Water from Fire
Water manifesting from within Fire — transforming Fire to Water.
Sunset to Sunrise
This hexagram represents inverting Mid Decline (Semi Darkness, represented by Fire) to Mid Incline (Semi Brightness, represented by Water). Like inverting Sunset to Sunrise, or Autumn to Spring.
Spit Swallow
In Tai Chi terms, it represents a combination that can be called Spit Swallow (Tou Tan 吐吞) in Southern terminology, or Àn Jǐ 按擠 in Northern terminology.
Feeding Tiger
In 4 Animals theory, it can be called the Feeding Tiger (ShíHǔ 食虎) or the Chanting Tiger or the Driving Tiger etc — since it represents the Autumn Tiger evolving into the Spring Dragon which is known for Feeding (aka Swallowing), Chanting, Driving, etc.
SWOT: Opportunity within Threat
In terms of SWOT, this hexagram represents finding Opportunity within Threat, and inverting Threat to Opportunity.
Names from Yi Jing variations
| Source | Name | Translation |
| Received ZhouYi, Received GuiCang, Mawangdui ZhouYi | Wèi Jì 未濟 | Not Over Yet Wèi 未 originally meant lush, rich and mature — in substance or flavour. It’s literally a picture of a tree (Mù 木) with abundant extra foliage. It also came to mean Not Yet, for reasons unknown. Possibly meaning Not Yet Ripe — ie, not yet (but nearly) time for harvesting stone fruits (peaches, plums, etc) from trees. This would match its use as the name of the 8th month in the Chinese calendar, which comes shortly after midsummer. Jì 濟 was historically the name of a river that began at mount ZànHuáng 贊皇山 in FángZǐ 房子, ChángShān 常山, and flowed eastward into the river Zhī 泜. This is symbolic of change from Western Sunset energy to Eastern Sunrise energy. It also came to be a synonym of Dù 渡 meaning Get Through / Get Across / Get Over — and by extension also Ferry and Overcome. |
| Shanghai ZhouYi | Wèi Qī 未凄 |
Notes
This hexagram’s name Wèi Jì 未濟 which roughly translates to Not Over Yet comes directly from the idea of flipping sunset (autumnal) energy into sunrise (spring) energy.
In ☰ Yang targeting, this hexagram carries good news like: hold your horses, it’s not over yet, we’re still in play, in fact we’re just getting warmed up!
In ☷ Yin targeting, this hexagram carries bad news like: we’ve nearly finished but something is holding us up — there’s still unfinished business to settle.
Names from similar systems around the world
| Source | Name | Translation |
| Odù Ifá from Africa | Òdí । ॥ ॥ । | Òdí comes from Dì meaning Block and carries a range of similar meanings including: Block / Oppose / Opposite / Inverse / Negate / Negative / Wrong / Wrong Side / Fight / Hate / Anger / Rage / Controversy / Wall / Fortress / Mute / Deaf / Heavy Fruit For example: òdì aṣọ (inside out / back to front) ibodè (city gate / border) olódìí (angry person) ṣòdì (to be wrong) |
| Ilm Al-Raml from Arabia | Ijtimāʿ اجتماع ━━ ● ● ━━ | Gathering / Assembly / Meeting |
| European Geomancy | Coadunatio / Coniunctio / Conjunctio ◆ ⠀ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ⠀ ◆ | Coadunation (Union) / Conjunction (Joint) |