Weiji, nine at the topHexagram 64, line 6 · Weiji (Before Completion) · changing to 40
The line
In plain wordsFull of confidence, you drink your wine at ease, looking after yourself while you wait for the right time. No blame. But if you drink so freely that your head gets soaked, then the self-confidence has gone too far and you have lost your sense of measure.
The Image commentary on this line
飲酒濡首，亦不知節也。
Drinking wine until "the head gets wet": this too is not knowing restraint.
The small Image commentary is the earliest explanation of the line texts. It usually explains a line from its position: where it stands, whether it holds the center, and which line answers it.
Verdict
平Neutral. Neither good nor bad. Do your part, correct mistakes, and nothing will go wrong.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- At this stage you can relax and rest a while, building up your energy as you wait for the right time; there is nothing wrong in that. Just don't loosen up so much that you forget yourself: keep socializing and fun within limits. Confidence carried too far loses its sense of measure.
- Love
- With confidence in your heart, enjoy your days and your feelings as they are now, without being tense about everything. Just don't indulge yourself to the point of losing measure, taking the other person's patience for granted.
- Money
- When you know where you stand, enjoying yourself a little and giving yourself a treat is no mistake. But don't spend until you forget restraint; if you splash money around whenever you feel good, you lose your sense of measure.
This is how to read it when this is the only changing line. With several changing lines, first see which text governs; for the hexagram as a whole, see Weiji.
Line position
A yang line in a yin place: it is not in its proper place. Its partner is the third line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
Top place: the end of the matter. What reaches its limit turns. Know when to stop.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three backs, old yang), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Weiji (Before Completion); when this line changes it becomes Xie (Release): hexagram 64 changing to 40.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Xie (Release)
The difficulty is lifting; you can breathe out.