Vitality, energy, mobility, and honor. It may mean speed, power, potency, and drive. Dynamism. According to 2nd century dream interpreter Artemidorus, luck in love. Other classical authors see in the...

Nightmares draw your attention to the many hidden fears that may be preventing you from moving forward.In general, nightmares are those dreams that are painful, unpleasant and frightening. Dream analysts...

(Distinguished) In a dream, a horn means strength and invincibility. Having a horn in a dream means conquering one’s enemy.If one sees a ruler having two horns in a dream,...

(Angels, Travel) Soldiers in a dream represent God’s arc angels and the soldiers of mercy, while mercenaries in a dream represent the soldiers of punishment. Ifone sees himself as a...

Jung describes this as the inherited potentialities of human imagination.It is the all controlling deposit of ancestral experiences from untold millions of years, the echo of prehistoric world events to...

Greece Antiphon, a Greek living in the fourth century bc. wrote the first known descriptive book of dreams. It was designed to be used for practical and profes­sional interpretations. He...

From our family we leam most of the positive and negative patterns of relationship and attitudes towards living, which we carry into daily events. Father’s uncertainty in deal­ing with people,...

Intellectualization (the crown chakra). Also brutality, or effects of radiation. Intellectual failure. According to 2nd century dream interpreter Artem- idorus, loss of relatives or objects.Folklore: Either bad health or problems...

Steadfastness, trustworthiness, joy, and harmony.The bell is inseparably tied to time. This dream poses a question about what hour has just been tolled.Hearing a bell ringing means that something new...

Many experiments have been done using hypnosis in connection with dreams. In the early pan of this century Carl Schroetter hypnotised Miss E, a pharmacist, in an attempt to test...

dream cult The Iroquois (Huron and Seneca) American Indians, as early as the 17th century (first European contact and study), had developed a deeper psychological un­derstanding than the white races...

Close ties, in a positive sense. Chains have been the symbol for shackles and bondage as far back as the second century.

Symbol for direction and order. It appears in classic dreams, where it is the cross of the victor, the cross of God’s praise and honor, and also a sign of...

Usually an indication that the shadow needs to be better integrated in the Self, or a reference to a onesided intellectual attitude like Mephistopheles’ in Faust.A black devil represents darkness...

The desire for cleansing (due to a bad conscience), as in the expression “to wallow in dirt.” According to Freud, sexuality. This association, however, was mostly relevant during the Victorian...

A lover or lecherous person, a sexy female. Great instincts. Clever, cunning, calculating, and smart.The fox is considered our soul guide and companion on our life’s journey. It points to...

A symbol for wanting to smooth out something. According to 2nd century dream interpreter Artemidorus, an encouragement to be more refined in your dealings with people.

The obvious meaning is stupidity. But also stubbornness, sexual energy, and vitality.(In the language of the 16th century, “driving an ass” meant to arouse the penis.) Today this symbol is...

See Angel, Ocean. Living life from the depths of the soul and emotions, because fish live in the depths of the sea. Feeling like “a fish in water”—being in one’s...

If lightning is only illuminating the sky—a sudden idea. On November 16, 1619, Descartes had a dream and, among other things, saw lightning, which showed him that he now had...

The food of the poor, particularly in the 19th century, which thereby connects this image to fear of social decline—note Van Gogh’s painting The Potato Eaters, for example, where dark...

See Poisonous Snake. More than anything else, this is a symbol of fear.It is also often a sexual symbol, and a symbol of wholeness, transformation, and rebirth, as in Ouroboros.A...

According to Freud, phallic symbol. Aggression, being focused, and having success. Elias Howe in the middle of the last century had a very important dream about spears. He was captured...

A symbol of Venus—love and devotion.The contradiction of blossom and thorn.The rose plays the same role in the West that the lotus plays in the Orient. Both blossom, producing many...

Work, troubles, and fighting. According to 2nd century dream interpreter Artemidorus: problems and difficulties with a man.

How you use your time is a hint of your stage of development and your personality. It symbolizes how you organize and plan your life.It is meaningful to know what...

(see Storms)Reverberations or waves of emotion, especially ire, that goes much further than expected or intended.Vocalized wrath.Some type of omen. In the 14th century, an entire manual detailing the interpretation...

This Holy Roman priest of the thirteenth century, whose feast is celebrated on February 14. Saint Valentine may appear to mention the sacredness of relationships and to honor romance as...

Associated with old age, the elm also represents the need for caution, responsibility and endurance. Elm was almost wiped out by Dutch elm disease in Britain at the end of...

“Everything serious comes to us at night.” CICERO What happens when we sleep? Why do we sleep? The answer is not as simple as it seems. We sleep so that our body can...

“The interpretation of dreams is the real path to knowing the soul.” SIGMUND FREUD Clear and personalized messages Before jumping in to discover the hidden messages that filter into our dreams and appear...

Consistency and perfection.It is the symbol of the search for transcendency (violet is the color on the edge of the invisible, the ultraviolet light). It represents the highest, almost delicate...

(see Ciystals, Gems, Jewelry, Stones)Divine favor. In the 16th century the bishop of Rennes in his book, De Lapidum, a treatise on the mystical uses of gems, recommended agates for...

(see Authority Figures, Icons)A personal guide or guardian who either safeguards you in times of need or conveys important messages, most likely of a spiritual nature.Divine blessings and protection, especially...

(see Abyss, Balloon, Basket, Bowl, Cauldron, Chalice, Coins, Satellite Dish, Zero)Wholeness, totality, centering. Halos, for example, symbolize spiritual wholeness and focus (see Light).Freudian: A vaginal emblem or symbol of femininity...

(see Clothing, Crown, Gems, Metals, Stones, Rings)Meaning may sometimes be determined by where the jewelry is worn.For instance, necklaces lie near the throat, the center of communication. So, if a...

Unlocking the Secrets of Lucid Dreaming: A Journey into Conscious Dream Control "In the state of wakefulness, dreams subtly encroach upon the individual, giving rise to a...

Some dream researchers, especially at the turn of the century, theorized that the symbols in dreams were opposite to what they appeared. Good represented evil, joy represented sadness, a man...

(see Healing, Medicine, Physician)An alternative type of judgment dream. Many ancient cultures regarded widespread sickness as a sign of divine displeasure.Blights perceived as being on your soul or spirit, like...

(1) If in the dream you are moving round a central object, this may mean you are becoming aware - or are being asked to become aware - of your...

Early dream oracles linked dreams about volcanoes with passionate but deceitful love. An eighteenth-century almanac claimed that if a woman dreamed of an active volcano, she would be driven by...

The elements are common symbols in dreams, expressing the entire range of human characteristics.They are divided into solid (earth), liquid (water), vapor (air) and energy (fire), and the ancient philosophers...

Historical figures typically represent the kind of person you would like to be or could be, as people in dreams often represent aspects of yourself of which you may be...

History suffers from no shortage of evil figures. Amongst the most cruel and appalling must be numbered such figures as Genghis Khan, the leader of the pitiless Mongol hordes who...

The ultimate symbols of chance, dream dice clearly suggest that you feel that chance rather than your personal abilities will determine the outcome in your life. Dreams of dice may...

The larger the number in your dream, the greater amount of yourself may be involved; big numbers represent things that are impressive or mean a lot to you. A hundred...

You may have dreams that appear to predict the future. Whilst many of these dreams can be easily explained, there are a few that seem impossible to explain and which...

The Balm for Weary Minds "Sleep is the balm for hurt minds, nature’s great second course." - William Shakespeare ...