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02 Korean Compatibility · Gunghap

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Gunghap is Korean compatibility read from two birth charts — the same Four Pillars system as an individual saju reading, but run as a pair. It is not a score that tells you to stay or go. It describes how two structures meet: where you fit without trying, where the same friction keeps coming back, and the loop this particular pairing will run in whatever you happen to be arguing about.

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How gunghap is read

Not a one-line score —
two charts side by side

1

Enter both of your birth details

Date, time if you have it, city. The birth hour builds one of the four pillars for each of you.

2

We lay the two charts side by side

Two sets of eight characters meet — the points of harmony (hap 合) and clash (chung 沖) show up.

3

We read where you rub and where you fill

The argument that keeps coming back, and the elements each of you supplies the other.

What the reading covers

Day Masters

What each of you brings

Both Day Masters (일간) side by side — what each person is actually made of, in behavior rather than adjectives. Equal weight, both directions.

Harmony

Where you meet easily

The element and Ten Gods relations that genuinely support each other, and the situation where this pairing is at its best.

Clash

Where you rub

The clashes and pressure in the two charts, translated into the scene where they actually show up — and what each side contributes to it.

The loop

The pattern that will repeat

The one loop this pairing runs in whatever the surface topic happens to be, described so you can catch it in progress.

Spouse palace

What each of you needs from the other

From the spouse palace and the relational gods: what each chart is asking for, which is usually not what it says out loud.

Timing

The season you're in together

Both ten-year cycles and the year against each other — whether you are pulling the same direction right now, or not.

The words a gunghap reading uses

Hap (合)
Characters that pull toward each other — where the two of you feel easy without trying.
Chung (沖)
Characters that collide head-on — where the same tension keeps returning.
Five elements (五行)
Wood, fire, earth, metal, water — whether each of you supplies what the other lacks.
Day pillar (日柱)
The two characters of your birth day — the center of each person in a gunghap reading.

Frequently asked questions

Is this a compatibility score?

There is a number, and we show it once. But a score is a shape, not a grade — a high number is not permission and a low one is not a warning. An easy pairing can go nowhere and a friction-heavy one can be the making of both people. The reading spends its space on how the two structures interact, not on ranking you.

How is this different from synastry?

Western synastry compares planetary positions between two charts. Gunghap compares two sets of eight characters — the same Four Pillars system used for an individual reading, read as a pair. The most practical difference is the birth hour: it builds one of the four pillars for each of you, so it changes the reading in a way a sun sign never could.

Do I need their exact birth time?

No, but it helps. Without it we build six characters instead of eight for that person and say so in the reading. The Day Master — the character that stands for them — is still exact either way.

Do they have to know I ordered this?

That is your call, and we do not contact them. We also do not write a private character report on someone who did not ask for one — their chart is described through the pairing, as how it meets yours.

Will it tell me whether to stay or leave?

No, and any reading that does is selling you something else. Two charts describe how you meet. What you do about it is yours.

For entertainment and self-reflection — not medical, legal or financial advice.

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