Dreaming Lens: Were you waiting for the mail to arrive? Were you sending mail? Was the mail in question delivered properly? Was the address known or unknown? Was the mail a surprise or something expected? Was the mail delivered to your home, or did you have to pick it up in a post office?
Personal Focus: Our relationship to postal mail has changed greatly since the advent of e-mail. It is now considered so slow that it is routinely referred to as “snail mail.” While our current perceptions have changed, the essence of this symbol connects to the origins of mail and its impact on the world. Sending messages by way of traders who traveled between communities was the beginning of the spread of knowledge. The mark of a great civilization would have been a construct devoted solely to this purpose. In America, this was epitomized by the Pony Express and what we know today as the United States Postal Service.
Communication between two parties is symbolic of intellect and the inner process of deduction and decision-making. The slow speed and back and forth nature of mail adds the texture of anticipation. Putting a thought in writing connects to the permanence of a thought expressed.
Mail in a dream could connect to communication that is slower than desired. Junk mail is akin to anxiety and the background chatter in the mind, where information like an important letter can get lost in a pile of unwanted catalogs. A dream could connect to the need to ferret through the unimportant to find clarity. Since the majority of mail is comprised of bills to be paid, this might symbolize being put on notice for the price you will have to pay for some choice in life. [1]
If you feel energized and delighted at the mail or package, this means you are hopeful about news of fortuitous events.
If you are disappointed or anxious, then you are apprehensive about a decision.
See also: Letter or E-mail. [2]
The mail may also be a coded way of referring to issues with a “male” in your life.
If the mail is from someone you don’t know, then it suggests that your unconscious mind is trying to tell you something important. [3]
2. Message from the unconscious.
3. In female dreamers, a male object of affection. [9]
2. One is spending too much time using the computer. [10]