Why is Kundalini represented as being a female force?

Answer 1

This is deep metaphysics and I would surmise there are several reasons for this, but one of these is this:

The ancients realised that everything in creation is virtually composed of, or expresses, a dual nature. This is most apparent in the dualist nature of phenomenal existence with its various distinctions of day and night, hot and cold, good and bad, success and failure and so on. Even certain spiritual things which appear to be on the surface neither male nor female exhibit a certain magnetic polarity which we term positive or negative.

We see this characteristic in atomic structure, for instance. Although an electron is neither good or bad, male or female in our sense of the word, it nevertheless exhibits certain characteristics of a female force which we term negative, in the magnetic sense.

The kundalini force is a mighty Cosmic Energy which exhibits a negative female nature to the Positive Masculine Force which resides in the Brahma Chakra. This is why the ancients described this union of forces as the mystic marriage of Siva and Shakti. It really means that these two poles of energy have united and the expression of that unity through mystic marriage is a third force which results in a transmutation of basic energies to an entirely new level. Cosmic Consciousness is the result of the coming together of these two forms of energy and their resultant controlled energetic release, somewhat similar to the release of energy within the atom through atomic explosion. One, however, is an uncontrolled release of energy, the other is controlled to bring about a certain predetermined result.

This ancient concept of a female force or Goddess which resides at the base of the spine and the God Siva in Brahma Chakra is a very deep one, and the more you think about it the information one can get on the subject which is of a very profound nature.