Wednesday, January 14th, 2026, Lunar November 26th

Today's Energy Guide

Today's hexagram:Shuiretun（䷂）

The Book of ChangesItemthreeThe hexagram, the upper hurdle (water) and the lower tremor (thunder), the combination of clouds and thunder, create and maintain difficulties.

Hexagram revelation:Hexagram ZhunFollowing the two hexagrams of Qian and Kun, which symbolize the creation of heaven and earth, reveal the initial state of "hardness and softness beginning to intersect but difficult to give birth".Shuowen JieziThe character 'tun' is interpreted as' difficult ', and its oracle bone script is shaped like grass and trees breaking through the soil, which not only contains the potential for vitality, but also highlights the difficulties that must be overcome in the beginning. The Tun Gua advocates the wisdom of "standing before moving, using softness to overcome hardness": in the face of difficulties, one should not only actively seek progress like thunder, but also cautiously avoid risks like water. The growth of all things cannot avoid the difficulty of starting a business, but difficulty and vitality are two sides of the same coin - it is the danger of breaking through that can temper the resilience of new things and lay a solid foundation for long-term development.

If there is love in heaven, it is also old. The righteous path in the world is full of vicissitudes.

today in historyHarley portrait

one thousand seven hundred and forty-two

yearonemoonfourteenOn the day, British astronomersgeographer、mathematicianMeteorologists andphysicistEdmundo·Harleypass awayHe was born in London and has served asUniversity of OxfordProfessor of Geometry, Second Termgreenwich observatory Director.He once went to Saint Helena Island to draw the first Southern Star Catalogue, and later became close friends with Newton, sponsoring and editing the publication of "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy". Halley's core contribution lies in comet research, where he analyzed historical observational data and made predictions

one thousand six hundred and eighty-twoThe comet that appears in the year will beone thousand seven hundred and fifty-eightAfter the year of return, the prophecy was confirmed, and this comet was namedHalley's CometBecoming the first comet predicted to return to its cycle by humans. In addition, he also studied geomagnetic changes, drew a magnetic map of the Atlantic Ocean, and proposed a method for calculating the distance between the sun and the earth using the transit of Venus, which promoted the development of astrometry and geography.Halley's research shattered comets

The traditional understanding of "disaster precursors" includes comets in the category of celestial motion laws, providing a key basis for the verification of Newtonian mechanics. Its scientific methods and achievements have had a profound impact on future generations, promoting human understanding of the solar system to a new stage.“灾异预兆”的传统认知，将彗星纳入天体运行规律范畴，为牛顿力学的验证提供关键依据，其科学方法与成果对后世产生深刻影响，推动人类对太阳系的认知迈向新阶段。