When a girlfriend or ex-girlfriend appears in a man’s dream there are usually issues to do with masculinity and femininity involved. There may be fears to do with sexuality.If a...

To dream of a girlfriend can be a straight-forward representation of feelings or anxieties about your real-life girlfriend.If you don’t have one in real life, the dream represents a desire...

Psychological / emotional perspective: To feel threatened in dreams approaches anxiety and nightmare. Taking us out of our comfort zone whether emotionally or otherwise results in fear and distress, which...

Material aspects: When we are unsure of our own position within a work hierarchy or family structure we may dream of an investigation in order to feel comfortable.If we are...

Psychological / emotional perspective: While intellectually we may not feel inferior, bowing in a dream shows that on an unconscious level we may actually sense someone else’s need to feel...

The way something or things are seen.Are you watching something too closely or do you need to watch something more closely?You could feel as though every move you make is...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Since self-image and sexuality are so closely connected, incest in dreams is much more likely to be an effort to sort out our feelings about ourselves...

There are two main approaches to dream interpretation: the Top-Down approach and the Free-Form approach. These methods are often in tension with each other, and how we prioritize one over...

Example: ‘I was sitting in the living room at home and my mum was sitting there like we do when we’re relaxing in the evening. From nowhere in particular my...

To dream about your ex suggests that something or someone in your current life is bringing out similar feelings to the ones you felt in the relationship with your ex.The...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Silver on a more psychological level has been taken to represent the emotional qualities of the moon. This may be in the sense that we are...

This may be a happy dream which suggests that on some level you feel joy, happiness, and a sense of victory.If you are not in a good mood, and don’t...

Vision: Standing on a scale: you must have made a mistake. Weighing something: you need to make a decision and ought to deal with others more fairly.Depth Psychology: The scale...

Although apparently this dream has negative connotations, dreaming of getting disproportionately fat can mean that you feel strong enough to undertake major projects. Dreams of this type may also reflect...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When a puppet appears in a dream there is perhaps a sense of being able to manipulate circumstances or people around us.A puppet can also represent...

Material aspects: When alcohol appears in a dream it suggests that in a mundane sense we may need or require a largely pleasurable experience or influence. We have available means...

Material aspects: The furniture that appears in our dreams, particularly if it is drawn to our attention, often shows how we feel about our family and home life, and what...

Material aspects: To be conscious of people talking in a dream gives a sense of being in contact with our own ability to communicate. We are able to express clearly...

If a cardinal appears in your dream, it represents a sense of vitality and happiness. You feel as if you could accomplish anything.

Gives gender-specific: A woman will often dream of small animals and fish as she approaches pregnancy and birth.A man is more likely to dream of protecting the child or the...

Symbolizes a mysterious attraction that goes beyond the dreamer’s willpower. It almost always refers to physical attraction between two people, which can be fascinating as well as dangerous. This dream...

Psychological / emotional perspective: We may be conscious of a build-up of emotional energy within us, which can only be handled by a breakdown of old attitudes and approaches.The ‘debris’...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically soap can indicate a need to clean up our act. We may feel a sense of having been contaminated by an experience and situation and...

Psychological / emotional perspective: To be going to bed with someone can variously represent either our sexual attraction to that person or indicate that we need have no fear of...

Material aspects: Whenever a person appears in our dream in a certain role it is important to look at what he is actually doing.The gardener can represent the insights that...

Strong powers of attraction are yours, which you must use carefully; a voyage is in your near future.

1- Actually experiencing ourselves in dreams as playing the martyr highlights our tendency to do things without being sufficiently assertive to say no, and to act from a sense of...

Ivy: In dreams, ivy can suggest determination and persistence to overcome problems. It can also suggest an unwanted presence in your life because despite its attractive appearance, ivy is hard...

(see Blood, Colors)Vital life, energy and passion, especially bright reds. Brownish-red: Death, bitterness, or smoldering anger.Danger! Stop whatever you’re doing and look more closely, just as you would at a...

Material aspects: To experience poverty in a dream highlights a sense of being deprived of the ability to satisfy our basic needs. We may feel inadequate, either emotionally or materially....

Psychological / emotional perspective: To dream of a jailer suggests we feel we are being restricted in some way, maybe by our own emotions or by somebody else’s personality or...

Universal Landscape: Character Aspect; disregard for consequences.Dreaming Lens: Was the criminal in your dream a stranger to you? Was it someone you know in waking life? Were there more than...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically, the human being has always needed to feel that there is a greater power than himself available to him.To be praying in a dream reinforces...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Often when we dream of childhood we are able to put ourselves in touch with the growth process, and can have a sense of growing, usually...

Material aspects: To dream of a leper suggests that we are aware of some aspect of ourselves that we feel to be unclean. We feel that we have been rejected...

Material aspects: Dreaming of having an infection suggests that there is the possibility of us having internalized negative attitudes from other people. Depending on where in the body the infection...

Kissing symbolizes a reconciliation with the person receiving this affectionate gesture. The dream shows the attachment you feel for that person; perhaps it is a repressed attraction in real life....

Psychological / emotional perspective: Usually icons are representations of a belief system and, therefore, portray the way we feel about a number of other issues. In a dream, when an...

Material aspects: Similar to the sense of being rejected, the sense of having been abandoned represents how we experienced not being wanted or not fitting in with others when we...

A young woman who has a dream of gleaming phosphorescent water will find that she has a strong attraction for members of the opposite sex.

Material aspects: There are two meanings of ‘till’. One is to till or tend the ground, and while that is a less potent image nowadays, the image still appears in...

