Fortune Stories
In-depth guides to the basics of Saju, the Five Elements, zodiac signs, Tarot, and numerology — no input needed, just read.
Fortune-telling lands far deeper when you understand the principles behind a reading rather than simply receiving a result. In this corner we've laid out the fundamentals of Saju, the Five Elements, zodiac signs, tarot, and numerology so you can read them calmly, with no input required. At the end of each article you can jump straight to the related fortune reading.
Saju Basics — How to Read Yourself Through Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, and the Five Elements
The principles behind Saju, which frames your birth year, month, day, and hour as eight characters, plus a beginner's first steps in reading your own chart.
Understanding the Sipsin (Ten Gods) — The Code of Relationships and Talent in Your Saju
The ten relationships the remaining characters form with your day master, grouped into five pairs, and how to read wealth, career, bonds, and learning through them.
The Complete Guide to the Five Elements — The Principle of Generation and Control
The cyclical principle by which Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water give life to (generation) and restrain (control) one another, seen through a lens that runs through Saju, feng shui, and traditional medicine alike.
What Is Tojeong Bigyeol — Joseon's New Year Fortune and Its 144 Hexagrams
The origins of the New Year fortune method named after Tojeong Yi Ji-ham, and the principle of drawing one of 144 hexagrams from your lunar birthday to read the year.
The Story of the Twelve Zodiac Animals — Personalities and Compatibility
The origin of how the twelve zodiac animals, from rat to pig, were fixed, the temperament of each animal, and the basics of zodiac compatibility read through three harmonies, six unions, and clashes.
How to Read Palms — The Three Major Lines and the Fate Line
From which hand to read, to the three major lines — life, head, and heart — and on to the fate line and sun line: the basics for anyone reading palms for the first time.
The Complete Guide to the Twelve Zodiac Signs — The Four Elements and Personality
The origin of the twelve signs of the zodiac, from Aries to Pisces, and how to read personality through the four elements — Fire, Earth, Air, Water — and the three qualities of cardinal, fixed, and mutable.
The 22 Major Arcana of Tarot — The Journey of Life Read Through Symbols
From The Fool to The World, the journey of growth drawn by the 22 Major Arcana and the fundamentals of reading upright and reversed cards, laid out at a beginner's eye level.
Numerology Life Path Numbers 1–9 — Your Path Read Through Numbers
How to calculate the Life Path number obtained by reducing your birth date to a single digit, and the meaning of numbers 1 through 9 and the Master Numbers.
The 16 MBTI Types, Fully Explained — Four Axes and the Combinations of Personality
What the four indicators E/I, S/N, T/F, and J/P measure, and how to understand the 16 types by grouping them into four temperament clusters.
Blood Type Personality — Temperament by A, B, O, and AB
The origins of the blood type personality theory beloved in East Asia, the signature temperaments of the four blood types, and the right attitude for enjoying it in fun.
The Principles of Dream Interpretation — Reading Symbols Through Tradition and Psychology
Why people have interpreted dreams, the views of traditional interpretation and modern psychology, and the ideas of auspicious dreams, ominous dreams, and reverse reading.
Feng Shui Basics — Your Kua Number and the Lucky Directions of Eight Mansions
A clear guide to the Kua number and the East/West Four Houses derived from your birth year and gender, and to the principles of Eight Mansions Feng Shui that pinpoint your four auspicious directions.
How to Read Compatibility — From Saju to Zodiac Signs and MBTI
A one-glance guide to the many ways of reading the bond between two people — the principles and differences of Saju, Chinese-zodiac, star-sign, name, blood-type, and MBTI compatibility.
Rune Divination — The World of the 24 Elder Futhark Runes
The origins of divination with the ancient Northern European rune letters, and the basics of drawing an Elder Futhark rune and reading it upright and reversed.
Celtic Tree Astrology — The Druids' Thirteen Trees
The Celtic Druid tradition of assigning birthdays to thirteen trees, together with each tree's symbolism and the basics of compatibility read through the four elements.
Biorhythms — The Three Cycles of Body, Emotion, and Intellect
The principles of the three biological cycles — physical, emotional, and intellectual — that flow from the day you were born, and how to read high days, low days, and critical days to gauge your condition.
Sasang Constitutions — Body and Personality Through Four Constitutions
The characteristics of the four constitutions Lee Je-ma's Sasang medicine defined — Taeyang, Taeeum, Soyang, and Soeum — and the basics of their health and food guidance.