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Practical Saju guides
How to enter your Saju birthday: Gregorian, lunar and leap months
Check the birth year, Gregorian or Korean lunar date, leap month and birth time before entering a Saju chart. Avoid converting the same date twice.
Practical Saju guidesDaeun, yearly, monthly and daily fortune: how the time periods differ
Understand ten-year Daeun, yearly Seun, monthly Wolun and daily fortune. Compare the same time period and turn a reading into a practical check.
Practical Saju guidesWhy Saju apps disagree: a birth-chart comparison checklist
Compare the four pillars before comparing interpretations. Check calendar conversion, solar terms, late-night boundaries and time corrections one setting at a time.
Practical Saju guidesSaju compatibility: seven questions to discuss before checking the score
Use a Saju compatibility reading to start a conversation. Check consent and birth details, then discuss communication, plans, conflict and one shared action.
Complete guides to read firstIf you want to skim scattered topics all at once
The complete guide to reading Saju — from the terms to the reading order, all at once
Saju palja, manseryeok, Day Master, Five Elements, Ten Gods, Daeun. The reading order in five steps, plus 25 terms gathered in a table.
Complete guideSaju Glossary — 41 terms, one line each
Written so that the differences between easily confused terms — Day Master vs. day pillar, jeol vs. gi, Daeun vs. annual luck — come through clearly.
Complete guideThe complete guide to choosing good days — moving, weddings, business openings, contracts
Son-eomneun-nal, direct clashes and criteria by purpose. Starting with what to lock in first when you set a date.
2027 previewIf you want an early look at the Jeongmi year
2027 New Year fortune — the Jeongmi year by Day Master
The same Jeongmi year is ten different years for the ten Day Masters. Ten Gods by Day Master and the flow of strength in two-month blocks.
Seasonal2027 fortune by zodiac animal — the Jeongmi year's Sheep (未) and the twelve zodiac animals
Three Harmony with the Rabbit and Pig, Six Harmony with the Horse, a clash with the Ox. The months that bring support or movement for each zodiac animal, and differences by birth year.
SeasonalWhat zodiac year is 2027? The Jeongmi year of the Red Sheep, explained
The Jeongmi year, the Year of the Red Sheep. Ipchun, when the zodiac animal changes, falls on February 4 at 10:46. Plus how the twelve zodiac animals relate to the Sheep (未).
Date selectionGood days for moving and weddings in 2027 — a calendar by purpose
The 68 Son-eomneun-nal split by purpose: 17 weekend days for moving, 9 peak-season weekend days for weddings.
Calculation2027 age table — zodiac animal, international age and year-based age at a glance
International age, year-based age and Korean counting age by birth year, with the stem-branch pair and zodiac animal. Plus ppareun-nyeonsaeng and hwangap (60th birthday).
Everyday SajuToday's color, this week's rhythm, an end-of-day log
Today's lucky color — choosing what to wear by the Five Elements
7 colors by element and lucky numbers, plus a lucky-color calendar for each day of October–December 2026.
FortuneWeekly fortune — checking whether it was right, not just reading it
How to read this week through your Day Master, plus a 4-week iljin table. Lock in the forecast in advance, then score it with your mood log.
Everyday lifeHow to keep a mood journal — one emoji, done in 10 seconds
Just pick one: good, okay or tough. Once a week's worth builds up, your weekday patterns start to show.
The Mutal Unnie storyHow the app was made and what it does
Saju apps and Saju consultations — which to use, and when
For one question you want to explore in depth, a consultation; for checking each day as it comes, an app. It comes down to the kind of question.
Good to knowHow to choose a Saju app that does date selection — five things to check
A Son-eomneun-nal calendar isn't date selection. Narrow the candidates with your own chart, and see whether the day you pick carries through into your plans.
About the appWhy do we stop opening Saju apps after three days?
It's not willpower, it's structure. Four criteria for an app worth opening every day, and Mutal Unnie's daily loop.
