I Ching · Hexagram 64
Wèi Jì: Before Completion
Fire above water: the elements are not yet in their places. Wei Ji is the last stretch before completion, full of promise, when one careless step can still spoil the crossing.
- Keywords
- Almost there, transition, care, hope
- Upper trigram
- Fire (Li)
- Lower trigram
- Water (Kan)
- Advice
- Keep going with care; the end is near but not yet reached.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.