It is outside the body, action oriented. It takes pleasure in moving against the walls of an enclosure. In humans it expresses itself as a need to understand, to analyze, to find the limits. The mind seeks to master the physical world. Male energy expresses itself through the mind, wanting to give, to protect, and to provide comfort in the physical reality.
All human beings have a male aspect to themselves, sometimes called the inner male.
Likewise, each individual has an inner female. This energy pattern is receptive and responsive an open space with defined boundaries. But the open space is dark and mysterious. The feminine is comfortable with the unknown. From this mystery springs creativity and intuition.