What do yin and yang symbolize?

Answer 1

The dualistic nature of the material world, and the fact that, though it appears to be differentiated, it is actually all part of the same thing.

Answer 2

In Chinese philosophy, astrology, Fung Shei and I Ching, yin symbolizes the feminine energy and yang symbolized the masculine energy of which everything is made up of.

Answer 3

They can symbolize Opposites,
yin being water
yang fire,
Feminine, masculine
stillness, motion
shade, light
eros, logos
yoni, linga
right, left
earth, heaven
I-Ki
In Aikido we learn control.
So the circles in the symbol are opposite colors...control.
Mr. Morihei Uesshiba's doka said...
"In jodan
step in and seize control
of your opponet's mind;
Perceive the heart of yin
as being in yang."
He is the founder of Aikido.

Answer 4

In East Asian thought, the two complementary forces or principles that make up all aspects and phenomena of life.
Yin is earth, female, dark, passive, and absorbing; it is present in even numbers and in valleys and streams and is represented by the tiger, the colour orange, and a broken line.
Yang is heaven, male, light, active, and penetrating; it is present in odd numbers and mountains and is represented by the dragon, the colour azure, and an unbroken line. Together they express the interdependence of opposites.

Answer 5

Yen and Yang are nature’s two channels of electric- flows which bring about changes in the Universe. Reference to I -Ching appears in an ancient Chinese Writer’s(Fu His) legendary treatise, entitled “I -Ching or Book of Changes “and this is a great gift to human civilization. In that a new system of prediction has been evolved and the system has been explained by establishing coordination between three horizontal unbroken and three broken transverse lines in an octagonal trigram. Legend has it that a golden yellow Dragon emerged from Logave river and blessed Fu His with these predictive powers. He was a Chinese Emperor. It is certain that the Book existed and was popular before 1100 B.C though it’s exact time of writing is not known.

Answer 6

"Yin and yang symbolize the two primordial forces of the cosmos. Yin, the receptive, consolidating, and conserving female element, and yang, the active, creative, and expanding male element, give rise to the multiplicity of things through their continuous and dynamic interactions"..

Answer 7

That everything in life is balanced. Good, bad; male,female; etc. It symbolizes how our lives should be.

Answer 8

I-Ching is the greatest foundation of Chinese philosophy. It’s development is from the natural phenomena of our universe. Because I-Ching comes from nature, it should be easy

Answer 9

Balance.

Answer 10

Balance

The black is evil the white is good, a little evil in good and a little good in evil.

or subsitute what ever is opposite to each other that you like.