Hexagram:The Marrying Maiden Hexagram:Limitation

I-Ching Transformation

54
The Marrying Maiden
Gui Mei
Thunder / Lake
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder Waterarousing to abysmal
Lower TrigramLake Lake

Yilin Verse

張羅捕鳩,兔離其災。雌雄俱得,為罝所賊。

Spreading the net to catch the dove; the rabbit escapes its doom. Male and female both are taken; the snare becomes their executioner.

— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 54 (The Marrying Maiden) to hexagram 60 (Limitation). 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.