Hexagram 37, Jiā Rén (The Family): Line 1
家人卦初九 · 风火家人 · 中文版
初九:闲有家,悔亡。
The line (Legge)
The first NINE, undivided, shows its subject establishing restrictive regulations in his household Occasion for repentance will disappear.
Small Image commentary
'He establishes restrictive regulations in his household: - (he does so), before any change has taken place in their wills.
象曰:闲有家,志未变也。
In plain words
Setting firm rules within the household: regret vanishes. The first line is the start of the family: the household has just been founded, and rules are set while intentions have not yet changed. The Small Image says its intentions have not yet changed.
Applying it to your situation
If you are starting a household or a team, this line suggests setting the ground rules from the start. What most needs to be said clearly between you first?
Position
A solid (yang) line in the first place, which is a yang (odd) place, so it is in its proper place. Its partner is line 4; one is yin and the other yang, so they respond to each other.
If this line moves
With this line moving alone, Jiā Rén changes into Hexagram 53 Jiàn (Gradual Progress). The Jiaoshi Yilin verse for this change (Chinese): 焦氏易林·家人之渐.
The hexagram
Hexagram 37 Jiā Rén (The Family). The Judgment: For (the realisation of what is taught in) Jia Ren, (or for the regulation of the family), what is most advantageous is that the wife be firm and correct.
Next: Line 2
English text: James Legge, The Yi King (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 16, 1882), public domain, as transcribed by the Chinese Text Project. Chinese: the received text. Offered for study and reflection, not as prediction. Plain-English readings and position notes by this site.