What it means
怨嗔 means resentment and anger. Two branches in a Wonjin pair are drawn together and irritated by each other at once: the couple who quarrel constantly and never separate. It is a Korean-practice interaction, milder than a clash and more personal. A clash breaks things. Wonjin keeps them together and uncomfortable.
Folk tradition explains each pair with a small story. The ox resents the horse, which eats without ploughing. The snake is startled by the dog’s bark.
How to find it
SajuPaste lists Wonjin under interactions when two branches of your chart form one of these six pairs.
| Branches | Animals |
|---|---|
| 子 Ja and 未 Mi | Rat and Goat |
| 丑 Chuk and 午 O | Ox and Horse |
| 寅 In and 酉 Yu | Tiger and Rooster |
| 卯 Myo and 申 Sin | Rabbit and Monkey |
| 辰 Jin and 亥 Hae | Dragon and Pig |
| 巳 Sa and 戌 Sul | Snake and Dog |
Reading it inside one chart
- Year and month branches: friction between the family you came from and the world you work in.
- Month and day branches: friction between you and your parents or workplace. Readers consider this the strongest placement.
- Day and hour branches: friction with a spouse or children, or between private life and later plans.
It is also read as a trait: sensitivity, a long memory for slights, and a tendency to be hardest on the people closest to you.
In compatibility
Wonjin is best known from gunghap, Korean compatibility reading. Two people whose year or day branches form a pair are said to have a Wonjin relationship: strong attraction, frequent irritation. It is one of the first things a Korean reader checks for a couple, and rarely the last word. SajuPaste calculates one chart at a time, so to check a couple, compare the branches of the two charts against the table.