Difficulty at the Beginning

Tradition · I Ching

Number: 3
Chinese: 屯
Upper trigram: Water
Lower trigram: Zhen
Phase: Water
Keywords: ChaosBirth painsPerseveranceObstacles
Meaning: Initial difficulty, chaos before order, perseverance needed
Magical Uses: Overcoming obstaclesPerseveranceNew beginnings
Pairs with: Youthful Folly Limitation Holding Together The Abysmal Water Increase The Cauldron

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Every entry that names Difficulty at the Beginning, grouped by the system it comes from.

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Youthful Folly Pairs with
Holding Together Pairs with
The Abysmal Water Pairs with
Increase Pairs with
The Cauldron Pairs with
Limitation Pairs with