Hexagram 37: The Family風火家人 · Jiā Rén

• Upper trigram　Xùn, Wind: gentleness, penetration and steady influence.
• Lower trigram　Lí, Fire: light, clarity and attachment.

The Judgment

The perseverance of the one who keeps the home furthers.

利女貞。

Our plain English rendering, with the Zhouyi original

Reading

Family and inner order. Today suits looking after family or people close to you, and settling the small matters at home or within your team.

Something to do today

• Sort out one small household matter together with family or housemates.

How a hexagram is cast

The three-coin method: toss three coins together, counting heads as 3 and tails as 2. The total, 6, 7, 8 or 9, gives one line; six tosses, recorded from the bottom up, make a hexagram. A 6 (old yin) or 9 (old yang) is a changing line, which turns this hexagram into another and shows where things are heading.