Premature Action

Soaking your tail. Distress. You have let yourself fall into the river of past pain. Why go on like this? You have the spirit and intelligence to carry all before you. Realize that you are facing the hateful people within yourself and do not let them poison you. If you bring this to completion harmony will return of itself. These goings and comings release energy bound in the past. Co-operate with the on-going process of change.

初六, 濡其尾, 吝.

He gets his tail in the water. Humiliating. ##### Comments In times of disorder there is a temptation to advance oneself as rapidly as possible in order to accomplish something tangible. But this enthusiasm leads only to failure and humiliation if the time for achievement has not yet arrived. In such time it is wise to spare ourselves the opprobrium of failure by holding back.