Hexagram 55: Abundance → Hexagram 39: Obstruction

Abundance
Thunder / Fire
Obstruction
Water / Mountain
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 1, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramThunder WaterThe Arousing → The Deep
Lower TrigramFire MountainThe Clinging → Keeping Still

Yilin Verse

北辰紫宮,衣冠立中。含弘建德,常受大福。

The North Star in its Purple Palace; robed and crowned, standing at the center. Embracing magnanimity, establishing virtue; forever receiving great blessings.

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

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