Luck & Annual Pillars: complete guide
How luck pillars (大运) and annual pillars (流年) are calculated and read: starting age, direction, transitions and interactions with the natal chart.
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- 起When Do Luck Pillars Start? (起运)How the starting age of BaZi luck pillars is calculated from the distance to the nearest solar term, with the 3-days-per-year rule.
- 顺Forward or Backward Luck Pillars (顺逆)How BaZi decides whether luck pillars run forward or backward: year stem polarity plus the traditional gender rule.
- 大How to Read a Luck Pillar (大运)Read a ten-year luck pillar in BaZi: Ten God of the stem, element of the branch, relations to natal pillars.
- 流Annual Pillar (流年) in BaZiWhat the annual pillar is, when it changes (立春, not new year) and how to read it with luck pillars.
- 交Changing Luck Pillars (交运)What happens when one luck pillar hands over to the next, and how to read the transition year.
- Luck Pillars and Natal Chart InteractionsHow luck pillars combine and clash with natal stems and branches, and why the same luck reads differently in different charts.