Korean Saju · 四柱八字 · Mu·Ja
Korean Saju: 2008, Year of the Earth Rat
무자
무자 · Mu·Ja
In Korean saju (四柱八字), your birth year sets the first pillar of your chart. 2008 carries the Earth Rat: Mu·Ja (무자 in Korean).
Rat — Quick-witted, resourceful, and quietly ambitious — rats notice the opening everyone else walks past.
Earth — stability, reliability, and quiet endurance.
The saju year begins at Ipchun (입춘, around 4 February), not January 1. Born before that date? Your year pillar belongs to 2007 — and a true myeongni reading weighs month, day and hour on top.
A real reading reads all eight characters — year, month, day and hour.