Hexagram 20, Guān (Contemplation): Line 3
观卦六三 · 风地观 · 中文版
六三：观我生，进退。
The line (Legge)
The third SIX, divided, shows one looking at (the course of) his own life, to advance or recede (accordingly).
Small Image commentary
'He looks at (the course of his own life, to advance or recede (accordingly):' - he will not err in the path (to be pursued).
象曰：观我生进退，未失道也。
In plain words
Looking at one's own life to decide whether to advance or retreat. The third line stands between the two trigrams and could go either way, so it examines itself first. The Small Image says it has not lost the way.
Applying it to your situation
If you are at a point of deciding whether to go forward or hold back, this line suggests looking at your own state first. Judging by how you have been doing lately, should you go forward or wait?
Position
A broken (yin) line in the third place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is not in its proper place. Its partner is line 6; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Guān changes into Hexagram 53 Jiàn (Gradual Progress). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·观之渐.
The hexagram
Hexagram 20 Guān (Contemplation). The Judgment: Guan shows (how he whom it represents should be like) the worshipper who has washed his hands, but not (yet) presented his offerings - with sincerity and an appearance of dignity (commanding reverent regard).
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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.