Enter your birth date and instantly chart the balance of the Five Elements (Ohaeng, 五行) across your Korean Saju — which of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water is strongest, and which is weak or missing. Free, instant, no sign-up.
Your Five Element balance is how the eight characters of your Korean Saju chart distribute across Wood (木), Fire (火), Earth (土), Metal (金) and Water (水). Each of the four pillars — year, month, day and hour — contributes one Heavenly Stem and one Earthly Branch, and every character belongs to exactly one element. Counting them shows which energies dominate your chart and which are thin or absent. Enter your solar birth date below to chart yours instantly, free.
From our Saju engine: Heavenly Stems map Gap/Eul→Wood, Byeong/Jeong→Fire, Mu/Gi→Earth, Gyeong/Sin→Metal, Im/Gye→Water; each Earthly Branch carries its own fixed element. With a birth time you get all eight characters; without one, six (year, month and day pillars). This free chart uses the same engine as our paid readings.
The raw count of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water is where a reading begins. Your full Saju also weighs hidden stems inside each branch, the seasonal strength of your Day Master, the useful god (yongshin) that rebalances the chart, and your ten-year luck cycles. CheonMyeongDang reads the whole chart for a personalized analysis.
Get your full Saju reading →Every character in a Saju chart is one of these five elements. They flow in a generating cycle (Wood feeds Fire, Fire makes Earth, Earth bears Metal, Metal carries Water, Water grows Wood) and a controlling cycle. This is the full reference the chart above draws on.
| Element | Korean | Direction | Season | Core keynote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood 木 | 목 (Mok) | East | Spring | Growth, planning, benevolence, new beginnings |
| Fire 火 | 화 (Hwa) | South | Summer | Passion, expression, drive, visibility |
| Earth 土 | 토 (To) | Center | Late summer | Stability, trust, nurture, mediation |
| Metal 金 | 금 (Geum) | West | Autumn | Structure, discipline, decisiveness, refinement |
| Water 水 | 수 (Su) | North | Winter | Wisdom, adaptability, intuition, flow |
A balanced chart is not necessarily one with all five elements equal — Saju reads which element your Day Master needs, not just which is most numerous. Element counts describe tendencies for reflection, not fixed outcomes.