The three stages of woman (Sphinx) has pagan echoes. Wicca has a similar image based on the phases of the moon The new moon symbolises the virgin (or the girl); the full moon the maiden (or the mother); and the old, or waxing moon, the crone (or old woman) The dark moon represents death and rebirth.

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