歸妹

Hexagram 54: The Marrying Maiden → Hexagram 45: Gathering Together

歸妹
The Marrying Maiden
Thunder / Lake
Gathering Together
Lake / Earth
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

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

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder LakeThe Arousing → The Joyous
Lower TrigramLake EarthThe Joyous → The Receptive

Yilin Verse

三足无頭,弗知所之。心強睛傷。莫使為明,不見月光。

Three legs, no head; not knowing where to go. The mind is stubborn, the eyes are hurt. Do not make it see; it cannot perceive the moonlight.

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

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