Hexagram 19 of 64

☷☱ Approach

Something favourable drawing nearer.

Upper trigram

Earth · Kun

Receptive yielding.

FamilyMother
ElementEarth

Lower trigram

Lake · Dui

Joy and openness.

FamilyYoungest daughter
ElementMetal

The image

Earth above, Lake below.

Earth over Lake: receptive yielding meeting joy and openness.

That combination is the whole meaning of hexagram 19. Nothing about it is arbitrary — change either trigram and you get a different hexagram with a different reading, which is why the 64 form a system rather than a list.