Hexagram 63, Jì Jì (After Completion): Line 2
既济卦六二 · 水火既济 · 中文版
六二：妇丧其茀，勿逐，七日得。
The line (Legge)
The second SIX, divided, (shows its subject as) a wife who has lost her (carriage-)screen. There is no occasion to go in pursuit of it. In seven days she will find it.
Small Image commentary
'In seven days she will find it:' - for the course pursued is that indicated by the central position (of the line).
象曰：七日得，以中道也。
In plain words
The woman loses her carriage screen; do not chase it: in seven days it will be regained. The screen was the curtain a woman drew in her carriage. The second line is central and correct and corresponds to the fifth, but is not used for now; keeping to the middle way, what was lost comes back. The Small Image says this is by the middle way.
Applying it to your situation
If you have lost something for now, this line suggests not forcing it: holding steady may bring it back. What could you let go of and wait for?
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, Jì Jì changes into Hexagram 5 Xū (Waiting). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·既济之需.
The hexagram
Hexagram 63 Jì Jì (After Completion). The Judgment: Ji Ji intimates progress and success in small matters. There will be advantage in being firm and correct. There has been good fortune in the beginning; there may be disorder in the end.
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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.