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Contemporary Images Dream Meaning

You are unlikely to have dreams about riding a horse instead of using a car. Today our dreams are filled with cars, televisions, plastic surgery, airplane crashes and the most common contemporary images include: shopping centers, computers, car parks, factories, hospitals, broken glass, and condoms. Such images work with the same logic and consistency as all symbols and they also have both universal and individual meanings.

See also: EVERYDAY THINGS. [1]

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  1. The Element Encyclopedia by Theresa Cheung [Back to dream]

What does CONTEMPORARY IMAGES mean in a dream?


You are unlikely to have dreams about riding a horse instead of using a car. Today our dreams are filled with cars, televisions, plastic surgery, airplane crashes and the most...

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Images or small statues are a harbinger of the termination of a Love affair. A broken image portends a broken vow and is a very unlucky dream.

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Gives gender-specific: As the use of alcohol becomes more prevalent in the everyday, it can have the effect of changing the quality of dreams, bringing more frightening or incomprehensible images...

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Unacceptable or rejected parts of yourself; desires or images you do not understand in their symbolic form. No images are obscene once you look at the message behind them.

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Material aspects: When in waking life we are on trial, such as on probation at the beginning of a job, images of legality such as justice, judges and so on...

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Artemis is the virgin huntress who is proud and wild, mirroring the beasts she hunts. For men, images of powerful women in dreams may represent the dominating, devouring mother archetype....

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Material aspects: The images that appear in dreams will reflect how we are feeling, what obstacles there are, possible courses of action and what our ultimate goal should or may...

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Female sexual symbol, well-being. One of the most common erotic symbols for skin, often used as a metaphor in contemporary pornography.Folklore: Being lucky in love.

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If you dream that you see images, you will have poor success in business or love.To set up an image in your home, portends that you will be weak minded...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Television, with its many repeats and ‘reality’ programmes, gives a rich source of dream images, from celebrities to fantasy scenarios. Many such images can, with a...

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Material aspects: As we become more aware of the consequences of pollution in waking life, dream images will take on a relevance that has not been evident before. On a...

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Hallucinations can occur quite naturally without the use of psychotropic drugs such as peyote or LSD. We all have the innate ability to suffer from hallucinations and, according to Freud,...

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By cutting off (forgetting) something, something needs to be healed. Being saved in times of distress.Authority, often the male hero; or appearing in a dream of a contemporary woman, the...

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Ancient ruins featured in your dream are a lucky omen of improving conditions, but a contemporary ruin is a forecast of unhappy news concerning a close friend or relative.

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Lips in contemporary culture often represent sensuousness, sex, love, and romance. They are also associated with communication, as in the familiar expression “read my lips.”

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People who are blind do dream. The dreams of people who have been blind from a very early age (called ’congenital blindness’) tend to be different to those who are...

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Symbols of personal recognition—such as being awarded the highest honor, or stepping on stage to rapturous applause—feature in dreams as reflections of your aspirations. The images you see within your...

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1- For many people the pantomime is a happy childhood memory, and often appears in dreams as a reminder of happier times. It can also suggest the more spontaneous, humorous...

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Sometimes your dreaming mind will use visual, verbal or colloquial puns to get a point across. For example, if your dream contained images of hands, this could indicate that you...

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Now and again your dreaming mind may conjure up powerful images of notoriously evil people to warn you against the destructive effects of negative forces in yourself, or in some...

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(see Fruit)Metaphysically aligned with the moon, water, and positive energies for healing. Among Gypsies, a fruit of love.From contemporary jargon, an alternative symbol for a woman’s breasts.Moslem: Verdicts and decisions....

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Brazil covers nearly half of South America and is the continent’s largest country. Brazil may be divided into the Brazilian Highlands, or plateau, in the south and the Amazon River...

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Dreaming about being caught in a web is likely a straightforward representation of some sticky situation we feel caught in, or that we might get caught in. We also talk...

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1- Sowing in the sense of planting seed - is a symbol which has certain basic images attached to it. It can signify the sexual act, and well as suggesting...

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Aprons were formerly associated with certain masculine occupations such as blacksmithing, but in contemporary society they are almost always associated with the kitchen and the female domestic sphere: mother, home...

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A beggar: Expecting to experience a loss, and anxiety that comes from this expectation. Alternatively, bad management and the need for improved frugality.Starvation: An aspect of your personality or talents...

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Beyond the specific topic of lucid dreaming, the more general subject of interpreting and understanding dreams appears to be enjoying a resurgence of interest. New books on dreams appear monthly—volumes...

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1- The mind, once it is free of conscious restraint, appears to work on several different levels. Thus, it is possible to be aware of three separate parts of a...

