Annual Year-God Directions (年神方位)
Annual Year-God Directions are the Luopan and almanac layer that places selected yearly Shen Sha (神煞) by the sexagenary year. This reference module is deliberately separate from annual afflictions: it does not duplicate Tai Sui (太歲), Sui Po (歲破), San Sha (三煞), or the San Sha family already handled as the annual-affliction burden. Its purpose is to identify yearly helper and caution directions for opening, repair, activation, and avoidance decisions.
Helper Directions
The WS-Luopan Shen Sha research keeps a high-signal helper set from the Tong Shu year-god tables: Sui De (歲德), Sui De He (歲德合), Sui Zhi De (歲支德), Sui Lu (歲祿), Sui Ma (歲馬), Zou Shu (奏書), Bo Shi (博士), Tai Yang (太陽), Tai Yin (太陰), Long De (龍德), and Fu De (福德). These are directional supports, not standalone fate judgements; they become useful only when the site, work type, timing, and Luopan sector all agree.
Caution Directions
The caution layer includes Guan Fu (官符), Si Fu (死符), Bing Fu (病符), Sang Men (喪門), Diao Ke (弔客), Bai Hu (白虎), Da Jiang Jun (大將軍), Li Shi (力士), Can Shi (蠶室), Sui Xing (歲刑), Tian Guan Fu (天官符), Da Sha (大煞), Huang Fan (黃幡), Bao Wei (豹尾), Fei Lian (飛廉), Wu Gui (五鬼), Po Bai Wu Gui (破敗五鬼), Jin Shen (金神), and annual Wu Huang (五黃). The Wu Huang position follows the annual San Yuan flying-star center and Luo Shu flight, while the other spirits follow year-stem, year-branch, quadrant, or fixed table rules.
Field Use
Read this layer after the basic Luopan orientation is stable. A useful direction can support a repair, door opening, water activation, or ritual placement; a caution direction asks for restraint, postponement, or a less invasive method. The layer should never be read as generic fortune-telling and should never override the separate annual-affliction layer for Tai Sui, Sui Po, or San Sha.