Chinese tarot · Yi Jing
Chinese tarot, or the Yi Jing
It is often called “Chinese tarot”: it is really the Yi Jing (or I Ching), one of the oldest symbolic systems in the world. As in tarot, you draw a figure and interpret it in relation to a question — but here the figure is not an omen: it is the image of a situation.
Chinese tarot or Yi Jing?
“Chinese tarot” is the popular name; “Yi Jing” is the real one. The tarot analogy helps — you draw, you interpret — but the Yi Jing has no arcana or illustrated cards originally: it rests on 64 figures, the hexagrams, made of six solid or broken lines.
Each figure is an image: a tension, a movement, a way of looking. You don't consult the Yi Jing to know “what will happen”, but to illuminate “how to look at this situation” and “what attitude to take”.
How a reading works
The gesture is simple: you phrase the question that truly occupies you, you draw a figure, then you tie it to your situation. The drawn figure is the source of truth — in Daoa, the AI helps with interpretation, but never chooses the result of the draw.
You leave with a symbolic reading tied to your question, and often a concrete next step. No prediction, no fate: the decision stays yours.
The 64 figures
The 64 hexagrams cover the range of human situations: the creative impulse, waiting, conflict, return, clarity… Each is composed of two trigrams (Heaven, Earth, Fire, Water, Mountain, Lake, Wind, Thunder) that draw its image.
A few figures to start with:
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