Hexagram:Limitation →Hexagram:Retreat
I Ching Transformation
60
Limitation
Jie
Water / Lake
→
33
Retreat
Dun
Heaven / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 5 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Heavenabysmal to creative
Lower TrigramLake →Mountainjoyous to stillness
Yilin Verse
奮翅鼓翼，翱翔外國。逍遙北域，不入溫室。
Spreading wings, beating pinions, soaring to foreign lands. Wandering freely in northern regions, never entering the warm chamber.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 60 (Limitation) to hexagram 33 (Retreat). 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.