Hexagram:Approach Hexagram:Coming to Meet

I-Ching Transformation

19
Approach
Lin
Earth / Lake
44
Coming to Meet
Gou
Heaven / Wind
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Line 1: 咸臨貞吉

xiánunited
líntaking charge
zhēnpersistence
promising

Line 3: 甘臨無攸利既憂之無咎

gānsweet
líntaking charge
this is no
yōudirection
with merit
when finished
yōuindulge in
zhīthis
no
jiùblame

Line 4: 至臨無咎

zhìcomplete
líntaking charge
no
jiùblame

Line 5: 知臨大君之宜吉

zhīinformed
líntaking charge
great
jūnnoble
zhī...'s
necessity
promising

Line 6: 敦臨吉無咎

dūnauthentic
líntaking charge
promising
no
jiùis wrong

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramLake Windjoyous to gentle

Yilin Verse

牙孽生齒,室堂啟戶;幽人利貞,鼓翼起舞。

Buds sprout teeth from the shoot, hall and chamber open their doors; the recluse finds constancy auspicious -- he beats his wings and rises to dance.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 19 (Approach) to hexagram 44 (Coming to Meet). 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.