Hexagram 64 for love
Hexagram 64 Not Yet Crossed in love and relationships
Wei Ji is fire over water: flame rising, water sinking, the elements moving apart, every line out of its proper place. Yet the Tuan points out that each strong line answers a weak one: the positions are wrong, the correspondences all there. In a relationship this is something unfinished but real: two people not yet where they mean to be, with the attraction intact. The Judgment's little fox, nearly across with its tail wet, is a warning about the last stretch, not a denial of the journey.
The lines sort the stages. Line one starts without measuring the distance and gets wet; line two has the strength to go and holds it back; line three must not cross alone; line four is through the worst and committed to the long work; line five leads by trust and light; the top line celebrates and, if it forgets measure, slips back in. The bond is possible and not yet made. A changing line in the lower trigram concerns the crossing itself; one in the upper, what you do once over.
The hexagram in brief
Fire over water, every line out of place: not yet across. Success is possible — but the little fox, nearly over, wets its tail; nothing is favourable yet. The Book ends with the crossing still ahead.
You are close, not done: discern carefully, keep your resources dry, and finish with the same care you started with.
The judgment
未濟：亨，小狐汔濟，濡其尾，无攸利。Wei Žî intimates progress and success (in the circumstances which it implies). (We see) a young fox that has nearly crossed (the stream), when its tail gets immersed. There will be no advantage in any way.
Which line changed?
A changing line sharpens the answer. Each line of 未濟 Not Yet Crossed has its own page:
- 初六Six at the beginningwet tail · setting out too soon · not knowing limits
- 九二Nine in the second placeholding the wheel · steadiness · central and correct
- 六三Six in the third placenot yet across · advance is evil · yet cross the river
- 九四Nine in the fourth placerousing to the campaign · three years · will carried out
- 六五Six in the fifth placethe gentleman's light · sincerity · no regret
- 上九Nine at the topconfident feasting · head under water · losing measure
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Questions
- Is hexagram 64, Not Yet Crossed, a good sign for love?
- Wei Ji is fire over water: flame rising, water sinking, the elements moving apart, every line out of its proper place. Yet the Tuan points out that each strong line answers a weak one: the positions are wrong, the correspondences all there. In a relationship this is something unfinished but real: two people not yet where they mean to be, with the attraction intact. The Judgment's little fox, nearly across with its tail wet, is a warning about the last stretch, not a denial of the journey.
- What does Hexagram 64, 未濟 Not Yet Crossed, mean?
- Fire over water, every line out of place: not yet across. Success is possible — but the little fox, nearly over, wets its tail; nothing is favourable yet. The Book ends with the crossing still ahead.
Chinese text: the received Zhouyi (Wuyingdian lineage). English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East XVI, 1882 (public domain).