the TRIPLE GODDESSES:
"Maiden, Mother, and Crone"

by Vampyress

The Maiden

The Maiden signifies youth, the excitement of the chase, and the newness of life and magick. In human age she would be between puberty and her twenties. She does not have a mate. Her colors are soft & light, such as white, soft pink, or light yellow. Rituals using the Maiden:

  • Any new beginning, or even the hopes and plans for new beginnings.
  • When taking on a new job, or planning to apply for a new job.
  • During the first steps of new ideas, whatever they are.
  • Whenever you plan or begin a complete turn around in your life.
  • Whenever you begin a new phase in your life.
  • On moving, in to a new house or apartment.
  • On entering a new school or going back to school after a delay in education.
  • Any journey that is connected with anticipated changes. This can be anything.
  • The beginning of a new relationship, love or friendship.
  • Plans for getting pregnant.
  • The birth of a child.
  • The first menstruation for girls.
  • Puberty on reaching the teens for boys

The Mother

The Mother stands for nurturing, caring, fertility; she is a woman in the prime of her life and at the peak of her power. She protects her own and will ensure that justice is done and done well. This woman is usually mated. In human age, she would be seen as a woman in her thirties to mid-forties. Her colors are warmer than that of the maiden, such as green, copper, red, light purple or royal blue. Rituals using the Mother:

  • Project fruition and completion.
  • When childbirth is near.
  • Strength to see matters through to the end.
  • Blessings and protection. This especially applies to females who are threatened by men.
  • Guidance in life decisions.
  • Marriages, or the contemplation of or desire for marriage.
  • Finding or choosing a mate or companion.
  • Gardening, the growing of any plant.
  • Choosing or accepting an animal. Protection of animal life.
  • Making choices of any kind.
  • Gaining or continuing peace.
  • Developing intuition and psychic gifts.
  • Spiritual direction.

The Crone

The Crone is a being of age-old wisdom. She is shrew and counsels well. She cares for the Maiden and the Mother as well as the off-spring thereof. She is logical and can be terrible in her vengeance. She stands at the door to the dimension of death. In human years, she is approximately 45 or older. The Crone is the Most difficult of the three to place in human age. The Crone's traditional colors are black, gray, purple, brown or midnight blue. Rituals using the Crone:

  • Ending relationships, jobs, friendships.
  • Menopause, or coming to terms with aging.
  • Divorce.
  • A regrouping of energies needed at the end of a cycle of activity or problem.
  • Rest and calmness before making new goals and plans.
  • When the garden or plants are ready for winter.
  • Harassment of any kind.
  • Retribution on rapists, murderers, abusers.
  • On the death of a person or pet; of any animal or human. Contemplation at the end of your own life cycle.
  • When moving from a dwelling or job.
  • When strong protection is needed for attacks on the physical or psychic levels, or even annoyance by spirits.
  • To understand the deepest of mysteries.
  • Developing trance or communication with the guides or other spirits.

GODDESSES for ALL SEASONS...

Goddesses for Imbolic Include:
The goddesses of Imbolic are goddesses of fire, light and healing; they are Maiden goddesses and Mother goddesses: Agaehindvo, Ameaterasu, Anu, Aphrodite, Aradia, Arianrhod, Arinna , Athena, Befana, Bertha, Blaize, Branwen, Brigit, Demeter, Diana, Februa, Felicitas, Freya, Gaia, Hera, Hestia , Inanna, Irene, Juno Februata, Kuan Yin, Lucia or Lucina, Oya, Pax, Pele, Perchta, Persephone, Sarasvati, Selene, Sul-Minerva, Venus and Vesta.

Goddesses for Ostara Include:
Mother and Maiden Goddesses, Goddesses of fertility and of Spring:
Anna Fearina, Aphrodite, Arianrhod, Astarte, Athena, Blodeuwedd, Bran, Chalchiuhtlique, Coatlicue, Cocomama, Copper Woman, Corn Maiden, Corn Mother, Cupra, Cybele, Damara-ana, Demeter, Diana, Doda, Erce, Eriu, Erzulie, Esther, Flidais, Flora, Freya, Gaia, Garbhog, Guadalupe, Guinevere, Hathor, Haumea, Hera/Juno, Hina, Indara, Iris, Ishtar, Isis, Ix Chel, Kore, Kuan Yin, Lakshmi, Libera, Lilith, Madhusri, Ma-Ku, Mary, Melusine, Menvra, Minerva, Morwyn, Nepthys, Oddudua, OestreOn-niona, Oshun, Ostara, Ova, Painted Woman, Parvati, Persephone, Renpet, Rheda, Salamaona, Venus, Vesna, and Vesta.

Goddesses for Beltane Include:
Are of flowers and blooming, love, fertility, song and dance and the hunt:
Aphrodite, Asherah, Belili, Blodeuwedd, Bona Dea, Brighid, Danu, Freya, Flora, Gwenhwyvar, Hina, Kwan Yin, Ishtar, Lada, Maia, Mary, Mawu, Oiwyn, Oshun, Ostara, Rauni, Sappha, Spider Woman, Tonantzin, Vesta and Xochiquetzal.

