In saju (the four pillars), “dohwasal” (桃花殺), the Peach Blossom Star, means the charm and popularity that draw people as brightly as a peach flower. When one of the characters counted as “peach blossom” among the twelve earthly branches — Ja, O, Myo, Yu (子午卯酉) — sits in the chart, this energy is said to be present. A person with dohwasal is said to have a liveliness in expression and speech, to grow close quickly even with those newly met, and to gather others’ eyes with a peculiar pull.
But here is something that must be addressed. In old times this dohwasal was often laid, especially upon women, like a flaw or an impure temperament — pointed at as “bewitching people” or “a wandering heart.” Yet this was only an old prejudice that treated a person’s charm as a sin; there is nothing wrong with charm itself. FortuneLeaf makes no one’s inborn magnetism a blemish or a thing to blame.
Seen with today’s eyes, dohwasal is rather a precious gift. The warmth that puts people at ease and brightens a room, the artistic sensitivity that expresses feeling richly, the presence that shines on a stage or before others — all of these are the grain of the peach blossom. In work that handles people and expression — actor, singer, designer, speaker, counselor — this energy becomes a great asset. In short, dohwasal is “the power to draw people,” and where you use that power is entirely yours.
So even if you hear that peach blossom sits in your chart, there is no reason at all to fear or feel ashamed. Rather, when you fill that charm with tenderness and sincerity, the power to draw people becomes the power to give them life. As FortuneLeaf always does, what dohwasal offers is not a brand that defines or faults anyone, but a soft reflection on how to use the charm within you kindly — for a light that draws people is not a fault but a tender gift for sharing warmth with the world.