I Ching · Hexagram 49
Gé: Revolution
Fire beneath the lake: two elements that change each other, as the seasons turn. Ge is deep change, which succeeds when the time is ripe and the reasons are clear to others.
- Keywords
- Change, transformation, timing, renewal
- Upper trigram
- Lake (Dui)
- Lower trigram
- Fire (Li)
- Advice
- Make the change when it is truly needed, and explain why.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.