Hexagram 56, Lǚ (The Wanderer): Line 6 (top)
旅卦上九 · 火山旅 · 中文版
上九:鸟焚其巢,旅人先笑后号咷。丧牛于易,凶。
The line (Legge)
The sixth NINE, undivided, suggests the idea of a bird burning its nest. The stranger, (thus represented), first laughs and then cries out. He has lost his ox(-like docility) too readily and easily. There will be evil.
Small Image commentary
'Considering that the stranger is here at the very height (of distinction),' with the spirit that possesses him, it is right he (should be emblemed by a bird) burning (its nest). 'He loses his ox(-like docility) too readily and easily:' - to the end he would not listen to (the truth about the course to be pursued).
象曰:以旅在上,其义焚也。丧牛于易,终莫之闻也。
In plain words
The bird's nest burns; the traveller first laughs, then wails; he loses his ox without noticing: misfortune. The top line is at the end of the hexagram, proud and aloof, and loses its place of shelter; the ox stands for the virtue of yielding. The Small Image says a traveller who sets himself up high will see his nest burn, and losing the ox unnoticed means in the end no one hears of him.
Applying it to your situation
If you have got carried away while away from home, this line suggests being careful not to lose what you rely on. Has pride cost you something?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the top place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 3; both are yang, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Lǚ changes into Hexagram 62 Xiǎo Guò (Small Exceeding). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·旅之小过.
The hexagram
Hexagram 56 Lǚ (The Wanderer). The Judgment: Lu intimates that (in the condition which it denotes) there may be some little attainment and progress. If the stranger or traveller be firm and correct as he ought to be, 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.