I Ching Oracle Lookup - Hexagram 16: Mobilized Readiness

Yin-Yang symbol

Welcome to Hexagram 16, Mobilized Readiness. The table below maps every combination of changing lines to its resulting hexagram — 63 transformations plus the unchanging reading. The notation reads from the bottom line upward: 16.1.5 means Hexagram 16 with lines 1 and 5 changing.

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16
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16.1
51		 ䷏
16.2
40		 ䷏
16.3
62		 ䷏
16.4
2		 ䷏
16.5
45		 ䷏
16.6
35		 ䷏
16.1.2
54
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16.1.3
55		 ䷏
16.1.4
24		 ䷏
16.1.5
17		 ䷏
16.1.6
21		 ䷏
16.2.3
32		 ䷏
16.2.4
7		 ䷏
16.2.5
47		 ䷏
16.2.6
64
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16.3.4
15		 ䷏
16.3.5
31		 ䷏
16.3.6
56		 ䷏
16.4.5
8		 ䷏
16.4.6
23		 ䷏
16.5.6
12		 ䷏
16.1.2.3
34		 ䷏
16.1.2.4
19
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16.1.2.5
58		 ䷏
16.1.2.6
38		 ䷏
16.1.3.4
36		 ䷏
16.1.3.5
49		 ䷏
16.1.3.6
30		 ䷏
16.1.4.5
3		 ䷏
16.1.4.6
27		 ䷏
16.1.5.6
25
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16.2.3.4
46		 ䷏
16.2.3.5
28		 ䷏
16.2.3.6
50		 ䷏
16.2.4.5
29		 ䷏
16.2.4.6
4		 ䷏
16.2.5.6
6		 ䷏
16.3.4.5
39		 ䷏
16.3.4.6
52
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16.3.5.6
33		 ䷏
16.4.5.6
20		 ䷏
16.1.2.3.4
11		 ䷏
16.1.2.3.5
43		 ䷏
16.1.2.3.6
14		 ䷏
16.1.2.4.5
60		 ䷏
16.1.2.4.6
41		 ䷏
16.1.2.5.6
10
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16.1.3.4.5
63		 ䷏
16.1.3.4.6
22		 ䷏
16.1.3.5.6
13		 ䷏
16.1.4.5.6
42		 ䷏
16.2.3.4.5
48		 ䷏
16.2.3.4.6
18		 ䷏
16.2.3.5.6
44		 ䷏
16.2.4.5.6
59
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16.3.4.5.6
53		 ䷏
16.1.2.3.4.5
5		 ䷏
16.1.2.3.4.6
26		 ䷏
16.1.2.3.5.6
1		 ䷏
16.1.2.4.5.6
61		 ䷏
16.1.3.4.5.6
37		 ䷏
16.2.3.4.5.6
57		 ䷏
16.1.2.3.4.5.6
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About the Transformations of Hexagram 16

Hexagram 16, Mobilized Readiness (豫 Yù), places Earth below Thunder. The receptive lower trigram consists entirely of yin lines, while Thunder introduces a single yang line into the upper half. Changes below differentiate Earth's open base; changes above reconstruct Thunder's activating pattern. Movement that includes positions on both sides of the trigram boundary revises the relationship between underlying receptivity and activation emerging in the outer structure.

Each result in the table follows from reversing every line marked as changing and identifying the recomposed figure as a second hexagram. The mapping includes all six single-line changes and the fifty-seven combinations in which multiple lines move. Its unchanging entry represents the zero-line case: the original configuration remains, and the Judgment of Hexagram 16 alone governs.

When change extends through all six positions, Mobilized Readiness resolves into Hexagram 9, Small Accumulation, its line-by-line complement. Its King Wen partner is Hexagram 15, Leveling, reached through inversion. Turning Hexagram 16 upside down reproduces Leveling's structure and establishes the consecutive pair. Full polarity reversal instead crosses the sequence to Hexagram 9, making the complement relation distinct from the figure's rotational partnership.

For the full Judgment, Image, and line texts, see Hexagram 16: Mobilized Readiness →