To dream that you are debating, or watching a debate, suggests that you are trying to resolve some internal conflict or some unsettled issue in your waking life. Consider the...

Desires that are forbidden in waking life can be repressed by our unconscious, and when this happens, a conflict ensues between the conscious mind and the unconscious drives that are...

Dreams in which you are struggling to climb an unknown mountain or cliff, fighting your way through snow and ice, wading through a bog, or lost and wandering alone in...

Dreaming about a twist-tie foretells complications in the dreamer’s social or work life that may be difficult to resolve. This dream symbol may also suggest that you need to put...

I he arrival of the police in your dreams may signify your need to keep the peace.A police car may symbolize an internal authority that helps to resolve your inner...

1. Mounting conflict, usually of an inner nature, between parts of self.2. Conflicts in waking life getting out of control; explore more creative resolutions.3. Bad luck in relationships.

A dream of rape can be incredibly disturbing and you are unlikely to want to dwell on it, but it might be worth your while to ask yourself why your...

Material aspects: In waking life, the act of kneading can be therapeutic. In dreams, this significance can be highlighted, allowing us to work at a problem or resolve a difficulty.

If the relationship with father has been successful in waking life, the dream image will tend to be a positive one. Father represents authority and the conventional forms of law...

Breathing indicates the presence of life, so in your dream the condition or speed of your breathing may depict your pace of life.If you are holding your breath, this suggests...

Dreams are a natural part of the sleep cycle and play a significant role in our mental and emotional well-being. They can range from vivid and surreal to simple and...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When we find ourselves opposed to someone in dreams, we often have some kind of emotional difficulty, which prevents us from understanding a conflict within ourselves....

In the majority of cases, dreams that make you feel scared, terrified, anxious or afraid in some way are described as nightmares, but some dreams can express your waking fears...

Material aspects: Any dream of equality can highlight our relationships with siblings or with work colleagues. We may have issues that cannot be properly dealt with in waking life, and...

Vision: Hidden behind the dream might be the fear of having to make a long-overdue decision, or resolve confusion or tension on the job. Particularly in mens dreams, an exam...

This could simply mean that you have latent artistic talents that should be given expression. But it can have other meanings. Are you overdrawn at the bank? Are you drawing...

Dreams of walking on broken glass, seeing or being surrounded by shards of glass or, even worse (and far from everyday), having to eat broken glass may represent cutting words...

Your dreams may often be cathartic vehicles to help you resolve difficult and painful emotions. The basic idea of catharsis is to purge or let off steam. It is thought...

To dream of a callus indicates a pressing need to clear the mind. There may be a situation in your waking life that calls for clarity and a new way...

If a woman you know in your waking life transforms into a sorceress, priestess or witch in your dream, this means that some woman in your waking life inspires feelings...

If dreamer in opposition with soldier: things we feel in conflict with; our internal conflicts and involvement with the wars’ or trauma we have experienced.If dreamer is sol­dier or united...

To dream of an officer walking toward you or writing you a ticket suggests guilt over a recent activity in your waking life.A message of righting wrongs makes itself clear...

1. Formerly mild rivalries are starting to cause real prob­lems.2. Unresolved inner conflicts, confusion.3. A need for compromise—usually inner conflicts, often outward conflict.4. Someone is interested in causing a little...

Possible meanings A dream about a bomb can sometimes be triggered by a deeply disturbing experience in your waking life. Otherwise, your dream is trying to alert you to a...

To dream of being a contestant on a game show may symbolize a petty disagreement with someone in your waking life.A game show on television speaks of an opportunity to...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When there is conflict in our lives, if we cannot resolve it we will often dream of being punished. This may be the only way out...

If you expose yourself in your dream, either deliberately or by accident, you need to ask yourself why this happened. In your waking life, are you too open, too naïve,...

The appearance of siblings in your dream may be a direct representation of them or it may actually stand for something else in your life. Some dream analysts believe that...

1- When a child recognises that he or she is not conforming to what is expected, the threat of punishment is often present. In later life, when there is fear...

Typically, plays in dreams are images of yourself and your life projected by your unconscious. They represent an aspect of your past or your character that you are repressing in...

1. If used to cut something, indicates decisiveness in one’s life.2. Desire to find a way to resolve an issue.

If you dream of stepping onto stage to receive a degree, diploma or award, this is pure wish-fulfillment. In your dreams, you have the recognition, the qualification, the status, the...

Dream interpretation provides powerful knowledge about yourself that you might not discover otherwise, if you can understand the language of dream symbols. Encoded within dream symbolism you can find clues...

