TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 832
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 832
The sign of casting a line into a deep pool as golden scales come every day
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 832
- Upper · middle · lower
- 8 · 3 · 2
- The year overall
- A good year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10 and 12
- Months to take care
- lunar months 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
- 往釣于淵 金鱗日至
You go to a deep pond to fish, and golden scales come to you day after day. - 萬里長波 竿頭掛鱗
On long waves stretching ten thousand li (a traditional unit of distance), a fish is caught at the tip of every rod. - 磨鏡復粧 丹唇皓齒
You polish the mirror and make yourself up anew, and red lips and white teeth shine. - 枯木逢春 豈非生光
The dry tree has met spring, so how could it not shine?
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 wealth keeps coming if you stay steady. On ten thousand li of long waves, a fish bites at the end of every pole. Your appearance is renewed, as if you'd polished the mirror and groomed yourself, and you shine like a withered tree greeting spring.
This is a year when money keeps coming to those who steadily cast their line. The first line, golden scales coming every day in a deep pond, means daily diligence calls in blessings more than one big jackpot. As in the line about a fish on every rod across ten thousand li of waves, results come evenly from many lines of work. Polishing the mirror and making yourself up means renewing your appearance and attitude, so it's a good year for an image change or a fresh start. The last line, a dry tree meeting spring, shows life flowing into matters that had been blocked. From spring to early summer things go smoothly, and moving or new challenges are beneficial too. But in the seventh, ninth and eleventh lunar months money leaks and your body and mind tire easily, so take it easy and hold your place. In the twelfth lunar month you'll smile again with a benefactor's help, so don't let go of your fishing rod until the end.
A word from Master Tojeong
“One who casts a line in a deep pond does not hurry. Cast with devotion every day, and golden scales will come of their own accord. Spring comes even to a dry tree, so you too will see light again.”
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 start, things move fast this month, as if on wheels. Don't put off your new year's plans; take the first step right away.
出路得車 日行萬里 百事如意 終見大利 · Setting out you gain a cart and travel ten thousand li in a day; everything goes as you wish and at last you see great profit.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Bright
Your home is quiet and warm this month. Curb outside greed and look after your family and your place, and peace deepens.
一家泰平 百事順成 守分安居 可得平安 · The whole household is at peace and everything comes about gently; keep to your place and live at ease, and you gain peace.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Bright
Like a flower alone holding spring light, you stand out this month. Chances come when you get moving, so if you've been considering a move or change of position, it's a good time.
南山紅桃 獨帶春光 東南兩方 移居則吉 · The red peach of the southern mountain alone wears spring light; moving to live in the two directions of east and south is auspicious.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Bright
Things that were frozen begin to thaw this month. Rather than starting many things, gather your heart on one and you'll see fruit.
春回寒谷 到處有吉 一心求事 必然成功 · Spring returns to the cold valley so there's good fortune wherever you go; seek your work with one heart and success comes easily.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Even
You worry less about making a living, but small hurdles are mixed in this month. The verse says an upright heart turns even calamity into blessing, so hold on to honesty.
鼠入多庫 衣食自足 持心正直 災化爲福 · The rat enters the granary so food and clothing are plentiful; keep your heart upright and calamity turns into blessing.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Bright
It's the month of the year when your name and money shine together. You may be recognized at work or take on an important role.
財物興旺 可期富貴 名高多權 人人仰視 · Wealth flourishes so you can count on riches and honor; your name is high and your authority great, so everyone looks up to you.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Care
This is a month to take it easy rather than push yourself. Even when money comes in, it tends to go right out, so postpone big spending and deals.
勿問財數 得而反失 吉中有凶 服制可畏 · Don't ask about financial luck; you gain and then lose it again, and within the good there's ill, so fear having to wear mourning clothes.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Even
Sweet rain falls on a weary heart this month. Good and bad are mixed, but if you smile like a flower, people gather on their own.
夏日枯草 逢雨之格 花笑東山 蜂蝶自來 · It's like dry grass on a summer day meeting rain; flowers smile in the garden, so bees and butterflies come of their own accord.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Care
Your heart may feel empty this month, as if you'd lost where to go. But the verse says if you keep going without stopping, you'll achieve it in the end.
飛鳥失巢 空飛中天 作之不已 無物不成 · The flying bird has lost its nest and wanders in the empty air, but if you work without stopping, there's nothing you can't achieve.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Bright
The wind blows gently again this month. Someone who helps appears and your life regains stability.
貴人助我 生活泰平 財在外方 動則得財 · A noble person helps me so life is peaceful; wealth lies outside, so moving brings wealth.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Care
This is a month when holding your ground wins out over stepping forward.
出行不利 守舊安靜 時運不利 英雄無奈 · Setting out is unfavorable, so hold your old place and live quietly; when the time is unfavorable, even a hero can do nothing.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Bright
You close the year smiling this month. With a benefactor's help, blocked matters loosen and what you intended comes true.
貴人來助 事事如意 吉人何姓 李朴兩姓 · A noble person comes to help so everything goes as you wish; the auspicious people are of the two surnames Lee and Park.
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 5/1/1991 receives this hexagram in 2027.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 832 a good one?
Hexagram 832 is read as a good year. This is a year when wealth keeps coming if you stay steady. On ten thousand li of long waves, a fish bites at the end of every pole.
Which months need care in hexagram 832?
In hexagram 832, the lower months are lunar months 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.