The beginner's guide
Saju, from nothing.
Twelve chapters. No prior knowledge assumed, no signup, no email wall. Written for someone who is mildly suspicious of the whole thing — which is the correct posture, and one the last chapter takes seriously.
- 01What Saju is, and what it is notA calendar system, not a star system — and the difference matters more than you would think.
- 02The calendar it runs onWhy your Saju year might not be the year on your birth certificate.
- 03Stems and branchesThe twenty-two characters everything in the system is built from.
- 04The five elementsTwo loops that generate almost every judgement in a reading.
- 05Your day masterOf eight characters, one is you. This is that one.
- 06Strong and weakThe single judgement that most changes what your chart means.
- 07The ten godsWhere a list of elements becomes a description of a life.
- 08Clashes and combinationsWhat happens when two characters meet and do not ignore each other.
- 09Daeun — the ten-year cycleThe part of Saju that has no Western equivalent, and the reason people take it seriously.
- 10Seyun — the yearHow a single year lands on a chart, and why the same year is good for one person and bad for another.
- 11Reading a chart, end to endThe order a competent reader actually works in.
- 12What Saju cannot doThe limits, stated plainly — because a system that claims everything explains nothing.