Is Guaqi Taoist?

No, hexagrams are sixty-four hexagrams produced by basic eight diagrams and their overlapping. They are the most essential units of Yi, the symbols representing the representation of all things in the world, and the corresponding relationship with natural material elements; Qi refers to two opposite properties of the same thing, which together represent "Yin" and "Yang". The combination of divination and qi is to express the static attribute of yin-yang opposition and the dynamic attribute of growth and decline with the gossip of Yi. Yi's divination can be regarded as a description of the yin and yang attributes of things, from which we can gain insight into the luck of cats.

As the name implies, hexagrams are the basic eight diagrams and the sixty-four hexagrams produced by their superposition, which is the most essential unit of Yi. People at all times and all over the world have always believed that hexagrams are symbols created by saints, which are used to express the appearance of all things in the world and the corresponding relationship with natural material elements, such as stem representing heaven, Kun representing earth, root representing mountains and ridge representing water. Moreover, people have always thought that these hexagrams and the six hexagrams that make up them can be transformed into each other. Moreover, this transformation is synchronous with the transformation of the natural material world, so alchemists since ancient times hope to grasp and spy on the changing and developing laws of nature and society by studying the various changes and relationships of these hexagrams. And "Qi" refers to two opposite properties of the same thing.

Changed to Zhou Wenwang, Taoism originated from Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and Bagua originated before Taoism.

As for why gossip is tied to Taoism, it is because Taoism advocates the laws of nature, and gossip actually reflects the balance of yin and yang and natural changes. The purpose of both is the same.