Yin and yang
Most people don't know it but the Yin and Yang symbol is the most common Taoist symbol. Yin and Yang shows harmony of two opposing forces. If one opposing force is higher than the other, the other opposing force does not fight back, it just gets higher. In the Ying and Yang symbol, Yin contains a dot of Yang and vice versa. Each force contains part of the opposing force to balance harmony.
YinDark
Matter Earth Female Passive Tiger Down North Water Winter Shade Valleys Even Moon Death |
yangLight
Spirit Sky Male Active Dragon Up South Fire Summer Sunlight Mountains Odd Sun Life |
The bagua
As you can see on the left, the Bagua is actually 8 symbols, in english they are actually called trigrams. The Bagua symbols are family.
NameQian (Sky)
Dui (Lake) Li (Fire) Zhen (Thunder) Xun (Wind) Kan (Water) Gen (Mountain) Kun (Earth) |
Part in familyFather
Youngest daughter Middle daughter Eldest son Eldest daughter Middle son Youngest son Mother |
MEANING Expansive energy
Child luck, joy Rapid movement,radiance,sun Excitation,revolution,division Penetration and flexibility Treacherous rapid rivers, the abyss, moon Immovable and stationary Energy that yields |
Personality Creative
Joyful Clinging Arousing Gentle Abysmal Immobile Receptive |