Hexagram:Holding Together →Hexagram:Great Possession
I Ching Transformation
8
Holding Together
Bi
Water / Earth
→
14
Great Possession
Da You
Fire / Heaven
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 6 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramWater →Fireyin-yang reversal
Lower TrigramEarth →Heavenyin-yang reversal
Yilin Verse
挒絜累累，締結難解。嫫母衒嫁，媒不得坐，自為身禍。
Tangled and knotted, hard to undo. The ugly woman Momo parades herself for marriage; the matchmaker cannot even sit down -- she brings calamity upon herself.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 8 (Holding Together) 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.