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 · Friday, August 14, 2026
33 · Retreat
遯 Dùn
Heaven above the Mountain: strength withdrawing to the heights, the immovable letting go. The image of retreat, of chosen withdrawal.
What it illuminates
Retreat lights up the intelligence of withdrawing in time: stepping back not in defeat, but to preserve your strength when the situation turns unfavorable. Knowing how to retreat is a strength, not a flight.
For a decision, the figure separates giving up from strategic withdrawal: “is this the time to retreat to keep myself, and how do I do it with dignity rather than spite?”.
The Image
The mountain rises, but the sky withdraws above it. Seeing this, the noble person keeps the petty at a distance — not by open dislike, but by a dignified reserve.
Daoa's wording, written after the public-domain classical translations (James Legge, 1882; Charles de Harlez, 1889).
A question to keep
Is this the time to advance, or to withdraw to keep yourself?
Read the full figure: Retreat →
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.