What this change means
Stern voices or easy laughter: the third line asks which way the household will lean, and it's the only line moving. Discipline and attention to your tasks matter if you want to reach your goals. Too much strictness brings some regret and danger, yet it still ends well. Too much looseness, everyone giggling and nothing getting done, ends in distress. With the lower Fire turning to Thunder, the figure becomes 42 Increase, wind and thunder together. That's encouraging: this is a time when projects can grow and prosper. But growth asks for the same discipline the line describes. Keep your inner integrity, learn from people who have the qualities you want, and drop the habits that caused trouble before. If you'd rather err, err on the side of firmness. A little sternness now protects the gains that are on their way.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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 judgment of 42 Increase
You're in a time of gain and growth: your projects will grow and prosper. At times like this it's important to keep your inner integrity, follow the example of people who have the qualities you want to gain, and get rid of the traits that have caused you trouble before. Overall, it's a time of achievement and generosity.
It is favorable to have somewhere to go. It is favorable to cross the great river.
The trigrams
The way back
42 Increase → 37 The Tribeline 3
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.