TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 543
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 543
The sign of the inner organs being blocked and illness lying within
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 543
- Upper · middle · lower
- 5 · 4 · 3
- The year overall
- An even year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 4 and 8
- Months to take care
- lunar months 3, 6, 7, 9 and 11
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
- 洗人卽墓 都在大梁
Washing others leads straight to the grave; everything rests upon the great beam. - 失中背魚 魚失其目
Losing the center and turning your back on the fish, the fish has lost its eyes. - 五臟不通 疾在內腫
The five organs do not flow freely, so illness swells within. - 前路光光 修道遠惡
The road ahead shines bright, so cultivate the Way and keep far from evil.
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 to look after the inner side of your body and mind. You may look fine on the outside but easily suffer inside. The road ahead is bright and open, so cultivate yourself and keep away from what's bad, and you'll get through safely.
This is a year to tend to what's inside rather than appearances. The first line, washing others leading to the grave and everything resting on the great beam, means you can easily wear yourself out handling the aftermath of other people's affairs, so first set straight the central pillar of your home and life. Losing the center and turning your back on the fish until it loses its eyes is a warning that when you lose your center, your eyes for seeing clearly blur too. The third line, the five organs not flowing and illness lying within, means that even if you look fine outwardly, inner distress and fatigue can easily build up, so release the blocked places in your heart and body. Still, as the last line says, the road ahead shines bright, and if you live rightly and keep away from bad things, the path is open. In the fourth lunar month, if you persist with a single mind, success is ahead of you, and in the eighth lunar month money comes in abundantly. In the sixth and eleventh lunar months, be careful of gossip and disputes. It's a year when, if you build up good deeds, the celebration returns to you in the twelfth lunar month.
A word from Master Tojeong
“When the inside is blocked, however fair the outside, it cannot last long. Set the beam of your heart straight and cultivate the Way. The road ahead is bright, so do not worry.”
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
Winds of change blow this month. A chance to change your work or move to a new position may arrive.
寅卯之月 改業之數 驛馬到門 奔走之像 · In the first and second lunar months there's a fortune for changing your line of work; the Yeokma, the star of travel, arrives at your door, and all is bustle.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Even
The strength of building with your own hands shines this month. Building on your own is more solid than leaning on what you've inherited.
祖業無緣 赤手成家 水邊之姓 必然貽害 · With no tie to your ancestors' estate, you build your household with bare hands; a person whose surname belongs to the waterside does you harm.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Care
There's much to be careful about this month, but also a welcome connection. In work and money, don't overdo it; check each thing one by one.
凡事不利 諸事注意 月姥赤繩 偶得佳人 · Nothing is favorable, so you must be careful in many matters, yet through the red thread of the Old Man under the Moon (the matchmaking god of legend), you happen upon a good person.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Bright
This is a welcome month when steadiness bears fruit. Gather your heart on one task and push ahead, and success is near.
一心不懈 成功在前 在家心亂 遠行則吉 · If you're not idle and keep a single mind, success is before your eyes; staying home troubles your mind, so a long journey is auspicious.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Even
You find comfort beside good people this month. Just as mugwort grows straight among upright hemp, being with good people helps you grow straight too.
驚棲柳枝 一身自安 蓬生麻中 因人成事 · An oriole perches on a willow branch and you are naturally at ease; like mugwort growing in a hemp field, you achieve things through others.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Care
This is a month to watch your words and actions. Small words can become disputes and spread into arguments over paperwork.
口舌有數 官災可畏 前程有險 修身齊家 · There's a fortune of gossip and legal trouble is to be feared; the road ahead is rough, so refine yourself and keep your household in order.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Care
Your heart may easily grow lonely this month. When your energy droops like withering grass, don't push yourself; rest.
秋逢草木 一悲一憂 物客有主 非理愼之 · Meeting the grass and trees of autumn, there's sorrow once and worry once; everything has its owner, so refrain from what goes against reason.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Bright
This is the most abundant month of your year. Things you've started here and there bear fruit and money comes in abundantly.
水陸經營 手弄千金 身旺財旺 可得千金 · Doing business on water and on land, you hold a thousand in gold; your body flourishes and your wealth flourishes, so you can gain a thousand in gold.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Care
Things look green outside, but the flow of luck is taking a rest this month. Rather than starting new things, it's better to hold on to what you were doing.
秋山登臨 松竹靑靑 時運不利 安分守舊 · Climbing an autumn mountain and looking out, the pines and bamboo are green, but the times are unfavorable, so keep to your place and to the old ways.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Even
It's easy to stay far away or have things drag on this month. Leave plenty of room in your schedule and plan your return in advance.
流落南州 歸期杳然 莫近酒色 損財之數 · Drifting in a southern town, your return seems far off; don't get close to wine and lust. It's a fortune of losing money.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Care
This is a month to be careful among people. Words may spread in strange ways, or you may get caught up in others' affairs and lose out.
若無人害 口舌之數 若非口舌 被人之害 · If there's no harm from others, there's a fortune of gossip; if not gossip, you come to harm through others.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Even
You close the year comfortably this month. The good deeds and diligence you've built up return as celebrations.
積善之家 必有餘慶 深山幽谷 宿鳥投林 · A house that has built up good deeds has celebrations to spare; in the deep mountains and quiet valleys, the sleeping birds easily return to the forest.
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 6/2/1985 receives this hexagram in 2028.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 543 a good one?
Hexagram 543 is read as an even year, with good and hard months mixed. This is a year to look after the inner side of your body and mind. You may look fine on the outside but easily suffer inside.
Which months need care in hexagram 543?
In hexagram 543, the lower months are lunar months 3, 6, 7, 9 and 11. 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.