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 · Saturday, September 5, 2026
56 · The Wanderer
旅 Lǚ
Fire above the Mountain: fire not lingering on the mountain, the passing flame. The image of the wanderer, of the stranger on the way.
What it illuminates
The Wanderer lights up situations of passage, where you are passing through without anchorage. Rightness here lies in measure: neither imposing as if at home, nor losing yourself — staying yourself, light and attentive.
For a decision, the figure invites the right distance: “in this situation where I'm not at home, how do I stay dignified and prudent without rooting where I'm only passing?”.
The Image
Fire on the mountain, passing quickly on, resting nowhere. Seeing this, the noble person is careful and clear in penalties, and does not let disputes drag on.
Daoa's wording, written after the public-domain classical translations (James Legge, 1882; Charles de Harlez, 1889).
A question to keep
In what is only a passage, how do you stay right without rooting?
Read the full figure: The Wanderer →
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.