Hexagram:Breakthrough Hexagram:Nourishment

I Ching Transformation

43
Breakthrough
Guai
Lake / Heaven
27
Nourishment
Yi
Mountain / Thunder
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramLake Mountainjoyous to stillness
Lower TrigramHeaven Thundercreative to arousing

Yilin Verse

二室靈臺,文所止遊。雲物備故,長樂无憂。

The twin spirit towers where King Wen would pause and roam. Cloud signs and omens all accounted for; lasting joy without sorrow.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 43 (Breakthrough) to hexagram 27 (Nourishment). 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.