TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 663
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 663
The sign of a frost-touched chrysanthemum in late autumn surpassing the peony
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 663
- Upper · middle · lower
- 6 · 6 · 3
- The year overall
- A good year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 1, 3, 5 and 11
- Months to take care
- lunar month 4
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
- 九秋霜菊 勝於牧丹
The frost-touched chrysanthemum of late autumn is finer than the peony of spring. - 種竹成林 生涯爲主
You plant bamboo and it grows into a grove, which becomes your lifelong livelihood. - 春日桃花 郁郁靑靑
Like peach blossoms on a spring day, it is fragrant and lushly green. - 虎入荒山 兎狸來侵
When the tiger enters the wild mountains, rabbits and wildcats come to covet its place.
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 that's all the more precious for blooming late. Steadiness becomes your livelihood, like planting bamboo until it becomes a forest. You're green and lush like peach blossoms on a spring day, but when the tiger leaves the mountain empty, foxes and wildcats move in, so guard your gaps.
This is a year when blooming late makes you all the more precious. The first line, the frost-touched autumn chrysanthemum being finer than the spring peony, means there's no need to grieve over a later start or slower results than others. Just as a flower that blooms after enduring trials keeps its fragrance longer, the time you've endured leads to a graceful harvest this year. Planting bamboo to form a grove is advice to steadily grow one thing and make it your lifelong work. Rather than hoping for something big all at once, you need the heart to plant one stalk each day. The line about being as lush as spring peach blossoms paints that effort growing richly. But as the last line says, rabbits and wildcats coveting the tiger's place when it goes into the wild mountains, if you leave your post or let your guard down, small losses and envy can slip in. The better things go, the more you should check for gaps and guard what's close by. Energy opens wide in the third, fifth and eleventh lunar months, and if you take special care of your health in the fourth lunar month, the year grows evenly lush.
A word from Master Tojeong
“Know that the chrysanthemum blooming in frost is more precious than the peony; lateness is no shame. Be steady, as if planting bamboo one stalk at a time, and you will form a grove. Only, when the tiger leaves the mountain, small beasts covet it, so hold your place firmly.”
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
It's a welcome start, with past hardship retreating and comfort arriving. Money and blessings come in together and your home is harmonious too.
先困後退 一身安樂 財福俱全 家內和平 · The early hardship withdraws so you are at ease and happy. Wealth and blessings are both complete and the home is peaceful.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Even
An ample, peaceful energy surrounds you this month. But if your heart loosens, you're easily swayed by temptation, so keep yourself in good order.
芳草長堤 牛羊成群 莫近女色 吉變爲凶 · On a long bank thick with fragrant grass, oxen and sheep gather in herds. Don't get close to romantic temptation; good turns to bad.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Bright
What you need is filled plentifully this month. Things go well with a benefactor's help and income grows.
飢者逢豐 食祿豐足 貴人來助 手弄千金 · The hungry meet a bumper harvest, so provisions are plentiful. A noble person comes to help and you roll a thousand in gold in your hand.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Care
Trouble may lie hidden even in what looks like an unexpected opportunity this month. Put your health first and cut back on overloaded schedules.
破廁老鼠 走入太倉 若無身病 妻病不免 · The old rat of the crumbling outhouse runs into the great granary. If your body is free of illness, your wife's illness is hard to avoid.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Bright
The time you've waited for arrives this month. Boldly carry out what you've prepared and results come quickly.
逢時而動 成功最速 名播遠近 萬人仰視 · Meeting your time and moving, success comes swiftest. Your name spreads far and ten thousand look up to you.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Even
When you feel stifled, getting some fresh air outside is good this month. Outside activities, business trips and outings change both your mood and your luck.
在家有憂 出他則吉 春園桃花 秋山松栢 · Staying home brings worry and going out is auspicious. Like peach blossoms in the spring garden and pines and nut pines on the autumn mountain, each has its time.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Even
This is a month to rest without rushing. You need the flexibility to change methods to fit the situation.
閑臥高堂 心神自安 隨時變通 以待好運 · Lying at leisure in a lofty house, your heart is naturally at ease. Adapt to the times and wait for good fortune.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Even
This is a month to trust your own timing and wait. Don't be swayed by others' pace; keep steadily on your own road.
秋菊春桃 各有其時 金姓勿近 反有不美 · The autumn chrysanthemum and spring peach each have their time. Don't get close to someone surnamed Kim; it only goes badly.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Even
What you've steadily tended grows smoothly this month. Profit appears in matters involving your living base, home or land.
每事順成 利在其中 春耕夏耘 利在田土 · Everything comes about smoothly, so benefit lies within. You plow in spring and weed in summer, so profit lies in the fields and land.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Even
Results follow if you give it your all to the end this month. Even if it doesn't come easily, don't give up; push on.
精誠所到 金石可透 利在南方 强求後得 · Where sincerity reaches, even iron and stone are pierced. Benefit lies to the south, so strive to seek it and you'll gain later.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Bright
What you've steadily built up comes back big this month. With a benefactor's help, money and work flourish together.
貴人來助 必有財旺 積小成大 不羨陶朱 · A noble person comes to help so wealth flourishes. You pile up small things into something great, so you needn't envy even Tao Zhu Gong.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Even
There's a lot of movement and change this month. If a long journey comes up, leave plenty of room in your schedule and preparations.
驛馬到門 一次遠行 每事勿急 速圖有悔 · The Yeokma, the star of travel, arrives at your door, so you set out on a long journey once. Don't do anything in a hurry; rushing brings regret.
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 1/7/1985 receives this hexagram in 2027.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 663 a good one?
Hexagram 663 is read as a good year. This is a year that's all the more precious for blooming late. Steadiness becomes your livelihood, like planting bamboo until it becomes a forest.
Which months need care in hexagram 663?
In hexagram 663, the lower months are lunar month 4. 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.