The Properties of Yin and Yang
Yin is the opposite of Yang and Yang is the opposite of Yin. Things that are formless are positive (Yang) and things that are massive are negative (Yin). Therefore, when defined in Yin and Yang, an electron is positive and a proton is negative.
Poor is Yang and wealthy is Yin. Yang dissipates and evaporates. It is becoming less and less; therefore, is poor. Yin condenses and accumulates. It is becoming more and more; therefore, is wealthy.
Traditionally, the Chinese compass direction is different from the Western compass direction. According to Chinese geomancy (Feng Shui), the top is positive and the bottom is negative. The top represents the south and is hot. The bottom represents the north and is cold.
The sun rises from the east (the lefthand side). Thus, the lefthand is considered Yang. The sun sets in the west (the righthand side). Thus, the right hand is considered Yin. Yang dissipates, and Yin condenses. This is why for most people, their right hand is stronger than their left hand.
The sun first rises and then sets, from yang (leader) to yin (followers). Thus, many leaders are lefthanded.
| male | female | spring | autumn | electron | proton | summer | winter |
| energy | mass | question | answer | small | large | robbing | stealing |
| up | down | expose | conceal | light | darkness | give | receive |
| dissipate | condense | awake | sleeping | hot | cold | injuries | diseases |
| happiness | sadness | birth | death | out | in | go out | return home |
| positive | negative | beginning | ending | vertical | horizontal | day | night |
| fast | slow | poor | wealthy | good | bad | sun | moon |
| left | right | growing | deteriorating | life | death | white | black |
| back | front | moving | stagnant | *south | *north | *east | *west |
| short | long | strengthen | endurance | lost | found | strong | week |
| leader | follower | dry | humid | active | passive | attack | defense |
| Yin | Yang |
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