Feminine symbols have been used from ancient times to represent birth, fertility, death, decay, transformation and rebirth. The portrayal of the message through these symbols take place either through an object, an image, a picture, written word, a sound or a particular mark . In fact these symbols have been used to depict the scared feminine, the great goddess, the mother earth, the mother goddess or the "big she" as ideas, concepts or other abstractions. The symbols of the feminine have been used to make the invisible take form and become visible for the humanity. In fact these symbols have helped humanity to make associations with the mysterious feminine form that is invisible in persona but widely felt through actions in the universe. Abundant examples of such feminine symbols can be found in the form of images and carvings of the various ancient "goddess forms" and their associations with earthly things and happenings.

The multiple meanings behind the symbols depicting the feminine

The supreme feminine or the great goddess or the mother goddess depicts wide spectrum of happenings in the universe and hence the meanings behind the symbols used to depict the feminine can be multiple and manifold. These symbols blend with the earth centred beliefs and traditions. If we ask the countless witches, the ecofeminists, members of the covenant of the Goddess and the educated Wiccan high priests we will find that they accept the wide range of associations and meanings behind the feminine symbols depicting the nature's process of birth, death and rebirth.