Hexagram:Darkening of the Light →Hexagram:Enthusiasm
I Ching Transformation
36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
→
16
Enthusiasm
Yu
Thunder / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Thunderreceptive to arousing
Lower TrigramFire →Earthclinging to receptive
Yilin Verse
喋囁處耀，昧冥相傳。多言少實，語無成事。
Chattering and gibbering in the glare; darkness passes whispers along. Much talk, little substance; words accomplish nothing.
— 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 16 (Enthusiasm). 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.