(41) Family Relations and Their Positions

By Janet Shin

Before we finish the 10 relations, let's review the positions of each of the relative stars in saju. Although we prescribed family relations of a day master in relation with yin-yang and five elements, we may also refer to each pillar in accordance with the concept of root-seed-flower-fruit. It is a lineage hierarchy to make oneself in a saju setting.

As we reviewed before, the root-year pillar corresponds to the ancestor, the seed-month pillar to parents, the flower-day pillar to the day master itself and the fruit-time pillar to children. This concept of `position' is applied not only to relative stars, but to the assembly, combination, clashes and penalty among the branches that we will review in future columns. So let's continue to think about it, and use this tool when you review saju.

Family relations and their places in Saju

The ten stars are very dynamic and co-relate with each other. Subject to their location and the harmony among themselves, they affect the person's fate either positively or negatively, or through direct or indirect ways.

When you review your own saju, look at their position and how your day stem is affected by other stars. But remember to analyze the saju in three dimensions rather than in flat.

You must keep the basics in your mind. The upper level skill only comes from the circulation of five elements and the basic principles. The best and easiest way to study saju is to investigate your own saju and get answers for how, why and when you have certain instances in your life.

Your own saju is the best model as you learn and achieve skills reviewing your life in comparison with past and current specific experiences. Then you will come up with certain ideas that will happen in your future. Once you understand your saju and may predict your future, you will be able to evaluate others' saju and predict their fates too.

Above is a diagram putting wood as friend stars, for example, and showing the relationship of five stars.

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 e-mail janetshin@hotmail.com