Hexagram:Waiting Hexagram:The Wanderer

I Ching Transformation

5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven Mountaincreative to stillness

Yilin Verse

因禍受福,喜盈我室,所願必得。

Through misfortune, blessings are received; joy fills my house. Whatever is wished for, surely obtained.

— 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 56 (The Wanderer). 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.