After Completion

After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder.

Water over fire — the cauldron over the flame, the work finished. But the judgment warns: at the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder. Completion is not permanent. The superior person takes thought of misfortune and arms against it in advance. Nothing finished stays finished.

Hexagram 63, After Completion, depicts 亨小，利貞。初吉終亂。. The judgment states: After Completion. Success in small matters. Perseverance furthers. At the beginning good fortune, at the end disorder. This hexagram belongs to the Completion group and addresses a specific configuration of forces. The I Ching describes the present moment with precision so the next natural movement becomes visible. Understanding this particular pattern of change is the first step toward responding with wisdom rather than reaction. The I Ching describes the present moment with such precision that the next natural movement becomes visible. Understanding the pattern you are in is the first step toward wise action.