TOJEONG BIGYEOL · 843
Tojeong Bigyeol Hexagram 843
The sign of someone with an old bond happening by to help
At a glance
- Hexagram
- 843
- Upper · middle · lower
- 8 · 4 · 3
- The year overall
- A good year
- Brighter months
- lunar months 3, 5, 9 and 10
- Months to take care
- lunar months 8 and 12
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
- 人有舊緣 偶來助力
Someone with an old bond happens to come and lend you strength. - 潛龍出海 含雲升天
The submerged dragon leaves the sea and, holding the clouds, rises to the sky. - 南雁北無 恩友顧來
Though the southern geese are not in the north, a friend you once helped looks back and comes to find you. - 尋常春日 喜遊家庭
On an ordinary spring day, you play joyfully at home.
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 benefit from your connections. A hidden dragon leaves the sea, gathers the clouds and rises to the sky. A friend you once shared kindness with comes to visit, and you enjoy happiness at home on an ordinary spring day.
This is a year of leaping greatly with the help of old connections. The first line, someone with an old bond happening by to help, means a relationship formed long ago comes back as strength at an unexpected moment. The hidden dragon leaving the sea and rising to the sky shows it's the time when skills you've long prepared finally come to light. As in the line about a friend you once helped coming to find you, the affection you've given returns, so it's a year of great blessings through people. The last line, rejoicing at home on an ordinary spring day, means everyday harmony rather than big events is at the center of your blessings. In the third, fifth, ninth and tenth lunar months money and honor overlap and there are many happy events. But in the eighth and twelfth lunar months greed beyond your lot invites loss, so be careful. Know when to advance and when to retreat and you'll rise high like a dragon.
A word from Master Tojeong
“To one who has cherished old bonds, kindness returns. As the submerged dragon rides the clouds, your time to rise has come too. Only, do not covet what lies beyond your lot.”
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
You open the year with good energy this month. Things go smoothly, but if you push forward too far in excitement, trouble may arise.
運數大吉 百事順成 知進知退 可免災厄 · Fortune is greatly auspicious so everything comes about gently; know when to advance and when to retreat and you escape calamity.
- Lunar month 2Mar 8 – Apr 6Even
It's a good month to keep familiar methods and places. Be careful starting things in the south or in unfamiliar places.
守舊安分 可免災厄 南方有害 貴人來助 · Keep to the old ways and be at ease with your lot and you escape calamity; there's harm in the south, but a noble person comes to help.
- Lunar month 3Apr 7 – May 5Bright
It's an abundant month when heaven and earth both help. Rewards for your efforts come back richly.
天降膏露 地出甘泉 五穀豐登 穰穰滿家 · Sweet dew falls from heaven and sweet springs rise from the earth, so the five grains are plentiful and fill the home.
- Lunar month 4May 6 – Jun 4Even
This is a month when guarding your own place serves you better than outside rumors.
安靜守舊 利在其中 莫信人言 被害不少 · Quietly keep to the old ways and profit lies within; trust others' words and the harm you suffer is no small thing.
- Lunar month 5Jun 5 – Jul 3Bright
Things go smoothly this month. Good things happen at home and money comes in from here and there.
運數亨通 家有吉祥 財自天來 到處有財 · Fortune flows freely so there's an auspicious sign at home, and as if wealth came from heaven, there's money wherever you go.
- Lunar month 6Jul 4 – Aug 1Even
It's a peaceful month when elders and children laugh together. There are chances for profit outside or far away, so get moving.
老人叩腹 童子歌謠 財在外方 遠行得利 · The old pat their bellies and children sing; wealth lies outside, so going far brings profit.
- Lunar month 7Aug 2 – Aug 31Even
The skills you've built come to light as a name this month. You may gain recognition, a promotion or a good reputation.
道高名利 名振四方 若非官祿 必然橫財 · Your virtue is high so fame and profit arise and your name resounds in all directions; if not office, there may be unexpected wealth.
- Lunar month 8Sep 1 – Sep 29Care
This is a month to take it easy rather than push yourself. Greed brings loss instead, so be content with what you have now.
勿貪分外 反有損害 預爲度厄 疾病可畏 · Don't covet what's beyond your lot; there's loss instead, so lighten trouble in advance and fear illness.
- Lunar month 9Sep 30 – Oct 28Bright
It's a joyful month when efforts bear fruit. As flowers fall and fruit forms, the process leads to results.
春風和暢 花落結實 身運通泰 榮華重重 · The spring breeze is bright so flowers fall and bear fruit; your bodily fortune flows greatly and honors come layer upon layer.
- Lunar month 10Oct 29 – Nov 27Bright
Welcome things await this month. Worries retreat and what you do goes as you wish.
災消福興 事事如意 與人東行 必得成功 · Calamity vanishes and blessings rise so everything goes as you wish; go east together with others and success comes easily.
- Lunar month 11Nov 28 – Dec 27Even
A ray of light shines on matters that seemed hopeless this month. A way begins to appear through unexpected help or ideas.
暗中行人 偶得明燭 吉運到來 災禍漸消 · One who was walking in the dark happens upon a bright candle; good fortune comes and calamity gradually fades.
- Lunar month 12Dec 28 – Jan 26, 2028Care
Greed raises its head at the end of the year this month. Deals or investments beyond your means easily lead to loss.
勿貪分外 反有不利 愼之木姓 損財多矣 · Don't covet what's beyond your lot; it's unfavorable instead, so be wary of Wood-energy surnames to escape financial loss.
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 6/2/1990 receives this hexagram in 2028.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tojeong hexagram 843 a good one?
Hexagram 843 is read as a good year. This is a year when you benefit from your connections. A hidden dragon leaves the sea, gathers the clouds and rises to the sky.
Which months need care in hexagram 843?
In hexagram 843, the lower months are lunar months 8 and 12. 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.