Yearbirth year
First pillar
The rat climbed onto the ox's back
and rode toward the finish
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How 4tune works01Where the tale begins
The race of the twelve animals
Twelve different friends
lined up at the same start
The twelve animals' race01
Twelve animals raced to the finish
each running in its own way
02
03
At the finish line, the rat leapt ahead
and claimed first place
This old tale explains the order of the twelve zodiac animals.
02Your zodiac animal
Find your
zodiac animal
Enter your birth year to find your animal. Select any animal to read its introduction.
If you were born in 1984
Rat
Small paws, boundless curiosity
In Four Pillars the year begins at Ipcheon (early February), so a birthday in January or early February can belong to the previous year's animal
01Rat
Small paws, boundless curiosity
02Ox
A steady pace and a watchful eye
03
Tiger
Bold steps and a big welcome
04
Rabbit
Long ears that catch every story
05
Dragon
An imagination that reaches beyond the clouds
06
Snake
A quiet face peeking through the grass
07
Horse
Running side by side with the wind
08
Goat
Soft wool and a warm welcome
09
Monkey
A new game on every branch
10
Rooster
First to greet the morning sun
11
Dog
A wagging tail for familiar footsteps
12
Pig
Rest is better together
Select an animal to read its character introduction. Saju adds birth month, day and hour to the zodiac year.
03Your birth date becomes a chart
From one animal,
to four pillars
Saju means Four Pillars: your birth year, month, day and hour. Each pillar has two characters, making eight in total — the Palja, or Eight Characters.
Monthbirth month
Second pillar
Daybirth day
Third pillar
Hourbirth hour
Fourth pillar
Read the five-element balance and the changes across ten-year and annual cycles.
Illustration of the four-pillar structure
04The five elements in your chart
Five energies,
five landscapes
Each character belongs to wood, fire, earth, metal or water. Their distribution and relationships form the five-element balance.
WoodFireEarthMetalWater
Swipe to view all five elements
Wood
The energy that grows straight and begins anew
Fire
The energy that shines out and draws people in
Earth
The energy that accepts and quietly keeps its place
Metal
The energy that refines, joins and cuts
Water
The energy that seeps in, flows and thinks deeply
05Personality, work and relationships
Read the stars
across twelve palacesZi Wei Dou Shu · the twelve-palace birth chart
Zi Wei places stars in twelve palaces using your lunar birth date and birth hour. Each palace covers an area of life, including personality, work and relationships.
Zi Wei requires a birth hour. Without one, start with Saju's year, month and day pillars.
Life Palace
Your inborn nature and how you meet life
06Two systems, one birth record
Four Pillars reads four columns,
Zi Wei reads twelve areas,
Read your personality and luck through both
Four Pillars · columns and elements
Read your element balance and ten-year and annual cycles.
Zi Wei · palaces and stars
See each area of life — self, work, relationships
Saju reads the pillars and elements. Zi Wei reads the stars and palaces. Both use the same birth record with different calculation rules.
What is different?
| What is different? | Four Pillars | Zi Wei Dou Shu |
|---|---|---|
| Calculation inputs | Birth year, month, day and hour, with solar-term conventions | Lunar birthday and birth hour |
| Chart structure | Four pillars and eight letters | Twelve palaces and a star chart |
| Reading focus | The balance of energies at birth and the flow of each period | How each area of life looks |
| If you know the birth hour | All four pillars | Full twelve-palace chart |
| If the birth hour is unknown | Year, month and day pillars | Birth hour required |
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