Hexagram:Waiting →Hexagram:Standstill
I-Ching Transformation
5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
→
12
Standstill
Pi
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 1: 需于郊利用恆無咎
需xūwaiting
于yúon
郊jiāothe outskirts
利lìworthwhile
用yònguseful
恆héngwhat endures
無wúno
咎jiùblame
Line 2: 需于沙小有言終吉
需xūwaiting
于yúon
沙shāthe sand
小xiǎothe small
有yǒuhave
言yánthings to say
終zhōngin the end
吉jíauspicious
Line 3: 需于泥致寇至
需xūwaiting
于yúin
泥níthe mud
致zhìinviting
寇kòuthieves
至zhìto approach
Line 4: 需于血出自穴
需xūwaiting
于yúin
血xuèblood
出chūemerge
自zìfrom
穴xuéthat
Line 6: 入于穴有不速之客三人來敬之終吉
入rùentering
于yúinto
穴xuéa pit
有yǒuwith
不bùno
速sùinvitation
之zhīextended to
客kèvisitors
三sānthree
人rénpeople
來láiarrive
敬jìngto respect
之zhīto them
終zhōngwill end in
吉jígood fortune
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
雌單獨居，歸其本巢。毛羽憔悴，志如死灰。
The female bird dwells alone, returning to her old nest. Feathers haggard and worn; her spirit is as dead ash.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 5 (Waiting) to hexagram 12 (Standstill). 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.