Hexagram 38: Opposition → Hexagram 12: Standstill

Opposition
Fire / Lake
Standstill
Heaven / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramFire HeavenThe Clinging → The Creative
Lower TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

隔在九山,往來勞難。心結不通,失其所歡。

Separated by nine mountains; coming and going is toilsome and hard. The heart knotted, unable to reach through; he has lost his beloved.

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

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