Foxy (2)
I just googled a bit and the results are quite disturbing. In classical Western beliefs, the fox is a symbol for 'cunning' and 'treacherous' (think: van den vos Reynaerde). But, Hegel already stated it, one of the characteristics of a symbol is that it's meaning can be quite ambiguous. A symbol needs to be translated in order to be able to read it and all depends on the type of 'dictionary' you choose to use. So, in some cultures the fox stands for the devil trying to tempt you into doing something (as it is in Western society), but the IChing reading is slightly more disturbing.
In the west the fox is a symbol of cunning. So also in the I but here the young fox symbolises lack of caution or the lack of mature judgement that its elderly relative symbolises. The young fox is seen crossing a river and although almost across yet sinks beneath out of inexperience and recklessness. Its traversing of nine tenths of the river is all for nothing because of its failure at the end. So also the bringing of human affairs to a successful end (the endgame) is perhaps the most difficult task especially in a world given to continuous change where no conclusion is absolute.
I think I'm gonna stick to : "Wow, I saw a fox in my driveway.....it looked kinda - I dunno- coooool or something." and leave the symbolism to the real philosophers.