Hexagram 43 of 64

☱☰ Breakthrough

A resolute push past resistance.

Upper trigram

Lake · Dui

Joy and openness.

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ElementMetal

Lower trigram

Heaven · Qian

Creative force.

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ElementMetal

The image

Lake above, Heaven below.

Lake over Heaven: joy and openness meeting creative force.

That combination is the whole meaning of hexagram 43. 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.