In saju, wealth luck is often read through an energy called the “wealth star” (jaeseong). The wealth star is the element that your day master (the energy of your birth day) governs, and it symbolizes the wealth and resources you handle and gather. By examining how this wealth star sits in the chart and how strong it is, one senses the grain of a person’s relationship with money and resources.
The wealth star divides broadly into two. “Steady wealth” (jeongjae) is wealth piled up bit by bit through steady labor and diligence — the grain of a salary or faithful saving. “Flexible wealth” (pyeonjae) is wealth that circulates and comes and goes greatly — the fluid grain of business, investment, or unexpected opportunity. Rather than one being good and the other bad, it means each person has a different inborn bent for handling money. And depending on whether the wealth star is too strong or too weak, and whether your own energy (the day master) is sturdy enough to carry it, the tie with wealth is read differently.
But here is something to remember. Wealth luck in saju is by no means a prophecy nailing down “how much I will earn in a lifetime.” It is closer to a mirror reflecting the temper of heart with which you meet money and resources — whether you grip or let flow, whether you are drawn to stability or adventure. Knowing this grain gives you a clue to steward wealth more wisely, playing to the strengths of your bent and shoring up its weaknesses. There is no need for anything like buying a talisman to “raise” your wealth luck.
So there is no reason to be discouraged because wealth luck came out weak, or to grow conceited because it came out strong. Whatever the inborn grain, the diligence, restraint, and spirit of sharing with which you meet money can be cultivated wholly by your own choice. As FortuneLeaf always does, what wealth luck offers is not a report card grading riches, but a soft reflection that lets you look honestly at your relationship with money — for true wealth luck grows not from a star you were born with, but from today’s attitude of using what you have wisely and generously.