Hexagram 3
New life, difficulties, and chaos
The Tun hexagram is difficult, but it also breeds the greatest hope. It teaches us to learn to wait, form alliances, not make rash advances, and know how to make choices in adversity. After passing through this most difficult period, a prosperous future lies right before us.
Trigram Structure
䷂, Kan above, Zhen below
Palace：坎
Key Themes
New life, difficulties, and chaos
The Tun hexagram is difficult, but it also breeds the greatest hope. It teaches us to learn to wait, form alliances, not make rash advances, and know how to make choices in adversity. After passing through this most difficult period, a prosperous future lies right before us.
Tun: Yuan, Heng, Li, Zhen. Don't use it to build a marquis.
Spring thunder suppressed by dark clouds and heavy rain, seeds struggling to sprout under frozen soil, tangled tree roots.
A tangle of threads, traffic congestion, a complex maze.
The Tun hexagram is difficult, but it also breeds the greatest hope. It teaches us to learn to wait, form alliances, not make rash advances, and know how to make choices in adversity. After passing through this most difficult period, a prosperous future lies right before us.
Panhuan is beneficial to Juzhen and Jianhou.
Guidance
The foundation is not yet stable, difficulties abound; it is best to consolidate in place and seek help.
Modern Insight
You've hit a wall right at the start. This is not because you lack ability, but because the timing is not yet right. At this moment, do not force your way forward. The best approach is to consolidate in place, strengthen your foundation, while actively seeking like-minded partners. In the early stages of entrepreneurship, the team is more important than the direction.
Tun Ru, Zou Ru, riding horse Ban Ru. Bandits, marriage. A woman's chastity is not a word, but ten years is a word.
Guidance
Caught between advance and retreat, maintain patience and wait for the right moment.
Modern Insight
You are caught in a dilemma. An opportunity has appeared before you (such as a partnership invitation), seemingly attractive, but making you hesitant. At this time, holding fast to your principles and maintaining patience is more important than blindly accepting. Do not make commitments easily just because of immediate difficulties. True opportunities are worth waiting for.
That is to say, the deer has no danger, but enters the forest. As a gentleman, it is better to give up and be stingy.
Guidance
Reckless advance will inevitably lead to trouble; one should seek guidance from experienced people.
Modern Insight
You see an enticing target (the deer) and become eager to pursue it. But you lack experienced mentors or a detailed plan. This is a warning: advancing without professional guidance is a path to self-destruction. Learning to give up immediate temptations is a form of wisdom.
Riding on a horse, proposing and having sex will be auspicious, and there will be no disadvantages.
Guidance
Seek cooperation and treat others with sincerity; only then can you emerge from difficulty.
Modern Insight
A turning point has appeared in the deadlock. The way to break through the difficulty is clear: actively seek alliances! Lower your pride and seek help and cooperation with a sincere attitude. Especially seek partners like the "first nine" line—those at the grassroots level with real strength. Forming an alliance will help you break out of the predicament.
If you put the ointment in it, it will be auspicious if it is a small chastity, and it will be unlucky if it is a big chastity.
Guidance
Do not spread favors too widely; focus on those who can help you, and you will gain fortune.
Modern Insight
You are now a leader in a core position. But the entire team or company is still in a difficult period with limited resources. You want to be good to your subordinates, but you must act within your means. Small favors are acceptable, but do not make empty promises. Unrealistic generosity will shake the foundation and bring disaster.
Riding a horse is like a class, crying and bleeding.
Guidance
Trapped in a desperate situation, disheartened and unable to act.
Modern Insight
This is the most dangerous outcome of the Tun hexagram. You have struggled in difficulties for too long, exhausted all your strength, yet never found a way out, finally falling into despair. This warns us that in entrepreneurship or life's difficulties, if you cannot break through, you must reflect on whether the method, direction, or partners were wrong from the beginning. Following a path to its bitter end will only result in total loss, which is truly regrettable.
