Korean Saju · 四柱八字 · Byeong·Ja
Korean Saju: 1996, Year of the Fire Rat
병자
병자 · Byeong·Ja
In Korean saju (四柱八字), your birth year sets the first pillar of your chart. 1996 carries the Fire Rat: Byeong·Ja (병자 in Korean).
Rat — Quick-witted, resourceful, and quietly ambitious — rats notice the opening everyone else walks past.
Fire — passion, visibility, and unstoppable momentum.
The saju year begins at Ipchun (입춘, around 4 February), not January 1. Born before that date? Your year pillar belongs to 1995 — and a true myeongni reading weighs month, day and hour on top.
A real reading reads all eight characters — year, month, day and hour.