What this change means
Only the fourth line holds while the other five move: fire burns beneath the wind, and the army's camp becomes a household. The counsel sits in that motionless fourth place. Attend to your duties, keep the good of everyone in mind, and avoid going too far either in spending or in holding back; that's how this succeeds.
The resulting hexagram, 37 The Tribe, describes right relationships, with everyone in their proper place and carrying out their role, and asks that your words match your actions. Coming from 7 The Army, the order of the troops becomes the order of a home or team. Assign roles clearly, do your own part well, and manage resources in balance. Watch for excess in either direction, lavishness or stinginess. When each person knows their place and you lead by example, things move forward and stay strong.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 4 of 37 The Tribe, which stays still
When you take care of your tasks and look out for everyone's benefit, without overdoing either spending or saving, you'll succeed.
Enriches the house. Great good fortune.
- The judgment of 7 The Army
Whatever your question, the favorable answer comes from acting with discipline and organization: face the situation head-on and speak clearly, say what you want, without trying to impose it.
The constancy of a seasoned leader brings good fortune. No fault.
- Line 1 of 7 The Army
There has to be a just cause for you to move in the direction you want.
The army sets out under discipline. Without good order: misfortune.
- Line 2 of 7 The Army
Keep up your activity and discipline to reach what you want, and you'll get it.
In the midst of the army: good fortune. No fault. Three times the king bestows his charge.
- Line 3 of 7 The Army
If you don't keep up the conditions needed for success and you slacken in your task, there will be misfortune.
Perhaps the army hauls corpses on its carts. Misfortune.
- Line 5 of 7 The Army
Choosing the situations you're able to face will keep you out of useless fights.
There is game in the field. It is favorable to seize it. No fault. The eldest son leads the army; the younger son hauls corpses. Even with constancy, misfortune.
- Line 6 of 7 The Army
You'll get real achievements and results, but choose carefully who you surround yourself with right now.
The great prince gives his command: founding states, conferring houses. Do not employ the petty person.
- The judgment of 37 The Tribe
Right relationships, with everyone in their proper place and fully carrying out their role, will move things forward and make success last. Your words need to match your actions so they come across as genuine.
The constancy of the woman is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
37 The Tribe → 7 The Armylines 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6
Other transformations of The Army
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.