What it means
魁 and 罡 are names of stars in the Northern Dipper, which old astronomy linked to the branches 戌 and 辰. A Kui Gang pillar carries their authority: commanding, intelligent, strict and extreme. Tradition says a Kui Gang life goes to one end or the other, great success or great difficulty, and seldom stays in the middle.
How to find it
Kui Gang is a property of four of the sixty pillars. Classically it is judged on the Day pillar; SajuPaste marks it on whichever pillar it appears.
| Pillar | Reading |
|---|---|
| 庚辰 | Gyeong-Jin |
| 庚戌 | Gyeong-Sul |
| 壬辰 | Im-Jin |
| 壬戌 | Im-Sul |
Some schools add 戊戌 or 戊辰. SajuPaste uses the four that every school accepts.
Reading it
- Leadership and nerve: decisions are made quickly and held to.
- High standards, for oneself first and then for everyone else.
- A clear, analytical mind that dislikes vagueness.
- Old texts called it difficult in a woman’s chart, meaning too strong for the role expected of her. Modern readers read it the same for everyone: a person who leads.
What to watch
Rigidity and severity. A Kui Gang chart is advised to leave others room to be wrong. Tradition also says the star dislikes being clashed: a year that clashes the Kui Gang branch is read as a time of upheaval.