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Tojeong Bigyeol (土亭秘訣) is a Korean book of yearly fortunes traditionally attributed to the 16th-century scholar Yi Ji-ham, known as Tojeong. Families have consulted it at the start of the lunar new year for centuries, and it remains one of the best-known fortune traditions in Korea.
The reading comes from three numbers built from your lunar birthday and your age that year, counted the traditional Korean way (one year old at birth). The year’s celestial stem and branch give the upper number, the length of your birth month gives the middle number, and your lunar birth day gives the lower one. Together they point to one of 144 verses, each with an overall message and twelve short monthly verses. Because the book follows the lunar year, a new reading begins at Lunar New Year (Seollal).
The verses are poetic and often use images from farming and nature. Read them as a mood for the year rather than a literal prediction; many families enjoy comparing their verses together at the new year.