiciousness depends on the minor year. If the major year has a negative effect on the fate chart, it is an unfavorable major year, and the level of inauspiciousness depends on the minor year. In special cases, even a favorable major year may bring extremely dangerous situations, and an unfavorable major year may also bring good fortune. These need to be analyzed carefully to make accurate predictions.
If the day stem is in the state of burial or establishment, it usually indicates half of the life cycle, with the first half of life being good and the second half being adverse. The first half is difficult, and the second half is happy. The effects of the major and minor years also appear in a split manner.
If the use god appears in the year or month, the early and young years are usually good, since the year represents the prosperity or decline of ancestors, and the month represents the palace of parents and siblings. It is known whether there is support from family. Even if the major year is in the hindrance god phase, it cannot be said to be a bad period. Because the year and month provide support, his life is supported by others. A poor major year may mean he is busy all day without working for money. Some people have a good fate chart and a poor major year, but they never need to work for money, as their family inheritance is enough for three generations to spend.
If the use god appears in the month or hour, the middle and late years are usually good. If the major year is poor, it may mean that the wife is virtuous and helpful, and the children are filial, leading to a stable middle and late life. If the major year is good but the month and hour are hindrance gods, it is like a person who is good at making money, but his wife and children are not good, always spending his money or gambling. Many rich people have good business but poor family management, which is due to the fate chart being good and the major year being good, but the day and hour being hindrance gods. There are also cases where the year and month are favorable gods, but the major year is not good. The business or career may earn money in early years, but it is laborious and creates many enemies. From this, we can divide the day and month into two parts. If the year and month are hindrance gods, the early years (before age 30) will not develop well. If they are favorable gods and the major year is good, one will definitely earn money before age 30. So, after the age of 30, the overall situation changes, which is called "change of position". That is, the structure and use god of the first half of life differ from those of the second half, changing with the shift of the year and major year.
Many people face bankruptcy during the major years of Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei, when the same year and month recur. Of course, if four earth stores meet, there must be two stores in the fate chart. Combined with the major year reaching that point, and the minor year encountering it again, the results are very accurate.

1. Whether it is a three-way union, a six-way union, or a three-way meeting, if the original fate chart does not complete the transformation, even if the transformation god is strong, it will not transform and will be considered as being blocked, determining auspiciousness or inauspiciousness accordingly.
2. When the major and minor years' branches have a six-way conflict, if the major and minor years' branches have a real god, it is considered as the real god being affected.
3. When the branches of the major and minor years conflict, if the stem and branch are of the same nature or the stem supports the branch, the power is stronger, and the one being conflicted is injured more seriously, while the one causing the conflict loses less power.
4. After the major and minor years' stems and branches block the fate chart's stems and branches, the stems and branches of the major and minor years can still affect other stems and branches in the fate chart.
5. When the virtual god of the major and minor years conflict, the result is judged based on the favor or harm to the day stem.

The year (the stem and branch of the minor year) can bind the stems and branches of the fate chart and major year, but the stems and branches of the major year cannot bind the stems and branches of the minor year. Therefore, when the Tai Sui (the year god) has a six-way union, three-way union, three-way meeting, or semi-union with any character in the major year or fate chart, the Tai Sui still has the power to generate, control, assist, unite, or clash with other characters. This demonstrates that the Tai Sui is like a ruler who has the authority to control subordinates, and has the power to generate or control all subordinates. The stem and branch of the minor year, regardless of whether they combine or transform with the fate chart or major year, do not change their original five-element properties. For example, if the minor year is Yi Hai and combines with Geng in the fate chart or major year, the Yi wood year cannot change its nature to become metal. Instead, the Yi wood can bind Geng metal, making Geng metal lose its ability to generate or control other characters. At the same time, the Yi wood of the minor year can still bind, clash, or control other characters. Similarly, if the original fate chart contains Hai and Zi, but not Chou, and the minor year is Chou, forming a Hai Zi Chou three-way meeting, the three characters are complete, and the three-way meeting is established. In this year, the Tai Sui is Chou soil, representing the rule of soil. As the emperor, how can the Tai Sui change its nature to water? The year of Chou soil is the year of soil rule, implementing the policies and responsibilities of soil. Therefore, the soil element is dominant in this year, and the soil element will inevitably control the water element. Hence, although the three characters of Hai, Zi, and Chou are complete, the three-way meeting is not completed, and it should be considered that the soil controls the water, reducing the power of the water element. The success or failure, increase or decrease of other three-way unions and semi-unions follow the same logic.
The stems and branches of the original fate chart are subject to the constraints of the minor year and major year, and must obey them. If they do not obey, and a certain element in the fate chart is excessively strong, it refuses the Tai Sui's conflict or control, and instead uses its own strength to counterattack the Tai Sui, which will inevitably lead to disaster.
For example, if the four pillars contain strong metal (Shen and You), and the minor year is Yin or Mao wood, the strong metal in the fate chart will rely on its own strength to try to defeat the Tai Sui. But how can a small fate chart defy the cosmic atmosphere of the current year's wood element? It is impossible to resist the cosmic atmosphere. A human body, with a small energy field, cannot defeat the large energy field of the current year's heavenly element. If it could defeat it, then the year would change from wood to metal.