The Yin and Yang symbol represents the balance of opposites in the universe or said another way balance and harmony.

When they are equally present, all is calm.



Yin, the darker element, is passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, and corresponds to the night; yang, the brighter element, is active, light, masculine, upward-seeking and corresponds to the day; yin is often symbolized by water, while yang is symbolized by fire.

Ultimately, the yin and yang can symbolize any two polarized forces in nature.
Taoists believe that humans often intervene in nature and upset the balance of Yin and Yang.

Yin and Yang – Principles summarised from

Everything can be described as either yin or yang.

1. Yin and yang are opposites.

No one thing is completely yin or completely yang.
Each contains the seed of its opposite.
For example, winter can turn into summer; what goes up must come down.

2. Yin and yang are interdependent.

One cannot exist without the other.
For example, day cannot exist without night.



4. Yin and yang consume and support each other.

They can again be seen as a pair: by excess of yin there is yang deficiency and vice versa.
The imbalance is also a relative factor: the excess of yang forces yin to be more concentrated.

5. Yin and yang can transform into one another.

However this transformation is relative too.


The dots in each serve:

1. As a reminder that there are always traces of one in the other.
For example, there is always light within the dark (e.g., the stars at night), these qualities are never completely one or the other.

2. As a reminder that absolute extreme side transforms instantly into the opposite, or that the labels yin and yang are conditioned by an observers point of view. For example, the hardest stone is easiest to break. This can show that absolute discrimination between the two is artificial.

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