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Year and Luck Cycle in BaZi Timing
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-08-11 · 1 min read
Year and Luck Cycle is a BaZi timing term. It helps locate a time layer or structural relationship in a reading, but it is not a prediction by itself.
Usage
Use it after the natal chart is known. Then identify whether the term belongs to major luck, annual luck, monthly luck, daily luck, or hourly timing.
Caution
Do not turn the term into a guaranteed event. Read the incoming stem, branch, ten god, and branch relationship against the natal chart.
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In the classical texts
Passages in the classical texts held on this site where the term occurs, transcribed from the named edition. The texts do not necessarily use the term the way it is used today.
【假令阴命男三月下旬生，得节气深，八岁运。
合岁君勃然祸至此之谓也中间亦要详辨命元浅薄遇此诚然若命旺秉气深厚或有天月徳及赦文解救止有浮灾亦无大咎或曰柱原有刃见冲或合岁运再临冲合大㓙若岁冲合而运不冲合运冲合而岁不冲合其祸减半论又曰日干无气时逄阳刃不为㓙言生日天元临死绝衰病暴败之地不通月气不能胜任财官若逄阳刃能刼财化煞譬如兄力弱财重得弟分任则可胜
错谓阳女隂男元辰在冲后一辰阳差谓阳男隂女元辰在冲前一辰天冲者乃戌亥为天门地击者乃辰巳为地户言其差错冲击神是孤虚神也更流年岁运遇此更在返伏吟之上则主灾病防祸连绵不独岁运更忌逢于四柱亦不宜也珞琭子云防防吉防伏吟返吟隂错阳差天冲地击造防赋云天罗地网楚灵王无所容身兰台赋云天冲地击必为夭折之人唐沈芝云伏吟返吟
正官见杀，及伤官刑冲破害，岁运相併必死。
若神杀混杂，看入节气之深浅，或有去官留杀，或有去杀留官，四柱或岁运，亦当知轻重较量也。
岁运并临，灾祥庚大。
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