The 64 Hexagrams

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After the Crossing

Upper trigram: Water · Lower trigram: Fire

Judgment

After crossing, order still needs care; a sound beginning does not secure the ending.

Image

Water above Fire; from bottom to top: yang, yin, yang, yin, yang, yin.

Maintain, inspect, and repair after the milestone.

Six lines and their changes

  1. 1 / 6

    Hold the wheel as the tail gets wet; check early momentum.

    Move this line → A Blocked Passage
  2. 2 / 6

    A missing screen need not trigger a chase that disrupts everything.

    Move this line → Waiting with Readiness
  3. 3 / 6

    Even after order, a major campaign demands sustained means and capable people.

    Move this line → A Difficult Beginning
  4. 4 / 6

    Keep repair cloth ready before a leak becomes a crisis.

    Move this line → Changing the Established Order
  5. 5 / 6

    A sincere modest rite outweighs an extravagant empty display.

    Move this line → Protecting the Light
  6. 6 / 6

    Going too far after crossing puts the head under water.

    Move this line → Order within the Household

Library links use the structural middle-four transform. Meihua casting applies its separate Heaven/Earth exception to a moving figure.

After the Crossing · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?

Water / Fire. Water above Fire; from bottom to top: yang, yin, yang, yin, yang, yin.

After the Crossing · Move this line?

Change exactly one line, numbered from the bottom. Each of the six links below leads to the resulting figure.

Cast with this figure

Classical source · Traditional symbols offer a perspective for reflection, not a prediction of inevitable events.