Triple Moon (Triple Goddess)

The Triple Moon also known as Triple Goddess is a popular Pagan and Wiccan symbol that represents the three ages in the female life cycle, Maiden, Mother, and Crone as the three phases of the moon waxing, full, and waning.

• First – waxing moon – stands for the Maiden and symbolizes purity, youth, new life, beginnings, rejuvenation, excitement, enchantment, and expansion.
• Centre – full moon – represents the Mother and represents fulfilment, fertility, ripeness, potency, compassion, giving, caring, nurturing, protection and power.
• Crescent – waning moon – represents the Crone and stands for repose, maturity, wisdom, experience, knowledge, understanding, completion, death and rebirth.

The Triple Moon is believed to signify the eternal cycle of birth, life, and rebirth.

The Maiden

The Maiden aligns with the waxing phase of the Moon and represents the youthful phase of a woman’s life. This is the time of growth, reflected by the waxing of the Moon as it moves toward fullness.

The Maiden represents beauty, fresh potential and new life. In human beings, she is associated with the qualities of innocence, youth, self-confidence, intelligence and independence, and with activities relating to exploration, discovery, self-expression, and creativity.

The Mother

At the Full Moon, the Maiden becomes the Mother, giving birth to all of the abundance on Earth. She is associated with midday, and her season is summer, the lushest time of year, with forests and fields flourishing and young animals growing into maturity. In the human realm, she is associated with nurturing, responsibility, adulthood and the fullness of life.

The Crone

As the Moon wanes and the darkness of the night sky grows, the Crone steps into her power. Called the “Hag” in earlier iterations of the Triple Goddess, she represents the post-childbearing years of life and is associated with autumn and winter, sunset and night, and the winding down and ending of the growing season. The Crone is the wise elder aspect of the Goddess and governs aging and endings, death and rebirth, and past lives, as well as transformations, visions, prophecy, and guidance.

Conclusion

Triple Moon (Triple Goddess), simply honours the Maiden, Mother, and Crone with the three cycles of the Moon and is indeed the divine feminine.