TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 331
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 331
The sign of the great merchant of Yangdi turning a thousand pieces of gold in his hands
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 331
- Upper · middle · lower
- 3 · 3 · 1
- The year overall
- A good year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 11
- Months to take care
- lunar month 12
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
- 陽翟大賈 手弄千金
The great merchant of Yangdi turns a thousand pieces of gold in his hands. - 水竹迎春 蓮花開秋
The bamboo by the water greets the spring, and the lotus blooms in autumn. - 夏日旱亭 逢雨之格
It is like meeting a cool rain at a parched pavilion on a summer day. - 梅花付竹 以人成財
As plum blossoms bloom leaning on bamboo, you build wealth through people.
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 your luck with wealth opens wide. Good things follow season after season, like waterside bamboo greeting spring and lotus blooming in autumn. Things clear up refreshingly, like meeting rain in a pavilion on a summer day, and you build wealth through people.
This is a plentiful year when your money luck opens wide. The great merchant of Yangdi in the first verse recalls the merchant of old who read people and opportunities and made a great profit. Likewise, this year your eye and decisiveness easily turn into money. The second verse means good things continue season by season, as bamboo flourishes in spring and lotus blooms in autumn. The rain falling on the summer pavilion in the third verse is the joy of frustrating matters clearing up refreshingly. In fact, around the fifth and sixth months there's a fortune of money piling up like a mountain. The last verse teaches that money grows when you join hands with good people rather than relying on your own strength alone. At year's end, though, scheming in secret or nursing empty greed brings heartache, so wrap things up properly to the end.
A word from Master Tojeong
“This is a year you hold a thousand pieces of gold in your hand. Yet wealth is built through people, so treasure people and act rightly to the end.”
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 7Even
The new year begins warmly and plentifully this month. There's no big change, but life is stable and your heart is at ease.
春回故國 萬物更生 衣食豐足 此外何求 · Spring returns home and all things come back to life; food and clothing are plentiful — what more could you want?
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Even
Good energy is visible, but the stage is still too small to spread out something big this month. Don't hurry — prepare and wait for the right time.
一片彩雲 瑞氣玲瓏 龍在小川 雲雨何成 · In a single lovely cloud an auspicious energy glimmers, but the dragon is in a small stream — how could it make clouds and rain?
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Bright
Welcome things await this month. You can expect good results in contests of skill like exams, evaluations, or promotions.
春風三月 桃花滿發 吉星入命 丹桂可折 · In the spring breeze of the third month peach blossoms are in full bloom; a lucky star enters your fate, so you may break the cassia branch.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Bright
Your energy is bright and money luck revives this month. Someone appears to help and opens a big opportunity.
東風細雨 桃李弄春 貴人扶助 可得千金 · Fine rain falls on the east wind and peaches and plums play with spring; a benefactor supports you, so you can gain a thousand pieces of gold.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Bright
This is the month your money luck blossoms biggest this year. The more you go out to meet people and find work rather than staying home, the more opportunities grow.
五六之月 財如丘山 出門大吉 意外得財 · In the fifth and sixth months wealth is like hills and mountains; going out the door is greatly auspicious and you gain unexpected wealth.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Bright
This is a month when everything you do bears good fruit.
財耶官耶 必是成功 百事俱成 意外得財 · Is it wealth or office? You succeed, so all affairs are accomplished, and you can gain unexpected wealth.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Even
You gain profit through cooperation this month. Results are better when two pool their strength than one alone.
與人謀事 必有財利 金風夕起 梧桐鳴秋 · If you plan affairs with others there is financial gain; in the evening an autumn wind rises and the paulownia sings of autumn.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Bright
If you rest from outside work for a while and look after your home, welcome things await this month. There may be happy news for your children or younger family members.
靜則庶幾 動則得咎 家事吉慶 膝下之慶 · Stillness is nearly all good and movement brings fault, but there is a happy event in household affairs and joy for your children.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Even
Frustrating matters loosen as if they'd met sweet rain this month. Things get done with people's help, so cherish your connections.
旱天甘雨 百穀豐登 經營之事 因人成事 · Sweet rain falls from a parched sky and all the grains are abundant; the business you manage is accomplished through people.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Even
Worrying matters gradually ease and results start to show this month. They're not fully ripe yet, so don't rush to pick them.
此月之數 憂散喜生 東園桃李 始結其子 · This month worries scatter and joy arises; the peaches and plums of the eastern garden at last bear fruit.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Bright
It's a month of bright energy and wishes coming true. Warm things happen between couples and lovers, and good connections appear for those seeking a partner.
所望之事 必有成就 鴛鴦交頸 妻宮有慶 · What you hoped for comes true; the mandarin ducks nestle their necks together, so there may be a happy event in the place of your spouse.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Care
At the end of the year, this is a month to set your heart right. Things schemed in secret always come to light, so don't do anything you can't be proud of.
神目如電 陰事莫做 以財傷心 勿食虛慾 · The eyes of the gods are like lightning, so do not scheme in secret; wealth will hurt your heart, so do not nurse empty greed.
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 5/3/1988 receives this hexagram in 2027.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 331 a good one?
Hexagram 331 is read as a good year. This is a year when your luck with wealth opens wide. Good things follow season after season, like waterside bamboo greeting spring and lotus blooming in autumn.
Which months need care in hexagram 331?
In hexagram 331, the lower months are lunar month 12. Avoid rushing big decisions then, and go easy on your body and your words.
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.