Hexagram 49 · line 2

Revolution

革Gé

When the day has passed, then make the change. Setting out is favorable. No fault.

Line statement

六二

巳日乃革之,征吉,无咎。

When the day has passed, then make the change. Setting out is favorable. No fault.

Line 2 permits change only after the stated interval; the timing condition precedes the favorable verdict. Changing it makes Heaven below Lake, Hexagram 43. A decisive declaration can be compared with reform that waits for its time.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
inner · center

Line 2 is the center of the inner trigram.

Polarity and place
yin in an even place: aligned

Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 5: responsive

Its counterpart is Line 5; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 43 · Breakthrough