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The three parts of the Triple Goddess or Triple Moon symbol each represent a phase in a woman’s life. These three phases are the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone.

The Maiden: Represented by the waxing moon on the symbol’s left. She symbolizes beginnings, youth, and adventure.

The Mother: Represented by the full moon in the center of the symbol. She symbolizes fertility, stability, and fulfillment.

The Crone: Represented by the waning moon on the symbol’s right. She symbolizes wisdom, maturity, and endings.

According to the 3rd century BC grammarian Epigenes, the three Moirai, or Fates, were regarded by the Orphic tradition as representing the three divisions of the Moon, "the thirtieth and the fifteenth and the first" (i.e. the crescent moon, full moon, and dark moon, as delinted by the divisions of the calendar month). The Moirai themselves are traditionally depicted as a young girl, or Spinner of the thread of life, an older woman, or Measurer, and an elderly woman, or Cutter, representing birth, active life, and death. The connection between the Fates and the variously named Triple Moon Goddess, then ultimately led to the conflation of these concepts