Learn Korean Saju
Saju (사주, Four Pillars) reads the moment you were born as eight characters: four pairs of a Heavenly Stem and an Earthly Branch. These guides explain how the system works, in plain English, using the same calculations as our readings.
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What Is Saju? Korean Four Pillars Astrology Explained
What is Saju? A plain-English guide to Korean Four Pillars astrology: the eight characters of your birth chart, what they mean and how a reading works.
Saju vs BaZi vs Western Astrology
Saju vs BaZi vs Western astrology compared: what Korean and Chinese Four Pillars share, where Korean practice differs, and how both differ from sun signs.
The Four Pillars of Destiny
The Four Pillars of Destiny explained: how year, month, day and hour pillars are built from Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and what each one represents.
Day Master in Saju
Your Day Master (일간) is the stem of your day pillar and represents you in Saju. Meet all 10 Day Masters and learn what strong and weak Day Masters mean.
The Five Elements in Saju
The Five Elements (오행) in Saju explained: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water, their generating and controlling cycles, and how to read element balance.
The Ten Gods in Saju (십성)
The Ten Gods (십성) in Saju explained: how each stem relates to your Day Master by element and polarity, and what Friend, Eating God and Direct Wealth mean.
Saju Luck Pillars
Saju luck pillars explained: how 10-year daeun and annual seun cycles are calculated from gender, year polarity and solar terms, and what 2026 Byeong-o means.
Birth Time and Place in Saju
Why birth time and place matter in Saju: the two-hour hour pillar, unknown birth times, true solar time correction and why the Saju year starts at Ipchun.
The ten Day Masters
Your Day Master is the Heavenly Stem of your day pillar, the character that stands for you in the chart.
甲 Gap
Yang Wood
乙 Eul
Yin Wood
丙 Byeong
Yang Fire
丁 Jeong
Yin Fire
戊 Mu
Yang Earth
己 Gi
Yin Earth
庚 Gyeong
Yang Metal
辛 Sin
Yin Metal
壬 Im
Yang Water
癸 Gye
Yin Water
Blind chart readings
We gave our engine only the eight characters of a famous person's chart, with no name, date or place, and set the reading next to the documented life. Both the passages that matched and the ones that missed are shown.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
Coco Chanel's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Marie Curie
Marie Curie's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley's Saju Chart: A Blind Reading from Eight Characters
Go deeper
The 60 day pillars
Every stem-and-branch pair of the sexagenary cycle, with hidden stems, life stage and 2026–2030 years.
The 12 Earthly Branches
Rat to Pig: element, hours, solar month, harmonies and clashes.
The Ten Gods
Friend, Wealth, Officer, Resource and Output, one page each.
2026 Fire Horse year (丙午)
What the Byeong-o year brings for each of the ten Day Masters, month by month.
Day Master compatibility
All 55 pairings of the ten stems: combinations, clashes and Ten God roles.
Stars and nobles glossary
Peach Blossom, Travelling Horse, Heavenly Noble, Samjae and 21 more.