Hexagram:Waiting →Hexagram:Before Completion
I-Ching Transformation
5
Waiting
Xu
Water / Heaven
→
64
Before Completion
Wei Ji
Fire / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 3, 4, 5, 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 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 5: 需于酒食貞吉
需xūwaiting
于yúamidst
酒jiǔwine
食shífood
貞zhēnpersistence
吉jípromising
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 →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramHeaven →Watercreative to abysmal
Yilin Verse
登高上山，見王自言。申理我讒，得職蒙恩。
Climbing high, ascending the mountain; seeing the king, speaking for oneself. Setting right the slander against me; one gains a post and receives grace.
— 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 64 (Before Completion). 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.