37
Hexagram 37, Jia Ren: “The Family” (literally “the people of the household”). It is about family, home and inner order.
The image of the hexagram
Below is the Li trigram (fire), above is Xun (wind). Wind over fire: fire within, wind going outward — a hearth that spreads warmth around it.
General meaning
The answer is favorable for anything domestic and private. Jia Ren says that order starts from within: when roles are assigned and simple rules are kept, outside affairs fall into place on their own. The classic text makes a special point of the power of words inside the home — how people speak to each other determines everything else.
In love and at work
In relationships: one of the best hexagrams — sharing a household, family, agreeing on roles, meeting each other’s relatives. At work: a small team, a family business, internal processes. For expanding outward, it is weak.
What to do
Put your inner circle in order: one agreement about who does what will achieve more than any outside effort.