Hexagram 26, Dà Chù (Great Taming): Line 2
大畜卦九二 · 山天大畜 · 中文版
九二：舆说輹。
The line (Legge)
The second NINE, undivided, shows a carriage with the strap under it removed.
Small Image commentary
'(He is as) a carriage from which the strap under it has been removed:' - being in the central position, he will incur no blame.
象曰：舆说輹，中无尤也。
In plain words
The cart's axle block is removed, and it stops. The second line is held back by the fifth; being central, it can stop of its own accord. The Small Image says keeping to the middle, it is without fault.
Applying it to your situation
If you have been forced to pause, this line suggests that stopping willingly is also wisdom. What has this pause helped you see?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the second place, which is a yin (even) place, so it is not 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, Dà Chù changes into Hexagram 22 Bì (Grace). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·大畜之贲.
The hexagram
Hexagram 26 Dà Chù (Great Taming). The Judgment: Under the conditions of Da Xu it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. (If its subject do not seek to) enjoy his revenues in his own family (without taking service at court), there will be good fortune. It will be advantageous for him to cross the great stream.
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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.