🌕 The Lunar Trinity: Exploring the Power of Three Through the Moon Phases
- donna conley
- Jul 22
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 8
There’s something sacred about the number three—something that transcends culture, belief, and even time. We find it in the architecture of the soul, in the rhythm of breath, in the sacred stories passed down through generations.
The lunar trinity lives in the moon itself—our ancient mirror in the sky, always guiding us through intention, illumination, and release.
In lunar and spiritual practices, the moon becomes more than a glowing sphere. She becomes a teacher, a timeline, and a trusted guide.
But what if this celestial rhythm—so often divided into four phases—can still be felt through the sacred lens of three?

🔹 The Traditional Lunar Trio
The traditional trio of the moon is New Moon / Full Moon / Waning Moon.
A cycle of transformation:🌑 Seed → 🌕 Illumination → 🌘 Release
This trinity captures the arc of intention, manifestation, and surrender.
But where does that leave the Waxing Moon—the days of action, stretch, and growth?
She doesn’t disappear.
She becomes the bridge between dreaming and doing.
🌙 Why the Waxing Moon Matters
The Waxing Moon is the sacred stretch between the soul’s whisper and the soul’s bloom.
She has her own trinity:
The momentum behind your intention
The growth that happens in the quiet
The action that moves you toward your vision
Waxing is the embodiment phase—where what you dreamed of in the dark begins to take form.
The Waxing Moon is the breath between wish and reality. She asks: Will you show up for your own becoming?
🔮 Reframing the Lunar Trinity (and Honoring the Waxing Phase)
You don’t have to exclude her to honor the power of three.
Here are three reimagined lunar trios—each honoring the Waxing Moon’s energy with purpose and grace:
→ Create → A trinity of becoming: dream it, do it, see it.
🌀 The Creation Cycle
New Moon – Intention
Waxing Moon – Activation
Full Moon – Illumination
→ Heal → A trinity of transformation: face it, let it go, begin again.
🌀 The Healing Cycle
Full Moon – Awareness
Waning Moon – Release
New Moon – Integration
→ Flow → A trinity of feminine archetypes: maiden, mother, crone.
🌀 The Feminine Flow
New Moon – The Seed (Inner knowing)
Full Moon – The Bloom (Expression)
Dark Moon – The Rest (Surrender / Wisdom)
✨ Where Does the Waxing Moon Belong?
You could say she is the gut between head and heart.
The embodied self between mind and soul.
The sacred movement that alchemizes stillness into light.
She may not always appear in the final trinity, but nothing manifests without her.
🌕 Final Reflection
The power of three lives in more than just symmetry—it lives in intention, movement, and integration. The moon shows us this in every cycle.
So next time you light a candle on the New Moon, don’t just wish.
On the days that follow, ask:
Am I walking with what I asked for?
The Waxing Moon is your sacred invitation to act.
Let her guide you—not with urgency, but with devotion.
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