Telephones and cellphones in dreams are symbols of instant communication in both the real world and dreamland. The message of your dream in which you picked up the phone to...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When in waking life we need medication and either cannot take it, or have difficulty in obtaining it, our dreams will often present a way –...

To dream of the wind blowing represents the your life force, vigor, and energy.It is a reflection of any changes in your waking life.To see gusty or strong winds is...

The unicorn is a pure, horse-like creature with a single horn on its forehead. Like the Sphinx, the unicorn is a legendary animal with a dual nature, its purity and...

Washing in dreams is a fairly common theme, and almost always relates to something that is troubling or worrying the dreamer in waking life. The harder the hands or body...

A dream in which you received a death sentence or were being led to your execution or are requesting euthanasia is a rather dramatic way of symbolizing the need to...

The small flame of a candle can spread considerable light, so if it appears in your dream, it may be suggesting that only a small amount of energy will achieve...

Some people believe that dreams can sometimes spot illness before your waking self is aware of its symptoms, so if a dream of disease persists or you can’t shake the...

Did you dream that you were wandering around a city, either familiar or unfamiliar to you in waking life? If you did, were the streets friendly and welcoming, and the...

If you lose any of these in your dream, your unconscious may simply be urging you to be more careful with your finances in waking life. Handbags for women and...

Dreams of parents are seen in many different ways by different people. These interpretations range from unresolved conflicts with either or both parents, to unresolved conflicts with the male and...

If you dreamed of watching a film, your unconscious may have been alerting you to a charade or drama unfolding around you in waking life. Watching a film may also...

Vision: Dreaming about a mill: your income will improve, your projects are making good progress, and vour future will be a happy one. Watching the wheel turning at a mill:...

Possible meanings You are frantically running away from an unseen pursuer or perhaps a crowd of people. Yet you always wake up before you are caught. An unknown pursuer often...

Dreams in which you ambush or abduct someone reflect your desperation in waking life to ward off potential humiliation.If the person you are ambushing is someone you know, you also...

Dreams of being tried or sentenced by a judge or law court express feelings of guilt about something you have thought, said or done in waking life. But if you...

If you dreamed of stepping outside in your dream and feeling a fresh and gentle breeze, this has symbolic associations with the life force or spirit that is trying to...

1. Feelings of security, personal safety.2. Confidence in conflicts and confrontations.

Dreams about earthquakes, in which the ground cracks open beneath your feet and your surroundings crash around you, can be seen as attempts to prepare you for big changes in...

To dream that you are experiencing anxiety indicates similar emotions in your waking life. Perhaps your dream is being influenced by certain negative feelings and emotions arising from some situation...

(see Bride, Engagement, Groom, Marriage, Parents)These dreams frequently relate to real-life scenarios in which the relationships in the dream mirror those from waking hours. If, however, the relationship takes on...

In Jungian terminology, the game of chess represents the dreamer’s conscious (white pieces) and unconscious (black pieces). Chess originally signified the war between good and evil, so in dreams it...

Dreams in which you are being interviewed are extremely common, especially if you are applying for a job in real life. Such dreams may reflect your true fears about the...

To see or use detergent in your dream, indicates that you need to resolve a major problem in your life. You may also need to clean up your image and...

A law court in a dream may make you focus on your capacity to make fair judgments in complicated matters concerning work, friends or family members. It may also highlight...

Death in dreams is rarely, if ever, literal. Rather it is a metaphor for letting go, change and transformation.• Some part of your behaviour, your life or a habit has...

To see a ventriloquist in your dream symbolizes some sort of deception in your waking life that is affecting you in a negative way.If you are the ventriloquist, there is...

If you are hurling verbal abuse at someone in a dream, this may be urging you to put your energy to better use.If someone is hurling abuse at you, consider...

Depth Psychology: Seeing a barometer with the temperature climbing rapidly: you are under great pressure.The barometer is destroyed: a change in your life can’t be avoided. Examine who or what...

Dreams of tests of any kind can indicate some form of self-assessment.If you are a student or about to take some kind of test or exam in waking life, dreams...

These dolls featured in your dream are a sign that you are worried about being controlled by outside influences—or repressed fears —which are preventing your progress and/or enjoyment in life.Professional...

Vision: Looking at a mummy: a long-forgotten event from the past is coming up again.Depth Psychology: You need to change some of your personal habits, bringing them more in line...

Dreams of your own death or the death of a loved one do not mean that you or someone you love are going to die; they do, however, require you...

