Tones still matter
The year-bearer idea still uses the tone sequence for movement and stage.
Year-Bearer Kin
What do people mean by year-bearer kin?
They usually mean the kin structure behind the yearly signature language. The year bearer is not a separate symbolic universe. It still depends on the same tone and seal logic that people already use when they study a daily kin.
Plain Language
The year-bearer idea still depends on tone plus seal
When people ask about year-bearer kin, they usually want the yearly signature tied back to the same structure they already know from daily Dreamspell study.
Tone
The movement or action language.
Seal
The symbolic name and quality.
Kin
The complete yearly signature language people talk about.
Seals still matter
The seal still gives the recognizable imagery and symbolic quality.
Annual scale changes the use
The difference is scale: people are talking about the year, not one day.