Hexagram:The Wanderer Hexagram:Limitation

I Ching Transformation

56
The Wanderer
Lu
Fire / Mountain
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire Wateryin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramMountain Lakestillness to joyous

Yilin Verse

三足无頭,弗知所之。心狂精傷,莫使為明,不見月光。

Three legs, no head; it knows not where to go. The mind is deranged, the spirit wounded; nothing can serve as light. The moon's glow is not seen.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 56 (The Wanderer) 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.