Jiaren, nine at the beginningHexagram 37, line 1 · Jiaren (The Family) · changing to 53
The line
In plain wordsLay down rules and safeguards as soon as the household is founded, and regret vanishes.
The Image commentary on this line
閑有家，志未變也。
"Set bounds within the household": the purpose has not yet changed.
The small Image commentary is the earliest explanation of the line texts. It usually explains a line from its position: where it stands, whether it holds the center, and which line answers it.
Verdict
平Neutral. Neither good nor bad. Do your part, correct mistakes, and nothing will go wrong.
How to read good fortune, misfortune, regret, humiliation and no blame →
Asking about work, love or money
- Work
- When a new team or project is just starting, set the rules and make the division of work clear first, before anyone forms bad habits. Be a little strict at the start and you will have fewer regrets later.
- Love
- When a relationship is just starting, when you first move in together, or when you enter a new stage, lay out your bottom lines and daily habits and talk them through. Agreeing first saves far more trouble than fighting about it later.
- Money
- From the very start, set rules for how household money is managed and spent; don't wait until it is a mess to patch things up. Put the safeguards in first, and you will have nothing to regret later.
This is how to read it when this is the only changing line. With several changing lines, first see which text governs; for the hexagram as a whole, see Jiaren.
Line position
A yang line in a yang place: it is in its proper place. Its partner is the fourth line, which is its opposite, so the two answer each other.
First place: the beginning of the matter. Low position, little power. Begin carefully.
When you get this line
If this is the only changing line in your cast (three backs, old yang), this line is your answer. The primary hexagram is Jiaren (The Family); when this line changes it becomes Jian (Gradual Progress): hexagram 37 changing to 53.
Which text to read with several changing lines →
Resulting hexagram · Jian (Gradual Progress)
Go in order, one step at a time, and the outcome will be good.