Wèi Jì (未濟) — Before Completion

Fire above Water — the forces not yet aligned, the final step not yet taken. "Before completion — success. But if the little fox, after nearly completing the crossing, gets his tail in the water, there is nothing that would further." The series ends here, not at 63, because the cycle always has one more turn. Not failure — the incompletion inherent in every completion, the opening that keeps the sequence moving.

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