Year-ahead fortune reading through Tojeong Bigyeol and tarot card synthesis
Tojeong Tarot is an original divination system that fuses Korea's traditional Tojeongbigyeol with Western Tarot cards. It combines Tojeongbigyeol's Gwasa (hexagram text) interpretation system with tarot's visual symbolism, utilizing both Eastern wisdom and Western intuition simultaneously.
While Tojeongbigyeol excels at reading the flow of fortune throughout the twelve months of a year, tarot excels at intuitive insight into specific questions and current situations. Tojeong Tarot combines the strengths of both systems for richer interpretation.
Tojeongbigyeol is a divination manual attributed to the Joseon Dynasty scholar Tojeong Yi Ji-ham (1517–1578). Yi Ji-ham was a disciple of Nammyeong Jo Sik and was well-versed in I Ching studies and the principles of nature.
Tojeongbigyeol was systematized by synthesizing various Eastern traditional I Ching studies including DunGapYeonUi (DunGap Evolution), GiMunDunGap (Mystical Gate Divination), and YukImSinGwa (Six Ren Divination). It has been the most widely consulted divination manual in Korea since the Joseon Dynasty.
Originally, the core of Tojeongbigyeol was divining one year's fortune on a monthly basis at the start of each new year, but in modern times it is also applied to specific everyday questions.
Tojeongbigyeol is based on 64 hexagrams, each composed of an upper trigram and lower trigram. Each hexagram is assigned a Gwasa (hexagram text), an original text that summarizes the fortune flow for that period.
Each Gwasa contains judgments of fortune (auspicious and inauspicious) along with cautions and recommendations, and the Yosa (line texts) from the initial line to the top line analyze detailed flows.
For example, the Fire-Water (Before Completion) hexagram means an incomplete state, while Water-Fire (After Completion) symbolizes completion and stability. These hexagram meanings combine with tarot card symbolism to enable richer interpretation.
Tojeong Tarot maps I Ching hexagrams with Tarot Arcana, integrating Eastern and Western symbolic systems within a single reading. While I Ching hexagrams represent natural laws and the flow of times, tarot cards visually express human emotions and situations.
This fusion is not a simple combination but leverages the complementary nature of both systems. While I Ching principles read the macroscopic flow, tarot images intuitively reveal specific situations, simultaneously securing depth and breadth of interpretation.
In Tojeong Tarot, one first draws an I Ching hexagram to grasp the macroscopic flow, then interprets specific situations and emotions through tarot cards. While the Gwasa presents the temporal context and direction, the tarot cards concretize the challenges and choices at hand.
For example, if the Heaven-Mountain (Retreat) hexagram and The Hermit card appear together, the message to temporarily withdraw and recalibrate internally is reinforced. Conversely, if the Thunder-Fire (Abundance) hexagram and The Sun card appear together, it means a period of abundant results and vitality.
The traditional strength of Tojeongbigyeol — annual and monthly fortune analysis — remains a core element in Tojeong Tarot. By drawing the overall hexagram for the new year, one grasps the year's major flow and tracks detailed fortune changes through each month's corresponding hexagram and cards.
This allows month-by-month identification of when to advance and when to be cautious, providing a map-like overview of the year's fortune flow.
Tojeong Tarot is an original attempt to apply traditional I Ching wisdom to modern everyday life. The meeting of Eastern philosophical depth and Western intuitive symbolism makes it easy to understand fortune flows even in complex modern life.
It can provide both new year direction-setting fortune and immediate insight into specific questions, making it useful for both long-term planning and short-term decision-making.
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