The 64 hexagrams / Hexagram 37
The Family
Hexagram 37 · 家人 Jiā Rén
Wind above · Fire below
巽 palace · 二世
What hexagram 37 says
Wind from fire: order radiating outward from inside. Before anything external, get the household in order. Words with substance, conduct with constancy.
Above: Wind (Xun) — penetrating, gentle, persistent.
The six lines
Read from the bottom up. The first line is the beginning of the situation, the sixth is its outer edge. The Chinese text is the classical line text; the line below it is a reading of what it is pointing at.
yang — solid
yin — broken
yang — solid
yin — broken
yang — solid
yang — solid
How to use this hexagram
If you cast this as your primary hexagram, it describes the situation you are in. If it came up as the transformed hexagram, it describes where things are heading once the changing lines have flipped. If you are only looking it up, read the judgment first — the line texts are for specific moments inside the situation, not for the situation as a whole.
Frequently asked
What does I Ching hexagram 37 mean?
Hexagram 37, The Family, is made of Wind above and Fire below. Wind from fire: order radiating outward from inside. Before anything external, get the household in order. Words with substance, conduct with constancy.
How do I read hexagram 37 in a casting?
Read the primary hexagram first — it describes the situation as it stands. If any of your six lines were changing lines (sixes or nines from the coin tosses), read those lines' texts next: they mark where the situation is moving. The hexagram produced after those lines flip is the transformed hexagram, and it shows where the movement leads.
What are the six lines of hexagram 37?
Hexagram 37 has six lines, read from the bottom up. The texts below are given in order, first line (bottom) to sixth line (top).
Which palace does hexagram 37 belong to?
In the six-line (liuyao) system, hexagram 37 sits in the 巽 palace, second generation — the movement is established but not yet settled. The palace gives the hexagram its ruling element, and from that element the Six Relatives are assigned to each line.