Hexagram 49 · line 5
Revolution
革Gé
A great person changes like a tiger. Trust is present before divination.
Line statement
九五
大人虎變，未占有孚。
A great person changes like a tiger. Trust is present before divination.
The tiger’s distinct pattern makes change visible in Line 5; trust precedes the consultation. Changing it makes Thunder above Fire, Hexagram 55. The tiger’s visible pattern can be compared with Abundance’s light and activity.
Computed position
How this place works
- Trigram position
- outer · center
Line 5 is the center of the outer trigram.
- Polarity and place
- yang in an odd place: aligned
Its yang polarity matches the traditional odd-place convention.
- Correspondence
- Line 2: responsive
Its counterpart is Line 2; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.
One line changes