I Ching Oracle Result: Transformation from Hexagram 15 with Changing Lines 1, 3, 6 to Hexagram 27

Yin Yang symbol, representing balance

Yì Jīng’s Response: Hexagram 15.1.3.6 -> 27

Old Yin Young Yin Young Yin Old Yang Young Yin Old Yin

15. Balancing

Yang Yin Yin Yin Yin Yang

27. Nourishment

15. Balancing (謙 Qiān)

Trigrams

Above
☷ Kūn (Earth) — 地 · Receptive
Below
☶ Gèn (Mountain) — 山 · Stillness

The Symbolism of Hexagram 15

Hexagram 謙 (Qiān) describes a condition in which what is elevated is lowered and what is low is raised, creating balance. It is not self-effacement, but the proper adjustment of excess and deficiency.

Hexagram 15 Judgment

The Judgment reads:
Original Chinese:
謙亨，君子有終。
(Qiān hēng, jūn zǐ yǒu zhōng.)
English Translation:
"Balancing brings smooth progress. The superior person brings it to completion."

When excess is reduced and deficiency is filled, movement becomes smooth. This creates a condition in which processes can continue without disruption.

The superior person carries this adjustment through to its conclusion, ensuring that balance is not temporary but sustained.

Hexagram 15 Image

The Image reads:
Original Chinese:
地中有山，謙。君子以裒多益寡，稱物平施。
(Dì zhōng yǒu shān, qiān. Jūn zǐ yǐ póu duō yì guǎ, chēng wù píng shī.)
English Translation:
"A mountain rises within the earth: balancing. The superior person gathers what is excessive and adds to what is lacking, distributing things according to balance."

The mountain is contained within the earth, its height moderated rather than exposed. This reflects reduction of excess.

Balance is achieved not by equalizing everything blindly, but by measuring and adjusting according to what each situation requires.

Line 1 Changing

This line reads:
Original Chinese:
謙謙君子，用涉大川，吉。
(Qiān qiān jūn zǐ, yòng shè dà chuān, jí.)
English Translation:
"Balanced in balance, the superior person uses this to undertake a major transition. Favorable outcome."

At the beginning, alignment is already established. Because there is no excess or distortion, movement through difficulty is possible.

The crossing succeeds because nothing is carried in imbalance.

Line 3 Changing

This line reads:
Original Chinese:
勞謙君子，有終，吉。
(Láo qiān jūn zǐ, yǒu zhōng, jí.)
English Translation:
"Working within balance, the superior person brings it to completion. Favorable outcome."

Balance requires effort to maintain. It is not static, but continuously adjusted through activity.

Because this work is sustained, it leads to completion without disruption.

Line 6 Changing

This line reads:
Original Chinese:
鳴謙，利用行師，征邑國。
(Míng qiān, lì yòng xíng shī, zhēng yì guó.)
English Translation:
"Balancing is made evident. It is favorable to set things in motion to restore alignment."

At the highest level, balance is applied outwardly across a wider field. Correction extends beyond the immediate situation.

This is not conquest, but the reordering of what has fallen out of alignment.

Changing to:

27. Nourishment (頤 Yí)

Trigrams

Above
☶ Gèn (Mountain) — 山 · Stillness
Below
☳ Zhèn (Thunder) — 雷 · Arousing

The Symbolism of Hexagram 27

Hexagram 頤 (Yí) concerns what is taken in and what is expressed. It describes the system of intake, processing, and output that sustains life and action.

Hexagram 27 Judgment

The Judgment reads:
Original Chinese:
頤，貞吉。觀頤，自求口實。
(Yí, zhēn jí. Guān yí, zì qiú kǒu shí.)
English Translation:
"Nourishment. Correct alignment leads to a favorable outcome. Observe nourishment, and seek what fills the mouth for yourself."

This hexagram directs attention to both intake and source. What is taken in must be examined, and its origin understood.

Sustenance must ultimately be secured by oneself, not passively received or misdirected.

Hexagram 27 Image

The Image reads:
Original Chinese:
山下有雷，頤。君子以慎言語，節飲食。
(Shān xià yǒu léi, yí. Jūn zǐ yǐ shèn yán yǔ, jié yǐn shí.)
English Translation:
"Thunder stirs beneath the mountain: nourishment. The superior person is careful in speech and measured in food and drink."

Thunder initiates movement; the mountain contains it. This reflects controlled intake and controlled expression.

Speech and consumption are parallel systems—both must be governed to maintain balance.

Peace and wisdom on your journey!

With gratitude,
The I Ching Team