These are the important dreams that help us maintain emotional and psychological balance and equilibrium in the face of stress and fear. Nightmares are those frightening and often ...

Carl Jung said that birds represent thoughts while birds in flight symbolize moving and changing thoughts. Birds are generally associated with freedom and abandon. In old dream int...

It is common to dream about houses. They usually symbolize our emotional and psychological selves. All of your experiences, stages of development, and parts of your conscious and u...

(see Adoption, Baby, Miscarriage, Pregnancy)The desire to have a child, or to have something important develop in your life, be it a project or characteristic.Memory of one’s own...

What Does It Mean to Dream About a Metal Baby?Dreaming about a metal baby can evoke a range of emotions and interpretations. At first glance, the image may seem jarring or surreal,...

Carl Jung said that birds represent thoughts while birds in flight symbolize moving and changing thoughts. Birds are generally associated with freedom and abandon. In old dream int...

Usually our dreams are filled with people. We dream about our families, our friends, our neighbors, and our classmates. We dream about strangers, colleges, famous people, teachers,...

Insects in dreams can reflect the feeling that something is irritating or bugging us. It may also indicate our feeling of insignificance and powerlessness. It will depend on the pa...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically, fire often appears in dreams as a symbol of cleansing and purification. We can use the life-giving and generative power to c...

If healthy it indicates the manifestation of your wishes.If unhealthy be careful of accidents. It could be an indication of not so happy events surfacing. Also - A dream of contrar...

Fruit represents abundance and prosperity. As a result of the seeds that they carry, they may also represent new beginnings. In biblical stories, mythology and literature in genera...

The maze could represent your current mental outlook.A maze is a frightening and confusing place.If in your dream you are trapped in a maze and are having difficulty getting to the...

In dreams umbrellas usually symbolize the device that the conscious mind uses to protect itself from the unconscious. Umbrellas might symbolize our unwillingness to deal with negat...

It refers to oneself, as in the word sorcxehxty. Al­though it includes the totality of our expenence, it seems to be most pointedly referring to our sense of identity. From this s...

Our motivating drives—sex drive, ambition, sense of failure, whatever is driving us in life; desire to get somewhere’ in life; independence; feelings about the particular car i...

Adventurous, immature masculinity, but also responsible and honest. In a psychological sense, you are protected by the armor and are unreachable, which can both make sense and caus...

in dreams Although sex is symbolised in many dreams, where it appears directly it shows that the dreamer is able to accept their sexual urges and hurts more easily. What is then im...

Your own nature, the archetypal feminine— life-giving, nurturing, devouring, protecting, that which is fruitful and fertile. When the mother in the dream is your real mother, it ...

Buildings in dreams represent the constructions we make in our lives. They are attitudes and beliefs we have built from our experience, perception, and often from our family habits...

also see Analyst1- In dreams, to shrink is to have a desire to return to childhood, or to a smaller space in order to be looked after. In everyday life we may be aware of losing fa...

1- The snail appearing in dreams may engender a feeling of repulsion in some people. It docs, however, also represent vulnerability and slowness.2- From a psychological point of vi...

also see Gale and Hurricane1- In dreams, the wind symbolises the intellect. It will depend on the force of the wind how we interpret the dream.For instance, a breeze would suggest ...

Psychological / emotional perspective: We are suffering from a loss of power or ability and may, in the process, find that we have cut short an experience. Since pain is often a co...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Dreams of excrement suggest that there are certain aspects of our lives which we have used up and need to expel. Large quantities of excremen...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically the struggle for individuality should take place within the safety of the family unit. This, however, does not always happen....

Psychological / emotional perspective: Dreaming of a safe environment such as our own home, or sometimes a parental one, suggests that we have the opportunity to integrate learned ...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When luggage appears as a symbol in our dreams we should perhaps look at whether it is ours or someone else’s.If ours, it signifies those v...

Psychological / emotional perspective: In dreams, machines represent the brain and the logical thinking processes, so psychologically it is the actual process of thinking that is i...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When, in everyday life, events get out of proportion we often have to suppress our reactions. In dreams we cannot do this and so our minds cr...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When we have put others in danger, we are required to rescue them in dreams. We are then able to show a degree of nobility and courage that e...

Psychological / emotional perspective: A tower in a dream usually represents the construction of our lives – our inner attitude, outer life or both.The tower or tall building is ...

Psychological / emotional perspective: A voice that speaks through, or to, us as in trance work (an altered state of consciousness) has two areas of significance. Through us sugges...

