Saju Guide
Easily make sense of Saju and Myeongri terms and the 60 Gapja Day Pillars.
The 60 Gapja Day Pillars
The 60 combinations of Day Stem and Day Branch — see each Day Pillar’s innate disposition and spouse fortune.
Heavenly Stems
The ten Heavenly Stems and the innate nature of each Day Master.
Earthly Branches
The twelve Earthly Branches with their zodiac animals, hours and seasons.
Five Elements
The generating and controlling cycles and meanings of the five elements.
Ten Gods
The ten social relationships defined relative to the Day Master.
Twelve Life Stages
The twelve-stage life cycle (十二運星) showing how your Day Master’s energy rises and falls — birth, peak, decline and renewal — at each of the twelve branches.
Symbolic Stars (Sinsal)
Auspicious and inauspicious symbolic stars in Saju — Nobleman, Peach Blossom, Travelling Horse and more.
Branch & Stem Relations
Combinations and clashes of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches: harmony, clash, punishment, destruction and harm.
Yearly Fortune (Se-un)
The Ganji (Heavenly Stem & Earthly Branch) of each year and its fortune energy.
24 Solar Terms
The 24 solar terms that mark the months and seasons in the Saju calendar.
dictionary of terms
Defines key terms such as the Five Elements, Ten Gods, Gyeokguk, and Yongsin.