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A Return Begins
Upper trigram: Earth · Lower trigram: Thunder
Judgment
Return opens renewal after departure from a sound course.
Image
Earth above Thunder; from bottom to top: yang, yin, yin, yin, yin, yin.
Notice the earliest chance to correct rather than wait for escalation.
Six lines and their changes
1 / 6
Return before straying far; early correction limits the cost.
Move this line → Earth Receiving2 / 6
A willing, unforced return restores the course.
Move this line → Drawing Near3 / 6
Repeated departures are risky, yet correction remains worthwhile.
Move this line → Protecting the Light4 / 6
One person turns back within the group; numbers do not settle judgment.
Move this line → The Shock of Thunder5 / 6
A substantial return rests on commitment, not a passing regret.
Move this line → A Difficult Beginning6 / 6
Losing the way back makes ambitious mobilization especially costly.
Move this line → Sources of Nourishment
Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.
A Return Begins · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?
Earth / Thunder. Earth above Thunder; from bottom to top: yang, yin, yin, yin, yin, yin.
A Return Begins · Move this line?
Change exactly one line, numbered from the bottom. Each of the six links below leads to the resulting figure.
Classical source · Traditional symbols offer a perspective for reflection, not a prediction of inevitable events.