Hexagram 12: Standstill → Hexagram 38: Opposition

Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Opposition
Fire / Lake
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramHeaven FireThe Creative → The Clinging
Lower TrigramEarth LakeThe Receptive → The Joyous

Yilin Verse

野鳥山鵲,來集六博;三鳥四散,主人勝客。

Wild birds and magpies come to gather at the gaming board. Three birds scatter in every direction; the host defeats the guest.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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