I Ching · Hexagram 19
Lín: Approach
The earth stands above the lake and leans toward it: something greater draws near with care. Lin is a rising time when growth comes on, and it reminds you that good seasons do not last forever.
- Keywords
- Approach, growth, support, opportunity
- Upper trigram
- Earth (Kun)
- Lower trigram
- Lake (Dui)
- Advice
- Step forward warmly and teach or help where you can, while the tide is with you.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.