Hexagram:Increase Hexagram:Small Preponderance

I Ching Transformation

42
Increase
Yi
Wind / Thunder
62
Small Preponderance
Xiao Guo
Thunder / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWind Thundergentle to arousing
Lower TrigramThunder Mountainarousing to stillness

Yilin Verse

月削日衰,工女下機。宇宙滅明,不見三光。

The moon wanes and the sun declines; the weaving woman steps down from her loom. The cosmos dims and loses brightness; the three luminaries are seen no more.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 42 (Increase) to hexagram 62 (Small Preponderance). 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.