What this change means
Light sinks into the earth as the fifth and sixth lines move: the upper Wind becomes Earth, and the figure is 36 Darkness. The sixth line leads, with its trust that commands respect and a strength that helps shared work succeed in the end. The fifth supports it with a balanced inner attitude that keeps you in control and helps others. The resulting hexagram describes a dark time when you may have to live alongside the wrong people. It asks you to protect yourself, keep your integrity, and go unnoticed, without showing your light openly, until better days come. So your authority and balance have to work quietly for now. Hold the household together from the inside. Don't display your strength. Stay steady, keep your word, and remember that hard times also pass.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 36 Darkness
It's a dark time: circumstances force you to live alongside the wrong people. If you know how to protect yourself, hold on to your integrity, and go unnoticed, without openly showing your light and your talents, you'll stay safe until better times come. However hard they seem, hard times pass too.
Constancy in hardship is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
36 Darkness → 37 The Tribelines 5 and 6
Other transformations of The Tribe
- 57Gentlenesslines 1 and 2
- 20Observinglines 1 and 3
- 61Inner Integritylines 2 and 3
- 33Leaving Behindlines 1 and 4
- 1Activitylines 2 and 4
- 25Innocencelines 3 and 4
- 52Abidinglines 1 and 5
- 26Great Achievementslines 2 and 5
- 27Nourishmentlines 3 and 5
- 30The Flamelines 4 and 5
- 39Held Backlines 1 and 6
- 5Inactionlines 2 and 6
- 3Initial Obstacleslines 3 and 6
- 49Renewallines 4 and 6
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.