(149) No problem

By Janet Shin

How many of you think that you don’t have any problems? Being awash with news of accidents and events may have driven us to believe that this world is full of problems, but most of you ― including those who read this article ― are just ordinary people.

While many try to consult about their destiny to find answers, others just sit in as friends have their saju read, saying that they do not have specific issues to address. During the reading, some specific advice to their friends draws attention. They may want to have their lives read just for fun. This way, lots of ordinary people’s saju are also read.

One doesn’t have to be a celebrity, politician or famous athlete to want to know their fate. It doesn’t always have to do with death, bankruptcy or divorce.

We all have various curiosities about life. I usually see certain issues of one’s life while reading the saju but there are also many cases without specific agonies to advise on. But even for those who see themselves as ordinary, when one reads their saju closely, everybody has troubles.

Some of my students told me that when they first enrolled in the saju class, their spouses were against it. They thought they did not need to rely on fortune telling. It was partly because they considered saju superstitious.

There is a woman who is a math teacher at a middle school. Her husband has a steady job, they have a lovely child and they love each other. She said she didn’t have any problems when she first visited me with her friend so, she didn’t mean to have her saju read.

Although she thought she was living in the same world as others, having everything in her hands ― a loyal husband, a secure profession and a steady income ― she wondered about what would happen in the future, just in case. According to her birth year, month, day and time, we may discern that she was born with a yang water day master. It represents a deep and wide sea or lake. Those who are born with a water day master are considered gentle and wise. They are usually good listeners. Water is the last element among the five elements but it also returns to its original point as it circulates back to the wood element. Water conserves energy so it is in charge of wisdom. When it comes to a season, it represents winter. So the living things in water can be active inside, but they appear calm.

If we compare it with the fire element, fire people do not hide their inner feelings.

Other than this general knowledge of her day master, we may notice a clash between her month and year branch. Will it be her marriage or a child-related misfortune? The clash between the month and year branch usually does not severely influence one’s life. The expression star denotes children in a woman’s saju. I asked whether she had any difficulty having a child. She said no. Of course, she also did not have any problem with her marriage. The palaces representing her children (time pillar) and marriage (day pillar) looked healthy enough.

Then, what would have happened to her life, with this clash between her month and year pillar? It is a clash between her expression and knowledge stars. And it is located in her year and month pillars. These are the pillars showing the destiny of one’s ages from birth to 15 and 16 to 30. And they are related with her youth and her parents.

Her father suddenly passed away when she was a teenager, which influenced her a lot. She recalled the sorrow during her adolescence.

Also, she wanted to major in a different subject but she failed in the college entrance examination. She wanted to pursue her dream so she retook the test, but again failed. So her current profession is not the one she really wanted.

When these were revealed by saju, she realized the buried agony of her life and sighed in awe.

Are you interested in learning more about the ancient Chinese teaching about “the Four Pillars of Destiny?” Saju (Ancient Chinese Teaching ― Four Pillars of Destiny) or face-reading workshops are held in Itaewon, Seoul. For further information, call Janet Shin at 010-5414-7461 or email janetshin@hotmail.com.

The writer is the president of the Heavenly Garden, a saju research center in Korea, and the author of “Learning Four Pillars” For more information, visit her website at www.fourpillarskorea.com