The 64 Hexagrams

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Before the Crossing

Upper trigram: Fire · Lower trigram: Water

Judgment

Completion remains possible, but the young fox has not yet crossed.

Image

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

Identify the final unmet condition before celebrating arrival.

Six lines and their changes

  1. 1 / 6

    A wet tail exposes an unfinished crossing, however near the far bank.

    Move this line → Different Directions
  2. 2 / 6

    Restrain the wheel to preserve capacity for the remaining crossing.

    Move this line → Emerging into View
  3. 3 / 6

    A crossing needs a workable route, not an unprepared charge.

    Move this line → The Vessel of Renewal
  4. 4 / 6

    Changing the situation takes sustained commitment rather than instant reversal.

    Move this line → Learning from Uncertainty
  5. 5 / 6

    Unfinished work can still carry a clear and trustworthy light.

    Move this line → A Dispute
  6. 6 / 6

    Celebration is workable until excess submerges sound judgment.

    Move this line → Untying the Difficulty

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

Before the Crossing · Upper trigram / Lower trigram?

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

Before 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.