Example: ‘The cat came in, as it fed I had a strong urge to touch it, such strong feelings of love were pouring out of me.The animal looked up at...

Example: I went to the fridge to get out some mince meat to feed the cat. It came in, and as it fed I had a strong urge to touch...

You’ll be lucky if you saw or were a bride in your dream, but the details must be considered for an accurate interpretation.The condition of the bridal dress, for instance;...

If you dream that you are being kissed under the mistletoe at Christmas, then when you actually are kissed, that person will become very important in your life.If you dream...

Mood shifts or movement of attention, as when we move from being involved in physical sensation and shift to think­ing; rise or drop in status or work; our emotional highs...

Psychological / emotional perspective: A lottery can highlight all sorts of belief systems, some valid and some not.The idea of random selection – particularly mechanically – links with belief in...

The roll of the dice relates to blind luck and the impact of random chance as it relates to a desired outcome. We live in a world that is half...

Vision: Forming an intimate relationship: meeting a new friend.A wrong phone connection: you are being played for a fool, or the person you tried to call wants nothing to do...

Freedom.Random or irregular.Feeling ungrounded, uncentered, or without a strong foundation or inner sense of “home.” An ability to adapt to various situations and environments.A focus on aspects of life other...

To dream of playing spin the bottle has different meanings, depending on what happened.If you kissed the object of your affections in your dream, you can anticipate good progress with...

Dreaming about a couch could mean that you may have a need for some rest and relaxation.The couch also has other symbolism.For example, it could be an object that brings...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream, an umbilical cord is more likely to be about her subtle connection to someone else, particularly if she has been pregnant, whereas for a...

A handshake is a familiar form of greeting in many parts of the world.If your dream handshake was strong, this suggests that you are feeling positive about your life at...

The loss of our connection to the spirit realms can be felt in dreams as extreme cold. Equally, this can signify the presence of a spiritual energy.

Material aspects: Music and rhythm are both expressions of our inner selves and of our connection with life. In dreams, though in waking life we may not be musical, music...

Material aspects: This almost invariably indicates the crossing from one phase of life to another, perhaps a rite of passage.The bridge may be depicted as weak or strong, sturdy or...

Psychological / emotional perspective: A village can present certain problems.For instance, everybody knows everybody else’s business – which can become trying. In this case we may be highlighting the oppression...

A relatively new phenomenon, the flash mob is a moment of creative genius that arises out of chaos.It is a symbol of the ability of random thoughts to suddenly coalesce...

Material aspects: A doll can depict either how we felt as a child, or a need for comfort. It may also express an undeveloped part of our personality. Consult the...

Psychological / emotional perspective: The magnification and myriad reflections of the patterns created by small objects as they are tumbled together permits us to recapture the sense of wonder that...

Dreams of a talisman symbolize your connection to a time in your past when you felt confident and powerful. Your dream is assisting you to reconnect with an important event...

Material aspects: In pregnancy, a baby ‘quickens’ when it makes its presence felt in its mother’s womb.A project or idea in workaday life takes on a life of its own...

Example: A shadow thing came very quickly up the stairs, along our corridor and into the bed­room, over to the bed to bend over me. I felt fear as I...

Psychological / emotional perspective: In dreams, an emotional risk can make itself felt if we have not acknowledged such a possibility. Then we may dream of some kind of potential...

Psychological / emotional perspective: There is always a magical feeling or sense of wonder associated with the diadem or tiara, and it can be taken to represent the magical and...

Vision, or the ability to see or perceive.Awareness or clarity.Inner wisdom.Ability to understand.Inner vision, knowing, or a connection with God (a higher power).Self-expression.A person’s soul or essence.Seeing someone’s eyes can...

Psychological / emotional perspective: The charisma that many world and spiritual leaders have is felt by many, and can be experienced as a sort of cloudy radiance. This ‘nimbus’ is...

To dream thai your mouth is gagged or covered in some way means that you will be kissed in the near future.

Psychological / emotional perspective: When we dream of bathing someone, it shows the need to nurture or to have an intimate connection with another person. We may have knowledge which...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream the chalice tends to represent her sense of self and her connection to the ultimate. In a man’s dream it is more likely to...

