I Ching Oracle Lookup - Hexagram 37: Household Order

Welcome to Hexagram 37, Household Order. The table below maps every combination of changing lines to its resulting hexagram — 63 transformations plus the unchanging reading. The notation reads from the bottom line upward: 37.1.5 means Hexagram 37 with lines 1 and 5 changing.

䷤ 37	䷤ 37.1 53	䷤ 37.2 9	䷤ 37.3 42	䷤ 37.4 13	䷤ 37.5 22	䷤ 37.6 63	䷤ 37.1.2 57
䷤ 37.1.3 20	䷤ 37.1.4 33	䷤ 37.1.5 52	䷤ 37.1.6 39	䷤ 37.2.3 61	䷤ 37.2.4 1	䷤ 37.2.5 26	䷤ 37.2.6 5
䷤ 37.3.4 25	䷤ 37.3.5 27	䷤ 37.3.6 3	䷤ 37.4.5 30	䷤ 37.4.6 49	䷤ 37.5.6 36	䷤ 37.1.2.3 59	䷤ 37.1.2.4 44
䷤ 37.1.2.5 18	䷤ 37.1.2.6 48	䷤ 37.1.3.4 12	䷤ 37.1.3.5 23	䷤ 37.1.3.6 8	䷤ 37.1.4.5 56	䷤ 37.1.4.6 31	䷤ 37.1.5.6 15
䷤ 37.2.3.4 10	䷤ 37.2.3.5 41	䷤ 37.2.3.6 60	䷤ 37.2.4.5 14	䷤ 37.2.4.6 43	䷤ 37.2.5.6 11	䷤ 37.3.4.5 21	䷤ 37.3.4.6 17
䷤ 37.3.5.6 24	䷤ 37.4.5.6 55	䷤ 37.1.2.3.4 6	䷤ 37.1.2.3.5 4	䷤ 37.1.2.3.6 29	䷤ 37.1.2.4.5 50	䷤ 37.1.2.4.6 28	䷤ 37.1.2.5.6 46
䷤ 37.1.3.4.5 35	䷤ 37.1.3.4.6 45	䷤ 37.1.3.5.6 2	䷤ 37.1.4.5.6 62	䷤ 37.2.3.4.5 38	䷤ 37.2.3.4.6 58	䷤ 37.2.3.5.6 19	䷤ 37.2.4.5.6 34
䷤ 37.3.4.5.6 51	䷤ 37.1.2.3.4.5 64	䷤ 37.1.2.3.4.6 47	䷤ 37.1.2.3.5.6 7	䷤ 37.1.2.4.5.6 32	䷤ 37.1.3.4.5.6 16	䷤ 37.2.3.4.5.6 54	䷤ 37.1.2.3.4.5.6 40

About the Transformations of Hexagram 37

Hexagram 37, Household Order (家人 Jiā Rén), combines Fire below with Wind above. Fire differentiates the lower trigram around its central yin line, while Wind establishes gradual penetration in the upper half. Changes among lines 1–3 reshape Fire and the internal foundation; changes among lines 4–6 reshape Wind. Movement across both halves reconstructs the relation between articulated inner structure and influence extending outward.

The table maps transformation by inverting every moving line and identifying the recomposed figure as a second hexagram. Six entries show the outcomes of one changing position, and fifty-seven enumerate every combination involving two or more lines. Alongside them stands the unchanging reading, in which no line moves, no secondary figure arises, and the Judgment of Hexagram 37 alone governs.

At maximum change, Household Order resolves into Hexagram 40, Release, its complete line-by-line complement. Its King Wen partner is Hexagram 38, Divergence, related by inversion rather than total polarity reversal. Turning Hexagram 37 upside down produces Divergence's pattern and establishes their neighboring relation. The complement therefore reaches forward to Release, while rotation links Household Order to the adjacent contrasting configuration.

For the full Judgment, Image, and line texts, see Hexagram 37: Household Order →