Hexagram:The Army Hexagram:Great Possession

I Ching Transformation

7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Firereceptive to clinging
Lower TrigramWater Heavenabysmal to creative

Yilin Verse

鴻鴈翩翩,始怨勞苦。災疫病民,鰥寡愁憂。

Wild geese fly in disarray; at first they lament toil and hardship. Plague and pestilence afflict the people; the widowed and orphaned are filled with grief.

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

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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 7 (The Army) to hexagram 14 (Great Possession). 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.