Notes

Short notes on Saju concepts — cross-linked into a web. Start anywhere.

• What's the Difference Between a Clash and a Combination?

  A combination (合) is a relationship where characters pull toward and bind with each other; a clash (沖) is where opposing energies collide head-on. Neither is a verdict of good or bad — read them as clues to which direction energy is gathering or moving.

• What Is the Day Master in Saju?

  The Day Master (日干) is the Heavenly Stem of the day you were born — the reference point for reading your entire chart. We explain why this single character among your eight stands for "you" and anchors how the other seven get read.

• What's the Difference Between Today's Iljin and My Day Pillar?

  Iljin (日辰) is the stem-branch pair for today; the Day Pillar (日柱) is the stem-branch pair fixed at your own birth. We explain the difference between these two concepts on the Ten-Thousand-Year calendar, and the day they meet (an Iljin return).

• How Is Today's Fortune Calculated?

  Saju-based daily fortune is calculated from the relationship between today's Iljin and your own Day Master (a Ten Gods relationship) using the Ten-Thousand-Year calendar. Not random — deterministic. The same birth date always yields the same answer.

• Someone Told Me I Have a "Bad" Saju — Is That True?

  There's no such thing as a bad Saju chart. The eight characters are simply a combination of innate energies — and any reading that scares you into buying a ritual or a talisman is worth being wary of.

• Can Saju Be Changed?

  The eight characters set at the moment of your birth (your natal chart) never change — but the luck flowing over them, how you read them, and the choices you make keep changing. We also explain why we don't cover the efficacy of "luck-changing" rituals or talismans.

• Is Saju Based on the Lunar Calendar or the Solar Calendar?

  Saju is based on neither the lunar nor the solar calendar — it runs on solar terms. We explain why Ipchun marks the start of the year, and the basic principle behind Ten-Thousand-Year calendar conversion.

• Can Saju Tell If I Have Depression?

  No, Saju is not a tool for diagnosing depression. If your heart feels heavy, professional help comes first — in Korea, dial the Mental Health Crisis Counseling line at 1577-0199 (24 hours), or reach a crisis line where you are. Saju stays within the realm of reference for self-understanding.

• Are Sinsal Always Bad?

  No — sinsal aren't a verdict of good or bad fortune, they're symbolic nicknames attached to specific combinations of characters. Modern Saju rereads stars like the Traveling Horse or Peach Blossom not as a stamp of fear but as the grain of a standout trait.

• What Are the Ten Gods? Reading Them as Five Groups First

  The Ten Gods (十星) sort the other characters in your chart into ten relationships, measured against your Day Master. We show how to group them into five pairs — Companions, Output, Wealth, Officer, and Resource — to make them easier to read.

• I Was Born During Daylight Saving Time — Does My Saju Hour Change?

  During a daylight-saving period, clocks ran an hour ahead, so you subtract an hour from the clock time to get the real (standard-time) birth hour. This mostly affects people born in 1987-1988, and Gwiraedang corrects for it automatically, showing the correction on the results screen.

• Does the City You Were Born In Change Your Saju?

  Even at the same clock time, a different longitude means a different position of the sun — which can shift your Hour Pillar. Korea's standard time is set to 135°E, so Seoul's true solar time runs about 32 minutes behind the clock, and Busan about 24 minutes. Gwiraedang applies this correction automatically once you pick a birth city and discloses it on screen.

• What's the Difference Between Tojeong Bigyeol and Saju?

  Tojeong Bigyeol draws a hexagram from a formula based on your birth date; Saju calculates eight characters from the Ten-Thousand-Year calendar. We compare the two traditions plainly, without ranking one above the other.

• If You're Born at 11 PM, Does the Saju Date Change?

  Your Hour Pillar shifts into the Zi hour at 11 PM, but Gwiraedang treats your Day Pillar's date boundary as midnight, keeping the solar-calendar birthday as-is (the fixed-Zi convention). Different perpetual calendars landing on a different Day Pillar for this window isn't an error — it's a difference in convention.