Interpreted with the help of the I Ching's eight trigrams, one arrives at the saying: "As good people come together, good luck arrives naturally." Such is how Joppert sees his Chinese name-as an auspicious sign of meetings among good people which cause wonderful things to happen.
易經八卦，元亨利貞中的易乾卦，也有「亨者嘉人會也」之說，好人聚集自然亨通，象徵了他的命運。