IREUM, GYEOL · LIBRARY
Reading the five grids, from Heaven to Overall
Learn how a name is divided into five perspectives and what each calculated value represents.
A grid is a perspective, not a score
The five-grid method combines the strokes of a surname and given name in different ways. Values such as 5, 12, or 20 are calculations, not ratings of ability, worth, or good fortune. Ireum, Gyeol connects them to element imagery for reflection. It does not label a name as lucky or unlucky.
Heaven and Personality: background and choice
The Heaven value is the surname total, plus one virtual stroke for a one-character surname. People with the same Hanja surname and count can share it even with different given names or ancestral seats. The Personality value adds the last surname character to the first given-name character. Its story concerns choices made on top of an inherited setting.
Growth: experience developed through practice
The Growth value adds the given-name strokes, with one virtual stroke for a one-character given name. Its story concerns learning, making mistakes, and trying again. It does not identify events from someone’s childhood. The highlighted Growth passage in the synopsis makes this perspective easy to find among the other parts of the story.
Relationship and Overall: encounters and a longer view
The Relationship value subtracts Personality from the full character total, then adds the applicable virtual strokes. Overall adds all character strokes without virtual strokes. Relationship stories explore cooperation and boundaries; Overall stories connect experience into a longer direction. Neither calculation schedules events for a particular age or period.
The same element has different roles
Earth can be an inherited courtyard in Heaven, a practice field in Growth, and a resting place between people in Relationship. After reading the cards, use the complete story to connect background, choice, learning, encounters, and direction. The English grid names are descriptive labels for those roles, rather than a separate calculation system.