Triple Goddess

The Triple Goddess ~ In Paganism and Goddess Worship, refers to the idea of the three separate feminine figures ~ Maiden, Mother, and Crone (elder) ~  Being united. These three figures represent the different stages of the female life cycle. The Triple Goddess is both an idea, and a symbol, as pictured below.

As you can see, the symbol also represents the different phases of the Moon ~ Waxing, Full, and Waning. These phases also correlate with the stages of a Woman’s life cycle. Waxing to Maiden, Full to Mother, Waning to Crone. As the waxing phase of the Moon symbolizes new beginnings, so does the Maiden stage of our lives. We are coming into our selves as Maiden’s ~ Beginning our lives as youth, enchanted by life and its promise… Growing, birthing ideas, and learning. The Full Moon and the Mother stage identify with one another in their fullness. In the motherly stage, we are coming into our power ~ Ripe and full with fertility, sexuality, and wholeness. The Full Moon is full of life, just as Mother’s are. Full Moon is ovulation time, which also correlates with our Motherly aspects, as that is our most fertile time in our cycles. The Waning Moon represents the Crone, or Wise One, in that it is approaching the death of the Moon (New Moon, when the sky is dark) as the Crone is approaching the latter of her life cycle. Both the Crone and the Waning Moon symbolize wisdom and experience ~ They have been around the block and are old with knowledge. The Triple Goddess is also said to represent the female fertility/reproductive cycle, in that the Maiden stage we are coming into our sexuality, as Mothers we go through the process of pregnancy, and as Crone’s we are caring for the young.

The Triple Goddess is an embodiment of unity, an all encompassing view of the potentiality in Women of all kinds. This idea is also viewed by some as an archetype, each phase representing an actual Goddess deity. Various worships identify different Goddesses with each stage/phase of the Triple Goddess. I have commonly heard that Artemis, the virgin Goddess of independence, youth, and fruitfulness as been identified with the Maiden stage of the Triple Goddess. Aphrodite, the Goddess of love, fertility, desire, and beauty has been said to represent the Mother stage of the Triple Goddess. As for the Crone of the Triple Goddess, she is said to be Hecate, the Goddess of strength, wisdom, and darkness. Those three Goddesses are a few of the main Greek Power Goddesses, and it makes sense that they align with the Power symbol of the Triple Goddess.

Triple Goddess is an idea and symbol to embody as Women, and be conscious of during our life cycles, for we are the living Triple Goddess. She is our creation, our core, and our death ~ Aligning with our Power Source, Mother Moon. The Triple Goddess is a reminder to me of the cyclic nature of the Feminine.

Everything in our lives seems to be a cycle. Our menstruation, to ovulation, to menstruation ~ Blood likened to the darkness of the New Moon, wombs full like that of the Full Moon ~ Waxing and Waning with emotional and physical changes in between. We come into our sexuality, are ripe with fertility, and then spiral into menopause as elders. Our emotions fluctuate like a roller coaster ~ Eyes decorated with tears one day (or minute) and then bright with joy, the next. We flow in phases and are synced with the Moon ~ Ever-changing and swelling with Power. I love the Triple Goddess symbol, because it is a perfect embodiment of us Women ~ Our stages in life and phases in this life, all encompassed by our protector ~ The Moon.

The Triple Goddess is a charged Source of energy. She is you, as you is she. The full cycle of our ebbing points of being.