Gives gender-specific: For a man to dream of breasts usually indicates his unconscious connection with his mother or the nurturing principle.For a woman, changes in size may suggest that she...

Material aspects: When we dream of fences we are dreaming of social or class barriers or perhaps our own need for privacy. We may be aware of boundaries in relationships...

Psychological / emotional perspective: In emotional terms a veto happens in dreams when we have a strongly felt reason for not agreeing to a particular course of action. Sometimes it...

There is no escaping the fairy tale of the frog that might turn into a prince when kissed by a young maiden.The essence of this construct is potential. Potential can...

If you dream you’re falling in love, then you’re yearning for some kind of connection. If you’re already in a relationship, then you could be craving the closeness you first...

Material aspects: When paralysis is felt in a dream we are probably experiencing great fear or suppression. Literally we are unable to make a move in any direction. Dealing with...

Material aspects: The fairylike appearance of the classical ballerina within a dream shows we are making a connection with the creative energy within. Also we are searching for balance and...

Gives gender-specific: If we are gathering lilies, particularly in a woman’s dream, we are developing a peaceful existence. In a man’s dream the fleur-de-lys has a connection with heraldry representing...

Psychological / emotional perspective: In dreams this pattern often appears without us knowing what it really represents.It is only when it is drawn afterwards that is it recognizable as a...

Gives gender-specific: The rocket in basic terms has a connection with male sexuality and can have this significance in both men’s and women’s dreams. Consult the entries for aeroplane, journey...

Material aspects: To perceive a bow, as in cupid’s bow, can indicate the need to be loved – the union of masculine and feminine.To see a bow made of ribbon...

1. Conscious being, self (attributes of given sign).2. Very good luck, random (as in lottery win).

Dreams of a rope either signify that you are learning and exploring a new dimension of your being and learning the ropes.A rope signifies a strong connection between you and...

Material aspects: Traditionally to be conscious of a bay or inlet showed an awareness of a woman’s sexuality and receptiveness. Since water signifies emotion, a bay or inlet can also...

Psychological / emotional perspective: In a more technological age an emblem will have less connection with heraldry, a former source of emblems, and more to do with commercial concerns.A particular...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Any national flag will signify a degree of patriotism that may be necessary, or possibly the need to be more militant. Now with its connection to...

Material aspects: Making connections in dreams can signify forming relationships. Missing a connection when travelling suggests that we have not linked timing and effort.Dreaming of combinations of things creates a...

Material aspects: Because fairies are representations of the elemental forces of nature, for them to appear in a dream signifies our connection with those forces within ourselves. There is a...

Psychological / emotional perspective: In a psychological sense, string – like rope – can be seen as a link between two objects or aspects of our lives. We may not...

Material aspects: To dream of a bridegroom usually indicates the desire to be married or to find a partner. It often shows a willingness to be more responsible or to...

Psychological / emotional perspective: To dream of an intruder has an obvious connection with sex and threats to one’s sexuality.The intruder is also that part of ourselves that does not...

Material aspects: To dream of hearing a radio playing suggests a form of connection with the outside world. What we are hearing is also important: speech would suggest the transmission...

(See Feltmaher)

Psychological / emotional perspective: It was thought that nuts fed the brain, thus giving wisdom. They can still have this significance in dreams. Again, because of their shape, there is...

Material aspects: Dreaming of wood, in the sense of prepared timber, suggests our ability to appreciate the past and to build on what has gone before. We are capable of...

There is an ongoing debate about whether dreams are a vehicle for messages or merely random by-products of the brain. Both sides of the argument are briefly summarized here. The...

Gives gender-specific: Because of its connection with the feminine, in a man’s dream a basket can suggest domesticity or his caring nature. In a woman’s dream, if she finds the...

Material aspects: For glasses or spectacles to stand out in a dream indicates a connection with our ability to see or to understand. Equally, if someone is unexpectedly wearing glasses,...

Gives gender-specific: As both men and women will now have tattoos done, the symbolism of any particular dream tattoo will be easily interpreted.The position of the tattoo and its spiritual...

Material aspects: In a work situation a group of female colleagues can bond in a way that gives the appearance of a harem. While bowing to authority, there is also...

