Hexagram:Waiting →Hexagram:The Receptive
I Ching Transformation
5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
→
2
The Receptive
Kun
Earth / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 5).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Earthabysmal to receptive
Lower TrigramHeaven →Earthyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
溫山松柏，常茂不落。鸞凰以庇，得其歡樂。
Warm mountain pines and cypresses, ever flourishing, never falling. The luan and the phoenix shelter therein, finding their delight.
— 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 2 (The Receptive). 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.