Yang begins acting, while Yin gets and completes it. When you pitch there’s Yang, when your opponent catches it, that’s Yin. The sunbeams are Yang, compared to the shadows. They have two sides but are the same coin. Yang is stronger, harder, faster, brighter. The egg’s shell is Yang, and the egg within is Yin. Your car break is Yin, and your gas pedal is Yang. The wave’s crest is Yang, while its trough is the Yin. Which behaves differently depending on their contexts.Īnything can be Yin or Yang depending on the situation. Daoists believe that our earth consists of energies, vibrations, as well as matter. Rather, they are relative to one another. Just like Luke and his dad, Yin and Yang are not really opposites. While Luke had the potential to follow in his father’s footsteps to the dark path. The seed of goodness resided in Darth Vader. Which implies everything has the seed of their opposite. Each one has a small dot opposite its color. The dark swirl you see is the Yin while the light one is the Yang. This is the reason why the Yin and Yang are deeply connected with the yearly cycle of the earth around the sun, and the coming and going of the four seasons. During the nighttime, the pole star points to the north. The shortest shadow’s direction measured is south. Our sun rises in the east and sets out in the west. The following observation composes the compass’ four points. As well as the recorded position of the Big Dipper constellation throughout the year. The Yin-Yang is also a representation of the observation of the earth’s shadow on the moon. Consequently, Yin begins during summer solstice wherein the darkness is dominant over daylight. Thus, it’s close relationship with the sun. Yang starts at the winter solstice, indicating the start of the period when daylight is the dominating force over darkness. Amazingly, the graphical representation of the change of the pole’s shadow length during the entire year is present. Some had even suggested that the symbol has a very close approximation. This invention was created in China as far back as 600 BCE. It uses a pole to measure the changing lengths of the shadows during the solar year. The origin of the symbol of Yin and Yang can is in the Chinese time-keeping system during ancient times.

History of yin yang symbol