Hexagram:Great Possession Hexagram:The Receptive

I Ching Transformation

14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Earthclinging to receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

蟠枝失岐,與母別離,絕不相知。

A coiling branch loses its fork; separated from the mother. Cut off and knowing nothing of each other.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 14 (Great Possession) to hexagram 2 (The Receptive). 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.