Hexagram:The Creative Hexagram:Darkening of the Light

I Ching Transformation

1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 2, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven Firecreative to clinging

Yilin Verse

弓矢俱張,把彈折絃,丸發不至,道遇害患。

Bow and arrow both drawn, but the pellet snaps the string. The shot does not reach its mark; on the road one meets harm and danger.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 1 (The Creative) to hexagram 36 (Darkening of the Light). In the I Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.