3. Difficulty at the Beginning 屯

January 2 – January 7

Upper trigram

Kan

Lower trigram

Zhen

Thunder under water: the chaotic, promising struggle that comes with anything genuinely new.

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Other hexagrams

1. The Creative 2. The Receptive 4. Youthful Folly 5. Waiting 6. Conflict 7. The Army 8. Holding Together 9. The Taming Power of the Small 10. Treading 11. Peace 12. Standstill 13. Fellowship with People 14. Great Possession 15. Modesty 16. Enthusiasm 17. Following 18. Work on What Has Been Spoiled 19. Approach 20. Contemplation 21. Biting Through 22. Grace 23. Splitting Apart 24. Return 25. Innocence 26. The Taming Power of the Great 27. Nourishment 28. Great Excess 29. The Abysmal (Water)30. The Clinging (Fire)31. Influence 32. Duration 33. Retreat 34. The Power of the Great 35. Progress 36. Darkening of the Light 37. The Family 38. Opposition 39. Obstruction 40. Deliverance 41. Decrease 42. Increase 43. Breakthrough 44. Coming to Meet 45. Gathering Together 46. Pushing Upward 47. Oppression 48. The Well 49. Revolution 50. The Cauldron 51. The Arousing (Thunder)52. Keeping Still (Mountain)53. Development 54. The Marrying Maiden 55. Abundance 56. The Wanderer 57. The Gentle (Wind)58. The Joyous (Lake)59. Dispersion 60. Limitation 61. Inner Truth 62. Small Excess 63. After Completion 64. Before Completion

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