大畜

26. Great taming

dàchù · Thunder ☳ over Heaven ☰

Gathering inner strength before an important step.

The Noble One's Path

Heaven hidden within a mountain — a potential still waiting for its moment. The Noble One learns from the past to build his character, not for show, but for real strength.

The Lesson

Don't waste yourself on petty conflicts. Focus on building character and gaining knowledge.

A question to sit with

Where should I hold myself back now, to gather strength for something more important?

Related hexagrams

In the I Ching no hexagram stands alone. Each one enters into relationships with others, and those relationships show the situation seen from the other side, in its opposite, and in its hidden tendency.

54. Uncertain position

歸妹

易

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卦

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