Hexagram:The Army Hexagram:Revolution

I Ching Transformation

7
The Army
Shi
Earth / Water
49
Revolution
Ge
Lake / Fire
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramEarth Lakereceptive to joyous
Lower TrigramWater Fireyin-yang reversal

Yilin Verse

秋冬探巢,不得鵲雛。衘指北去,慚我少夫。

Searching nests in autumn and winter, no magpie chicks to find. Biting his finger, he goes north; I am ashamed before my young husband.

— 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 49 (Revolution). 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.