Hexagram:Darkening of the Light →Hexagram:Standstill
I Ching Transformation
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
→
12
Standstill
Pi
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramFire →Earthclinging to receptive
Yilin Verse
王伯遠宿，長婦在室，異袍恃食，所求不得。
The lord and elder lodges far away; the eldest wife remains at home. She borrows robes and begs for food; what she seeks, she does not obtain.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 36 (Darkening of the Light) to hexagram 12 (Standstill). 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.