Hexagram 62 — 小过 (Xiǎo Guò), Small Exceeding
Above: ☳ 震 Thunder Below: ☶ 艮 Mountain
The Judgment
亨，利贞。可小事，不可大事。飞鸟遗之音，不宜上，宜下，大吉。
Small exceeding — minor deviations succeed now; like the flying bird, stay low and grounded for great fortune.
The Image (Daxiang)
「山上有雷，小过；君子以行过乎恭，丧过乎哀，用过乎俭。」Thunder above the mountain — err toward respect in conduct, grief in mourning, thrift in spending.—— 《周易·大象传》（The Image Commentary）
The Tuan Commentary
彖曰：小过，小者过而亨也。过以利贞，与时偕行。柔得中，是以小事吉也；刚失位而不中，是以不可大事也。有飞鸟之象焉，飞鸟遗之音，不宜上宜下大吉，上逆而下顺也。——《易传·彖传》
The Six Line Texts
| 初六 | 飞鸟以凶。 |
| 六二 | 过其祖，遇其妣。不及其君，遇其臣，无咎。 |
| 九三 | 弗过防之，从或戕之，凶。 |
| 九四 | 无咎，弗过遇之。往厉必戒，勿用永贞。 |
| 六五 | 密云不雨，自我西郊。公弋取彼在穴。 |
| 上六 | 弗遇过之，飞鸟离之，凶，是谓灾眚。 |
In Plain Terms
Small deviations OK — stay low-key, fly below the radar. When you receive this hexagram, hold the judgment beside your question: it describes a posture and a season, not a script.
I Ching judgments quoted from the Zhouyi (public domain); modern renderings by BaziOracle, for cultural and entertainment reference.