Hexagram 58 of 64

☱☱ The Joyous

Open, shared pleasure.

Upper trigram

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Lake · Dui

Joy and openness.

FamilyYoungest daughter
ElementMetal

Lower trigram

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Lake · Dui

Joy and openness.

FamilyYoungest daughter
ElementMetal

The image

Lake above, Lake below.

Lake over Lake: joy and openness meeting joy and openness.

That combination is the whole meaning of hexagram 58. 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.

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