Yi Jing · Every day
The hexagram of the day
Each morning, a Yi Jing figure opens the day — that is Daoa's ritual. Here is today's: not a prediction, but an image to carry with you, a way of looking at the day differently.
Today · Wednesday, October 7, 2026
12 · Stagnation
否 Pǐ
Heaven above Earth: the energies pull apart instead of meeting, each drawn to its extreme. The image of obstruction.
What it illuminates
Stagnation lights up the periods when the current no longer flows, when effort meets the wall. Forcing a closed passage exhausts; the moment calls instead for withdrawal and patience.
For a decision, the figure invites you to recognize when the ground is blocked: “is this the time to insist, or to withdraw, preserve my strength and wait for the current to return?”.
The Image
Heaven rises, earth sinks, and they part. Seeing this, the noble person veils their worth and steps clear of the coming harm.
Daoa's wording, written after the public-domain classical translations (James Legge, 1882; Charles de Harlez, 1889).
A question to keep
Should you insist, or save your strength until the current returns?
Read the full figure: Stagnation →
Receive your figure every morning
In the app, every journal page opens on a received figure — your own. Write facing it, and draw a card when a question ripens.
Frequently asked questions
- How is the hexagram of the day chosen?
- It is derived from the date: one figure among the 64, the same for everyone, renewed each night (Paris time). In the Daoa app, your morning figure is your own — received on your own journal page.
- Does the daily hexagram predict anything?
- No. The figure announces nothing: it is an image to meditate — a way of looking at the day, not an answer. The Yi Jing illuminates a situation; it does not predict the future.
- How is it different from a reading?
- The daily figure is received: it opens the day without a question asked. A reading answers a gesture: you phrase a question, you draw a card, and the figure is read in relation to it. The two complete each other — the morning ritual, then a reading when a question ripens.