Hexagram:Waiting Hexagram:Progress

I Ching Transformation

5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
35
Progress
Jin
Fire / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven Earthyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

咸陽辰巳,長安戌亥。丘陵生止,非魚鰌市。不可辭阻,終無悔咎。

Xianyang at the chen-si hours; Chang’an at the xu-hai hours. Hills and mounds produce and stand; not a market for fish and eels. One need not refuse or resist; in the end, no regret or fault.

— 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 35 (Progress). 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.