Hexagram 64

WÈI JÌ

Not yet across

Not yet across, expansion
The little fox crosses over when the water is drying up
It wets its tail
No ground for harvest
The great image says:
Fire above water: not yet across
The noble one is cautious when differentiating things so that each finds its place

Fire
Water

Only when darkness too is involved can there be creativity. Only where no form exists, all forms are possible, all is open.
In a real work of art, it is the hinted at, but not spoken out, which gives the illusion, the beauty. It takes form in the beholders eye. Every time a different form, every time a new creation.
The fruits of art have to be ‘not yet’, the abundance of summer, before the harvest.

WEI JI
Wei⁴: a picture of a luxuriant tree. Its original meaning was 'abundant', and it is also the 8th Earthly Branch (late summer, animal is sheep). Now its meaning is 'not yet' and my opinion is, that it indicated the time of year when everything was at its maximum development, but fruit were not yet ripe. FE2331, [M7114], LiLéyi 348, GSR.531
JI⁴: water or a river (2) and a field of grain, all being alike (3 and 3a), meaning uniform, equal, of equal length. Meanings: a ford, to ford, to cross a stream; to relieve, to aid; to succeed, to be up to standard; to benefit, benefits.
Pronounced JI³ it means: various, numerous, elegant and dignified.

6 at 3: Not yet across, setting things right: pitfall. Harvest to wade across the big stream.
You can only cross the next river if the previous one has been mastered, so finish one thing before starting the next. Your mind should be able to focus, if it has to jump to and fro, nothing will be accomplished. And 'things' seem to have a mind of their own, they react to your lack of attention.
(Changes to hex.50)

Above 9: To be true when drinking liquor. Without fault. Soaking one's head and being true: losing it.
Nothing wrong with finding one’s truth (or shadow) with the help of liquor, medicine, drugs, divination or dancing, but stay in control! The aim is to pass self-consciousness, but not to lose the higher self.
(Changes to hex.40)

9 at 2: Dragging one's wheels. Determination auspicious.
Don't let anything make you move faster than your own pace, and move even a little bit slower. Your speed goes down, but your strength and oversight go up. Learn from your sewing machine: the low speed is the power speed.
(Changes to hex.35)

6 at 5: Determination auspicious. Without regret. The light of the noble man has truth. Auspicious.
To make chaos yield all its creativity, let your light shine on it and make the possibilities emerge. Intent does not work, it can at the best cause something human, but never something alive, no art, no love. Put your whole self in it. Of every possibility or opportunity, half is always out there, half is in you: it is up to you to put them together.
(Changes to hex.6)

Initial 6 : Soaking one's tail. Distress.
When you act, then act, do not react. An action needs power and drive, if you are ready to turn back when things turn against, your action lacks energy. You waste it on apprehensiveness, instead of putting all in your aim.
(Changes to hex.38)

9 at 4: Determination auspicious, regrets disappear. Zhen benefits of attacking the Gui region. Three years he gets rewards in the big state.
It is the battle between light and dark which makes creativity and life emerge. The light side and the dark side will both make no progress if they are on their own. They need each other.
(Changes to hex.4)