大壯 → 咸
Hexagram 34: Great Power → Hexagram 31: Influence
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 5).
Line 1
初九 壯于趾。征凶有孚。
Nine at the beginning means: Power in the toes. Continuing brings misfortune. This is certainly true.
Line 2
九二 貞吉。
Nine in the second place means: Perseverance brings good fortune.
Line 5
六五 喪羊于易。无悔。
Six in the fifth place means: Loses the goat with ease. No remorse.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
畜雞養狗，長息有儲，耕田得黍，王母喜舞。
Raising chickens, keeping dogs; long rest with stores aplenty. Plowing the fields, harvesting millet; the Queen Mother dances with joy.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Thunder above heaven settles into pastoral contentment: raising chickens and dogs, accumulating stores over the long term, plowing fields to harvest millet. The Queen Mother of the West dances in celebration — an extraordinary image linking humble farmstead prosperity to divine approval. When even the Queen Mother on Mount Kunlun rejoices, the abundance must be genuine and deeply rooted. From Great Power to Influence, the lake rests atop the mountain in Xian, the image of mutual responsiveness and heartfelt connection. The transformation traces how raw power, channeled into patient husbandry, creates the kind of organic prosperity that resonates between heaven and earth. The farmer's quiet diligence moves even the immortals to dance.
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