Hexagram 63 · line 6

After Completion

既濟Jì Jì

The head is wetted. Danger.

Line statement

上六

濡其首,厲。

The head is wetted. Danger.

At Line 6, the head is immersed at the end of After Completion, and the verdict is danger. Its change makes Wind above Fire, Hexagram 37. The household’s ordered relations offer a contrast to the crossing image carried beyond safety.

Computed position

How this place works

Trigram position
outer · boundary

Line 6 is the boundary of the outer trigram.

Polarity and place
yin in an even place: aligned

Its yin polarity matches the traditional even-place convention.

Correspondence
Line 3: responsive

Its counterpart is Line 3; the two have opposite polarities and can be read as responsive.

One line changes

Moving to 37 · The Family