无妄 → 需
Hexagram 25: Innocence → Hexagram 5: Waiting
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 4 changing lines (lines 2, 3, 4, 6).
Line 2
六二 不耕穫。不菑畬。則利有攸往。
Six in the second place means: If one does not count on the harvest while plowing, Nor on the use of the ground while clearing it, It furthers one to undertake something.
Line 3
六三 无妄之災。或繫之牛。行人之得。邑人之災。
Six in the third place means: Undeserved misfortune. The cow that was tethered by someone Is the wanderer's gain, the citizen's loss.
Line 4
九四 可貞。无咎。
Nine in the fourth place means: He who can be persevering Remains without blame.
Line 6
上九 无妄。行有眚。无攸利。
Nine at the top means: Innocent action brings misfortune. Nothing furthers.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
王母多福，天祿所伏。居之寵光，君子有昌。
The Queen Mother bestows abundant blessings; heaven's bounty lies in store. Dwelling in honored radiance; the noble man finds flourishing.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder beneath heaven clears the way for celestial blessing. The Queen Mother of the West, guardian of the peaches of immortality, bestows abundant fortune; heaven's own emolument shelters the recipient. To dwell in such radiance is to receive the splendor of favor, and the noble person prospers. From Innocence to Waiting, the transformation shifts from spontaneous action to patient trust in heaven's timing. The Queen Mother's gifts do not arrive through striving — they descend upon those who wait with uncorrupted sincerity. Xu's image of clouds gathering over heaven promises nourishment that will come in its own season, and the wise response is to feast and celebrate with confidence.
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