I Ching reading: Xie (Release) changing to Weiji (Before Completion)
Xie: Six at the top
The duke shoots a hawk on top of a high wall and takes it. Nothing that is not favorable.
公用射隼于高墉之上，獲之，无不利。
吉Favorable
Reading
Yes, go ahead.The difficulty is lifting; you can breathe out.
Governing text · Xie: Six at the top
In plain wordsThe duke, up on the high wall, shoots that vicious hawk and hits it with one arrow. Nothing that is not favorable. Get ready, and wait for the right moment before you strike.
- Now
- Like all things stretching out after a thunderstorm, what has been holding you is coming loose.
- The key
- Only one line is changing: Six at the top. The answer is in that line. This text describes a good outcome. Act the way it says and the matter can succeed. The promise has a condition: keep to the right course.
- Where it is heading
- Things are moving toward Weiji (Before Completion): Not done yet. One last step remains, and this is the step where mistakes come most easily.
- What to do
- If it is over, go back to normal life and stop stirring things up. If something is still unfinished, get it done soon. Be a little more lenient, with others and with yourself.
Read more closely
Which text applies
One changing line: read that line of the primary hexagram.
Your six throws, bottom to top: 1: 8 yin · 2: 7 yang · 3: 8 yin · 4: 7 yang · 5: 8 yin · 6: 6 yin (changing)
Line position
In its proper place · not answered by the third line
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
Verdict words in the text
Nuclear hexagram · Jiji (After Completion)
The thing is already accomplished. What you most need to guard against now is slackening.
The nuclear hexagram is formed from the four inner lines. It shows what is going on inside the situation.
Full texts
One who truly knows the Changes does not need to divine. The text is for reflection; what you do is up to you.