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).
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.