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The Korean Saju Guide
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Saju (사주) is the Korean four pillars of destiny: a reading built from your birth year, month, day and hour, giving eight characters interpreted through the Five Elements and the ten gods. To read a chart, find your Day Master (the character that represents you), see which elements support or drain it, then layer on timing through your ten-year and yearly luck cycles. This guide walks through each step in plain English, and you can build your own chart free in about a minute.
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Everything you need to understand saju (사주) — Korean four pillars of destiny — explained in plain English. Start with the basics, learn how a chart is built, decode the five elements and your Day Master, then explore timing, career, compatibility and your Korean zodiac. Every guide is free to read, and you can get your own chart in about a minute.
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New to saju? These four guides explain what it is and how a reading works.
Saju Reading Online
What Korean saju is, how an online reading works, and how to get a free one from your birth date and hour.
How To Read a Saju Chart
A beginner's step-by-step walkthrough of the eight characters and how to interpret them.
Korean Fortune Telling Explained
How saju, the zodiac, and other Korean fortune-telling traditions fit together.
Seven Killings (Qi Sha / 七殺) in BaZi & Saju
Seven Killings (Qi Sha / 七殺), known as Chilsal in Korean Saju, is the same-polarity controlling element of the Day.
Indirect Resource Star (Pian Yin / 偏印) in BaZi & Saju
Pian Yin (偏印 / Pyeon-in) is the same-polarity, producing element of your Day Master in BaZi and Saju. Learn exactly how.
Auspicious Day for a Job Interview: Saju & BaZi Date Selection (택일) Explained
Saju and BaZi date selection (택일, 擇日) identifies high-opportunity days for job interviews by aligning your Officer.
Saju Reading Before Marriage: 5 Things Your Four Pillars Chart Reveals
A pre-marriage Saju reading examines your Spouse Palace (Day Branch), elemental compatibility, marriage luck cycles.
Saju Lucky Hours & Shichen: Find Your Best Daily Timing with BaZi
The twelve shichen (時辰) divide every day into two-hour elemental windows. Learn exactly which hours align with your.
Best Time to Ask for a Promotion or Raise
Use your Saju Four Pillars chart to find the exact year and month to ask for a promotion or raise. Officer Star.
Rob Wealth (Jie Cai / 劫财) in BaZi & Saju
Rob Wealth (Jie Cai / 劫财) is the opposite-polarity Companion Star in BaZi's Ten Gods. Learn its exact definition, how.
Eating God Star (食神 Shi Shen / Siksin) in Saju & BaZi: Talent, Creativity & Wealth Luck
The Eating God (食神, Shi Shen / Siksin) is the same-polarity output star in Saju and BaZi. Learn which element it is for.
Wenchang Star (文昭) in BaZi & Saju: Find Yours, What It Means
The Wenchang Star (文昭) marks literary talent, academic aptitude, and refined intelligence in BaZi and Korean Saju..
Should I Accept This Job Offer? Saju & BaZi Timing for Career Decisions
Saju and BaZi chart analysis reveals whether your current Luck Pillar, annual fortune, and Officer Star support a.
Hong Luan Star (红鸾) in BaZi & Korean Saju
Hong Luan (红鸾, Korean: 홍란성) is the marriage-joy star in BaZi and Korean Saju. Learn the exact branch lookup table, how.
2027 Fire Goat Year (Ding Wei / 丁未)
2027 is the Ding Wei (丁未) Fire Goat year — Yin Fire on Goat Earth, the 44th pillar of the 60-year cycle. Hidden stems.
Best Time to Buy Property in Saju: Earth Branches, Resource Star & Luck Cycles
Your Saju (BaZi) chart encodes three overlapping property signals — Earth Storage branches, the Resource Star, and your.
Ren Water Day Master (壬水) in BaZi: Personality, Career & Wealth Luck
Ren Water (壬水) is the Yang Water Day Master in BaZi — the boundless ocean. Discover Ren Water personality traits, ideal.
BaZi / Saju vs. Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology): Key Differences & Which to Choose
BaZi (Saju) encodes birth into four solar-calendar pillars anchored by your Day Master element; Zi Wei Dou Shu places.
Gui Water Day Master (癸) in BaZi: Personality, Career & Compatibility
Gui Water (癸) is the Yin Water Day Master in BaZi — morning dew, underground springs, deep intuition. Complete guide.
Jia Wood Day Master (甲木)
Jia Wood (甲木) is the Yang Wood Day Master in BaZi and Korean Saju. Discover personality traits, Ten Gods for Jia.
Yi Wood Day Master (乙木)
Yi Wood (乙木) Day Master: the vine and flower of BaZi. Verified personality traits, Ten Gods relationships, seasonal.
Bing Fire Day Master (丙火)
Bing Fire (丙火) is the Yang Fire Day Master — the Sun in BaZi and Korean Saju. Decode the Di Tian Sui verse, assess.
Geng Metal Day Master (庚金)
Geng Metal (庚金) is Yang Metal — the sword and unrefined ore of BaZi. Verified Ten Gods table, core personality traits.
Ding Fire Day Master (丁)
Ding Fire (丁, Yin Fire) is the candle or forge flame of BaZi — focused, perceptive, and gifted at refining raw talent.