A steamroller may point out that you have allowed someone to flatten your spirit. It may be the response to a conversation in which you felt run over by the...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Feathers often represent flight to other parts of the self, and because of their connection with the wind and the air, can represent our more spiritual...

Material aspects: To dream of a fountain means that we are aware of the generative principle, the process of life and ‘flow’ of our own consciousness. Because of its connection...

Gives gender-specific: In that following the hearse was once a man’s prerogative, such a dream will signify his acceptance of death or change.For a woman, a hearse may signify her...

According to Freud, one of the major pro­cesses of the unconscious is condensation. This means that within one element in a dream, such as the strange room we dream we...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Because of its connection with instinctive feeling and intuition, a bowl can represent the ability to see the bigger picture. In ordinary life, scrying (technically, divining...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Eating an apple symbolizes the wish to take in information or knowledge. This has an obvious connection with eve’s temptation of adam. As with many natural...

(see Field, Forest, Trees)If the hawthorn appears in bloom, this represents happiness.In Europe this tree has somewhat divergent meanings, being both chastity and fertility.For the purpose of dream interpretation, this...

Material aspects: Dreaming of a dog lead symbolizes the connection between ourselves and our lesser nature.To have lost the dog lead would indicate a loss of control. Leading someone in...

To dream of a lioness symbolizes graceful family leadership.The lioness is a strong mother with regal elegance who guides and protects her children.To dream that you are a lioness indicates...

Emotions, moods and flow of feeling energy. Because of the nature of water it lends itself to depicting aspects of how we relate to emotions; for instance, one can drown’...

Material aspects: The landscape in a dream can be an integral part of the interpretation. It usually mirrors feelings and concepts that we have and, therefore, reflects our personality.A rocky...

Material aspects: Soap in dreams suggests the idea of being cleansed. We perhaps need to create an environment of cleanliness – both of physical cleanliness and appropriate behaviour. Shampoo in...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Our sense of smell is extremely delicate, but just as the other senses such as touch and sound are suspended or transmuted into something slightly different...

lucky numbers: 05-19-33-36-39-42children playing with a: wil be seduced by a woman. riding: wil be freed of bad accusations. feeding a, in your hand: wil be kissed by a woman....

Psychological / emotional perspective: As harvesting become more mechanized we lose our connection with the community spirit it once engendered.To be taking part in a harvest, or perhaps a harvest...

Material aspects: The egyptian mummy in dreams can symbolize our feelings about someone who has died. There is also an obvious connection between ‘mummy’ and ‘mother’ as a play on...

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...

Gives gender-specific: When a woman dreams of an affair, it is likely that she has registered that connection before becoming consciously aware of it.A man will tend to be more...

Material aspects: On a purely practical level a pipe can symbolize many things.A water pipe can give information as to how we might handle our emotions (the size and type...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a goddess will clarify both the connection through the unconscious that exists between all women and female creatures and which particular archetypal aspect of...

If someone helped you out or gave you something of great value in your dream, pay attention to how you felt when receiving their help, attention or charity as this...

Material aspects: An injury will suggest a recent hurt, whereas a scar in a dream suggests that there are old hurts, which have not been fully dealt with. These may...

Dreams of a seam signify that you are holding random pieces of your life together, and are making connections between the seemingly unrelated aspects of yourself.See Integration Dreams.

Material aspects: Dreaming of any religious symbol usually indicates our very deep connection with old ideas and principles.The icon usually symbolizes the microcosm within the macrocosm – that is, the...

Material aspects: A line in a dream often marks a boundary or denotes a measurement. In dreams, it can also signify a link between two objects to show a connection...

Psychological / emotional perspective: All three aspects (convict, conviction and convince) presuppose an emotional connection with our own beliefs.To be convinced in a dream means that we have been deeply...

As with all dreams of Earth’s bounty, a forest basically is a happy omen if the dream shows the sun shining through the trees and a clear path ahead. Even...

Example: ‘My husband’s mother, no longer alive, came and slid her arms carefully under me and lifted me up. I shouted “Put me down! Put me down! I don’t want...

Dreams of geometry symbolize your desire to make logical sense out of the random and complicated relationships and circumstances of your life. This dream reflects your awareness of the sacred...

Dreams of the universe signify your awareness of your connection to the whole of life, the big picture, your higher purpose, and your connection to all people and all things...