Saju and BaZi begin with the same year, month, day, and hour pillars. The raw chart can travel between traditions; a complete interpretation cannot be assumed to do the same. This calculator names the overlap and the boundary directly.
Terminology mapping only. Individual Korean schools and practitioners may romanize or interpret these concepts differently.
Both traditions organize birth information into four stem-and-branch pairs. The Day Stem anchors the chart, while season, element balance, relationships among the characters, and major luck cycles shape the reading.
Saju corresponds to Four Pillars, Palja to the Eight Characters, Ilgan to the Day Stem or Day Master, and Daeun to the major luck cycles often called Da Yun in Chinese BaZi writing.
Eight Fates uses Chinese BaZi terminology and its documented calculation choices. It does not reproduce a Korean practitioner's lineage, consultation style, lunar calendar intake, or school-specific Saju rules.
Review the calculation methodThe form accepts a Gregorian civil date. Do not type a lunar date directly. If the original record is lunar, convert it first with the correct year and leap-month status, then enter the resulting Gregorian date.
Saju (사주, 四柱) is the Korean name for the Four Pillars of a birth chart: year, month, day, and hour. The chart is also described as Palja (팔자, 八字), the eight stem-and-branch characters across those four pillars.
They share the same Four Pillars chart structure and many concepts, including the Day Stem, Five Elements, Ten Gods, and major luck cycles. They are not identical as complete reading traditions: Korean Saju and Chinese BaZi use different terminology, teaching lineages, and interpretive conventions.
No. It calculates the shared Four Pillars chart, then explains it with Eight Fates' Chinese BaZi terminology and interpretive framework. It is not a Korean-practitioner-specific Saju reading.
No. Enter the Gregorian civil date shown on a Western calendar. If your record is lunar, convert it first with a reliable calendar that preserves the correct year and any leap-month status before using this form.
No. An exact time gives the complete Hour Pillar, but you can select Time unknown to calculate the Year, Month, and Day Pillars. The result keeps time-sensitive conclusions provisional instead of inventing an hour.
For a known time and city, it applies the site's BaZi calculation method: historical time-zone and daylight-saving rules, longitude, the equation of time, and exact solar-term boundaries. A Korean Saju practitioner may use a different time convention.
Yes. The Four Pillars chart, Day Master, element balance, and reading preview are free with no account or email. A fuller report interpreted through the site's Chinese BaZi framework is an optional $4.99 purchase.