The interpretation of a dream whose central image is your father depends largely on the relationship that you have with him in real life. At a simple level, maybe the dream is offe...

What Does It Mean to Dream About a Deceased Person and Drinking a Coke?Dreaming about a deceased person can evoke a range of emotions, from nostalgia to unresolved grief. When comb...

What Does It Mean to Dream About a Metal Belt?Dreaming about a metal belt can evoke a range of feelings and interpretations. A belt traditionally symbolizes restraint, support, or ...

1. A warning that what a person is doing may result in a disaster of some sort.2. A physical wound may actually be a psychological wound. ...

Many people from time to time will have babies or small children in their dreams.If these newborns are strangers to you, you can assume that they represent you. You are the baby an...

Judging by all of the e-mail that I receive, dreaming about bathrooms seems to be common. They are most valuable in our daily life. In our dreams bathrooms may be equally valuable ...

Those that are literally blind cannot see the world around them. They can only perceive images with their mind’s eye. When the dream is about being blind, the message is of a psy...

Dreams are symbolic and not literal -- most of the time. Cancer tumors in dreams represent a variety of unprocessed psychological and emotional materials that the dreamer may be ob...

The word disease literally means out of ease. Before you begin to interpret this dream on a psychological or metaphysical level, first check your health.The dream could refer to ph...

Many people reported having dreams about hospitals and surgery. This appears to be a relatively common dream setting. Most of us are in some need of healing.The healing may be phys...

A moth is not very attractive, desirable, or known for many positive attributes. There is the story of a moth being attracted to the flame, which got to close to the flame and was ...

Tidal waves or tsunamis suggest that you may be in a period of emotional upheaval. Anxiety, stress, and unconscious materials may be coming to the surface and affecting your daily ...

If your dream entails giving birth to twins, or if you are dreaming about baby twins, please see “ birth “. Twins in astrology represent opposites, and we may use this symbolis...

Weeds as dream symbols represent neglect. They suggest that the dreamer has not been regularly tending his physical or psychological environment. Weeds are indicative of negativity...

Even if parts of one’s body or face are shown in a dream to be distorted or abnormal, such a dream is not usu­ally referring to the physical body. Our own idea or image of what ...

Example: 4I was standing in a hospital corridor looking through a glass partition. I could see a man having what I thought was a heart attack. Nurses and doctors came rushing to hi...

Our ability to love, give, take, create, defend, reach out. lniury to: loss of confidence; loss of or psychological trauma regarding abilities. Left arm is the supportive feelings....

One’s wholeness; one’s essential self. Wedding, en­gagement ring: the state of the relationship, as in example below, where Mary is ‘choking’ on or ‘can’t swallow’ h...

Under the ground: the usually hidden side of ourself; our unconscious depths of experience—ancient strata of psychological and physiological processes in us; pans of self we have...

If we keep a record of our dreams it will soon become obvious that some of our dream themes, charac­ters or places recur again and again. These recurrences are of various types.A ...

also see Journey1- Dreams of aeroplanes can represent sudden or dramatic life changes.An aeroplane taking off represents a leap into the unknown and taking risks.An aeroplane landi...

1- To be carrying extra baggage in a dream we may be carrying an extra load, either emotional or practical. We may be expecting too much of ourselves or of others. We are carrying ...

If the image of a band is that of a stripe, there is some limitation within the dreamer’s circumstances which needs to be recognised.If however the image is that of a group of mu...

1- The Cadueeus is the sign that is used by doctors and medical establishments as the sign of healing.To have this appear in a dream usually highlights health matters, which may be...

1- Like most containers, a cask represents the feminine principle.Since a cask is usually hand-made, to dream of one indicates the care taken in dealing with one’s own emotional ...

1- Bccausc fairies are representations of elemental forces, for them to appear in a dream signifies our conncction with those forces within ourselves. It could be that the lighter ...

also see Animals1- The lion in dreams signifies both cruelty and strength.2- In psychological terms, the lion represents all those qualities it shows majesty, strength, pride, cour...

1- To dream about being or going abroad gives us an understanding of our feelings towards the widening of our horizons, or making changes in our lives. Such dreams may also be conn...

1- Food signifies a satisfaction of our needs whether those are physical, mental or spiritual.It is something we might take or arc taking into ourselves. Frequent dreams about eati...

1- The act of jumping can be somewhat ambiguous in a dream. It can indicate either jumping up attempting to attain something better for ourselves or jumping down, which can mean go...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically, the butterfly indicates a lack of ability to settle down or to undertake a protracted task. In growing from a chrysalis, how...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically the camel can represent stamina and self-sufficiency....

