Hexagram:Darkening of the Light Hexagram:Dispersion

I Ching Transformation

36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
59
Dispersion
Huan
Wind / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Windreceptive to gentle
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

逐禍除患,道德神仙。遏惡萬里,福常在前,身樂以安。

Driving out calamity, banishing harm; the virtuous way of the divine immortal. Warding off evil for ten thousand miles; blessings ever go before. The body is at ease and at peace.

— 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 59 (Dispersion). 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.