Learning Paths
An order to follow if you want to learn this properly
If there is plenty to read but you do not know where to start, follow the order below. Each path simply arranges articles already on the site into the order you should read them.
How to Study Saju
From the stems and branches to the great luck cycles, in order
- Stage 1 · Read the characters
- Stage 2 · See the relations
- Stage 3 · Read the flow of time
12 articles
How to Learn Tarot
From the structure of the 78 cards to spreads and reversals
- Stage 1 · Know the cards
- Stage 2 · Lay them out and read
6 articles
How to Study Astrology
From the twelve signs to houses and aspects
- Stage 1 · Understand the twelve signs
- Stage 2 · Look at planets and houses
- Stage 3 · Read the cycles
9 articles
How to Study Numerology
From the life path number to your personal year
- Stage 1 · Find your inborn numbers
- Stage 2 · Read the numbers of the moment
6 articles
How to Study Dream Reading
From how symbols work to the dreams people have most
- Stage 1 · How symbols are read
- Stage 2 · The dreams people actually have
4 articles
How to Study Personality Types
From MBTI to Sasang constitution and color psychology
- Stage 1 · Understand typologies
- Stage 2 · Add other perspectives
- Stage 3 · Compare two people
8 articles
Reading Palms and Faces
From the lines on your hand to the shape of a face, in the order tradition read them
- Stage 1 · Trace the lines on your hand
- Stage 2 · Look at the face
4 articles
Reading Korean Traditional Fortune
From the year ahead to hexagrams, directions and names, in the order tradition read them
- Stage 1 · Read the year ahead
- Stage 2 · Draw a hexagram and ask
- Stage 3 · Settle a place and a name
6 articles
What Your Birth Date Alone Can Show
From what is fixed on the day you were born to what keeps moving with the calendar
- Stage 1 · What the day fixes
- Stage 2 · The rhythm the date draws
4 articles
Nothing here was written specially for it
A learning path is simply a set of the explanatory pieces already published in the reading section, gathered into the order in which they are best learned. Not one of them was written anew, so if you meet a piece here that you have already read elsewhere on the site, feel free to skip it. Even the same piece lands differently depending on what comes before and after it, so reading it again in sequence often turns up passages you passed over the first time.
Which path to start with
The paths differ in length. A short one runs to four pieces and can be finished in a day, while a long one such as the Saju path runs past ten. If this is your first time, it is better to take a short path and read it right to the end. Having finished one path is what keeps you from abandoning a longer one halfway through. If a particular field already interests you, though, start there regardless of how many pieces it holds.
Do not try to read it all at once
Each path is divided into stages, and every stage gathers two to four pieces together. That grouping is exactly the amount worth reading in one sitting. Read one stage, leave it for a few days, and move on to the next, and the earlier stage tends to stay with you better. The previous and next pieces are attached above and below each one, so you can carry on without having to remember where you left off.
The paths overlap in places
Concepts shared across several fields, such as the five elements or the twelve branches, come round again on a different path. It may feel like the same material repeating, but the five elements you met in Saju are put to a different use in face reading. Those are the points where a second encounter deepens the understanding, so please do not skip them. Reading several paths also makes it clear on its own how the fields connect to one another.
When you finish a path
At the end of each path there is a link to the reading for that field, so you can try it directly. What you have read only settles once you lay it over your own chart or your own sign, so it is worth finishing with a go at it yourself. Pieces that would not fit any path have been left in the reading list as they are, so even after finishing a path it is worth running an eye over that list for what is missing.