Luck cycles
Direction
Sex is required. Yang year: male forward, female reverse; yin year: male reverse, female forward—by year stem. Without sex, pillars still chart; luck direction does not.
Ten years, then each year
Luck cycles change every ten years; yearly luck is one cell per year. Favourable / flat / harsh rates that stem against the birth month only—help, break, or neither. Lifetime score is not pasted onto every year.
How to read calmly
Start with the current decade’s stems and branches, then see whether the year adds help or pressure. Favour/avoid only names elements that help under your birth month. Not charms. Not a guarantee.