Hexagram 63, Jì Jì (After Completion): Line 6 (top)
既济卦上六 · 水火既济 · 中文版
上六：濡其首，厉。
The line (Legge)
The topmost SIX, divided, shows its subject with (even) his head immersed. The position is perilous.
Small Image commentary
'His head is immersed; the position is perilous:' - how could such a state continue long?
象曰：濡其首厉，何可久也。
In plain words
Getting one's head wet: danger. The top line is at the end of completion: carried away by success, it falls into danger. The Small Image asks how this could last.
Applying it to your situation
If you have succeeded and are letting your guard down, this line suggests being careful not to slip at the last step. What have you become careless about?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the top place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is in its proper place. Its partner is line 3; 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 37 Jiā Rén (The Family). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·既济之家人.
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.