Triangle: The downward-pointing triangle is the most basic symbol of the feminine, the (often referred to as the Yoni Yantra, cup, chalice, mountain (Pueblo), or Holy Grail and has obvious connections with the womb), and the upward-pointing triangle is the symbol for the masculine, (often referred to as the primordial androgyne, blade, or clouds (Pueblo) and has obvious connections to male genitalia). However, the triangle generally symbolizes women and specifically fertility in its representation of the vulva. In Egyptian hieroglyphics, as well as gypsy symbolism, holds the triangle as the sign for woman and the Greek leter delta, “triangle” stood for the All-Mother Demeter or “Mother Delta.” Tantric tradition called it the Triangle of Life or Kali Yantra. According to Barbara Walker, in her book, The Woman’s Encyclopedia Of Myths And Secrets (1983), “Most ancient symbol systems recognized the triangle as a sign of the Goddess’s Virgin-Mother-Crone trinity and at the same time as her genital ‘holy place,’ source of all life” and it was worshipped as an icon.

Trident: Triple pointed staff of Hades, Pluto, Neptune, Poseidon, Shiva, and the Christian devil. Symbolically the Trident represented “the triple phallus displayed by any god whose function it was to mate with the Triple Goddess; a masculine counterpart of the triangle,” explains Barbara Walker, in her book, The Woman’s Encyclopedia Of Myths And Secrets (1983). The Irish shamrock was another representation of the triple phallus.

Trinity: Many religions have a trinity of archetypal energies. These including the Creator-Preserver-Destroyer; female-male-mixed; Father-Mother-Son trinity (like the pagan Osiris-Isis-Horus; Zeus-Rhea-Zagreus; Apollo-Artemis-Heracles); the Triple Goddess in the form of the Maiden, Mother, Crone (Parvati-Durga-Uma/Kali of India; Ana-Babd-Macha of Ireland; Hebe-hera-Hecata of Greece); and the Christian Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holly Spirit, according to Barbara Walker, in her book, The Woman’s Encyclopedia Of Myths And Secrets (1983). The trinity symbol to the left represents the interconnectedness of each part of the trinity, if one circle is broken, the whole trinity falls apart. Other trinity symbols include a triangle and a shamrock. See Triangle and Shamrock.