In Korean saju, your birth year is one of four pillars in your chart. It's the one that speaks to family, friends and how you show up in a group. Here's what Grandma Choi says about 1998.
In a group, you're the reliable one. Nobody remembers asking you to be. You just are.
Tiger years make people who'd rather be wrong out loud than right in silence. Brave, restless, bad at waiting.
“You're the steady one with a wild streak nobody believes in until they see it.”— Grandma Choi
2027 doesn't hit your birth year directly. Your family and friend circle stays steady while the action happens elsewhere in your chart. And for your birth year's element, earth, 2027 is supportive. People back you, and what you build this year tends to hold.
Your main element comes from your birth day, not your year. Find yours.
The saju year doesn't start on January 1 or on Lunar New Year. It starts at 입춘 (ipchun), the start of spring on the solar calendar. In 1998 that was February 4, 1998 at 9:56 AM Korea time. Born before that? You belong to 1997: a Fire Ox.
Your birth year is the outside view. The real reading comes from your day pillar, which most people have never heard of, plus your month and hour. Enter your birthday and Grandma Choi lays out all eight characters for free.
Get my full 1998 chart