Triple Goddess: A Legacy of Magic, Mystery, and Misunderstanding
We often hear of the epic journeys heroes go on—adventure, bravery, and discovery. Joseph Campbell has dissected how the structure of quests and archetypes show up in storytelling—it’s wonderful, because there is a pattern in play. And up until recently, most of these stories focus on the journey of man. However, there is an ancient cyclical lifelong journey that women endure, which is often overshadowed, silenced, or even ridiculed. This sacred feminine foundation speaks of times when we moved not in straight lines, but in spirals —honoring the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone as sacred waypoints of the female journey.
The Triple Goddess is ancient and wise. It shows up in nearly every woman’s life—but we don’t always honor it as we should. The world taught us to chase youth long expired, to fear aging, and to make certain women invisible—and if not invisible—turns them into the villain. And in doing so, we did not just lose stories, we lost parts of ourselves. Not in one dramatic moment, but in slow, invisible ways: in the doubt that creeps in when we feel too much, in the shame that surfaces when our bodies change, in the quiet ache of being unseen in the roles we’re asked to carry.
For centuries, women have carried these roles with dignity and power, even when the world refused to name them. The Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone have always lived within us—not as titles we earn, but as energies that return to us again and again.
Today, we live in a world that:
• Silences the Maiden — shaming wonder, punishing trust.
• Erases the Mother — demanding her service while ignoring her soul.
• Misunderstands the Crone — fearing her wisdom, distorting her power.
Despite these setbacks for women, these energies remain with us— beneath the surface of our lives — waiting to be remembered, reawakened, and reclaimed. The Triple Goddess represents the magic within—a sacred blueprint for how we create, love, dream, fall apart, and rise again.
These Archetypes Are Always Alive
The Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone are not just ancient myths, nor are they only stages of physical life—they are living energies that accompany us throughout our journey through womanhood. We carry them all, all the time—sometimes one rises brightly to the surface, while another moves quietly in the background, but none of them ever fully leave us.
You carry the Maiden when you dream, when you believe in impossible things, when you trust life with open hands.
You carry the Mother when you nurture a project, tend to a relationship, create beauty out of love, or sacrifice a piece of yourself to birth something into the world.
You carry the Crone when you sit with your own wisdom, when you see beyond the surface, when you honor endings as sacred thresholds rather than failures.
These archetypes are not confined by age or time, although they often echo through particular stages of life. They overlap and evolve, layering into our lived experience and deepening our understanding of who we are. You may feel the wonder of the Maiden in the middle of motherhood—wide-eyed, blooming, and alive with possibility. Or you may carry the voice of the Crone in the body of a young woman—anchored in perception that stretches beyond what you’ve lived. And in some sacred moments, all three archetypes may rise in harmony, offering you a rare clarity of inner alignment.
This feminine journey is not linear—it is cyclical, spiraled, and deeply intuitive. It invites you to recognize the magic alive within you, to notice when each energy stirs, and to let its guidance shape the way you walk through the world.
The Sacred Wounds: Silenced, Invisible, Misunderstood
While each face of the Triple Goddess carries a sacred power— as true is the fact that each carries a sacred wound.
The Maiden is silenced:
Her wonder is dismissed as naivety.
Her curiosity is treated as a danger to the status quo.
Her softness is seen as a flaw to be corrected rather than a magic to be protected.
The Mother is made invisible:
Her sacrifices are expected but rarely honored.
Her creations are consumed without gratitude.
She is praised only when she conforms to impossible expectations — nurturing without needs, giving without asking, serving without being seen.
The Crone is misunderstood:
Her wisdom is feared because it cannot be controlled.
Her freedom is distorted into loneliness and isolation.
She is painted as irrelevant or dangerous — when in truth, her insight mistaken for madness.
These wounds are symptoms of a world that has forgotten how to move in cycles, a world that worships endless youth, expects endless production, and ridicules wise women. But when we begin to recognize these wounds as collective fractures, we are able to reclaim parts of ourselves we lost along the way—we remember that our softness is a strength of our character, that our sacrifice is a form of the magic of love, and our wisdom is a torch to guide, not to burn.
Why Reclaiming the Triple Goddess Matters (Now More Than Ever)
We are living in a world out of rhythm: a world that exalts the rise but fears the fall, that demands blooming out of season, that expects production without rest, and that worships endless youth. In such a world, the old rhythms — the sacred turning of life through wonder, creation, surrender, and renewal — are not just forgotten—they are actively suppressed.
Reclaiming the Triple Goddess— Maiden, Mother, and Crone — is about restoring what was always ours:
— The right to wonder.
— The right to create and be created.
— The right of self-ownership and empowerment.
When we reclaim our journey and our cycles as women, we resist a culture that asks us to flatten ourselves into productivity machines with beautiful, youthful faces. Reclaiming allows us to step back into the sacred spiral of life — where every phase has dignity, every change has meaning, and every version of ourselves is honored. Because when we reclaim the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone within us —we reclaim our wholeness. And when we live in wholeness— the world will follow suit.
In this blog series, we will step into the wide-eyed wonder of the Maiden, the weaving, nurturing magic of the Mother, and the sovereign wisdom of the Crone.
Next up, explore the magic and mystery of the Maiden in Wonder and Warning: Lessons of the Maiden.