Hexagram:The Family Hexagram:The Army

I Ching Transformation

37
The Family
Jia Ren
Wind / Fire
7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Earthgentle to receptive
Lower TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

三狂北行,道逢大狼。暮宿患澤,為禍堪傷。

Three madmen travel north; on the road they meet a great wolf. At dusk they lodge in a troubled marsh; disaster inflicts its wound.

— 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 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.