The Taoist symbol represents the light and the dark, also that negative can't be without positive and positive without negative. One of the parts the Taoism symbol is Yin, Yin is the negative side. Both Yin and Yang are total opposites but represent a whole. According to their religion yang is the white side of the symbol and is a male, is positive,is day,is active,is the sun,is logical. Yin is female, negative, night, passive, moon, intuitive, cold and soft, so in other words Yin is the opposite of Yang.