The
Triple Goddess has been adopted by many
neopagans as one of their primary deities. In common Neopagan usage the three female figures are frequently described as the
Maiden, the
Mother, and the
Crone, each of which symbolizes both a separate stage in the female life cycle and a
phase of the
Moon, and often rules one of the realms of earth, underworld, and the heavens. These may or may not be perceived as aspects of a greater single divinity. The
Goddess of
Wicca's
duotheistic theology is generally portrayed as the Triple Goddess of the
Moon, her masculine consort being the
Horned God.