About the appHow free is a free Saju reading? — what to check before you pay
The calculations are free; long interpretations are paid. What you can see without signing up, and where payment comes in.
Good to knowHow to choose a Saju app — five types compared, and what to check
Department-store, budget single-reading, chatbot, manseryeok tool and companion types. Which suits which purpose, and what to check before you install.
About the appLook-up apps vs. companion apps — where Saju apps part ways
On a feature list they all look alike. What actually sets them apart is three things: whether they score themselves, whether they sit on top of your schedule, and whether they disclose their calculations.
Good to knowHow Saju apps charge — filtering out apps that use fear
The differences between pay-per-reading, subscriptions and in-app currency, and five signs of an app that pushes payment through anxiety. We've also written down what Mutal Unnie can't do.
App guideHow to use Mutal Unnie — not a fortune you look up, but an app that goes along with you
It has all the Saju-app basics, with an event companion added on top. Five tabs, the daily loop, and what's free versus what takes Bok.
About the appAre fortunes actually right? — a Hit Ledger that shows the misses too
We lock in the forecast in advance, compare it with your own log, and score it every week. Hits and misses are shown just as they are.
About the appInvite a friend and you both get 30 Bok — why it's capped at ten a month
Both the person who invites and the person invited get 30 Bok. The cap isn't about generosity — it's by design. Plus a price list of what Bok can do.
Good to knowReading Saju with AI — where it gets it right and where it goes wrong
What chatbot Saju most often gets wrong isn't the interpretation but the calculation. Here's where to check.
Date selection · choosing a dateWhen you need to decide when to do something
Good days to sign a contract — choosing by your Day Master
For a contract date, go with your Day Master's Direct Wealth and Direct Officer days. Candidate dates for October–December 2026 by Day Master.
Date selectionClash days — finding the days that clash with your zodiac animal and day branch
Clash days come once every 12 days. A date table by Earthly Branch for October 2026–March 2027.
Date selectionWhat is taegil (date selection)? — what it means to choose a good day
Son-eomneun-nal is the same for everyone; date selection is tailored to you. What actually gets looked at when choosing a good day.
Date selection2027 Son-eomneun-nal complete guide — the monthly calendar at a glance
All 68 days from January to December, with weekdays. Days that fall on weekends are marked too.
Date selectionWhen your moving date doesn't line up — if you couldn't get a Son-eomneun-nal
No need to put things off just because you couldn't get one. Alternative criteria, and what to take care of if move-in registration or a loan falls out of step.
Date selectionHow to set a wedding date — what date selection actually does
Venue first, or date first? When the two families disagree. When the date is already set.
Date selectionSon-eomneun-nal 2028 complete guide — every month's calendar at a glance
All 68 days from January to December, with weekdays. Plus how the weekdays shift compared with 2027.
Saju basicsFrom the terms up, step by step
Strong or weak Day Master — 3 steps to tell whether your chart is strong or weak
Count just three boxes — seasonal, branch and numerical support — and the direction becomes clear. A strong chart isn't automatically good, and a weak one isn't automatically bad.
Saju basicsHow to find your Useful God — plus Favorable and Unfavorable Gods: choosing the energy your chart needs
Four methods — strengthen-or-restrain, climate-balancing, bridging and illness-and-remedy — and how to set Favorable and Unfavorable Gods. A missing element isn't automatically your Useful God.
Saju basicsThe Twelve Life Stages — from Birth to Nurturing, found with a lookup table by Day Master
What the twelve stages mean, and a lookup table of 10 Day Masters × 12 Earthly Branches. Plus how they relate to Dohwasal and Yeongmasal.
CompatibilityReading family Saju — your parents, children, spouse and you
Five kinds of parent–child dynamic, plus what to do when the birth time is unknown or the birthday is lunar.
CompatibilityHow to read Saju compatibility — after zodiac animals comes Day Master compatibility
Five stem-combination pairs, four stem-clash pairs, and a 10×10 table showing which star the other person is to you.
