TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 333
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 333
The sign of shooting a tiger on the southern mountain and piercing it five times
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 333
- Upper · middle · lower
- 3 · 3 · 3
- The year overall
- A good year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 6 and 8
- Months to take care
- lunar month 10
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
- 射虎南山 連貫五中
Shooting at a tiger on the southern mountain, you pierce it five times in a row. - 唯領大軍 統合六國
Leading a great army, you bind the six kingdoms into one. - 垂釣滄波 晩其時節
You let your line down into the blue waves, but the time is a little late. - 鶯上柳枝 錦衣驛馬
The oriole climbs the willow branch, and you ride the post horse in silken robes.
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 of hitting your target precisely. You gain the power to lead a large group and bind many into one. But results come a little late, like a fish slow to bite, so wait for your moment like an oriole climbing a willow, and you'll be dressed in silk.
This is a year when you gain the power to hit your targets precisely and lead big undertakings. Piercing the tiger five times in the first verse means the skill and focus to hit wherever you aim. The second verse means gathering scattered people and strengths into one to accomplish something great, so it's a good time to take on a leadership role. The third verse is this reading's precious advice. As fish bite late even when you let your line down, results come a little late, so don't be impatient. The oriole and silken robes of the last verse are a promise of gaining honor and a good position after waiting. In fact, good things pile up in the sixth and eighth months, and toward year's end you stretch out greatly, like a bird that hadn't flown for three years soaring to the sky. If you just beware of greed for outside money in the tenth month, the year ends brightly.
A word from Master Tojeong
“You have the skill to shoot the tiger and pierce it five times, so do not let your aim waver. Fish may bite late, but when they bite, they bite big.”
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 first month of the new year is a month when water fills back up in matters that had dried out. Give it your all and you'll get closer to what you hoped for.
乾泉逢雨 其水更多 至誠感天 所願必成 · The dry spring meets the rain and its water grows plentiful again; utmost devotion moves heaven, so your wish easily comes true.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Even
Good things come when you wait without hurrying this month. There may be happy news for your children or younger family members.
待時安靜 苦盡甘來 家中有慶 必是膝下 · Wait for the time and rest in stillness, and sweetness comes after toil; there is a happy event in the household, a matter concerning your children.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Even
It's a good month to meet a wide stage and unfold your abilities. Keep your heart open to new environments or opportunities.
龍得河海 造化莫測 甘雨膏露 露潤草木 · The dragon obtains the rivers and seas and its transformations are beyond measure; sweet rain and rich dew moisten the grasses and trees.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Even
There's an energy of your position and treatment improving this month. But rather than coming in big all at once, money comes in little by little as you put in legwork.
官高祿多 金玉滿堂 財在市場 求之小得 · Your office is high and your salary great, so gold and jade fill your house; but wealth is in the marketplace, so if you seek it you gain a little.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Even
There's the joy of what was lacking being filled, but you need to be careful of losing things and making mistakes this month. Keep track of your wallet, phone, and important documents.
失物有數 凡事愼之 渴者得飮 飢者得食 · You may lose things, so be careful in all matters; it is like the thirsty drinking and the hungry eating.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Bright
Your energy blooms brightly this month. Money may come in, or good news like passing an exam or a promotion is expected.
若非得財 折桂可期 金耶木耶 意外助我 · If you do not gain wealth, you may break the cassia branch; whether Metal (金) or Wood (木), someone unexpectedly helps you.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Even
Work gains vigor like a fish in water, but your heart easily wavers this way and that this month. Rather than dividing your heart among many things, focus on one.
七八兩月 魚龍得水 東園春暮 蜂蝶彷徨 · In the seventh and eighth months fish and dragons find water, but spring fades in the eastern garden and the bees and butterflies wander.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Bright
Things go smoothly this month. You get great help from someone from the northwest or matters connected there.
此月之數 吉事重重 西北兩方 貴人來助 · This month auspicious things come layer upon layer; benefactors come from the two directions of west and north to help.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Even
Outwardly peaceful, but this is a month to look after your home. Check your family's health and home safety in advance.
晴天月出 景色可笑 家有不祥 預先度厄 · The moon rises in a clear sky and the scenery is worth smiling at, but there is something inauspicious in the household, so get past the misfortune in advance.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Care
There's a lot to be careful about this month. Being greedy for others' money or big outside wealth easily ends in emptiness.
莫貪外財 必有虛荒 逢秋蓮花 一時滿發 · Do not covet outside wealth, for there is emptiness in it; meeting the lotus in autumn, it blooms fully for a time.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Even
Long-awaited results finally come into your grasp this month. They came late, but the wealth is that much deeper and longer-lasting.
垂釣滄波 晩得其魚 財源深長 手弄千金 · You let your line down into the blue waves and catch fish late; the source of wealth is deep and long, and you turn a thousand pieces of gold in your hands.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Even
At the end of the year, the strength you've built up stretches out greatly this month. If you have something you've long prepared, it's time to spread your wings toward next year.
三年不飛 飛將衝天 石間殘水 不息歸海 · When a bird that has not flown for three years takes flight, it pierces the sky; even the water left in the cracks of stone flows without rest and returns to the sea.
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 5/6/1988 receives this hexagram in 2027.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 333 a good one?
Hexagram 333 is read as a good year. This is a year of hitting your target precisely. You gain the power to lead a large group and bind many into one.
Which months need care in hexagram 333?
In hexagram 333, the lower months are lunar month 10. 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.