The feminine principle is associated with the principles of birth, transformation and rebirth, the nurturing and sustaining influence in the universe. The male principle initiates action and movement; the female principle nurtures and is responsive to those actions and movements. Each is needed to create balance on a planet that has too long been primarily under the influence of patriarchy. The ascendance of the Goddess is helping to bring balance to the planet so that she may safely undergo her own ascension.