Hexagram:Enthusiasm →Hexagram:The Family
I-Ching Transformation
16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
→
37
The Family
Jia Ren
Wind / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Line 1: 鳴豫凶
鳴míngproclaiming
豫yùreadiness
凶xiōngdisappointing
Line 3: 盱豫悔遲有悔
盱xūwide-eyed
豫yùreadiness
悔huǐregrettable
遲chíthe slow
有yǒuwill have
悔huǐregrets
Line 4: 由豫大有得勿疑朋盍簪
由yóuat the source
豫yùreadiness
大dàthere is with much
有yǒuto have
得déto gain
勿wùdo not
疑yíhesitation
朋péngcompanions
盍hégather
簪zānas
Line 5: 貞疾恆不死
貞zhēnpersistent
疾jíaffliction
恆hénga long time
不bùwithout
死sǐdying
Line 6: 冥豫成有渝無咎
冥míngblind
豫yùreadiness
成chéngaccomplish
有yǒuwhile
渝yúa change for worse
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramThunder →Windarousing to gentle
Lower TrigramEarth →Firereceptive to clinging
Yilin Verse
夫婦相背，和氣弗處；陰陽俱否，莊姜無子。
Husband and wife turn their backs; harmonious spirit departs. Yin and yang both blocked -- Lady Zhuang Jiang bears no child.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 16 (Enthusiasm) to hexagram 37 (The Family). 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.