How the ten relationship types turn your chart into a practical reading
The Day Master, the Heavenly Stem of your Day pillar, is the "you" at the center of a Saju chart. The Ten Gods are how every other character is read in relation to that center. The system asks a simple question of each stem and branch: is it the same element as your Day Master, the element your Day Master generates, the element it controls, the element that controls it, or the element that generates it? Each answer carries a Yang or Yin polarity, which splits five relationships into ten named stars.
Korean Saju leans on the Ten Gods heavily — many readers describe an almost obsessive focus on them — because they are what turn an abstract balance of elements into concrete talk about money, work, creativity, and relationships.
The ten stars group into five pairs. Within each pair, one member shares your Day Master's polarity and one opposes it, which changes its flavor from steady and structured to dynamic and unconventional.
| Category | The two stars | What it governs |
|---|---|---|
| Companion (same element) | Friend, Rob Wealth | Peers, rivals, self-reliance, competition |
| Output (you generate it) | Eating God, Hurting Officer | Expression, talent, creativity, performance |
| Wealth (you control it) | Direct Wealth, Indirect Wealth | Money, assets, what you can manage and acquire |
| Officer (it controls you) | Direct Officer, Seven Killings | Authority, career structure, discipline, pressure |
| Resource (it generates you) | Direct Seal, Indirect Seal | Support, learning, knowledge, protection |
Because "wealth" is the category people ask about most, it is worth a closer look. Wealth covers the element your Day Master controls, and it splits into two stars with very different textures. Direct Wealth is steady and structured: a reliable salary, a savings account that grows on schedule, a mortgage paid down methodically. Indirect Wealth is larger and riskier: real estate appreciation, an equity windfall, the freelancer whose year-end haul dwarfs the base. A chart can lean toward one, carry both, or show little wealth emphasis at all, which is part of why two people with similar elements can relate to money so differently.
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Open the free Saju readerThe Ten Gods, called Sipsin in Korean, are ten ways that each character in your chart can relate to your Day Master. Every Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch is classified as one of them, and the labels translate the raw elements into themes such as wealth, career, expression, support, and rivalry.
The ten fall into five element-based pairs, each with a Yang and Yin version: Companion (same element as you), Output or expression (the element you generate), Wealth (the element you control), Officer or authority (the element that controls you), and Resource (the element that generates you). The pair members differ by whether their polarity matches your Day Master.
Wealth is the category for the element your Day Master controls, split into two stars. Direct Wealth is steady, structured income such as a salary or savings that grow on schedule. Indirect Wealth is larger, riskier money such as real estate gains or windfalls. A chart can lean toward one, both, or neither.
The Day Master and Five Elements give you the foundation, but the Ten Gods are what turn that foundation into a practical reading about money, work, creativity, and relationships. Korean Saju places strong emphasis on them, which is why most modern readings name the Ten Gods present in a chart.
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