Hexagram:Great Possession Hexagram:Obstruction

I Ching Transformation

14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
39
Obstruction
Jian
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven Mountaincreative to stillness

Yilin Verse

金牙鐵齒,西王母子;無有患殆,減害道利。

Teeth of gold, fangs of iron; children of the Queen Mother of the West. Without peril or harm; diminishing hurt, profiting the way.

— 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 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.