63 / 42 After Completion
Correct Sequencing
(29->63->30->64)

"CHI CHI -

CHI : completed, done; has occured; past tense of not-yet, WEI..

CHI : cross a river at a ford or shallow place; overcome an obstacle, embark on a course of action; help, relieve, cease. The ideogram: water and level, running smooth over a flat bottom."ERANOS p656

Image :

"[With guidance comes overcoming(control) : Sequencing].
One remembers distress and prepares for it in the future."

In a context of guidance we utilise control.

Commentary

In hexagram 63 we find the successful end of a journey masks the beginning of another. The mask of completion helps memory to distinguish events and some form of guide is useful for the new dangers ahead.

In the image, although one has completed a path, one recollects the bad times and is determined to be ready for them next time; the overall emphasis is getting things done in the correct order for completion.

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1 -

"[Tentative steps as one tests the water] Without fault. OR [youthful excitement] causes on to brake too soon. One's tail gets wet. No harm in this." [youthful folly]

Line 2 -

"A wife loses her veil. Do not pursue it. [After completion] she gets it back." [Do not chase after things. Compromise. That which one has lost in this state(level of refinement) can eventually be got back in the next state].

Line 3 -

"It took The [ancient emperor], without the use of the common people, three years to subjugate [the population]." [Upon completion, relief]

Line 4 -

"[There are two sides to a situation]. Wearing clothes in tatters. At the end of the day [upon completion], alarm." [ One has only seen what one wants. Upon completion we see the other side and are alarmed that it exists at all]

Line 5 -

"[Although spiritual offerings may differ in size] they both get the same blessing." [To (spritually?) progress one need not go for the biggest and the best. It is the intention that matters most.]

Line 6 -

Soaking one's head. Danger. [ One gets too carried away with one's success (refinement completed); almost drowning in it.]

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 53 maturing/gradual developing. It passes through hexagram 22 Fascading before reaching here.

Transformative methods

By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 37. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 37 as context.

It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.

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