Four Pillars and Four Diviners: Fate, Fluidity, and Invention in Horoscopic Saju Divination in Contemporary South Korea

Horoscopic eight-character divination, saju p’alcha, or saju for short, flourishes in South Korea. This article profiles four diviners and their reflections on saju. Their conceptualizations of fate shape their ethics and personal livelihoods while highlighting the qualitative diversity and fluid in...

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Main Author: Kim, David J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Hawai'i Press 2019
In: Journal of Korean religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 301-329
Further subjects:B Interpretation of
B Divination
B South Korea
B Subjectivity
B Allegory
B saju p’alcha
B fortune telling
B Fate
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