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Psychological | dream interpretation

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Psychological

Psychological / emotional perspective: There is harmony on a psychological level which you can access. However, this requires practice and imagination.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: In a psychological sense, we are able to achieve a new level of awareness which will radically change our perceptions.

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(Psychological / emotional perspective)an aeroplane denotes a search for psychological freedom, a move towards independent being. It also suggests transcendence of the mundane, a need to ‘lift off ’ into...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Fairies are known to be capricious, and on a psychological level they may represent the side of our being that does not wish to be controlled,...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: There is a psychological need to get away from, or leave, a situation. We are perhaps travelling towards something new. Our minds are more than capable...

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An architect may appear as a character in a dream to help remodel the house of the soul.An architect may point to the need for psychological help, appearing as a...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: From a psychological perspective, an axe, particularly a double-headed one, represents feminine supremacy and intuitive power, often in the role of the huntress.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: It is more likely to be the content of the cask which has meaning on a psychological level and such a dream indicates our ability to...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: In psychological terms, the house also signifies the life we live, the protections we create and the ‘structure’ we present to other people.

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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...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: While a tornado can be very destructive, interestingly it can also be very cleansing and it is in this context that it is often met on...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: A substance such as an elixir, which has undergone several processes to reach a state of purity, symbolizes a process of psychological change which many people...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The significance of summer on a psychological level is twofold. Because of its association with holidays and with fun and laughter, we are able to be...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: You are under some psychological stress and may have to decide that some projects or feelings can be left behind in waking life. When you have...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: From a psychological standpoint the satyr is that part of nature that is not controlled, and is beyond restraint. It owes allegiance to no one and...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: In psychological terms the spider connects with the principles of the mandala.The spider has the ability to create a perfect pattern, which both nurtures and protects...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Counting is an extension of language and the psychological significance of a measuring tool such as an abacus is often linked with the idea of learning...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Sweeping is a traditional image that symbolizes good management and clearing of our environment. In psychological terms it suggests an attention to detail and correctness, as...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To graduate is to have reached a certain stage of knowledge or proficiency and in dreams, particularly on an emotional or psychological level suggests an element...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The idea of clearing or cleansing is as important on a psychological level as it is on the spiritual. Clearing away outmoded beliefs or habits is...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: In psychological terms, the lion represents all those qualities it shows: majesty, strength, pride, courage and so on.It is easier to recognize the necessity for such...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Zeal is love in action and in the psychological sense suggests service to others and denial of the self. In dreams it suggests that some of...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: It has always been known that the moon has a psychological effect on the human being. In pagan times, it was suggested that she ruled men’s...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Repetitive movement of any sort in a dream usually indicates the need to reconsider our actions, to look at what we are doing and perhaps to...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Viewed from a psychological perspective, babysitting in dreams suggests that there may be a part of our personality which has not yet matured fully and needs...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Our need – or enjoyment – of food fulfils certain psychological needs.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: From a psychological point of view, the snail suggests steadiness and self-containment.To be moving at snail’s pace suggests direct planned, careful movement.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The saying ‘spring forward, fall back’ is also applicable in psychological terms, since effort and new energy is required to progress.To walk with a spring in...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Alchemy from a psychological perspective is a philosophy of the cosmos and of mankind’s place in the scheme of things.It is the refinement of thought, having...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: From a psychological perspective the angel is the personification of the relationship with mother or mother figure and needs to be looked at as a separate...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: On a psychological level, card playing in a dream can be seen as taking calculated risks and alerting us to potential danger. Generally, our subconscious may...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The siren suggests deception and distraction of man from his purpose. In dreams this is usually sexually oriented and difficult to handle. In psychological terms she...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: On a psychological level the chemist in the sense of an apothecary is the part of us which looks after health concerns and self-healing. He has...

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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...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: On a slightly more psychological level, wind in a dream can suggest the beginning of a new, much deeper awareness of ourselves. Since wind in a...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: When we feel trapped in dreams, we are not usually able to break free of old patterns of thought and behaviour. We need outside help.The type...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: When we put money in a till, it is being put there for safe-keeping and will allow us to quantify how much we have accumulated. Nowadays...

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Judging by all of the e-mail that I receive, dreaming about bathrooms seems to be common. They are most valuable in our daily life. In our dreams bathrooms may be...

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Any symbol of salvation in a dream probably refers to one of two things:(1) The religious idea of being rescued from one’s sins and their consequences.If this is the ‘feel’...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Dream scenarios involving cars are often much to do with what we are doing to ourselves on a psychological or emotional level. Being alone in a...

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Unless you are actually ill or sick, dreams in which your general health and well-being are highlighted may be commenting not just on your physical state, but on your psychological...

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The hero or heroine is the person who has elected to undertake their own journey of exploration. They are able to consider options and decide the next move. They will...

