Hexagram 51, Zhèn (The Arousing Thunder): Line 2
震卦六二 · 震为雷 · 中文版
六二：震来厉，亿丧贝，跻于九陵，勿逐，七日得。
The line (Legge)
The second SIX, divided, shows its subject, when the movement approaches, in a position of peril. He judges it better to let go the articles (in his possession), and to ascend a very lofty height. There is no occasion for him to pursue after (the things he has let go); in seven days he will find them.
Small Image commentary
'When the movement approaches, he is in a position of peril:' - (a weak line) is mounted on a strong (one).
象曰：震来厉，乘刚也。
In plain words
Thunder comes with danger; one expects to lose one's wealth; climbing the high hills to escape, do not chase it: in seven days it will be regained. The cowries were ancient money. The second line rides on the first line and bears the strongest shock. The Small Image says this is because it rides on the strong.
Applying it to your situation
If you have suffered a loss, this line suggests keeping yourself safe first rather than rushing to recover it. What matters more right now than getting it back?
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; both are yin, so they do not respond.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Zhèn changes into Hexagram 54 Guī Mèi (The Marrying Maiden). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·震之归妹.
The hexagram
Hexagram 51 Zhèn (The Arousing Thunder). The Judgment: Zhen gives the intimation of ease and development. When (the time of) movement (which it indicates) comes, (the subject of the hexagram) will be found looking out with apprehension, and yet smiling and talking cheerfully. When the movement (like a crash of thunder) terrifies all within a hundred Li, he will be (like the sincere worshipper) who is not (startled into) letting go his ladle and (cup of) sacrificial spirits.
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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.