䷿ Hexagram 64: Before Completion

Judgment

BEFORE COMPLETION. Success. But if the young fox, that has nearly crossed the stream, gets his tail wet there will be no advantage.

Image

The image of the condition before transition. Thus, you should carefully discriminate among the qualities of things, so that each can find its place.

Description
Hexagram 64 is named 未濟 (wèi jì), “Before Completion”. Other variations include Unfinished Business, Not-yet Fording, Not Yet Completed, Tasks yet to be Completed, Before the End, A State of Transition . Its inner trigram is ☵ (坎 kǎn) gorge = (水) water, and its outer trigram is ☲ (離 lí) radiance = (火) fire.