Yi Jing · Chinese tarot
The Family
Hexagram 37 of the Yi Jing · 家人 Jiā Rén
The figure
Wind above Fire: the breath fed by the fire, warmth radiating from the hearth. The image of the family, of order that starts from within.
What this figure illuminates
The Family lights up the importance of roles and places within a close whole. What holds a group together is not constraint, but each one taking their place rightly.
For a decision, the figure questions your part in a whole: “am I holding my place rightly, and are the roles here clear or blurred?”.
The classical text
The Judgment
The family thrives on constancy at its heart — the upright steadfastness, the old texts say, of the wife.
The Image
Wind rises from fire — warmth spreading outward from within. Seeing this, the noble person makes their words true to things and their conduct steady and of one piece.
The Six Lines
- First line
Set firm boundaries in the household from the very start. Do this early, and cause for regret disappears.
- Second line
Not reaching for what is not yours, but tending faithfully to your own place and its daily care. Firm and correct: good fortune.
- Third line
Ruling the household with harsh severity brings regret and strain — yet still good fortune. Too much softness would lose more.
- Fourth line
Enriching the household, making it flourish. Great good fortune.
- Fifth line
Warmth and trust reach through the whole household as if from its head. No need to worry — good fortune.
- Sixth line
Sincerity carried with quiet authority. In the end, good fortune.
Daoa's wording, written after the classical reference translations, now in the public domain: James Legge (1882) and Charles de Harlez (1889).
A question to keep
Are you holding your rightful place in this whole?
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