TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 612
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 612
The sign of planting orchids on a green mountain with no intention of moving them again
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 612
- Upper · middle · lower
- 6 · 1 · 2
- The year overall
- A good year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 1, 2, 5, 8 and 12
- Months to take care
- lunar months 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
- 植蘭靑山 更無移意
You plant an orchid on the green mountain and have no mind to move it again. - 東閣雪梅 蜂蝶喧嘩
To the plum blossom in the snow by the eastern pavilion, bees and butterflies gather in a noisy swarm. - 杜宇啼聲 醉臥詠詩
Amid the cuckoo's cries, you lie tipsy and recite poems. - 廣陵眞珠 晩時登豐
The true pearls of Guangling you gather in plenty, late in the season.
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 settling in and putting down roots. People follow you, like bees and butterflies bustling around the plum blossoms in the snow by the eastern pavilion. There's the charm of reciting poems tipsily to the cuckoo's song, and even if late, you gain results that shine like pearls.
This is a year to put down roots in the right place and calmly bloom. The first line, planting an orchid on a green mountain with no intention of moving it, means your blessings deepen when you pour your devotion into one place rather than moving around. Bees and butterflies gathering to the plum blossom in the snow means that even when others are shrinking back, your energy shines and people and chances come to you. Lying tipsy and reciting poems amid the cuckoo's song means it's a year when ease and style settle in your heart and you know how to enjoy life. The last line, gathering the pearls of Guangling late, is a promise that even if the harvest comes a little late, it will be as precious and solid as pearls. The first, second, fifth, eighth and twelfth lunar months are bright, with benefactors and money following and the strength to build your household even with bare hands. But in the ninth lunar month trouble shines on your spouse, and in the eleventh lunar month unreasonable greed invites trouble, so be careful in just those two months. Hold your place and tend it steadily, and by late autumn your hands will be full of pearls.
A word from Master Tojeong
“A rooted orchid does not snap in the wind. Pearls fill not the hurried hand but the waiting one, so hold your place and gladly welcome the late harvest.”
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 lunar month of the new year, your energy is bright and benefactors come your way. Good chances hide especially in people or news from the east.
隨時草木 花盛葉茂 貴人東來 偶爾助力 · In season, grass and trees bloom and their leaves grow lush, and a noble person from the east happens to lend you strength.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Bright
This is a bright month when your household becomes plentiful and its energy rises greatly. You're in good shape physically too, so push forward vigorously with what you've wanted to do.
運數通禁 衣食自足 身數大吉 家道興旺 · Fortune flows without obstruction, so food and clothing are plentiful; your bodily fortune is greatly auspicious, and your household rises.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Even
Small complaints or conflicts may arise at home this month. Don't brush off each other's grievances; listen calmly.
家神發動 家有不平 福德逢冲 憂中望喜 · The household spirits stir and there are complaints at home; fortune and virtue clash, yet amid worry you hope for joy.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Even
Joy and worry take turns this month. Hold your place, steadfast like the pine on the rock and modest like the chrysanthemum beneath the fence.
此月之數 憂樂相半 岩上孤松 籬下黃菊 · This month worry and joy are half and half; you are a lone pine on a rock, a yellow chrysanthemum beneath the fence.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Bright
This is a welcome month when what you've waited for blooms on its own in due time. As much as you've lived with a kind heart, blessings like help from heaven arrive.
後園碧桃 春到自發 吉人天祐 自有福祿 · The green peach in the back garden blooms of itself as spring comes; heaven helps the kind, who have blessings and rewards of their own.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Even
Living diligently as usual is what calls in the best blessings this month. Rather than starting big new ventures, keep your current rhythm.
守分安常 災害不侵 吉星助我 壽福綿綿 · Keep to your place and live as usual and calamity cannot invade; lucky stars help you, so long life and blessings continue.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Even
It's a lonely month when you feel you have no one around to lean on. Making hasty decisions out of loneliness could spoil things, so be careful.
孤獨一身 孑孑無依 如或不愼 必然敗事 · Lonely and alone with nowhere to lean, if you're not careful you may spoil things.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Bright
This is a bright month when what you've steadily built up returns as a big harvest. Small income and efforts may add up to more money than you expected.
積小成大 千金可得 財數興旺 赤手成家 · Piling up small things, you achieve something big and can gain a thousand in gold; financial luck flourishes, and with bare hands you raise your household.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Care
The flow is hard at first and better later, so this is a month not to rush. Take special care of your spouse's and family's health and safety.
先困後旺 待時安居 妻宮有厄 預爲祈禱 · Hard first and flourishing later, so wait for your time and live at ease; there's trouble on your wife's side, so offer devotion in advance.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Even
There's a simple but ample joy this month. Heaven and earth both help, so your worries about making a living lessen.
有稷有黍 田家之樂 天降甘雨 地有甘泉 · There is millet and barnyard grain, the joy of the farmhouse; heaven sends sweet rain and the earth has sweet springs.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Care
Your heart is easily swayed by profits that look easy to get this month. Things that don't make sense end up as nothing, so don't touch them.
勿貪非理 反爲虛荒 出則勞身 入則心安 · Don't covet what goes against reason, for it only turns empty; go out and your body tires, come home and your heart is at ease.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Bright
This is a bright month when you reap the year's harvest and good things overlap. A benefactor comes to help and celebration settles on your home.
開花結子 吉事重重 貴星照門 貴人來助 · Flowers bloom and bear fruit, so good things come layer upon layer; a noble star shines on your door and a noble person comes to help.
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 3/5/1985 receives this hexagram in 2027.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 612 a good one?
Hexagram 612 is read as a good year. This is a year of settling in and putting down roots. People follow you, like bees and butterflies bustling around the plum blossoms in the snow by the eastern pavilion.
Which months need care in hexagram 612?
In hexagram 612, the lower months are lunar months 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.