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically candles can represent knowledge or wisdom that has not yet fully crystallized. Used as tools, they mark our control of person...

also see Mosaic1- The mandala is a sacred shape which is so powerful that it is found in one form or another in most religions. Typically, it is a circle enclosing a square with a ...

also see Planets1- The moon has always represented the emotional and feminine self.It is the intuition, the psychic, love and romance.To dream of the moon, therefore, is to be in t...

1- When man was less civilised than he is now; his animal nature was closer to the surface. It was possible for him to see and identify patterns of energy or spirits both in himsel...

1- On a practical level, silver appearing in a dream suggests finance or money. Silver is something of value which can be held in reserve against possible difficulty.2- Silver on a...

1- There is a great deal of ambivalence in the image of the spider. On a very mundane level it is disliked, perhaps because of its scuttling movement but also because of its associ...

also see Archetypes1- To hear a siren as in an ambulance or fire engine - is to be warned of danger.For those old enough to remember, such a siren will evoke memories of war and de...

1- Springtime in a dream can suggest new growth or opportunities. Perhaps there is a fresh start in a relationship.A spring of water suggests fresh energy, whereas a bed spring or ...

1- String appearing in dreams signifies some sort of binding, perhaps to make something secure. It may also represent trying to hold a situation together.2- In a psychological sens...

1- To be aware in a dream that it is summer suggests that it is a good time in our lives. We can look forward to success in projects we have around us. We have the ability to make ...

1- To dream of sweeping suggests being able to clear away outmoded attitudes and emotions.To be sweeping up suggests putting tilings in order.2- Sweeping is an old image which hark...

1- A tornado appearing in a dream is a symbol of violent energy of one sort or another. Often it is emotions and feelings against which we feel powerless.It is a recognisable symbo...

There are two meanings of ‘till’. One is to till the ground, and while that is a less potent images nowadays the image still appears in dreams in the sense of cultivating oppor...

(see Insects)Hiding yourself to survive.The presence of cockroaches can reveal physical or psychological dirt that needs to be cleaned up.Durability. These insects have the capacit...

Numbers and computations in dreams present esoteric solutions to problems Phone numbers or numbers on checks, for example, may be added and their sums used to decipher a message.Fo...

Plants in a dream signify the power and mysteries within nature and nature’s ability to regenerate and blossom forth. Plants may also indicate growth—emotional, physical, psych...

A pair of scissors may appear as an instrument for cutting psychological or emotional ties. Perhaps you may need to cut the threads of an old relationship in order to let go of unf...

Vision: Seeing a navel: relatives of yours are in danger.See Stomach.Depth Psychology: Dreaming about a navel: you are too self-absorbed; you are not the center of the world! Thi...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically there is an awareness that self-confidence and our usual sense of well-being is being eroded by outside influences....

Psychological / emotional perspective: Awareness of addiction in dreams is an identification of the hold our own passions may have over us. We fear loss of control (that is, contro...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Alchemy from a psychological perspective is a philosophy of the cosmos and of mankind’s place in the scheme of things.It is the refinement ...

Psychological / emotional perspective: The act of sacrifice, or rather of making our lives sacred, needs to be acknowledged and can be done through ceremony.An altar is an appropri...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we need encouragement to develop the ability to ‘hold fast’ during a period of instability.If we can ride out the storm w...

Psychological / emotional perspective: From a psychological perspective the angel is the personification of the relationship with mother or mother figure and needs to be looked at ...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically these represent awareness of the potential for conflict between our nobler self and the baser instincts.The antler with ten p...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When in everyday life we are unsure of our motives in an action we are contemplating, dreaming of being arrested suggests we should stop and ...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we are searching for purity in ourselves or in others. Equally we may be afraid of that purity within ourselves and need to c...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically by recognizing the cycles of growth and decay that occur in our own lives, we learn that some of these can be brought to frui...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we need to regain control of forces outside ourselves. We are in a position that puts us in some kind of danger, most likely ...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Depending on the actual bag (e.G.A handbag, a shopping bag) and what is in it, we are probably hiding certain aspects of ourselves from publi...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we are searching for power within a situation in which we feel powerless....

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we may adopt – or need to adopt – some kind of crusade or special cause. We need to know we have a common cause to fight ...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we are looking for perfection.To be counting beads suggests that we are enumerating our talents, blessings or skills (the num...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically the bean can represent stored potential. We have the ability to tap into it to achieve whatever we want. Traditionally the be...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically, we have recognized the need to meet the force of our own creativity. As a symbol from a play on words, it can also suggest s...