I Ching Oracle Result: Transformation from Hexagram 15 with Changing Lines 3, 4, 6 to Hexagram 35

Yin Yang symbol, representing balance

Yì Jīng’s Response: Hexagram 15.3.4.6 -> 35

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

15. Leveling

Yang Yin Yang Yin Yin Yin

35. Advancement

15. Leveling (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:
"Leveling 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: leveling. 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 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 4 Changing

This line reads:
Original Chinese:
無不利，撝謙。
(Wú bù lì, huī qiān.)
English Translation:
"Nothing is unfavorable. Guiding through balanced adjustment."

Here, balance is actively directed. Adjustment is applied where needed.

Because it is responsive and measured, there is no disadvantage in any direction.

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:

35. Advancement (晉 Jìn)

Trigrams

Above
☲ Lí (Fire) — 火 · Radiance
Below
☷ Kūn (Earth) — 地 · Receptive

The Symbolism of Hexagram 35

Hexagram 晉 (Jìn) describes advancement—visibility and movement into the open. What was previously internal or restrained now becomes expressed and recognized.

Fire above earth shows light rising from a receptive base. Illumination spreads outward, making what was hidden visible. Advancement here is not forceful expansion, but emergence into clarity.

Hexagram 35 Judgment

The Judgment reads:
Original Chinese:
晉，康侯用錫馬蕃庶，晝日三接。
(Jìn, kāng hóu yòng xī mǎ fán shù, zhòu rì sān jiē.)
English Translation:
"Advancement. One is supported and brought forward repeatedly within the same cycle."

This describes a condition where progress is recognized and reinforced. Advancement is not isolated—it is sustained through repeated acknowledgment and support.

The imagery reflects rapid access and continued reception. Movement forward is enabled by alignment with the environment, not by force.

Hexagram 35 Image

The Image reads:
Original Chinese:
明出地上，晉。君子以自昭明德。
(Míng chū dì shàng, jìn. Jūn zǐ yǐ zì zhāo míng dé.)
English Translation:
"Light emerges above the earth: advancement. The superior person makes bright virtue shine from within."

Light rises from the earth and becomes visible. This represents internal clarity becoming externally expressed.

Advancement occurs through illumination. What is aligned internally naturally becomes apparent outwardly.

Peace and wisdom on your journey!

With gratitude,
The I Ching Team