TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 842
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 842
The sign of gathering firewood and drinking water, with joy found right there
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 842
- Upper · middle · lower
- 8 · 4 · 2
- The year overall
- A good year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 1, 4, 8, 9, 11 and 12
- Months to take care
- lunar months 5, 6 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
- 採薪飮水 樂在其中
Even living by gathering firewood and drinking water, there is joy within it. - 必逢貴人 治農治産
You meet a noble person and manage your farming and household. - 安定修道 晩年豐饒
Calming your heart and cultivating the Way, your later years are abundant. - 月中丹桂 蜂蝶探春
To the red cassia in the moon, bees and butterflies come seeking spring.
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 happiness lies in simplicity. You meet a helpful person and your farming and livelihood fall into order. Settle your heart and cultivate yourself, and your later years will be ample, as bees and butterflies seek spring in the cassia tree on the moon.
This is a year of finding true happiness in a simple life. The first line, finding joy even gathering firewood and drinking water, means a heart content without having much is the root of blessings. As in the line about meeting a benefactor and managing your household, a good person to build your livelihood with is likely to appear. The line about calming your heart and cultivating the Way for abundant later years is a promise that calm effort now leads to plenty far in the future. The bees and butterflies coming to the cassia in the moon in the last line mean precious chances and connections approach naturally. In the first and fourth lunar months, and from the eighth through the twelfth lunar month, money, harmony and celebrations overlap and there's lots of laughter. But in the fifth, sixth and tenth lunar months you must be careful with long trips, money and your wife's health. Take to heart the ninth lunar month's words that patience is the greatest, and the year will ripen richly.
A word from Master Tojeong
“Heaven does not begrudge blessings to one who is joyful even gathering firewood and drinking water. Calm your heart and cultivate it steadily, and your later years will be abundant. Make patience your foremost virtue.”
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
Life flows into matters that had long been dry this month. New year's plans start smoothly and blocked matters loosen.
枯木逢春 必有生光 凡事順成 利在田庄 · The dry tree meets spring and shines, everything comes about gently, and profit may lie in fields and land.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Even
This is a month to live quietly while watching for chances. Enjoy daily life without big greed and your heart is at ease.
守分安居 樂在其中 勿失時機 官祿纏身 · Keeping to your lot and living at ease, there's joy within; if you don't miss your timing, office and rewards wrap around you.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Even
You reap as much as you sweat this month. The persistence of gathering small things into big ones pays off.
淘沙見金 掘土爲山 誠心勞力 謀事可成 · Panning sand you see gold and digging earth you make a mountain; strive with devotion and you can achieve your plans.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Bright
Laughter blossoms at home this month. Bonds between spouses and family grow close and you earn a good reputation around you too.
夫婦和合 喜滿家庭 壽福綿綿 萬人仰視 · Husband and wife are harmonious so joy fills the home; long life and blessings continue and many look up to you.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Care
It's easy to let go of what you worked to gain or to labor in vain this month. Moving rashly may make you a laughingstock, so be careful.
捉蟹放水 大笑路上 西北兩方 出行不利 · You catch a crab and release it into the water, earning great laughter on the road; going out to the west or north is unfavorable.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Care
This is a month when money flows in and then flows out.
如干財數 先得後失 雖有口舌 財則無欠 · A little money is gained first and lost later; though there are arguments, there's no trouble with money.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Even
Inside and out are evenly at ease this month. Even with lots of coming and going there's no major trouble, and your household is plentiful too.
內悅外順 出入無災 有財有土 衣食豐足 · Joyful within and gentle without, there's no calamity in comings and goings; with wealth and land, food and clothing are plentiful.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Bright
Efforts pile up bit by bit and you feel abundant this month. Money comes in and your home is peaceful too.
財物豐滿 一家泰平 自卑登高 積少成大 · Wealth is abundant and the whole household at peace; you rise from low to high and pile up small things into great ones.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Bright
This is a month of calling in blessings with the single word patience. Even if something angers you, hold back once and calamity retreats and blessings arrive.
萬事之中 忍耐爲上 災去福來 安處泰平 · Of all things, patience is the greatest; calamity leaves and blessings arrive, so you live in ease and peace.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Care
Money is good, but there are things to attend to at home this month. Carefully look after the health and feelings of your spouse or close family.
家有小憂 必是妻憂 財爻逢旺 到處有利 · There's a small worry at home concerning your wife, but financial luck is vigorous, so there may be profit wherever you go.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Bright
A bright energy like a spring day surrounds this month. You can look forward to family celebrations like a wedding or news of a new family member.
柳暗花明 萬和方暢 若非婚姻 必有弄璋 · Willow shade is thick and flowers bright, so all things are radiant; if not a wedding, there may be the celebration of gaining a son.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Bright
You close the year abundantly this month. The storehouse is full and many people around you help.
有財有穀 樂在其中 有人多助 喜事重重 · With money and grain there's joy within, and with many helpers, happy events come layer upon layer.
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 6/4/1990 receives this hexagram in 2028.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 842 a good one?
Hexagram 842 is read as a good year. This is a year when happiness lies in simplicity. You meet a helpful person and your farming and livelihood fall into order.
Which months need care in hexagram 842?
In hexagram 842, the lower months are lunar months 5, 6 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.