Transformation · line 2

The Tribe becomes Small Things

Starting hexagram
Resulting hexagram

What this change means

This is no moment to grab anything by force: that's the message of the second line, the one that moves here. In The Tribe it describes someone who pursues nothing of their own and tends the food at the center of the house. Your strength lies in taking your proper place and doing the duties you've been given, steadily and well. The lower Fire turns to Heaven, and the figure becomes 9 Small Things, wind moving across the sky. The resulting hexagram confirms the restraint. Something promising is on its way, but obstacles still need resolving, and the large move isn't ready yet. For now, small actions are what count. Keep nourishing what's in your care, refine how you do it, and don't push for results that haven't ripened. Quiet constancy in your role tends to bring good fortune here.

What to read, in order

Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. The judgment of 9 Small Things

    You're facing a situation that promises success, but it isn't time yet. There are still obstacles on the way that you need to resolve. For now you can take small actions and wait for the right moment to act on a large scale.

    Success. Dense clouds and no rain, from my western outskirts.

The trigrams

Below Fire Heaven
Above Wind stays

The way back

9 Small Things → 37 The Tribe
line 2

Other transformations of The Tribe

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