I Ching hexagram 37
Hexagram 37: Jia Ren
The Household · 風火家人 · Wind above, Fire below
A household or close group holds together when each person's role is clear and words and actions match.
What this hexagram is about
Order in a home spreads outward from how it is run inside. Jia Ren (The Household) pictures wind rising out of fire, and fits any close group, such as a family or small team, that has to balance rules and warmth.
A way to think about it
Do the people closest to you know what is expected of each of them? Check whether your own words and your own habits point the same way.
The text, with Legge's translation
Judgment
利女貞。
For (the realisation of what is taught in) Kiâ Zăn, (or for the regulation of the family), what is most advantageous is that the wife be firm and correct.
What helps is for the woman of the house to stay steady and correct. In the text's own world, the household's inner order was hers to keep, and it sets the tone for everyone else.
Image
風自火出，家人；君子以言有物，而行有恒。
(The trigram representing) fire, and that for wind coming forth from it, form Kiâ Zăn. The superior man, in accordance with this, orders his words according to (the truth of) things, and his conduct so that it is uniformly consistent.
Line 1 · 初九
閑有家，悔亡。
The first line, undivided, shows its subject establishing restrictive regulations in his household. Occasion for repentance will disappear.
You set boundaries for the household at the very start, before habits form, and that early care is why regret fades.
Line 2 · 六二
无攸遂，在中饋，貞吉。
The second line, divided, shows its subject taking nothing on herself, but in her central place attending to the preparation of the food. Through her firm correctness there will be good fortune.
Your own plans wait while you look after the household's meals and daily supplies. Staying steady in that role goes well.
Line 3 · 九三
家人嗃嗃，悔厲吉；婦子嘻嘻，終吝。
The third line, undivided, shows its subject (treating) the members of the household with stern severity. There will be occasion for repentance, there will be peril, (but) there will (also) be good fortune. If the wife and children were to be smirking and chattering, in the end there would be occasion for regret.
A strict hand in the household brings regret and strain, yet ends well. A household that only laughs and lets things slide ends in embarrassment.
Line 4 · 六四
富家，大吉。
The fourth line, divided, shows its subject enriching the family. There will be great good fortune.
Careful management and some saving make the household prosper. This is the line's strongest verdict, a very good sign.
Line 5 · 九五
王假有家，勿恤。吉。
The fifth line, undivided, shows the influence of the king extending to his family. There need be no anxiety; there will be good fortune.
The one in charge brings the household to its best through genuine care and respect, so there is nothing to worry about. This reads as auspicious.
Line 6 · 上九
有孚威如，終吉。
The topmost line, undivided, shows its subject possessed of sincerity and arrayed in majesty. In the end there will be good fortune.
You are sincere and carry real authority. That pairing keeps a household in order over time, and the line sees a good end in it.
Chinese text: the received Zhouyi, public domain. English: James Legge, The Yi King, Sacred Books of the East vol. 16 (1882), public domain. Plain notes written by this site.
Questions
I cast hexagram 37. Which text do I read?
With no changing lines, read the judgment: "For (the realisation of what is taught in) Kiâ Zăn, (or for the regulation of the family), what is most advantageous is that the wife be firm and correct." With changing lines, read the lines that changed. When several change at once, Zhu Xi's rules decide which text leads, and the casting page marks it for you.
What are the nuclear, opposite and inverted hexagrams of Jia Ren?
The nuclear hexagram is 64. Wei Ji (Not Yet Across). The opposite is 40. Jie (Release). The inverted hexagram is 38. Kui (Estrangement).