Transformation · lines 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
The Tribe becomes A Subordinate Role
What this change means
Five lines change, all but the first, and the household becomes thunder above the lake: 54 A Subordinate Role. The bottom line, still, leads. It says that if you can hold a subordinate place and stay in the background, helping however you can without seeking the spotlight, things will go well. The resulting hexagram itself describes a situation where you have to take second place, and where personal initiative tends to fail; recognizing the moment is all you can do until your position improves. For someone used to leading at home or at work, this can be uncomfortable. Accept it gracefully. Support others, do your part well, and don't compete for attention. Quiet help from the second row is valuable now, and it keeps the relationships intact for when things change.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 1 of 54 A Subordinate Role, which stays still
If you know how to hold your subordinate place and stay in the background, helping from there however you can without seeking the spotlight, things will go well.
The young woman marries as a second wife. The lame can walk. Setting out brings good fortune.
- 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 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 5 of 37 The Tribe
A balanced inner attitude will give you control over situations and help others make progress.
The king comes to his house. Do not worry. 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 54 A Subordinate Role
You're in a situation where you have to take second place to others; any personal initiative will lead to failure. Recognizing the moment and acting in keeping with it is all you can do until things change and you're in a better position.
Setting out brings misfortune. Nothing is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
54 A Subordinate Role → 37 The Tribelines 2, 3, 4, 5, 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.