Begin with careThe Marrying Maiden
How you begin decides how you end.
Gui Mei is thunder above the lake — the youngest daughter marrying, but in something of a rush. Gui is the homecoming destination, yet mei is a young girl: the whole hexagram smells of out the door before ready. Its reminder: beginnings matter more than maintenance — a relationship, a project, a migration; if the initial order is wrong, all after is hard to right. Care at the start is this hexagram's true counsel.
A line: the lame can still walk — unsteady, but moving. Gui Mei admits such make-do can continue; it just will not go far. The judgment's misfortune on campaign does not forbid beginning; it says: begun in this order, do not expect distance.
Practice Review something you recently began — a relationship, a job, a habit. Ask: is the shape of its beginning still here today?