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Hexagram of the day · July 22, 2026

Sprouting

Hexagram 3 · zhūn · Sprouting
Original Chinese text · judgment and image

元亨,利贞。勿用有攸往。

云雷屯,君子以经纶。

Reading of the day

The difficulty of first beginnings calls for staying still rather than acting rashly. Drawing this hexagram suggests that nothing is suited to bold advance yet; first lay the foundations.

A reflection written by Yarrow Yi, not a quotation from the classic. What, if anything, does this theme bring to your attention today?

Moving line of the dayLine 4

This is line 4, counted from the bottom. Its original Chinese text is below; explore how changing lines work.

六四:乘马班如,求婚媾。往吉,无不利。

求而往,明也。

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