Stay Still

It conjoins your calves. Trap! The Way closes. Wise Words! Abide in the dwelling and open the Way. Do not get swept off your feet by this powerful influx. A hasty move now will lead to nothing but trouble. Stay right where you are and you will soon have what you want. You are surrounded by omens of rebirth and beauty. Act through the receptive, not the aggressive. All cause for sorrow will disappear. You are coupled with a creative force.

六二, 咸其腓, 凶, 居吉.

The influence shows itself in the calves of the legs. Misfortune. ##### Comments Tarrying brings good fortune. In movement, the calf of the leg follows the foot; by itself it can neither go forward nor stand still. Since the movement is not self-governed, it bodes ill. One should wait quietly until one is impelled to action by a real influence. Then one remains uninjured.