Salespersons appearing in your dream would suggest that you are trying to sell an idea, project or yourself in waking life.If you buy something from a salesperson in your dream,...

To dream that you are at a zoo symbolizes loss of freedom, or that your abilities and talents are going unnoticed. You feel caged in by someone or something in...

Being part of a church congregation in your dream may be in some way connected to your moral attitude. Your mood, attitude and reaction to the service will be important...

If you were dancing alone, this could be a simple expression of joyful feelings in waking life.If you were dancing with a group of people, this could suggest good team...

There may be areas of your waking life in which you feel insecure or unsure of yourself. You may be aware of some of these areas but in other cases...

This yellow citrus in your dream forecasts a period of confusion due to a conflict between your business and love life; listen to advice but rely on your own intuition...

River of life; flow of your own life.If you are swimming against the current, relax and lighten up with the demands you have been placing on yourself.If you are trying...

To dream that you poison someone is a symptom of life full of tensions and conflicts with the people around you. You should try a more peaceful communication with them....

If your dream journey reflects your progress in waking life, transition points such as bus stops, airports, taxi queues, stations, ports and harbors often represent transitional points in your life....

This can suggest a desire for public attention but it can also suggest not expressing your real self—acting a role.If you dreamed that you were acting on stage, how did...

If you or someone else was crying, screaming or laughing in your dream, this may be a confirmation of how they are feeling in waking life. Similarly, if you woke...

Circus dreams represent the instinctive, passionate, creative sides of our nature. How well are these instincts performing? Have they been brought under control? If you’re enjoying the performance, this suggests...

All people in a dream represent aspects of your own personality. This is also true of family members, although such dreams may also be reflecting your waking-life relationships as well....

Dreams that feature some kind of disobedience, mutiny and rebellion are about conflict with authority, such as a parent, a teacher, a corporation or even the government.If you were disobedient...

Do you need to exercise more in waking life? If you dream of exercising with weights, perhaps you need to lose some weight? Alternatively, your unconscious may be urging you...

Dreams in which you appear dead or are dying are unlikely to presage your actual death.If you were struck down by a disease in your dream, then your unconscious may...

If you got to the top, did you feel on top of the world? If you did, your dream mind is motivating you to re-enact that same feeling of success,...

In dreams, fictional characters that do not exist in everyday life may appear.For example, you may dream of sharing a birthday party with a twin sister you don’t have in...

To dream of a maniac suggests a situation in your waking life may be pushing you over the edge.To dream of yourself as a maniac indicates that it may be...

If you dream of a detective, then this dream reflects your vigilance, objectivity and that you are looking for clues to resolve a mysterious happening in your life.

Your dreaming mind may at times employ sinister symbolism to address what it perceives to be the darker side of human nature. It has a wealth of material to call...

In dreams, flirting could suggest ostentatious behavior in waking life that could have disastrous consequences, or it could suggest the need for diversion in waking life. Flattery is an equally...

To dream of sausage embodies the male genitalia and possible conflicts you may be experiencing in sexual matters. It also represents the importance of objects in your life.

Psychological / emotional perspective: When we are in difficulty in everyday life, a simple symbol such as a pipe will indicate how making connections between the various aspects of a...

The shark has a universal significance as a deadly predator, so if you dreamed of swimming happily at the beach but then were terrified to see a shark’s fin circling...

In this dream, a child may find themselves faced with an evil force or power and, as in the breathing underwater dream, just when the situation becomes desperate or hopeless,...

If you have a dream where the conflict contains gruesome, explicit images of violence, try to relate these to your waking life.If you can’t think of any waking parallels, consider...

If you work in an office, the chances are that this will feature every now and again in your dreams. Sometimes your dreams will be connected with your work, but...

Arguments and shouting in dreams, as in waking life, suggest that you are feeling in conflict or have opposing views on something or someone.Alternatively, they may be simply a release...

Dreams in which you are enjoying the sunshine reflect your sense of joy, energy and optimism in waking life. You feel warm towards yourself and towards others. If, however, your...

The ancient hero Herakles represents the strengths and weaknesses of brute force. Depending on your circumstances in waking life, Herakles—or another aggressive archetype, Ares or Mars, the ancient gods of...

If your dream contained images of conferences or conventions, your unconscious may be suggesting that you listen to the opinions of other people and become more open-minded.If you were speaking...

You are looking to resolve conflict through structure and control. In a dream, a board game may be an analogy for the “game” in life it is designed to represent....