Hexagram 37 · The Household

The Household

Wind above · Fire below

Traditional palace notation: 巽宫 · 二世卦

A shared home depends on ordinary responsibilities being carried with care. Consider communication, boundaries and the example each person sets. The traditional household image can be read through mutual responsibility without imposing fixed roles on people today.

A question in mind. A moment to reflect.

Cast the coins rather than choosing a result.
Write one question, then cast three coins six times.

Cast coins

Hexagram text · Classical Chinese (untranslated)

家人:利女贞。

Tuan commentary · Classical Chinese

彖曰:家人,女正位乎内,男正位乎外,男女正,天地之大义也。家人有严君焉,父母之谓也。父父,子子,兄兄,弟弟,夫夫,妇妇,而家道正;正家而天下定矣。

Image commentary · Classical Chinese

象曰:风自火出,家人;君子以言有物,而行有恒。

Six lines · Classical Chinese (untranslated)

上九

有孚威如,终吉。

象曰:威如之吉,反身之谓也。

九五

王假有家,勿恤。吉。

象曰:王假有家,交相爱也。

六四

富家,大吉。

象曰:富家大吉,顺在位也。

九三

家人嗃嗃,悔厉吉;妇子嘻嘻,终吝。

象曰:家人嗃嗃,未失也;妇子嘻嘻,失家节也。

六二

无攸遂,在中馈,贞吉。

象曰:六二之吉,顺以巽也。

初九

闲有家,悔亡。

象曰:闲有家,志未变也。