BasicsReading monthly luck — this month's fortune comes from the month pillar
In Saju, the month changes at the solar-term entry time. A month-pillar table through the end of 2027, plus Ten God tables by Day Master.
CompatibilityZodiac compatibility chart — Three Harmony, Six Harmony, clash and Wonjin on one page
The best-matched seats are two Three Harmony partners and one Six Harmony partner. Plus why a clash isn't a breakup — all in one chart.
FortuneWhy does today's fortune differ from app to app? — three approaches
By zodiac animal there are twelve kinds; by Saju there are hundreds of thousands. Different ingredients, different answers.
CalculationFinding your lunar birthday on the Gregorian calendar — leap months and the conversion steps
Why it moves about ten days earlier each year, which years get a leap month, and the 2027 lunar calendar.
Saju basicsWhat is iljin (日辰)? — how it differs from today's fortune
Iljin, the two characters that change every day. How it differs from today's fortune, and what to look at.
Saju basicsDay pillar (日柱) and Day Master — which character is 'you' in Saju?
Of the Eight Characters, exactly one is 'you'. Once you know your Day Master, every other interpretation starts from there.
Saju basicsThe 10 Ten Gods (十神) — the names that set the tone of your day
From Companion to Direct Resource, what kind of day each of the ten names makes. It's not good or bad — just a difference in tone.
Saju basicsFive Elements (五行) balance and what to eat today — meals that make up for missing energy
What Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water are, which element you're short on, and what kind of meal makes up for it.
Saju basicsThe Twelve Sinsal — all twelve names sorted out at once
Dohwasal, Yeongmasal and Hwagaesal are actually one set. Plus how to find your sinsal with a lookup table.
Saju basicsGongmang (空亡) — what an 'empty' seat means
It doesn't mean bad — it means empty. A seat that doesn't get filled, but where attachment is lighter too.
Saju basicsDaeun (大運) — the big cycle that shifts every 10 years
Why the starting age differs from person to person, and what changes when the cycle switches.
Saju basicsThe Saju new year isn't January 1 — the story of Ipchun
If your birthday is in early February, your zodiac animal may be different. In Saju, the year starts at Ipchun.
SeasonalSamjae zodiac animals in 2027 — who, and from when to when
In 2027, people born in the Years of the Pig, Rabbit and Sheep are in leaving Samjae (nal-samjae) — the final year. Plus why Samjae falls on those animals.
FAQHow accurate is a Saju reading if you don't know your birth time?
What a 'Three Pillars' reading without the hour pillar can show, and what only comes into view when you know the birth time.
Big daysIf an important day is coming up
The night-before-interview routine — turning nerves into performance
Memorizing new material the night before costs you. Sleep, 3 likely questions, and your morning route.
Big daysThe day before and the day of an exam — walking out having used everything you know
Opening new material the day before costs you. Just your wrong answers and summaries — and if the first question stumps you, skip it.
Big daysBlind date day — the trick is not trying to impress
What to prepare isn't a self-introduction — it's three questions to ask the other person.
Where manseryeok results divergeIf the same birthday comes out differently in different apps
How to confirm your birth time — where it's recorded
The Family Relationship Certificate doesn't show the time. Which to check: the birth report, the birth certificate or hospital records.
ManseryeokWhy manseryeok apps give different results — five fault lines and what we found when we checked
It isn't that some apps are wrong — they start from different assumptions. We point out five places, and disclose what we checked our results against.
ManseryeokBorn at 11 p.m.? — the late and early Ja hour
One hour in which both characters of the day pillar can change. The two schools side by side, and what to check first.
ManseryeokTwelve years of daylight saving time — people whose hour pillar shifts by one
If you were born in the summer of 1948–51, 1955–60 or 1987–88, the clocks were 1 hour ahead. Periods by year in a table.
