| The present is embodied in Hexagram 63 - Chi Chi (After Completion): We see progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. There has been good fortune in the beginning, but there may be disorder in the end. |
| The first (bottommost) line, undivided, shows its subject as a driver who drags back his wheel, or as a fox which has wet his tail. There will be no error. |
| The fourth line, divided, shows its subject with rags provided against any leak in his boat, and on his guard all day long. |
| The fifth line, undivided, shows its subject as the neighbour in the east who slaughters an ox for his sacrifice. However this is not equal to the small spring sacrifice of the neighbour in the west, whose sincerity receives the blessing. |
| The topmost line, divided, shows its subject with even his head immersed. The position is perilous. |
| The situation is changing rapidly, but neither Yin (the passive feminine force) nor Yang (the active masculine force) is gaining ground. |
| The future is embodied in Hexagram 56 - Lu (The Wanderer): There may be some little attainment and progress. If the stranger or traveler be firm and correct as he ought to be, there will be good fortune. |
 | The things most apparent, those above and in front, are embodied by the upper trigram K'an (Water), which is transforming into Li (Fire). As part of this process, danger and the unknown are giving way to brightness and warmth. |
 | The things least apparent, those below and behind, are embodied by the lower trigram Li (Fire), which is transforming into Ken (Mountain). As part of this process, brightness and warmth are giving way to stillness and obstruction. |