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While the notion of archetypes is at least as old as Plato, it is most familiar to the modern world through the work of Carl Jung, the prominent Swiss psychotherapist....

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1- One of the most annoying things about dreams is that images will vanish unexpectedly. There is also the tendency for us to forget various parts of the dream on...

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Here, it usually means the so-called “spirit of life,” which makes up a distinctly human life. In addition, it might possibly point to unused or wrongly applied intellectual activities or...

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(see Radio, Telephone, TV)Communication.The way you receive other peoples signals. How effectively docs the satellite dish work? Is it properly aligned?Representative of the media’s growing influence on contemporary lire Tuning...

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An alleyway may simply be one form of the symbol of the path, which indicates seeking, transformation, and the transition from one stage of life to another. Alleys have certain...

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The Significance of Recurring Symbols in Dreams You may find that certain symbols keep cropping up in your dreams. Perhaps your mother always appears carrying a first-aid kit, or you...

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1- To suffer from amnesia in a dream indicates our attempts to blot out the disliked. It also indicates a fear of change. Losing one’s memory in real life can...

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Dream images hold symbolic messages, and among them, the most striking are often the ones that evoke fear. Throughout our lives, we harbor many suppressed fears that can surface in...

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also see Dinosaur1- Being aware in a dream that something is prehistoric is lo recognise that feelings and emotions we have arise lilerallv from before the time we were able...

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Throughout early human history, it was a common belief that dreams served as divine messages, guiding individuals and communities to take specific actions. Adherence to these dream instructions was thought...

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Ants have a rich symbolic tradition out of proportion to their small size. Positively, they have been used to represent diligence, hard work, and foresight (because they store up food...

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Figs and fig trees are associated with sex and eroticism.This is partially because of our culture’s images of Adam and Eve, who are often pictured in fig leaves following their...

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The meaning of this dream varies according to its details; if your dream featured paintings and they were of the old master variety, you can expect the renewal of a...

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In contemporary society, we live much of our lives in one sort of building or another. Thus, buildings in a dream may simply be stages for other kinds of dream...

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If you have ever wondered why dreams often appear so difficult to make sense of, it is because the information they contain is presented in a different language; the language...

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Self-images, for boon or bane, as with the story of Snow White (see Fun House).The mirror of truth that reflects genuine motivations, feelings, and fears. In ancient times, the mirror...

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Movie Theater, TV. Here the emphasis is on “emotional stories.” Possibly the mirror image of the dreamer. Attempt to get away from internal images.

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Material aspects: Communication occurs on so many levels that images of modern technology can now accurately mimic in dreams the way we communicate.A stored document suggests that we are making...

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If the dream does not reflect waking reality, but in­cludes images such as trees that are purple or a dog that purrs, then one is struggling to come up with...

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(see Mirror)Distorted images of reality.Having inaccurate perceptions based on superficials, especially in regard to self-image.An expression of your inner child who is seeking some attention.

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Images of grenades, as well as bombs and accidents, according to Jung, appear only where the dream represents an actual experience.It is the attempt of the unconscious to integrate the...

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There are two key approaches to dream interpretation: the Subjective-Objective Assumption and the Rule of Known and Unknown Images. These approaches help determine whether a dream reflects the dreamer's inner...

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All dream images have a symbolic message. The ones that are the most startling are the fear images. We have many fears we have suppressed from childhood on, and these...

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Dreams of being in heaven or other states of bliss and perfection such as Nirvana or Samadhi reveal either your current state of mind or—as with all wishfulfillment dreams—your hopes...

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Dreams that focus on happy family gettogethers, celebrations, anniversaries, meals or meetings could be explained as wish-fulfillment, nostalgia or even anticipation. Perhaps your dreaming mind is recalling a happy event...

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To have a dream featuring blurry images, indicates that there is something you are not confronting or refusing to see. It also represents secrets and confusion. Perhaps you think that...

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Breastfeeding a baby or to see someone else doing so predicts material prosperity. In the case such images are produced by a woman, it may reveal pregnancy.

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To dream that you are a photographer symbolizes a preoccupation with cherishing and clinging tightly to memorable images and events from the past.

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To dream of seeing any of your people dead, warns you of coming dissolution or sorrow. Disappointments always follow dreams of this nature.To hear of any friend or relative being...

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If you are writing letters in a dream, it indicates the need to clarify certain situations; this images can suggest the need to give explanations. (See WRITING and READING) 

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It is a typical dream of frustration.It is often experienced by people who are not satisfied with their material, intellectual, or emotional possessions. The message from these images is that...

