the yin yang symbol/ this is sometimes known as the T'ai Ch'i, the supreme ultimate or the great art. From the supreme ultimate there comes the Tao from the Tao comes yang and yin and from those two opposites there is everything in balancealthough the yang and the yin are sometimes seen as opposites by westerners within each other there is always an element of the other, this is why there is always a tiny white dot within the black yin, and a tiny dark dot within the white of the yang.the yin/yang symbol should always be shown with the yin dot to the right, this begins to give us the compass directions the light yang is at the top representing summer and the south, while the dark yin isat the bottom representing winter and the north, as the shinese compasses are the opposite way around to those in the west they have their south at the top where our north would be the north at the bottom where our south is, and the east to the left and the west to the right.