The Goddess is the universal mother. She is the source of fertility, endless wisdom and loving caresses. As the Wicca know Her, She is often of three aspects: the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone, symboliziing the waxing, full, and waning phases of the Moon. She is at once the unploughed field, the full harvest, and the dormant frost covered Earth. She gives birth in abundance, but as life is Her gift, She also lends with it the promise of death. This is not darkness and oblivion, but rest from the toils of physical existance. It is human existence between incarnations. Though She is possessed of both natures, the Wicca revere Her as the giver of fertility, love and abundance, although they acknowledge Her darker side as well. We see Her in the Moon, the soundless, ever-moving sea, and in the green growth of the first spring. She is the embodiment of fertility and love.
Many symbols are used in Wicca to honor Her, such as the cauldron, cup, labrys, five petaled flowers, the mirror, necklaces, seashell, pearl, silver, emerald....just to name a few. As She has dominion over the Earth, Sea, and Moon, Her creatures are varied and numerous. A few include the rabbit, the bear, the owl, the cat, dog, bat, goose, cow, dolphin, lion, horse, wren, scorpion, spider and bee. All are sacred to the Goddess No matter how we envision Her, She is omnipresent, changeless, eternal.
The Goddess has many names, and some religions even recognize the importance of the femine power by giving reverence to the eternal mother figure Mary. No matter what pagan path some follow you will find that they take different Goddess's from different pantheons. No matter how you or others envision her, She will always be a presence in our ageless society.