Hexagram 26: Great Taming (大畜) & Tzolkin
Hexagram 26 Great Taming (大畜 dà chù) in I Ching and Tzolkin: Mountain over Heaven, accumulating wisdom and strength. It maps to kins 101–104 of the Tzolkin calendar.
大畜 dà chù · Great Taming
Great Taming (大畜, dà chù) is the hexagram of accumulated power — Mountain above Heaven, great strength held within the mountain until ready for release. The judgment speaks of perseverance, of not eating at home, and of crossing the great water once the gathered force is ripe. Its image shows the superior person studying the past to strengthen their own character.
In the Argüelles Codon system, hexagram 26 corresponds to kins 101–104 of the Tzolkin calendar — the four signatures closing the Yellow Human wavespell. Red Dragon (kin 101, Birth) carries tone ten, followed by White Wind (kin 102, Spirit), Blue Night (kin 103, Abundance), and Yellow Seed (kin 104, Flowering) completing the cycle. That progression, from birth through spirit and abundance to flowering, reads as a map of accumulation: life force takes on form before it bears fruit, much as Heaven ripens within the Mountain.
Read side by side, both traditions point to the same threshold: real power is not an instant discharge but a patient accumulation that, in time, signals its own moment of release.
The Judgment
The Taming Power of the Great. Perseverance furthers. Not eating at home brings good fortune. It furthers one to cross the great water. Accumulate wisdom and strength.
The Image
Heaven within the mountain. The superior person acquaints themselves with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen their character.