TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 563
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 563
The sign of entering deep green mountains and building your own thatched hut
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 563
- Upper · middle · lower
- 5 · 6 · 3
- The year overall
- A year to take care
- Brighter months
- None
- Months to take care
- lunar months 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 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
- 深入靑山 自建茅屋
You enter the deep green mountains and build a hut of thatch with your own hands. - 靑山六里 白骨空泣
Along six li of green mountain road, only white bones remain, weeping in vain. - 鳥失羽足 石扉長空
The bird has lost its feathers and feet, and the stone gate gazes long at the empty sky. - 潮水間阻 天地無名
The incoming tide blocks the way, so between heaven and earth you have not even a name.
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 you want to keep your distance from the world and live alone. It's hard to move, like a bird with injured wings and feet, and news may stop as waterways are blocked. Treat it as a time to rest quietly and gather your strength.
This is a year to keep some distance from the world for a while and gather your strength alone. The first line, entering the deep mountains and building a thatched hut yourself, means it's a time to hold on by making a small shelter with your own hands rather than leaning on others. White bones weeping on the green mountain road picture regret and loneliness over past events soaking your heart, so rather than forcing sadness down, it's better to let it flow. The bird that has lost its feathers and feet and the empty stone gate describe a frustrating time when you want to move but feel as if your wings are broken. The last line, the tide blocking the road so you have no name, speaks of a time when news is cut off and your name doesn't show, but it may also carry the meaning that the water will recede again. The second and third, fifth and sixth, and ninth and tenth lunar months call for care, so don't start big things then; look after yourself. In the fourth lunar month there's an energy of recovery, with a celebration for your children and medicine taking effect, and if you keep to your place, calamity cannot invade. If you make this a year to rest quietly and grow your roots, your steps will be much lighter when you come down the mountain next year.
A word from Master Tojeong
“Entering the mountains is not to hide but to grow your roots. The tide recedes when its time comes, so keep your single thatched room with care.”
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
This is a month when the start of the year rocks like a small boat on a windy sea.
孤舟遇風 安危難分 雖有財物 得而難聚 · A lonely boat meets the wind and it's hard to tell safety from danger; even with wealth, once gained it's hard to save.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Care
Like snow covering new sprouts, what you meant to start can easily be blocked this month. You must carefully sort out what to hold on to and what to let go of to avoid loss.
春雪滿山 草木不生 取捨不審 有害無益 · Spring snow fills the mountains so grass and trees cannot grow; if you don't weigh what to take and what to drop, there is only harm and no gain.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Care
Your efforts don't show results and you tire easily this month. When you don't know the way, stopping to rest is better than walking blindly.
深山幽谷 指路者誰 雖有勞苦 徒勞無功 · In the deep mountains and quiet valleys, who will show you the way? Your labor earns no merit, in vain.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Even
This is a welcome month when you can catch your breath amid a weary flow. There's happy news for your children or those younger than you, and physical discomfort improves if you care for it well.
膝下有慶 用藥不差 安居守分 災害不侵 · There's a celebration for your children and medicine never fails to cure; keep to your place and live at ease, and calamity cannot invade.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Care
Your body and mind tire easily, so don't push yourself; take it easy this month. Take special care of your own health and that of your spouse and family elders.
二竪爲災 病魔沈綿 妻病不利 心神不安 · Illness becomes a calamity and drags on, and your wife's illness is unfavorable, so your heart is not at ease.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Care
Setting out on a long road could bring great hardship, so this is a month to step back and hold steady. Postpone big moves or long-distance business trips if you can.
萬里遠程 辛苦難堪 此月之數 凶多吉少 · On a long road of ten thousand li, suffering is hard to bear; this month's fortune holds much ill and little good.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Even
Quarrels or hurtful things may arise, so this is a month to hold back your words. Like the hermit on the mountain, keep a step back from worldly affairs and live calmly.
若無人爭 叩盆之數 靑山之上 葛巾之人 · If there's no quarrel with others, there's the sorrow of drumming on a basin (an old image of mourning a spouse); on the green mountain stands a man in a kudzu-cloth hood.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Even
Even if someone else's rice cake looks bigger, reaching for it easily brings loss this month. Don't covet tempting gains or others' wealth; protect what's yours.
勿貪外財 反爲損財 回恩往昔 一場春夢 · Don't covet outside wealth; it turns into loss instead. Looking back on past kindnesses, it's all like a spring dream.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Care
This is a month for caution upon caution, like walking on thin ice. Avoid dangerous activities or adventures, and drive and travel more slowly than usual.
如履春冰 如踏虎尾 身上有困 恨嘆奈何 · As if treading on spring ice, as if stepping on a tiger's tail; your body is weary, but what good is lamenting?
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Care
Following last month, you must take special care of your body and mind this month. Get enough sleep so fatigue doesn't build up, and cut back on overloaded schedules.
足踏虎尾 身上有危 心神不寧 疾病愼之 · Your foot treads on the tiger's tail, so your body is in danger; your heart is not at ease, so beware of illness.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Even
Money easily leaks to unexpected places this month. Just for this month, politely decline ventures or money dealings your friends suggest.
無端損財 莫信友人 祈禱山神 厄消福來 · You lose wealth for no reason, so don't trust friends. Offer devotion to the mountain spirit and trouble vanishes and blessings come.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Even
As you wrap up the year, past events may come to mind with a lonely feeling this month. Just as fallen flowers become compost for next spring, this year's weariness becomes next year's strength.
一夜狂風 落花如雪 空山夜月 猿聲悽切 · In one night of fierce wind, blossoms fall like snow; under the night moon in the empty mountains, the monkeys' cries are mournful.
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 1/7/1986 receives this hexagram in 2027.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 563 a good one?
Hexagram 563 is read as a year that calls for keeping low and holding steady. This is a year when you want to keep your distance from the world and live alone. It's hard to move, like a bird with injured wings and feet, and news may stop as waterways are blocked.
Which months need care in hexagram 563?
In hexagram 563, the lower months are lunar months 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 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.