Jun 13 2009
MysticalCharm.com and the Triple Moon Goddess
The Triple Moon is one of the primary deities found in Wicca. She is comprised of three seperate goddesses: The Maiden, The Mother and The Crone. Each symbolises the separate phases of life a woman goes through. She represents the female part of Wicca’s duotheistic religion.
The symbol for the Triple Moon is a waxing, full and waning moon side by side. It is believed by many that the concept of the Triple Moon began with the first neo-Pagans in the early to mid twentieth century in England. It as their view that sexuality, breastfeeding and pregnancy are all ways that women may embody the goddess and therfore make the body sacred.
- The Maiden represents enchantment, inception, expansion, the promise of new beginnings, birth, youth and youthful enthusiasm, represented by the waxing moon.
- The Mother represents ripeness, fertility, sexuality, fulfillment, stability, power and life represented by the full moon.
- The Crone represents wisdom, repose, death, and endings represented by the waning moon.
Most neo-Pagans assert that worship of the Triple Moon Goddess predates Christianity and could go as far back as the neolithic period. Therefore it is believed that this is the surviving remnant of ancient beliefs. More research will have to be done to prove one way or another.
