Korean Saju · 四柱八字 · Gap·Ja
Korean Saju: 1984, Year of the Wood Rat
갑자
갑자 · Gap·Ja
In Korean saju (四柱八字), your birth year sets the first pillar of your chart. 1984 carries the Wood Rat: Gap·Ja (갑자 in Korean).
Rat — Quick-witted, resourceful, and quietly ambitious — rats notice the opening everyone else walks past.
Wood — growth, initiative, and the drive to expand.
The saju year begins at Ipchun (입춘, around 5 February), not January 1. Born before that date? Your year pillar belongs to 1983 — and a true myeongni reading weighs month, day and hour on top.
A real reading reads all eight characters — year, month, day and hour.