TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 342
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 342
The sign of setting foot in the red dust of the world in your youth
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 342
- Upper · middle · lower
- 3 · 4 · 2
- The year overall
- A good year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 1, 3, 4, 9 and 11
- 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
- 年少靑春 足踏紅塵
Youth in its prime steps out into the world of flying red dust. - 薰風吹軒 子孫縉紳
A warm breeze blows under the eaves, and your descendants rise to high positions. - 猛虎出林 神物化龍
A fierce tiger comes out of the forest, and a divine beast transforms into a dragon. - 雨順風調 百穀豐登
The rain is gentle and the wind even, so all the grains ripen abundantly.
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 good year to go out into the world and make your name known. A warm wind wraps your home and there's celebration in the family, as when descendants rise to high office. Your momentum is tremendous, like a tiger leaving the forest or a sacred creature becoming a dragon, and the harvest is rich, as when rain and wind come in good measure.
This is a lively year, good for going out into the world and making your name. Youth stepping out into the world in the first verse means there's an energy to step onto a new stage regardless of age. The warm breeze and descendants' success in the second verse tell you that warm, happy events will also settle on your home. As in the third verse, you have the momentum of a tiger coming out of the forest, a divine beast becoming a dragon, so step forward forcefully into things you've hesitated over. The last verse means it's a flow where heaven helps, like even rain and wind, so the harvest is abundant. Especially good things rush in at the start of the year, in spring, and in late autumn. But money easily goes out as fast as it comes in, and in the tenth month you need to be careful with official matters. Ride the momentum but keep within your means, and you'll reap a bumper harvest this year.
A word from Master Tojeong
“The tiger has come out of the forest, so do not hesitate — go out into the world. Yet even with full storehouses, it is the one who keeps within their measure who keeps their blessings in 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 7Bright
From the very first month of the new year, things go smoothly. Your plans gain strength and confidence fills you.
和風細雨 花柳弄春 男兒得意 意氣洋洋 · A gentle wind and fine rain, and flowers and willows play with spring; a man achieves his aim and his spirits soar.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Even
Opportunities related to position and recognition come this month. If you seize them faithfully, honor follows, but neglect them and trouble may result.
若非官祿 反爲凶禍 龍在天門 榮貴可期 · If you do not gain official honor it becomes ill fortune instead, but the dragon is at heaven's gate, so glory and honor are worth expecting.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Bright
Welcome things await this month. Money luck is bright and unexpected income may arise.
財旺福興 手弄千金 吉星照臨 喜滿家庭 · Wealth flourishes and blessings rise, so you turn a thousand pieces of gold in your hands; a lucky star shines and joy fills the house.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Bright
Your energy is bright and your heart at ease this month. A benefactor comes from the south and helps you.
四月南風 貴人相尋 身安心平 百事俱吉 · In the south wind of the fourth month benefactors seek one another out; your body is at ease and your heart calm, so all things are auspicious.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Even
If you follow outstanding people, you can go far this month. Working with a good mentor or collaborator is a great strength.
蠅附驥尾 日行千里 雖好財數 入少出多 · A fly clings to the tail of a thousand-li horse and travels a thousand li a day; financial luck is good, but little comes in and much goes out.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Even
Your mind is busy this way and that this month. But the timing is right and a chance to leap greatly comes.
入則心亂 出則勞心 時來運合 魚躍龍門 · Coming in, your mind is troubled; going out, your heart is weary — but the time comes and fortune aligns, and the fish leaps over the Dragon Gate.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Even
This is a month to take good care of your body. If fatigue has built up, don't overdo it — take a breather.
此月之數 身憂可畏 西來貴客 助我千金 · This month worries about your health are to be feared, but an honored guest from the west helps you and gives you a thousand pieces of gold.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Even
Vitality returns to matters that had worn out this month. Rather than starting new things, it's good to keep what you're doing now.
旱天甘雨 枯苗更生 守舊安分 勿營他事 · Sweet rain falls from a parched sky and the withered sprouts revive; keep to the old, be at ease with your lot, and do not plan other things.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Bright
The more you move, the more money comes in this month. But as money flourishes, your body tires easily, so look after your health too.
財星照門 動則得財 財旺身否 先凶後吉 · The star of wealth shines on your door, so moving brings wealth; wealth flourishes but your body is blocked, so first ill and then good.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Even
There's happy news about your position or household this month. News of children or a new family member may come.
若非官祿 膝下有慶 莫往官家 刑殺可侵 · If you do not gain official honor, there is joy for your children; but do not go to the government office, for the spirit of punishment may intrude.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Bright
Things go smoothly this month. What you hoped for is accomplished smoothly, and an unexpected benefactor gives you great help.
子丑之月 萬事順成 偶逢貴人 千金自來 · In the eleventh and twelfth months all things are smoothly accomplished; you happen to meet a benefactor, and a thousand pieces of gold come in of their own accord.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Even
You enjoy plenty at the end of the year this month. Even with full storehouses, don't grow arrogant or overextend.
財帛滿庫 石崇何羨 今年之運 守分上策 · Silk and wealth fill your storehouses — why envy Shi Chong? This year's fortune says keeping within your means is best.
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.
By the formula, nobody receives this hexagram in 2027. Lunar month lengths and cycles change each year, so it does turn up in other years. For example, someone born on lunar 6/4/1987 receives this hexagram in 2028.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 342 a good one?
Hexagram 342 is read as a good year. This is a good year to go out into the world and make your name known. A warm wind wraps your home and there's celebration in the family, as when descendants rise to high office.
Which months need care in hexagram 342?
Hexagram 342 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.