2- The need to know is very strong and the assumption is that an oracle has more information than we do. Often that information has to be unscrambled, since it is presented in odd ways and sometimes it cannot be made sense of until such time as we have considered it in waking life.
3- Prediction and Hidden Knowledge. [1]
See also: ESP in dreams. [5]
asking an: an unanticipated and disorienting event has altered your course.
being an: you know your future and fear it.
predicting dire misfortune: the worst is over, pick up the pieces.
happiness, an: are tied to situations that are draining your energy. [7]