Hexagram 19: Approach地澤臨 · Lín

• Upper trigram　Kūn, Earth: receptivity, support and going with the flow.
• Lower trigram　Duì, Lake: joy, exchange and open conversation.

The Judgment

Supreme success through perseverance. When the eighth month comes, there will be misfortune.

元亨利貞。至于八月有凶。

Our plain English rendering, with the Zhouyi original

Reading

Drawing near and looking after: things are improving. Today suits caring for the people around you, and reminding yourself to prepare for the long term even while things go well.

Something to do today

• Check in on someone who needs support, and note one thing that needs preparing in advance.

How a hexagram is cast

The three-coin method: toss three coins together, counting heads as 3 and tails as 2. The total, 6, 7, 8 or 9, gives one line; six tosses, recorded from the bottom up, make a hexagram. A 6 (old yin) or 9 (old yang) is a changing line, which turns this hexagram into another and shows where things are heading.