Hexagram:Darkening of the Light Hexagram:The Army

I Ching Transformation

36
Darkening of the Light
Ming Yi
Earth / Fire
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Earth
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

黃帝神明,八子聖聰,佚受大福,天下平康。

The Yellow Emperor, divine and brilliant; his eight sons sages all. They received great blessings in abundance; all under heaven was peaceful and well.

— 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 7 (The Army). 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.