Hexagram 03

Zhūn, beginning, accumulating

Gua Poem (the invocation):
Sprouting: Eminent - expansion
Harvest - divination
No benefit to proceed probing
Fruitful to install feudal lords

The great image says: Clouds and thunder: sprouting. A noble one lays out the basic pattern.
("uses the warp threads")

Zhūn: the ideogram and the story. (NEW) What does it mean for your question?
This hexagram is complementary to hex.50. Hex.3 is starting from scratch, 50 is established result.

Top line: Then driving a team of horses, then bloody tears are streaming.
The inner core must be resistant against failure. Many things in life will not succeed, so don't depend on success, and don't be a victim of failure. The two go together, if you defeat one, you defeat both.
(hex.3's 42 Increase: Steady your heart) Mirror

Line 5: The best place for stationing troops. Small divination auspicious. Big divination pitfall.
Find a place to live which suits you, both inside and outside. Free from expectations, pride, ambition or obligation. A hut where you feel good is better than a castle where you get lost.
(hex.3's 24 Recover: Always recover again your own soul and truth) Mirror

Line 4: Like driving a team of horses proposing marriage. To proceed is auspicious. There will be profit.
If you want something, then do it the right way! Put your heart and soul into it. Its success depends on your motivation, dedication, all the powers you yourself put into it.
(hex.3's 17 Following: Everything is about the road, the goal is just its end) Mirror

Line 3: Approaching the deer without a guide, it only enters deep into the forest. The noble one knows the signs, so stops. To proceed brings distress.
Who charges at things without thinking will put them to flight. A lot of fuss only makes the goal recede. One has to know the life and home of the game as if one lives there oneself.
(hex.3's 63 Already: Use the right means for what you do) Mirror

Line 2: Then sprouting, then proceeding with difficulty, then driving a team of horses. No bandit: a marital suitor. Girls divination: no babies. Ten years, then babies.
Don't just be a reaction on what comes up to you: running when all seems easy, and frustrated by the first obstacle. Things cannot be accomplished just like that, they need time and thought. So don't rush, but don't let anything stop you either.
(hex.3's 60 Limits: Don't shut yourself off) Mirror

Initial line: Not making headway. Profitable: a settling divination. Fruitful to install feudal lords.
Nothing starts out of nowhere, but the art is to make it become real. For big things one needs one's own space and assistance. Find helpers, consult your gods and your guts, explain and inspire.
(hex.3's 8 Stand by: Show others clearly what you do, your skills, your hopes) Mirror

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