Transformation · lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6
The Tribe becomes Overwhelmed
What this change means
All but the fifth line move, and wind over fire becomes a lake with no water: 47 Overwhelmed. With five lines changing, the resulting hexagram's one still line leads. It says that things will improve little by little thanks to your habit of helping others, and that spiritual resources are a great help now. The resulting hexagram itself describes a hard moment: the wrong people around you, your words not believed, obstacles everywhere, and only your inner light to lean on. For someone who has worked to keep a good house, this is painful. Don't try to argue your way out. Keep helping where you can, quietly, because that habit is what slowly turns things around. Turn to whatever sustains you inside. Accept the moment, wait for better conditions, and let your conduct speak for you.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 5 of 47 Overwhelmed, which stays still
Little by little things will improve, thanks to your habit of helping others. Spiritual resources will be a great help now.
Nose cut off, feet cut off. Hard pressed by the red sash. Little by little relief comes. It is favorable to make sacrifices.
- 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.
- Line 1 of 37 The Tribe
If the rules are clear and everyone does their part, there will be progress.
The house is fenced in. Regret vanishes.
- Line 2 of 37 The Tribe
This is not the time to get anything by force. Take your proper place and carry out the duties you've been given.
Pursues nothing of their own: tends the food within. Constancy brings good fortune.
- Line 3 of 37 The Tribe
Keeping discipline and doing your tasks matter if you want to reach your goals. If you take it too lightly, you'll run into trouble.
The household amid stern shouting: regret, danger, good fortune. Wife and children giggling: in the end, distress.
- Line 4 of 37 The Tribe
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.
- Line 6 of 37 The Tribe
You have great power that will make you shine and lead you to succeed in shared undertakings.
There is sincere trust, commanding awe. In the end, good fortune.
- The judgment of 47 Overwhelmed
Things are very much against you: the wrong people surround you, no one believes what you say, and obstacles hem you in. All you can do is accept it and wait for better conditions to come. Your only resource is the inner light that lives in you; turn to that strength to hold you up right now.
Success. For the great person, constancy brings good fortune. No fault. They speak and are not believed.
The trigrams
The way back
47 Overwhelmed → 37 The Tribelines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6
Other transformations of The Tribe
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.