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