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 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...

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: 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...

Material aspects: To be close to someone in a dream can mean we are looking for intimacy, or perhaps protection.To close a door acknowledges the fact that we must make...

(see Numbers, Trident)The triune nature of humankind as body-mind-soul; and the triune nature of many divine figures (Father-Son-Holy Spirit; Maiden-Mother-Crone).Stability 7 . Three legs gives the tripod or cauldron greater...

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...

1- To be close to someone in a dream can mean we are looking for intimacy; or perhaps protection.To close a door acknowledges the fact that we must make a...

Intimacy, being made aware of; what one feels con­nected with or has ties with; near to, in the sense of making a decision—near to leaving home; close to, as ‘close...

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...

Material aspects: In dreams, as in waking life, if meat is rare it is only partially cooked and thus represents ideas that are not yet fully formed or concepts that...

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...

This is one of society’s great taboos and if you had a dream in which you slept with your brother, sister, mother, father or any close relative, you may awake...

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

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...

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...

The back symbolizes physical strength and resistance.If it is curved—as happens with hunchbacked people—it reflects a weakness of character and emotional dissatisfaction. For this reason, if you see a hunchback...

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.

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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...

[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,...

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...

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...

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...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When we dream we are married to a bigamist we need to be aware that we are being deceived by someone very close to us.

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...

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.

The moon represents the feminine and the spiritual self. How the moon appears to you in your dream suggests how close or distant you are from your inner feelings.For example,...

(see Prostitute, Sexual Encounters) Straightforward desires and passions.A revealing dream that may indicate unhealthy relationships, like the siren who lures the sailor to doom and destruction.Sensing that you’ve succumbed to...

Psychological / emotional perspective: The tree is symbolic in dreams of the basic structure of our inner lives. When one appears in our dreams it is best to work with...

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...

Material aspects: To be aware of being watched in a dream suggests that we feel threatened by someone’s close interest in us. This may be in a work situation, but...

Material aspects: Dreams can often have a very peculiar quality in that our image may only be half there or we perhaps only experience half an action.For instance, in waking...

You have a secret enemy who is working against you. Someone who appears to be a friend (though not a close one) is really an enemy. He or she is...

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.

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: 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...

Something that is next to something else could represent: Your feeling that the two belong together, are involved with each other somehow, or have something in common.Things that are close...

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...

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...

General Meaning: Your belly button is proof of your heritage and it is also a place of weakness.• Out of the entire belly this is a vulnerable spot and it...

Non-romantic kissing (such as from your grandma or a friend) can represent perceived affection, approval, connection (or a desire for such).Romantic kissing or other romantic interaction can represent: emotional intimacy...

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.

Psychological / emotional perspective: Intellectually we may know that we have control over our lives, but are caught up in an endless round of activity that appears to be unproductive,...

Material aspects: We see the butcher as one who mutilates, but provides for us at the same time, and this is reflected in dreams when he appears as someone who...

Psychological / emotional perspective: The pope often appears in dreams as a substitute for the father, or as a personification of god.

Material aspects: When it appears in dreams a sceptre indicates that we have given someone authority over us. We have abdicated responsibility to the point where the inner self has...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Sometimes the furniture that appears in a dream can highlight our need for security or stability, particularly if it is recognizable from the past.

Psychological / emotional perspective: If we are conscious of an intersection – perhaps in a pattern that appears in a dream – we are being offered choices, and perhaps have...

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...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Because time is a self-imposed constraint, when anything that marks time appears in a dream we are being warned of the potential for limitation.

Psychological / emotional perspective: While intellectually we may deny the need for mothering or ‘smother­love’, this need surfaces when we are under stress. It often appears as the dream image...

Material aspects: When the metal iron appears in dreams, it usually represents our strengths and determination. It can also signify the rigidity of our emotions or beliefs. We should consider...

Material aspects: Whereas in the waking state we may not be aware of our need for love and affection, when a pet appears in a dream we are reacting to...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When a vicar appears in a dream, we are usually aware of the more spiritual, knowledgeable side of ourselves – that part that sits in judgement...

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...

If vapor appears in your dreams, it is probable that you have to take an impromptu trip to solve a professional problem.If you see yourself engulfed in vapor, it alerts...

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: Psychologically, when a cauldron appears in a dream we may need to take note of our intuitive abilities, or of our ability to create new things...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Since hope and faith are two prime motivators, anything that appears derelict suggests that we have lost the ability to move away from difficult circumstances.

Psychological / emotional perspective: Mist is a symbol of loss and confusion – particularly when it comes to emotions – so when this image appears we may need to sit...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Since the phoenix rises from its own ashes ready to live its life all over again, it signifies our ability to pick ourselves up and begin...

Gives gender-specific: A spear represents the masculine in dreams and is a phallic symbol. Whether it appears in a man’s or a woman’s dream, it allows us to be conscious...

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: Since a key usually requires a keyhole, to dream of one without the other indicates some kind of confusion between the inner and outer self.A keyhole...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When a thief appears in dreams, we are aware of part of our personality that can waste our own time and energy on meaningless activity. It...

If a potato appears in your dream, pay close attention to other symbols - this dream is trying to tell you something.To see or eat mashed potatoes suggests that you...

Flowers are natural symbols of beauty, delicacy, harmlessness, and attraction (e.g., the attraction of bees to nectar). Flowers are also symbols of the deep self. In both southern Asian yoga...

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...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Most people have a rather antiquated idea of the sailor.It is this image that usually appears in dreams. He represents freedom, both of movement and of...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When such a person appears in a dream, there may be a play on words and we must become a ‘waiter’. Part of us needs to...

Dreams of a snail signify that you are taking your time and practicing patience. Your dream may be giving you the message to stop being in such a rush, and...

Psychological / emotional perspective: There is, in most people’s minds, a type of freedom and openness about the countryside which is not necessarily available in towns and cities. Such an...

Material aspects: When a jury appears in a dream on a mundane level we are usually struggling with an issue of peer pressure. We may fear that others will not...

Material aspects: When a dagger appears in a dream, the meaning can either be aggressive or defensive.If you are using the dagger to attack someone then you may be trying...

Material aspects: Traditionally, the only people who were allowed to tend unicorns were virgins. When a unicorn appears in a dream, we are linking with the innocent, pure part of...

Material aspects: Becoming aware of other cultures and religious practices has the effect of opening our perception to what jung called the collective unconscious, a library available to all of...

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: In modern medicine the omega 3 oil that is in salmon is a powerful brain food. When the salmon appears in dreams we may need such a substance...

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...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Intellectually we may have worked through our fears but still be left with attitudes and beliefs that cannot be cleared away. Very often this appears as...