On the discussion of gender and yin/yang in astrology
I think astrology can tell a lot about how people relate to the social construct of “gender” but not necessarily which one they identify with. A girl can have a very yang-dominant chart (like lots of fire and air and strong mars and sun) and also be very assertive, outgoing and competitive but still identify as a girl. In the same way, a guy can have a chart full of water and earth with strong venus and moon and be a very nurturing, introverted and submissive person but still identify as male.
Typically, yin / “feminine” energy is dark and negative. This may sound bad but it isn’t. It stands for the dark empty space which holds all of life, kind of like a womb. The negative energy is like the negative end of a magnet - it draws in and attracts rather than conquering something by fighting for it.
Yang is positive, light energy. It’s the “stuff” and structure that is contained within that womb. It is attracted to the negative yin energy.
Everything in life is either positive or negative - the presence or absence of something, active or passive, assertive or receptive. (positive is not good, negative is not bad!!!)
And without one, the other does not exist. Just like a “thing” can’t be defined if there is no space to hold it, and just like space cannot be defined without anything in it.
The sex act between a man and a woman also shows these energies - pushing something (positive) into a receptive space (negative). Sorry, this is a bit disgusting, but it explains the traditional association of yin with female and yang with male. Traditionally, the woman also “attracts” (negative) while the man “conquers” (positive).
The energies of yin/feminine and yang/masculine are not harmful, its just the expectations and judgements around them that are. And of course the terms “feminine” and “masculine”… it implies an offense to call a guy feminine or a girl masculine when it is really just about neutral energies
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