The forest symbolizes the psyche and the hidden realms, the place of original experience.The dark or enchanted forest that very often appears as an image in fairy tales and dreams...

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Material aspects: When we feel deeply about a subject we become focused on the matter in hand, and able to apply concentration. Eagerness is a component of the passion we...

Material aspects: An exhibition hall tends to be a place where similar objects are grouped together, so from a mundane perspective would denote such a situation in working life, possibly...

[DREAM IMAGES: CASANOVA, GIGOLO, SEDUCER, SEX ADDICT]Although associated with sensuality and sophistication, this archetype represents a man preying on others for the sake of conquest alone. Like the Femme Fatale,...

Material aspects: As nowadays many workplaces use electronic passes to gain entry, to forget a pass might denote a lack of interest in what we are doing or that if...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Quitting a responsibility or feeling is to gain a sense of freedom from concern and it is this sense of freedom that allows us to experience...

Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) suggested that dreams are all about wish-fulfillment because they allow the dreamer to have skills and powers denied to him or her in waking life....

Material aspects: Any aspect of the law appearing in dreams is as much to do with our own code of behaviour in waking life as with ‘the law’ in the...

It is very common for people to dream about ex-partners. Individuals that have been an important part of our lives continue to take up a part of our mind and...

Material aspects: To see grapes in a dream generally indicates that there is a need for celebration.The grape is the fruit most closely associated with the roman god bacchus or,...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically, the knight in a dream signifies the guiding principle. He is that part of ourselves that is sometimes known as the higher self, the spirit...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Behaviour that would not necessarily be appropriate in ordinary, everyday life can be used in dreams to balance a difficulty. Since many people struggle with their...

To dream you are on forbidden premises presages a very strong attraction towards one who is already married. There is the utmost danger in this friendship and your dream is...

Thoughts around money, power, and financial security are coming up for you.A bank is a construct of modern society created around the concept of protecting the abundance of the average...

Psychological / emotional perspective: To be looking in a mirror can signify trying to look behind us without letting others know what we are doing. We may have a concern...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a piston may reveal her fear of being hurt sexually. She may also be aware that she is simply being used, and that there...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Decadence suggests self interest and a profligate use of the resources we have.If we are content with the sense of decadence in a dream scenario we...

Psychological / emotional perspective: For most people, infinity is beyond understanding, so when in dreams we have no sense of boundaries or a realization that we are not separate from...

An anchor transmits stabilizing force. It usually appears when you need confidence and a decisive influence in life. On the other hand, it also has negative connotations, as it may...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Testifying as a witness suggests that we feel we are being called to account for our actions or beliefs. We may feel somewhat insecure until we...

Witnessing the military in action in a dream may comment that you feel you are living on a battleground, perhaps with some relationship or at work. It can also represent...

Material aspects: In the everyday world when we are struggling to come to terms with what appears to be interference in our affairs, the hag will appear in dreams.

Psychological / emotional perspective: If a cross appears in the shape of an x, this usually represents the idea of sacrifice or perhaps of torture.

Psychological / emotional perspective: We may in everyday life find ourselves being pulled by our emotions and feel that we are powerless to resist. This can translate into the dream...

Psychological / emotional perspective: The ego – our sense of individual existence – is a very powerful tool and the human being’s need for recognition arises from this.If we are...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Usually in dreams, when something appears as luminous, what is represented is transparent, easily understood and with a quality beyond the norm.

Material aspects: Dreaming of an island signifies the loneliness one can feel through isolation, self-imposed or otherwise. We may feel out of touch with others or with situations around us.An...

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...

Material aspects: In the mundane world a sense of not belonging to a peer group can lead to a feeling of isolation, of being an outcast. In waking life we...

(see A ambers)Systematic approaches and arrangements that maintain a steadv flow of work, creativity, etc.The date that appears on the calendar is usually of great import. Pay attention to it,...

If you dream that you are missing one of your five senses, it is a strong signal that you feel out of control in a real life situation. You may...

Another way of interpreting flying dreams is that they symbolize your strong mind and will. You feel invincible and nobody can tell you what you cannot do and accomplish. Undoubtedly...

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.

Material aspects: To encourage is to ‘give heart to’ and from a practical perspective any positive dream images can do just that. Waking from a dream with a sense of...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Stealing is a very emotive word for most people, and it will depend on the dreamer’s background as to how they feel about inappropriate behaviour. This...

Psychological / emotional perspective: To feel defeated is to recognize that opposing forces are too strong for us.

Dream interpretation remains a subject of intense debate among scholars and practitioners, with varying methodologies and philosophies shaping the discourse. This article explores contrasting approaches: the Formal—Closed (Top Down) and...

1. A strong sense that something is not what it seems—often regarding business affairs, sometimes relationships.2. Reverse: a sense or measure of sincerity, truth.

1- When we find ourselves under an obligation to one of our dream characters we are being reminded of our innate sense of clutv. We mav feel that we have...

Life can often feel like a performance. In this way, dreaming of this image indicates that your unconscious is expressing a sense of your current life as being under public...

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...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Radio, television and other media all feed our need to know and emotionally give a false sense of ownership, particularly of celebrities and their lives. In...

Possible meanings You dream you are in a public place when you suddenly realize you are naked. Although many people feel shame, embarrassment or horror in the dream, others are...

Psychological / emotional perspective: A pocket in a dream can also indicate a sense of ownership and possession.To have something in our pocket means that we have appropriated it, that...

If you dream that you and/or your surroundings are spinning, you are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. Your plans may be filled with complications and you are probably having...

The best aspect of the dreamer if female; one’s lover/girlfriend if male.