Abstract: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 inventiveness of divination practices, which is emphasized here over its analytical dimensions. The first diviner began by working in a divination café but has since transitioned to teaching his own students and gives readings from his office. The second diviner worked off the streets in a park, but now divines from his home, while the third used to work primarily from a street-tent but has since disappeared from the scene. The fourth works exclusively from her office in a lucrative area of Seoul with an unmarked storefront. Each diviner has their own unique style and interpretation of the craft, which provides insights into saju’s structural dynamics, in addition to the formations of fate, character, and subjectivity, which are potentially more fluid than fixed.

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四大支柱和四个占卜师：当代韩国占星术占卜的命运、流动性和发明

摘要：八字占卜，saju p'alcha，简称saju，在韩国盛行。本文介绍了四位占卜师及其对 saju 的思考。他们对命运的概念塑造了他们的道德和个人生计，同时突出了占卜实践的质量多样性和流动的创造性，这里强调了其分析维度。第一位占卜师最初是在一家占卜咖啡馆工作，但后来转变为教他自己的学生并在他的办公室提供阅读。第二个占卜师在公园的街道上工作，但现在在家占卜，而第三个过去主要在街头帐篷里工作，但后来从现场消失了。第四个完全在她位于首尔利润丰厚的地区的办公室工作，店面没有标记。