土亭 Sajuman · the grain of your year
We read your whole year
in 144 hexagrams
The annual reading tradition organized by the late-Joseon scholar Tojeong Yi Ji-ham, simplified the Sajuman way. Enter your birth date and the year you want to see, and one of 144 hexagrams comes to you as the big grain of that year.
秘 What unfolds for you
We read your year through four grains
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144 hexagrams, one verse
Same input, same hexagram — the big grain of the year shown first as a 4-line classical poem.
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The big flow of the year
Above the verse, 2–3 sentences in plain modern words — warm in tone, no fated good-or-bad verdicts.
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Month-by-month flow
One line for each month from January to December — following the grain, one month at a time.
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Korean tradition, made easy
The late-Joseon Tojeong year-reading tradition — a modern version, simplified the Sajuman way.
卦 Your birth date and the year
One minute, and the big grain of your year unfolds on a single page
What you enter is used only to create the reading and is never stored anywhere. The same (birth date, target year) combination always draws the same hexagram, so if you save the result URL you can open the very same reading again all year long.
問 If you're curious about Tojeong Bigyeol
Traditional Tojeong Bigyeol vs. the Sajuman simplification
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Does this give the same result as traditional Tojeong Bigyeol?
No. Sajuman's Tojeong Bigyeol is a simplified version that borrows the *grain* of it. Traditional Tojeong Bigyeol calculates the upper, middle and lower hexagrams precisely from your age, the month pillar and the day pillar, while Sajuman draws the 144 hexagrams with a deterministic, simplified algorithm where the same input always leads to the same hexagram. For a full Tojeong Bigyeol reading, we'd suggest a session with a myeongri specialist.
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Does the result tell a fixed destiny?
No. The 144 hexagrams of Tojeong Bigyeol are just verses that show the grain of the year in a figurative way — not a verdict that "this is bound to happen this year." Sajuman's readings avoid fated, good-or-bad pronouncements and lean toward a *live with the grain and you'll do well* tone. Take it lightly, as content for fun and reference.
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How is this different from a Saju reading?
A Saju reading reads the grain of *who you are* through eight characters (year, month, day, hour). Tojeong Bigyeol shows the shape of *this one year's grain* figuratively, through a single verse. The two complement each other — so it's good to read your own Saju on the home screen, and your life-area flow on Life Area Fortune, together.
Want to see your own Saju reading too?
Go read my Saju →