yinyang, Wade-Giles romanization yin-yang, Japanese in-yō, in Eastern thought, the two complementary forces that make up all aspects and phenomena of life. Yin is a symbol of earth, femaleness, darkness, passivity, and absorption. ... Yang is conceived of as heaven, maleness, light, activity, and penetration.

Why do yin and yang go together?

Yin qualities are female energy, softness, being passive, heaviness, coolness, feeling, and surrender. Yang attributes are male energy, hardness, being assertive, buoyancy, heat, thinking, and attack. The yang partner offers yang energy in exchange for yin, and the yin partner receives yang and gives back yin energy.

Why is yin and yang so important?

Yin and Yang create each other, control each other, and transform into each other; what creates the physical world. ... To the ancient Chinese the life-force energy “Qi” is the underlying energy that gives life to all physical things.