Before Completion — Hexagram Detail — I Ching 64 Fortune Telling
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Wei Ji (Before Completion) — Fire above Water below. Fire and water don't interact, things are incomplete. Things aren't done yet. The last hexagram says incomplete because life has no endpoint — always on the way.
Line-by-Line
Line 1：濡其尾，吝。 Wetting its tail — regret. Setbacks come before completion.
Line 2：曳其轮，贞吉。 Dragging its wheels — staying upright brings good fortune. Before completion, steady your pace.
Line 3：未济，征凶。利涉大川。 Not yet complete — campaigning is dangerous, but favorable to cross great rivers. Seeming contradiction signals a special moment.
Line 4：贞吉，悔亡。震用伐鬼方，三年有赏于大国。 Staying upright brings good fortune — regret vanishes. Thunderously campaigning against Gui Fang; after three years, rewarded by a great state. Persistence brings success.
Line 5：贞吉，悔亡。震用伐鬼方，三年有赏于大国。 Staying upright brings good fortune — regret vanishes. Thunderously campaigning against Gui Fang; after three years, rewarded by a great state. Persistence brings success.
Line 6：有孚于饮酒，无咎。濡其首，有孚失是。 Drinking with sincerity — no harm. But wetting the head — though sincere, the right way is lost. The ultimate state of incompletion — forever on the road.