Are there different positions of the yin and yang that mean different things Such as the yang being on top or vice versa or side by side?
The yin yang is a circle that turns, and exists as nothing but a
circle. rotating or flipping the circle means nothing. The yin-yang
is also the base elements of existance, of all existing things. In
fact, the yin-yang symbol means very little as a symbol, and was
designed to recognize the connection and harmony observed in and
between all existing things. However, certain things can be, at
times, predominantly yin or predominantly yang. And while 100% yin
and 100% yang does not, and can not, exist in reality, it is
concieved of as a possibility. Taoists have two more levels bayond
the yin and yang in the form of the I-Ching, where the yin and yang
are turned into trigrams and hexagrams. a perfect analogy would by
computer bits, where 0 is yin and 1 is yang. The I-Ching on the
first level arranges three bits together in all possible ways to
form 8 elements. examples include 111, 001, and 100, or
yang-yang-yang, yin-yin-yang, and yang-yin-yin. The I-Ching on the
second level arranges six bits together in all possible ways,
forming 64 elements of change.