Hexagram:The Creative →Hexagram:Obstruction
I Ching Transformation
1
The Creative
Qian
Heaven / Heaven
→
39
Obstruction
Jian
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramHeaven →Watercreative to abysmal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Mountaincreative to stillness
Yilin Verse
騎㹠逐羊，不見所望，徑涉虎穴，亡羊失羔。
Riding a boar to chase sheep, not seeing what was hoped for. Cutting straight through the tiger’s den; the sheep are lost, the lambs gone.
— 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 39 (Obstruction). 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.