How did you do? Let’s recap: all the expressive and active energies are the Masculine side of you, and those parts of you that where allowing, surrender, wisdom, and intuition occur are Feminine: this is the counterpart to the Masculine activity. We often define the opposite of activity to be passivity, implying that nothing is going on, but if you’ve ever tried to be still to meditate or to allow your Guides or Intuition to speak to you, you know that this is hard work, at least at first! So let’s think of this in terms of outward vs. inward rather than active vs. passive.
Have your ingrained notions of gender kicked in yet? Remember, patricarchy strips men of their essential Femininity and women of their Masculine side–or tries to reduce us to one or the other, anyway. But it’s never true. Patriarchy is based on fear and control, and the Divine Masculine and Feminine are pure Love. Don’t forget that stepping out of the oppressor/victim paradigm to embrace our full selves is the prerequisite to manifesting!
You might also be surprised to know that courage, aka inner strength, is Feminine! Patriarchal culture teaches us that courage and strength are the purview of men, but the Records tell us that this is definitely our Feminine side expressing itself. Everything that is “in” is Feminine and “out” is Masculine. Inner strength, inner knowing, the protective circle are Feminine. Expression, action, and the ever-expanding spiral are Masculine. (I’ll admit that that one caught me by surprise–I had always considered the spiral Feminine!)
Think of them as the receiver and the transmitter: neither one is better and both are essential.