Hexagram 50, Dǐng (The Cauldron): Line 2
鼎卦九二 · 火风鼎 · 中文版
九二：鼎有实，我仇有疾，不我能即，吉。
The line (Legge)
The second NINE, undivided, shows the caldron with the things (to be cooked) in it. (If its subject can say), 'My enemy dislikes me, but he cannot approach me,' there will be good fortune.
Small Image commentary
'There is the caldron with the things (to be cooked) in it:' - let (the subject of the line) be careful where he goes. 'My enemy dislikes me:' - but there will in the end be no fault (to which he can point).
象曰：鼎有实，慎所之也。我仇有疾，终无尤也。
In plain words
The cauldron holds food; my rival is ill and cannot come near me: good fortune. The rival is the first line. The second line is strong and central, with something solid in its cauldron, and must guard it carefully so as not to be dragged down by the first line. The Small Image says it must be careful where its contents go, and in the end there is no fault.
Applying it to your situation
If you have something of real value in hand, this line suggests guarding it carefully and keeping harmful people and things away. What do you need to protect?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the second place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is not 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, Dǐng changes into Hexagram 56 Lǚ (The Wanderer). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·鼎之旅.
The hexagram
Hexagram 50 Dǐng (The Cauldron). The Judgment: Ding gives the intimation of great progress and success.
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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.