If you can’t change them, shift your own position to avoid the friction.
Tai Sui looks at which of your palaces the other person’s birth-year branch lands in. Whether they are your boss, your parent, your partner or a colleague, the friction between you is usually not about who is right — it is about position. This report lays out their one-way influence on you, how the two of you are best handled, and what matters in this year’s exchanges, so you can find the way around the obstacle. It is also the only report that does not need their exact birth time.
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Which of your palaces their year branch enters. This section sets the baseline of the whole relationship, so you know whether the two of you are structurally on equal footing.
Which palaces the Four Transformations land in, taken one layer at a time, so you can see exactly which of your landmines they step on and which of your gaps they cover.
Marks the rhythm of the year: which months set off accidental conflict, and which months are best for sitting down and talking properly.
Separates the task from the relationship. Concrete steps for dealing with them, instead of telling you to put up with it.
Bring a dilemma about where this person stands right now; the answer stays on the structure between the two of you.
Their Tai Sui Tian Ji Hua Ji lands right in your Friends Palace. In a working relationship that means they are badly short of a sense of safety, and they settle it by checking details over and over. They are not doubting your competence and they are not being difficult on purpose — they simply cannot sit with anything ambiguous. So when they feel like too much, arguing about who owns what will not help. Show them the schedule before they ask. Once things look to them like they are going to plan, the sharp nitpicking aimed at you disappears on its own.
Check whether this report can actually help
- ✓You keep clashing with someone and cannot put your finger on why
- ✓You are weighing whether to work or partner with someone
- ✓A family relationship is stuck and you want to see the structure behind it
- −You are looking for a way to change them — this report will not change them
- −You want to know what they are thinking — a chart cannot read someone else’s mind
- −What you want to read is a romantic relationship — that is the relationships report
Common questions
Do you really only need their birth year?
Yes. Tai Sui works from the year branch — no month, day or time needed. It is the only one of the six reports that does not need a full chart, so it works even if your own birth time is unknown.
Can I read a colleague, manager or client?
Yes. Anyone you have to deal with over time. Most people use it for a manager or a business partner.
Does it change every year?
It does. Tai Sui moves with the yearly cycle, so the same person affects a different position of yours in different years. The report marks this year and the next few.
Will it just be negative?
It does not only report the bad. Landing on certain palaces is actually a help, and the report says so. We do not do “watch out for backstabbers” content.
Who this report works for
The Tai Sui method places another person’s birth-year branch into your chart to take apart the friction and the complementary structure between you.
It does not discuss how deep the fate runs. It lays out your objective positions and one-way influences, and gives practical ways to break a deadlock.
Applicable relationships
Parents: understand the deep influence elders have on you, and take back a boundary that is not run on guilt
Siblings: where the rivalry or the old knot came from, and what distance leaves you both intact
Partner: identify the one-way force they exert, and tell love apart from control
Boss: decode how they decide and where they hurt, and plan the least-effort way to manage upward
Colleagues: the interests and the cooperation structure between peers, and whether they help or block
Tai Sui entry method: reading relationship dynamics with Zi Wei
The Tai Sui entry method is used to read how a specific person affects your chart. It places the other person’s birth-year branch and transformations into your chart and observes which palaces are activated.
It is useful for parents, siblings, partners, bosses, and colleagues, especially when a relationship feels tiring even though nothing obvious has happened.
Common dynamics when another person activates your palaces
Why does the same person affect different people differently?
The same boss can be a mentor for one person and a pressure source for another because they activate different palaces in each chart.
A parent, partner, boss, and colleague cannot be interpreted with the same tone. The report changes focus by relationship type.
Some people feel easy at first and draining later. Some are fine until a specific situation appears. Three-layer reading avoids surface-only conclusions.
Example: is a boss a mentor or a pressure source?
If a boss activates the Career Palace with supportive transformations, they may increase visibility. If they activate the Health Palace or Hua Ji, the report pays more attention to stress and boundaries.
When a parent activates the Life Palace, their reactions can feel like a judgment of your own worth. Emotional boundaries may matter more than persuading them.
Want to create your chart first? Use the free chart calculator. For romantic partners, you may prefer love compatibility. For long-term life rhythm, pair this with the 10-year cycle report.
Written by the sng-mia research team. Last updated: 9/28/2026