ManseryeokHow Korea Standard Time changed three times
For people born in 1954–1961, clocks ran 30 minutes behind today's. Plus true solar time correction, all at once.
Solar terms · the edges of the seasonsThe moment the month changes in Saju
The 24 solar terms complete guide — jeol vs. gi, and the twelve that Saju uses
The 24 don't all carry the same weight. Only the 12 jeol change the month. Plus why a solar term is a moment in time, not a date.
By yearThe 24 solar terms of 2027 — entry times to the minute
Ipchun February 4, 10:46; Dongji December 22, 11:42. All 24, in Korea Standard Time.
By yearThe 24 solar terms of 2028 — entry times to the minute
Ipchun February 4, 16:31; Dongji December 21, 17:19. It's a leap year, so the times swing back.
Solar termsDongji — the longest night: Ae-dongji, Jung-dongji and No-dongji
Daylight in Seoul: 9 hours 34 minutes. Plus the rule that decides whether you make patjuk (red bean porridge) or rice cakes.
Solar termsCheongmyeong and Hansik — the original Son-eomneun-nal
Why people moved house and tended ancestral graves at this time. It's calculated differently from the Son-eomneun-nal we know.
Solar termsHaji — the longest day, and so the day the tide turns
Daylight in Seoul: 14 hours 46 minutes. Plus why the hottest day isn't Haji.
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Manseryeok calculator — your Eight Characters, with corrections
Optionally correct for daylight saving time and former standard times, and see births in the 11 p.m. hour under both schools side by side. Nayin, Void and Five Elements distribution too.
ToolsToday's Iljin — what kind of day is today?
Today's two characters and lunar date, whether it's a Son-eomneun-nal, and the days left until the next solar term. Plus a two-week iljin table.
ToolsLunar · Gregorian converter
It distinguishes leap months and long/short months too. Use it to move a lunar birthday onto the Gregorian calendar.
ToolsSon-eomneun-nal finder — only the days that fall on weekends and holidays
Set a period and get every Son-eomneun-nal in it, with weekday, lunar date and iljin. You can also leave out days that clash with your zodiac animal.
ToolsDaeun calculator — the stem-branch flow in 10-year steps
Calculates your Daeun starting age and forward/backward direction, and shows the basis too: how many days to the solar term that number came from.
ToolsAge calculator — international age, year-based age, Korean counting age
All three ages at once. Plus the weekday and zodiac animal you were born under, that day's iljin, the number of days you've lived, and your 10,000-day anniversary.
ToolsYour lunar birthday on the Gregorian calendar — the next 15 years
It handles tricky cases too, like leap-month birthdays or birthdays on the 30th day of a lunar month.
ToolsSamjae checker — when is Samjae for your zodiac animal?
Choose your zodiac animal to see the years Samjae arrives and the entering, staying and leaving order. Just when it is — no scare tactics.
All day pillarsThe two characters of your birth day
All calendarsWhen you're looking by month
Choosing a Saju app: the complete guide — types, pricing, accuracy
Five types, three pricing models, five points where the calculations diverge. Everything to look at when choosing a Saju app, in one place.
Complete guide2027 Jeongmi year complete guide — zodiac animal, Samjae, good days
Ipchun February 4 at 10:46, Seollal February 7. Samjae animals, 68 Son-eomneun-nal days and the 24 solar terms, all in one place.
Complete guideManseryeok complete guide — five points where results diverge
Ipchun, solar-term times, the Ja-hour boundary, daylight saving time, true solar time. The places where the Eight Characters can diverge are well defined.
Complete guideToday's fortune complete guide — from iljin to the Ten Gods
It's made from iljin × your own Saju. Iljin, day pillar, Ten Gods, Five Elements and the Void, all in one place.
CalendarSon-eomneun-nal calendar — 2027 and 2028 by month at a glance
24 months of Son-eomneun-nal with dates, weekdays and weekend flags, in one place. Jump straight to each month's page.