Hexagram 5: Waiting → Hexagram 53: Development

Waiting
Water / Heaven
Development
Wind / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 2, 6).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater WindThe Deep → The Gentle
Lower TrigramHeaven MountainThe Creative → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

冠帶南遊,與福喜逢。期於嘉貞,拜為公卿。

Capped and sashed, traveling south; meeting blessing and joy along the way. Expecting auspiciousness at the perfect hour; appointed to the rank of duke and minister.

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

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