Hexagram:The Family Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden

I Ching Transformation

37
The Family
Jia Ren
Wind / Fire
54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramFire Lakeclinging to joyous

Yilin Verse

駕車出門,順時宜西。福佑我身,安寧無患。

He readies the carriage and goes out the gate; the season favors traveling west. Blessings protect his person; peaceful and tranquil, without affliction.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 37 (The Family) to hexagram 54 (The Marrying Maiden). 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.