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Symbolic of spiritual and psychological imprisonment

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Psychological overexertion or a rare expression of fear or poverty.

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1. One’s sense that he/she has no protection against the psychological onslaughts of others.2. Yet to develop, young.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The image of a journey is a very potent one in dream work. Any time the idea of a journey becomes apparent, it is to do...

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This may symbolize something that is obstructing the free flow of energy in your psyche - or, indeed, in your body. (Physical tension, as exponents of acupuncture or acupressure will...

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Assuming that the dreamer is heterosexual, dreams of this nature suggest feelings of basic insecurity in relations with the opposite sex, and, perhaps, professional psychological advice would be beneficial.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We are reconciling passion and desire.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We may need to be more up front and courageous in what we are doing.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We may be trying to ‘catch’ something, such as a job or a partner.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To be keeping something at bay indicates a need to be on our guard – on some level we are feeling threatened.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: This is a ‘just reward’ usually given by a higher authority, often that part of us which knows what is best for us.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we may need to make decisive changes in the way we think and feel.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: There is a need to understand what ‘ammunition’ we have available – that is, in the sense of resources to be used.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We may be conscious of the fact that we need to work with our self-image.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: There is a need to be appreciative of the ties of duty and affection.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We are working on emotions, or at creating a relationship.

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1. Unable to reach one’s intellectual goals.2. Unable to satisfy psychological needs.3. Being suppressed by someone with more power.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Sometimes a wig highlights the fact that we have something to hide. We are perhaps not as competent, as youthful, or as able as we would...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Intellectually we may be ‘hide-bound’ or constrained in some fashion.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Intellectually we may be aware of certain facts, but choose not to use that knowledge in the most appropriate way.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We need to structure our knowledge of ourselves to create a workable system.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The cap shows the need for respect for a person’s beliefs and wisdom or knowledge.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We are on the edge of new knowledge or information and could move in either direction.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To be copying an action in dreams suggests we need to learn from others.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To be in a traffic jam suggests that other people’s concerns may be, or seem to be, more important than our own.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: In dreams, if we are being nagged or scolded we will have recognized that we are not heeding our own inner truth.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To win in dreams is to be able to acknowledge our own supremacy.To be a champion is to be best overall, to have competed and won.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we are searching for power within a situation in which we feel powerless.

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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.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically, we are coming to terms with our own existence and perhaps are recognizing our own validity.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We may need to become aware of a destructive – or rather divisive – streak in ourselves, one which at the same time has particular skills.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We have great strength at our disposal, for which we need to find an outlet.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To be competing in a dream is to perhaps look for a better performance from ourselves than we have managed hitherto.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We are stuck in patterns of behaviour which give us no way out. We are being threatened by past mistakes.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We may need to accept that gentle, and not forceful or overpowering, emotion can cleanse us of whatever is troubling us.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: If we find we are being discriminated against in dreams we need to recognize and honour our own uniqueness.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: A situation that may have given us problems is coming to a natural end. There need no longer be such concern.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: When emotion becomes too rigid and reflective of the past, we may dream of fossils.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The image of a juggler or of someone juggling suggests that we need to keep control of our own emotions or of those around us.

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Purple may symbolize mystery and therefore represent, in psychological terms, deep intuition or awareness of some as yet unexplored dimension of the self.

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

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Yielding is one of the more feminine attributes and signifies our need to let go and simply ‘go with the flow’.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically there is an awareness that self-confidence and our usual sense of well-being is being eroded by outside influences.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To be beaten, either physically or in a game, indicates submission on our part to a greater force.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically, we need to be aware that our own emotions are likely to get the better of us. Anger, for instance, can be a particularly destructive...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Conventionally, there may be some difficulty in coming to terms with the conflict between the masculine and feminine within ourselves.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Change is taking place within us, but on a very subtle level which is not immediately recognizable.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Within ourselves we have unlimited potential to create both an acceptable present and a sustainable future.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically we may feel that we have a problem with our public image, and need to put on some sort of front before we can be...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Covering over anything signifies making the best of or preserving what we have, perhaps ensuring that shortcomings are not recognized.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We are capable of gaining control or status within a situation so we can build on it to our advantage.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: If we are open to the more feminine side, we are able to both give and receive help and assistance.The cup often signifies happiness or joy.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: If we ourselves are devouring something in a dream we may need to consider the way we nurture ourselves. We perhaps are not paying attention or...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: When we dream of being hexed we are probably being coerced in waking life to do something which goes against our own personal code of conduct.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: When we experience imprisonment in a dream, we are usually becoming conscious of old attitudes and beliefs, which are imprisoning us.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: To experience being taunted or mocked in dreams may be interpreted as an attack on our self-esteem.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Emotionally such a figure will represent repression of our own emotions and often rigid self-control.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: When we have not clarified how we feel about something, a representative image can often be obscured in dreams.

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