TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 261
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 261
The sign of happily meeting an old friend in a land a thousand li from home
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 261
- Upper · middle · lower
- 2 · 6 · 1
- The year overall
- A good year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 1, 4, 8, 10 and 12
- Months to take care
- None
Luna Alley's Tojeong readings are for fun and reflection. Read even a difficult hexagram as a guide to how you carry yourself through the year.
The original verse and its meaning
- 千里他鄕 喜逢故人
In a strange land a thousand li away, you joyfully meet an old friend. - 竹化飛龍 五雲居上
The bamboo turns into a soaring dragon and rests upon five-colored clouds. - 九秋晩景 蘭庭秋風
In the late-autumn dusk, the autumn wind blows into the garden where orchids bloom. - 歌曲滿扇 豈不美哉
Melodies fill the fan — how could it not be beautiful?
The verses follow the public-domain Tojeong Bigyeol held by the National Library of Korea; the meanings are Luna Alley's own retelling.
The year ahead
This is a year when welcome connections await you even in unfamiliar places. There's an unexpected leap, like bamboo becoming a dragon and rising above five-colored clouds. The ending is beautiful, like a late-autumn breeze, and joyful occasions full of song will come.
This is a year when you meet welcome faces even in unfamiliar places, and the ordinary unexpectedly transforms in a big way. Meeting an old friend in a strange land a thousand li away, in the first verse, was counted by the ancients among life's great joys, meaning you gain help and comfort far from home. The bamboo becoming a dragon and rising to five-colored clouds in the second verse symbolizes a straight, steadfast person making a great leap one day. The wind blowing through the late-autumn orchid garden in the third verse depicts the graceful joy and beautiful finish that come after ripening without haste. The fourth verse says melodies fill the fan, so it's a year of many feasts, laughter, and happy gatherings. In spring a long-cherished wish comes true and there's a happy family event, and in late summer you meet a benefactor and a chance at big money comes. In midsummer you'll be busy coming and going under many eyes, so conduct yourself properly. Good fortune follows hardship and profit gathers in autumn, so if you keep going steadily to the end, you'll close the year with a song.
A word from Master Tojeong
“The joy of meeting an old friend in a strange land a thousand li away is yours. As straight bamboo becomes a dragon, steadfastness shall raise you up. Do not merely envy — weave your net, and autumn shall be full of song.”
Month by month (summary)
Only a short note and the original verse for each month. Dates are the 2027 lunar months.
- Lunar month 1Feb 7 – Mar 7Bright
Welcome things await this month. As the new year's energy sprouts, there may be a happy event or news of a new family member.
人藏煙草 萬物始生 添口添土 喜滿家庭 · People put the start of the year in order and all things at last sprout; your household and land increase, and joy fills the house.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Even
It's a month that flows smoothly. What you've long honed begins to slowly change shape.
修道幾年 魚變成龍 春草逢雨 壽福自來 · Having cultivated the Way for several years, the fish turns into a dragon; spring grass meets the rain, and long life and blessings come of their own accord.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Even
Hold steady and it's an okay month. Even if something disappointing happens, like letting slip what you held, there's no need to be greatly upset.
此月之數 捉蟹放水 身上不安 財必長遠 · This month's fortune is like catching a crab and releasing it into the water; your body is not at ease, but your wealth lasts long.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Bright
Welcome things await this month. Something you've long held in your heart finally comes true.
陰陽和合 必有慶事 經年所懷 始得成就 · Yin and yang are in harmony, so there is a happy event, and a wish you have held for years can at last come true.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Even
Hold steady and it's an okay month. Even things you've struggled with alone get resolved quickly with a like-minded person.
陰陽配合 萬物生光 兩人合心 難事速成 · Yin and yang form a pair so all things shine; when two people join hearts, even hard matters are quickly accomplished.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Even
Good and bad are half and half this month. It's a time of rushing here and there with lots of work.
東西有路 奔走他鄕 十手所指 神目如電 · There are roads east and west and you go busily about in strange lands, but ten fingers point at you and the eyes of the gods are like lightning.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Even
Good and bad are half and half this month. Substance comes from active work where you deal directly, rather than work where you only wait.
百千之利 農不如商 困後有吉 利在三秋 · Among a hundred thousand kinds of profit, farming is not as good as trade; after hardship comes good fortune, and profit lies in the three months of autumn.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Bright
It's a month of bright energy. If you have something planned, don't hesitate — carry it out quickly.
經營之事 速則爲吉 偶逢貴人 千金自來 · In the business you manage, the faster the better; you happen to meet a benefactor, and a thousand pieces of gold come of their own accord.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Even
Good and bad are half and half this month. The energy of your body and finances is vigorous, making it a good time to achieve what you set out to do.
此月之數 勿入喪家 身旺財旺 得意還鄕 · This month's fortune: do not enter a house of mourning; body and wealth are vigorous, so you achieve your aims and return home.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Bright
Things go smoothly this month. Substance comes from travel to the south or north.
南北宜行 得食得衣 扶之者衆 自然成功 · Traveling south and north goes well, so you gain food and clothing; many hold you up, so you succeed of your own accord.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Even
Hold steady and it's an okay month. Rather than just envying others' achievements, it's important to make your own preparations one by one.
臨淵羨魚 不如結網 枯木回春 其形更新 · Envying the fish from the edge of the pond is not as good as withdrawing to weave a net; spring returns to the withered tree and its appearance is renewed.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Bright
Welcome things await this month. As you close out the year, a big opportunity arrives with a benefactor's help.
若逢貴人 大財入手 吉星入命 憂散喜生 · If you meet a benefactor, great wealth comes into your hands; a good star enters your fate, so worries scatter and joy arises.
The nine readings by area (money, love, work, health and more) and the long monthly readings open in the Tojeong Bigyeol app once you find your own hexagram.
Who gets this hexagram?
The hexagram depends on your lunar birth date and the year being read. The upper number comes from your Korean age that year plus the year's taese number, the middle from the length and month number of your birth month that year, and the lower from your birth day plus the day number. So the same person gets a different hexagram each year.
For example, someone born on lunar 1/4/1989 receives this hexagram in 2027.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 261 a good one?
Hexagram 261 is read as a good year. This is a year when welcome connections await you even in unfamiliar places. There's an unexpected leap, like bamboo becoming a dragon and rising above five-colored clouds.
Which months need care in hexagram 261?
Hexagram 261 has no month specially marked for caution, but the short monthly notes are still worth reading.
How do I find my own Tojeong hexagram?
Enter your birth date in the Luna Alley Tojeong Bigyeol page and it converts solar to lunar and works out the hexagram for you. To do it by hand, the 2027 guide shows the formula with an example.