The Five Elements of Saju

Wood, fire, earth, metal, water

Saju reads your birth as a balance of five elements — wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. They sit in two cycles: each element produces the next (wood feeds fire, fire makes earth) and controls another (wood breaks earth, metal cuts wood). A reading is mostly the story of which elements your chart has too much of, and which it lacks.

• Wood (목)

  Growth and beginnings · plants, paper, mornings, things that grow

• Fire (화)

  Expression and visibility · light, warmth, stages, things that shine

• Earth (토)

  Stability and custody · clay, fields, routines, things that hold

• Metal (금)

  Clarity and structure · blades, bells, order, things that cut clean

• Water (수)

  Perception and flow · rivers, ink, night, things that flow

Your day master is one of these elements in yang or yin form. Cast your chart to see your own balance, free.