Goddesses for Midsummer Include:
Earth Mothers and Goddesses of beauty and mature sexuality, fire goddesses and goddesses of the animals and the hunt.
They include: Aine, Ameaterasu, Anahita, Aphrodite, Artemis, Asherah, Brighid, Cardea, Coaltique, Corn Mother, Danu, Erzulie, Esmeralda, Freya, Flora, Gaia, Hera, Hestia, Iamanja, Inanna, Ishtar, Li, Litha, Mawu, Oraea, Oshun, Oya, Pele, Rhea, Rhiannon, Spider Woman, The Corn Mothers, Tiamat, Tonantzin, Vesta, Yellow Land Earth Queen, Yemaya.

Goddesses for Lammas / Lughnasadh Include:
Mother Goddesses, Grain Goddesses, Fertility Goddesses and Livestock Goddesses and Ladies of the Beasts.
They include: Aphrodite, Artemis, Bast, Bau, Binah, Ceres, Changing Woman, Corn Mother, Demeter, Epona, Fortuna, Gaia, Guadalupe, Habondia, Hathor, Ishtar, Isis, Juno, Mawu, Prosperpina, Rainbow Serpent, Rhea, Rhiannon, Tailtu and Tonantzin

Goddesses for Mabon Include:
It is a time to honor Aging Deities and the Spirit World. Wiccan celebrates the aging Goddess as she passes from Mother to Crone.
Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona, The Muses, Akibimi, Cessair, Lilitu, Sin, Pamona

Goddesses for Samhain Include:
The Crone rules this part of the cycle,
Arianrhod, Astarte, Baba Yaga, Cardea, Ceres, Cerridwen, Copper Woman, Demeter, Dione, Diti, Epona, Eurydice, Gaia, Gula, Hathor, Hecate, Hel, Hela, Holda, Inanna, Isis, Kali, Kalma, Kore, Lakshmi, Lilith, Maat, Mari, Minerva, Nephthys, Oya, Samia, Sarama, Sedna, Sheshat, Skinmo, Sina, Spider Grandmother, Tara, The Morrigan, Vanadis

Goddesses for YULE Include:
All Newborn Gods, Sun Gods, Mother Goddesses, and Triple Goddesses. The best known would be the Dagda, and Brighid, the daughter of the Dagda. Goddesses-Brighid, Isis, Demeter, Gaea, Diana, The Great Mother

HERBS OF THE GOD'S AND GODDESSES:
I will list herbs that pertain to each deity. The herbs can be used in many ways regarding altar and ritual use and for charging candles consecrating statues etc...

GODDESS HERBS:
Marjoram, moonwort, elder flower. Her earth: cypress, honeysuckle, jasmine. Her air: anise seed, comfrey, cider wood, eyebright, hazel, lavender, Mugwort. Her fire: angelica, celandine, coriander, heliotrope, hyssop, nettle, primrose, rowan. Her water: chamomile, camphor, catnip, geranium, hawthorn, hyacinth, ivy, rose, willow.

GOD HERBS:
Woodruff, yarrow, bergamot. His earth: cedar, fern, High John the Conqueror, horehound, pine. His Air: acacia, Benzoin, mistletoe, nutmeg, thyme, wormwood. His fire: alder, basil, betony, cinnamon, clove, holly, oak, peppercorn, thistle. His water: ash, burdock, hops, Orris root, yarrow.

DUAL DEITY HERBS:
Mullein, dianthus, heather. Their earth: cinquefoil, mandrake, patchouli, sage, slippery elm. Their air: eucalyptus, lemon verbena, Mugwort, peppermint, sandalwood, spearmint. Their fire: bay, juniper, marigold, rosemary, rue, saffron, St. John's Wort, Vervain. Their water: apple, elecampane, heather, meadowsweet, poppy, star anise.

Gift of the Goddess Bread

1/2 Cup Margarine
1 Cup Sugar
3 Medium Mashed Bananas
2 Eggs
1 (11 oz.) Can Mandarin Oranges
1 Tsp. Vanilla
1 (6 oz.) Pkg. Chocolate chips
2 Cups Flour
1 Cup Shredded Coconut
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 Cup Chopped Cherries
2/3 Cup Sliced Almonds
Confectioners Sugar
1/2 Cup Chopped Figs
Cream butter with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla - beat until fluffy. Sift flour with baking soda. Add alternately with mashed bananas. Stir in oranges, chocolate chips, coconut, 1/2 cup sliced almonds, cherries, figs. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Spring remaining almonds over the top. Bake 1 to 1 1/4 hours at 350F. When cool, sprinkle with confectioners sugar

Isis Healing Brew:

1 part Rosemary
1 part Sage
1 part Thyme
1 part Cinnamon
Half fill a blue-glass with fresh water. Add the ground, empowered herbs to it and let this sit in the Sun all day. If by sunset the water has been colored by the herbs, it is ready for use. If not, store in the refrigerator overnight and steep in the Sun the following day. Strain, and drink