Yin Yang

... and the meaning of life!

Yin Yang Pendant

This year sees the introduction of a new collection of symbolic jewellery in the Paul Wright Jewellery collection. These new silver and gold pendants have been designed and created by Paul to convey special meanings and invoke the deeper mysteries of faith and belief. Symbolism has been a part of all cultures since the dawn of time. Wearing symbolic jewellery can balance both the physical and spiritual energy fields thereby enhancing our sense of well being. The first of our new and exciting range is the 'Yin Yang' pendant based on the Tai Chi symbol shown below.

Tai Chi symbol

The meaning of Yin Yang can be best found in the symbolic imagery of its very nature. It is a circle made up of two different tadpole shapes, one in black (known as the Yin side) and the other in white (known as the Yang side). You will see that in Yang, represented by the white tadpole, lies the seed of Yin represented by the black dot and vice-versa. The Yin Yang pendant and earrings design similarly conveys these interacting opposites but using the complimentary silver and gold colours instead of black and white. The white cubic zirconia has been set into the gold side and the yellow cubic zirconia has been set into the silver side illustrating the interdependance of each on the other.

Yin Yang Earrings

It can clearly be seen that Yin and Yang are complimentary opposites within a greater whole. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, which constantly interact, never existing in absolute stasis. In Chinese philosophy and religion, two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang), from whose interaction all things are produced and all things are dissolved.

As a concept the two polar elements referred originally to the shady and sunny sides of a valley or a hill but it developed into the relationship of any contrasting pair: those specified above (female-male, etc.) as well as cold-hot, wet-dry, weak-strong, etc. It is not a distinct system of thought by itself but permeates Chinese life and thought. A balance of yin and yang is essential to health. A deficiency of either principle can manifest as disease. (Encyclopedia Americana).

If you would like to have the new Yin Yang jewellery designs simply use the link below to make your purchase:

New Designs by Paul Wright Jewellery

including the Yin Yang Pendant and Earrings