(24) How Saju Affects Ones Health

By Janet Shin

What to eat is one of our daily concerns. One day, you might feel like eating some hot soup, and the next day, you want some barbecue. Saju can give advice on what food you should eat to attain better health.

We can classify by flavor as shown in the chart below. This can be useful information in analyzing one’s fate.

Here is a saju of a man who was born in the year of 1961 (ja ― rat). His birth month is ja (11th month of the lunar calendar) at the time of in (3 to 5 a.m.). The day master to represent him is im (yang water).

Im people usually have good interpersonal skills. They seldom reveal what they think. Im personalities are suitable for intellectual pursuits.

This man used to be a journalist for a renowned newspaper and published several books. Now he owns a company related to students and education

Let’s review his four pillars one by one. He was born with the energy of im (yang water) and the month branch is ja water (when the water energy is strongest). In addition, he has ja water in his year branch and sin metal in his day branch, which generates water. So his own energy (water) is very powerful compared to any other elements in his saju.

His career star (mu earth) restricts the water energy but it cannot compete with the water power. Although he worked at a reputable company in his thirties, he resigned to start his own business. The people who have a friend star at the month branch are very strong and usually run their own business. They don’t want to be controlled by others, but seek to rule others. However, too much is as bad as too little. The knowledge star (metal) that generates water (himself) cannot be used effectively in his life.

On the other hand, in wood would have been great to be utilized as his expression star. Since water generates wood, he is strong enough and would help nourish the woods well to express his talents.

Unfortunately, in wood in his time branch is damaged by sin metal (metal chops wood). Although he manages his business well and earns a lot of money, he is troubled by contracts with his business partners and experiences financial challenges.

The most painful aspect is his health. His liver (wood indicates liver in terms of physical organs) is weak and he always feels tired. He never drinks alcohols because of his weak liver. He even had to incise his gallbladder.

In terms of flavor as summarized in the chart, he does not like salty food as he already has lots of water energy in his saju. He likes bitter food (but not salty) and needs to eat fruits and other food to get sweet and sour flavors.

The writer is the president of the Heavenly Garden, a saju research center in Korea. She is the author of ``Learning Four Pillars." She offers saju courses to all who are interested. For more information, visit her Web site (https://blog.naver.com/janet_shin) or email janetshin@hotmail.com