BaZi Six Destruction (Liu Po 六破): Hidden Erosion in Your Four Pillars Chart
The Six Destruction (Liu Po, 六破) is the subtlest negative branch interaction in BaZi and Korean Saju. Learn the six.
Xin Metal Day Master (辛金)
Xin Metal (辛金) is Yin Metal — the polished jewel of the Ten Heavenly Stems. BaZi guide covering personality traits, Ten.
Wu Earth Day Master (戊 Wù Tŭ) in BaZi: Personality, Career & Lucky Elements
Wu Earth (戊) is Yang Earth — the mountain Day Master of BaZi. Full practitioner guide: personality profile, Ten Gods.
Three Killings (San Sha 三煞)
Three Killings (San Sha / 삼살) explained for BaZi and Korean Saju practitioners: how to calculate it from the year's.
Monthly Virtue Star (Yue De Gui Ren) in BaZi: Calculation, Meaning & Chart Positions
Monthly Virtue Star (月德貴人, Yue De Gui Ren): identify it from your birth month branch via a four-group lookup, see a.
Tian Xi Star (天喜) in BaZi & Saju: Calculation Table, Meaning & Events
Tian Xi (天喜, Heavenly Joy) is the celebration shen sha in BaZi and Korean Saju. Use the complete 12-branch lookup table.
Best Auspicious Date to Sign a Contract
A personalised Saju (Four Pillars) date selection reading identifies the best day to sign a contract by eliminating.
Ji Earth Day Master (己) in BaZi & Saju: The Nurturer's Personality, Wealth & Destiny
Ji Earth (己) is the Yin Earth Day Master in BaZi and Saju — the fertile garden soil. Learn its core personality traits.
Saju Reading for a Newborn Baby: Day Master, Elements & Luck Cycles Explained
A saju reading for your newborn reveals their Day Master personality type, five-element balance, and when the first.
Saju Parent-Child Compatibility: Hour Pillar, Output Stars & Five-Element Bond
In BaZi and saju, parent-child compatibility is decoded through the Hour Pillar (Children's Palace), Food God and.
BaZi Hua Qi (化氣格)
Hua Qi (化氣格) is BaZi's rarest special chart: two adjacent Heavenly Stems combine and transform into a single ruling.
BaZi Five Elements & Body Organs
Wood governs the liver, Fire the heart, Earth the spleen, Metal the lungs, Water the kidneys. Learn how BaZi elemental.
BaZi Lu Shen (禄神) Prosperity Star
The Lu Shen (禄神) Prosperity Star in BaZi and Korean Saju marks the branch where your Day Master reaches full maturity —.
Will My Ex Come Back?
Your Four Pillars chart holds three measurable signals — Spouse Palace interaction, Partner Star strength, and Peach.
Birth Season & Element Strength in Saju
The Month Pillar places your Saju chart inside a commanding season that amplifies one element above all others —.
BaZi Day Master Seasonal Strength
The complete guide to the five classical BaZi seasonal states (旺相休囚死): which birth months empower or weaken all ten Day.
BaZi Chart Climate (調候)
Winter births need Yang Fire (Bing 丙); summer births need Yin Water (Gui 癸). Learn how chart climate — Tiao Hou (調候) /.
Saju vs Chinese BaZi
The shared eight-character root and where Korean saju and Chinese BaZi differ.
Read your chart — pillars & elements
Build your chart and learn what each part means.
Korean Four Pillars Calculator
How your year, month, day, and hour pillars are built from your birth date.
Free Saju Calculator
Get a free four pillars reading from your birth date — no sign-up needed.
The Five Elements in Saju
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water — what each element means in your chart.
Korean Day Master Test
Find your Day Master — the core of your personality in Korean saju.
What Your Birth Time Means
The hour pillar explained — what your birth time adds to a reading.
Timing, career & the year ahead
Saju Daewoon — 10-Year Luck Cycle
How your decade-long luck cycles shape the seasons of your life.
Saju Career Reading
What your four pillars suggest about the work that fits how you are built.
Saju 2026 Yearly Reading
Your Fire Horse year outlook, read from your own birth chart.
Love & compatibility (gunghap)
Saju Compatibility Explained
How Korean love compatibility (gunghap) actually works.
Saju Marriage Compatibility
What a traditional gunghap marriage reading checks between two charts.
Compatibility by Birth Date
How two birth dates match in a saju love reading.
Compatibility Test for Couples
A free Korean gunghap match you can run together.
Korean zodiac & more
Korean Zodiac by Birth Year
Find your zodiac animal and element from your birth year.
What Is My Korean Zodiac Animal?
Look up your zodiac animal by birth year — free.
Korean Saju Apps Compared
How the main saju apps stack up for an English reading.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Korean saju?
Saju is the Korean four pillars of destiny: a reading built from your birth year, month, day and hour, giving eight characters interpreted through the Five Elements and the ten gods.
How do you read a saju chart?
Find your Day Master, the character that represents you, see which elements support or drain it, then layer on timing through your ten-year and yearly luck cycles.
Can I build my saju chart for free?
Yes. Every guide is free to read and you can build your own four-pillar chart free in about a minute from your birth date and hour, with no sign-up needed.
What is the Day Master in saju?
The Day Master is the character that represents you and the core of your personality reading; the rest of the chart is interpreted in relation to it.