Bazi Luck Pillars Explained: Da Yun, Liu Nian and How to Read Them

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0800

A Bazi chart never changes. The four pillars are fixed at birth, and What Is Bazi has so far read a static chart: eight characters, one Day Master, ten relation labels. That is exactly where a beginner gets stuck next — if the chart is fixed for life, where does timing come from? Why one smooth decade and one hard one? The moving parts that answer this are the luck pillars: da yun (大运), the ten-year cycle, and liu nian (流年), the year itself.

Da Yun on Daokeyi

Bazi Luck Pillars Explained: Da Yun, Liu Nian and How to Read Them