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On a spiritual level, melting suggests losing form and has sometimes had connections with the overcoming of negativity and evil. This is pictured most successfully in horror movies and dream...

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Most dreams have an element of fantasy or the surreal in them, but when the events or images in your dream are so fantastic or have absolutely nothing to do...

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Such images have a reverse meaning. So, if you dream of accumulating money you must be careful—economic losses are approaching.If it is about collecting objects, the episode might predict scarcity.

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(see Signage)What does the billboard have on it? Words and images here are often messages from the subconscious or Higher Self.Make sure you take time to notice and read the...

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Images of the country or countryside suggest time for growth, creativity, relaxation; reattunement to childlike awareness of nature. Many creative choices or options.

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Difficulties one is going through; images in hellish environment suggests nature of problems. Fears to be faced and moved beyond. You create your own heaven or hell in the now...

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These images are symbols of the vortex, a representation of life and natural energy. Harnessed, this energy gives rise to a whirl of creativity. Unharnessed, it can be destructive.

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also see Hall / Passage in Dream Dictionary: BuildingsDreams incorporating images of corridors are generally associated with change and shifting between places in our waking lives. These locations are not usually geographical but...

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Dreams are an overwhelmingly visual experience and Freud generally treated dream images as signs. Signs are images that point to something else. Freud believed the unconscious was purposely hiding the...

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Your dreams can provide you with deep and powerful insights into your moods, and can be used to help you manage feelings of joy as well as sadness.Perhaps you have...

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Your dreaming mind may often conjure up images of strangers, unknown people or people whose faces are hidden by masks as representations of the shadow, private and sometimes shocking side...

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Uniforms are symbols of depersonalized authority in dreams, so if your dream featured images such as soldiers in uniform or policemen on duty and you were the only one not...

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A dream of these short and seemingly random cacophonous video images is your subconscious deprogramming, cleansing and releasing the data it received during the day. Consider the content and feeling...

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Images of a drink usually appear when the dreamer is actually thirsty. It can also relate to taking pleasure in love What did you drink?See Thirst, Cup, Glass, Water, Wine,...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Disasters such as crashing aeroplanes, falling buildings or other such images are presented to highlight extreme emotions such as fear, anger and anxiety.

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An harlequin may represent the grotesque dimension of your personality.If the dream is pleasant, the unconscious is suggesting you to laugh at concerns because their impact is relative. But if...

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Material aspects: Often in teamwork or family life one or more individual has to be ‘carried’ for a time to ensure success. This might give rise to images of carrying...

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Confusion of ideas and feelings; conflicting urges and opinions; the difficulty in finding our way through the mass of apparently irrational emotions and images arising from within. Sometimes we need...

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If your dream takes place on a stage it indicates that you are living some experiences without having the feeling that they are real.If in these oneiric images you are...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To be damaging an object in dreams suggests a strong sense of perhaps misplaced aggression. Other images in your dream should help to clarify the interpretation.

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Many dreams will hold images of climbing and of reaching a plateau. Spiritually this offers us choices. We can rest on our laurels and take time out to assess our...

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

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The jumble of images in dreams are spiritually a little like tasters at a meal, and sometimes not easily interpreted. As we become more proficient in understanding we begin to...

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Gives gender-specific: In both men’s and women’s dreams, love and passion can give a luminous quality to images.It is as though the energy has taken on a different quality.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Sometimes bodily changes can be reflected in the images that we produce in dreams. Wadding can represent a fear of getting fat or becoming ungainly.

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Weaving is one of the strongest spiritual images there is. In most cultures there is an image of our fate being woven in a particular pattern. We are not supposed...

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Breaking out of rigidity, necessitating change.See Adventure and Hero, who is dissatisfied with the social situation or who is a social outcast. When images of rebellion and protest appear repeatedly,...

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An autopsy is a sincere desire for personal introspection. Such images are an invitation to better know yourself, taking full advantage of all experiences. Whether the autopsy is performed on...

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Power and spiritual authority often act as a goad so we can improve our knowledge.The trident depicted in images of the god neptune is a goad and represents illusion, intuition...

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Dream celebrations tend to reflect feelings of satisfaction you may have about yourself in waking life.If images of Christmas, Easter, New Year or Thanksgiving appear in your dream, your dreaming...

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Ultimately, chaos must give way to order. One school of thought is that form arose out of churning the chaos. In dreams such an idea has some merit, since many...

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Material aspects: Most dreams containing images of corn or wheat symbolize fertility or fruitfulness. They may also represent new life – either pregnancy or new developments in other ways.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Emotional difficulties can make our thought processes confused, symbolized in dreams by a fuzziness in the images we perceive.

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