Hexagram 37 line 3: The Family, yang in the third place

What changes when line 3 moves

Line 3 of Hexagram 37 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 42, Increase: The top gives to the base and everything grows: a time of increase, to be used well and used now.

Read together, the reading moves from The Family toward Increase. The household in order: roles, warmth and words with substance, from which everything larger is built. Thunder below, wind above: the two reinforcing each other, wind spreading the thunder's force. Increase is the mirror of Decrease: what is above gives to what is below, and the whole flourishes. The primary hexagram describes the situation; the changing line is the point of movement in it; the resulting hexagram is where that movement leads. Both hexagrams belong to the reading, and the changing line is the hinge between them.

Hexagram 37 changing to 42 →

Line 3 in context

Love & relationships

If you must err, err toward firmness; laxity costs more. In love and relationships, Hexagram 37 reads: The reading is about the home you make together: clear roles, real affection, and words that mean what they say. Firmness with warmth. It warns against a household run by mood, and against one run only by rule.

Career

If you must err, err toward firmness; laxity costs more. In career, Hexagram 37 reads: Order in the team or the organisation, built from clear roles and consistent conduct. Lead as the head of a household: firmly, warmly, and by example. What is in order at the centre spreads outward.

Money

If you must err, err toward firmness; laxity costs more. In money, Hexagram 37 reads: The household budget: order, clear responsibility, and provision for those who depend on you. Wealth here means a well-run house, not a large one. Consistency over years is the method.

A decision

If you must err, err toward firmness; laxity costs more. In decisions, Hexagram 37 reads: Decide as the head of a household would: for the order and wellbeing of the whole, with roles clear and words kept. The option that strengthens the foundation is the right one.