Hexagram 31, Xián (Influence): Line 2
咸卦六二 · 泽山咸 · 中文版
六二：咸其腓，凶，居吉。
The line (Legge)
The second SIX, divided, shows one moving the calves of his leg. There will be evil. If he abide (quiet in his place), there will be good fortune.
Small Image commentary
Though 'there would be evil; yet, if he abide (quiet) in his place, there will be good fortune:' - through compliance (with the circumstances of his condition and place) there will be no injury.
象曰：虽凶居吉，顺不害也。
In plain words
Feeling in the calf: acting rashly brings misfortune, staying put brings good fortune. The calf moves first when one walks. The second line is stirred and restless and cannot hold still. The Small Image says that though there is misfortune, staying put is fortunate: going along with what is right brings no harm.
Applying it to your situation
If you badly want to act right away, this line suggests steadying yourself first. Might waiting let you see more clearly?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the second place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is in its proper place. It holds the centre of the lower trigram. Its partner is line 5; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Xián changes into Hexagram 28 Dà Guò (Great Exceeding). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·咸之大过.
A recorded case from Takashima
Xian to Da Guo: money lent to an inventor: A peer had lent money to a friend whose new invention had just been patented, and asked whether it would catch on and whether the loan would pay off. The second line of Xian, "feeling in the calf; misfortune; staying put is good", led Takashima to say the money would move with the goods; a new product would sell slowly at first, so hold stock and wait, bad at first and good in the end.
The hexagram
Hexagram 31 Xián (Influence). The Judgment: Xian indicates that, (on the fulfilment of the conditions implied in it), there will be free course and success. Its advantageousness will depend on the being firm and correct, (as) in marrying a young lady. There will be good fortune.
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English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.