Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women’s lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women’s menstrual cycles.

Christ links contemporary Goddess spirituality to a long-standing symbolic association between the moon and female embodiment. The “three aspects” evoke a tripartite Goddess (often framed as maiden–mother–crone) and present women’s life stages as sacred rather than marginal. By emphasizing lunar waxing and waning alongside menstruation, the quote argues that bodily cycles can be read as meaningful rhythms aligned with cosmic patterns. The claim functions both descriptively (explaining a central symbol in Goddess traditions) and polemically, countering religious frameworks that treat menstruation and aging as impure or shameful. It also highlights how symbolism can ground feminist theology in lived, physical experience.