HEXAGRAM 3

DIFFICULT BEGINNING

KEY WORD:    INSTABILITY
MESSAGE:      It is important to find helpers.

MAIN COMMENTARY

 

Hexagram 3 shows that things are not off to a good start involving or requiring strenuous effort and can lead to many difficulties. It’s not to your advantage to start anything or go anywhere where there is instability insecurity and turmoil.

You need to establish security and stability for yourself first and save money and consolidate all your available resources, then you can make the changes that you want in your life. Whether its a new relationship or a new endeavour or the financial market or the economy or a new life or a relocation or new career; things are unstable at this time. It’s to your advantage to stay where you are and consolidate your position. It’s not a good time to embark on anything new. You cannot do it on your own you need to establish a network of people to assist you.

 

Do not be in hurry to carry out what you plan to do. You need to build a healthy and solid foundation for any future goal first. If you do decide to start something new under such a chaotic time when your world is in turmoil, you will face many perils and many difficulties. But if you stay where you are and keep your future goal in mind and tolerate things and reinforce yourself, you will experience smooth and great progress later on.

 

The analogy of a sprouting seed struggling to break through the ground is given for Hexagram 3, as a metaphor for the effort and struggle needed to allow things to develop in an orderly and organized manner at the start so that there can be further growth later on. Hexagram 3 can also indicate some initial difficulties with a pregnancy which with the assistance of others will proceed smoothly later on. 

 

 

HEXAGRAM 3

DIFFICULT BEGINNINGS

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LINES ANALYSIS

 

LINE 1

Things are uncertain. It’s difficult to get things started and for growth and development to be successful in the early stages.

 

LINE 2

There are barriers and limitations and difficulties and too many people involved. You need endurance. It might literally have taken 10 years to find a good opportunity. You reject prospective suitors. You don’t want to settle or be forced into a marriage. You see everyone like offenders or problematic because they are not suitable.

 

LINE 3

Things are obscure and uncertain. There is no one to turn to for guidance and support. It’s like chasing a deer in a forest without a guide. It’s better to evaluate the situation accept it and give up. It’s too risky and the future is unknown and you might resent it if you continue on this path. 

 

LINE 4

You would like a union and marriage but there is separation and hesitation. You need to take the first step and ally yourself with helpful and supportive people. Your should unite with the person you wish to be with and for them to accept you as well. Going forward is auspicious and luck is on your side. Ignore the two females standing in the way trying to block you from going forward.

 

LINE 5

Be content with small gains because if you persist to do it all at once you’ll fail. You lack the necessary support and help. You need to work together with others to resolve the confusion step by step and tackle the difficulties and issues that come up one at a time.

 

LINE 6

You shed tears of blood from frustration. Just when you tackle one problem another one pops up. You lack the momentum to advance at the most difficult and critical moments. This saddens you deeply. How long will this last? You missed out on so many good opportunities already. You want to find a way to succeed from the start before things start to disintegrate.