The Saju Guide
Learn Korean Four Pillars Astrology
Six short, plain-English articles that take you from “what is Saju?” to reading your own chart with confidence.
1 · Saju 101 · 7 min read
What Is Saju? Korea's Four Pillars of Destiny, Explained
Saju is the Korean art of reading a life from the year, month, day and hour of birth. Here is where it comes from, how it differs from Western astrology and what a reading can and cannot tell you.
2 · The Chart · 8 min read
How a Four Pillars Chart Is Built: Stems, Branches and the Sixty-Year Cycle
Ten Heavenly Stems, twelve Earthly Branches and a sixty-step cycle: a clear walk through how your birth year, month, day and hour become the eight characters of a Saju chart.
3 · The Core Self · 8 min read
Your Day Master: The Heart of a Saju Reading
The Heavenly Stem of your birth day is your Day Master, the core self every Saju reading is built around. Learn the ten Day Masters, strong and weak charts, and the five relationships that describe everything else in your chart.
4 · Oheng · 8 min read
The Five Elements in Saju: How Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water Interact
The Five Elements are the grammar of Saju. Learn the generating and controlling cycles, what each element corresponds to, and how readers think about strong, weak and missing elements.
5 · Daeun · 7 min read
Great Luck Cycles: The Ten-Year Seasons of Your Life
Great Luck Cycles (Daeun) divide a life into ten-year seasons, each ruled by its own pillar. Learn how they are calculated, how to read a decade and how yearly energy fits inside it.
6 · Step by Step · 7 min read
How to Read Your Own Saju Reading, Step by Step
A practical walk through a Cosmic Saju reading: what each section shows, which parts to read first, and answers to common questions about birth times, time zones and accuracy.
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