I Ching · #49
䷰
Revolution
澤火革
change
timing
legitimacy
The Judgment
革,巳日乃孚,元亨利貞,悔亡。
Revolution. On your own day you are believed. Supreme success, furthering through perseverance. Remorse disappears.
The Image
澤中有火,革;君子以治歷明時。
Fire in the lake: the image of Revolution. Thus the superior person sets the calendar in order and makes the seasons clear.
In one line
Change needs both the right moment and earned trust.
Trigrams
Lower (inner)
☲
Fire
fire · Fire
Upper (outer)
☱
Lake
a lake · Metal