Saju and Numerology:What's the difference?
The difference between an involved calculation and a simple one
The core difference
Saju goes deep, weighing how eight characters relate to one another. That's why results vary so much from person to person, and why it can look at different areas of life separately.
Numerology adds up digits and reduces them to one number, and that's it. The calculation is simple, and so are the results.
Numerology has only nine or so outcomes, so lots of people share the same number. It's useful for getting at the big direction of your life, but it has little to go on for finer calls.
At a glance
| Saju | Numerology | |
|---|---|---|
| Depth of calculation | Relationships among eight characters | Sum of digits |
| Number of outcomes | A great many | Nine or so |
| Separating areas of life | Splits money, career and relationships | Hard to split |
| What it needs | Date and time | Date only |
When to use which
Looking at both
Numerology sets the big direction and Saju fills in the inside. Where Numerology has little to go on, we leave it out.
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