In-depth guides to Korean Saju (사주) / Chinese BaZi (八字) / Japanese 四柱推命 — written in plain language, available in English, Korean, and Japanese. For a free personalized reading, use the Saju reading tool.
The same Four Pillars chart can be explained through Korean Saju or Chinese BaZi vocabulary and teaching traditions. Compare what stays the same, what can differ, and how to check your own chart.
Your Day Master (日干 / 일간) is the Heavenly Stem of your day pillar — the anchor of the whole chart. The 10 stems as personality archetypes: strengths, blind spots, real-world scenes.
Wood, fire, earth, metal, water — how the balance (and imbalance) of the five elements in your chart is read, and what an excess or absence actually means.
How compatibility (궁합 / 合婚) is actually judged in Saju — day-pillar interaction, elemental complement, and what traditional matching does and doesn't claim.