Luck Cycles & Annual Years

Ten-year luck pillars, annual-year interactions, and time-cycle analysis.

Articles

• The Annual Pillar (流年): How Each Year's Stem-Branch Affects a BaZi Chart — The Annual Pillar (流年) is the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of the current year, which interacts with a person's natal chart and luck pillars to indicate short-term influences and events.
• Luck Pillars (大運): Derivation, Starting Age, and Interaction with the Natal Chart — Luck Pillars (大運, Da Yun) are ten-year cycles of energy that overlay the natal BaZi chart, derived by shifting the month pillar forward or backward based on gender and the year pillar’s Yin or Yang nature.