The Family

家人 (jiā rén)
Hexagram 37 • Binary: 110101

Trigrams

Upper: Wind

Attribute: Penetrating
Element: Wood
Direction: Southeast
Family: Eldest Daughter

Lower: Fire

Attribute: clinging
Element: Fire
Direction: South
Family: Middle Daughter

Palace

Xun Palace

Element: Wood
Ruling Trigram: wind

Judgment

For the regulation of The Family, what is most advantageous is that the wife be firm and correct.

Image

Wind rising out of fire -- the image of The Family. The superior man speaks the truth and is consistent in his behavior.

Lines

1

Position 1: Household Regulations yang

The first line, dynamic, shows its subject establishing restrictive regulations in his household. Occasion for repentance will disappear.

2

Position 2: Domestic Duties yang

The second line, magnetic, shows its subject taking nothing on herself, but in her central place attending to the preparation of the food. Through her firm correctness there will be good fortune.

3

Position 3: Stern Severity yin

The third line, dynamic, shows its subject treating the members of the household with stern severity. There will be occasion for repentance, there will be peril, but there will also be good fortune. If the wife and children were to be smirking and chattering, in the end there would be occasion for regret.

4

Position 4: Family Enrichment yang

The fourth line, magnetic, shows its subject enriching the family. There will be great good fortune.

5

Position 5: Royal Influence yin

The fifth line, dynamic, shows the influence of the king extending to his family. There need be no anxiety -- there will be good fortune.

6

Position 6: Sincere Majesty yang

The sixth line, dynamic, shows its subject possessed of sincerity and arrayed in majesty. In the end there will be good fortune.