For Jung, life was a great mystery, something about which we know and understand very little. He never hesitated to say, ‘I don’t know,’ and always admitted when he had...

Your innermost fears or negative attitudes that are seen as larger than you can handle.See also NIGHTMARES; SURREALISM AND FANTASY

A symbol of purity and a return to innocence; can also suggest the control of the ego, and selfishness.See also SURREALISM AND FANTASY

Most dreams have an element of fantasy or the surreal in them, but when the events or images in your dream are so fantastic or have absolutely nothing to do...

When your dreaming mind conjures up fantasy images, you are being powerfully influenced by unconscious forces.According to Freud, fantasies develop in childhood in response to sexual desire and aggressive impulses....

Many dreams feature beasts or animals that are of no particular characteristic or type. In some cases the beast is terrifying and we awake with a feeling of dread. Such...

A fairy-tale type of fantasy atmosphere in your dream is a forecast of favorable tides for your current undertakings.

See the individual entry for intruder and also the entry in people

See individual entry and also the entry for monster.

According to Jung, dreams are the small hidden door to the deepest and most mysterious part of your nature; they act as a teacher and guide on the road toward...

You are dreaming of running away from your responsibilities in life. Any form of entertainment must be considered symbolically as connecting to escapism. With a circus, the additional texture of...

The intruder in a woman’s dream is often a personification of her own animus. In a man’s dream it characterizes his shadow. In either case it suggests the need for...

Flying pigs, people walking on water and other impossible or absurd occurrences in your dream suggest that you need to explore your creative impulses. Such dreams may also indicate that...

Dreams focusing on the Zodiac or other ancient mystic arts, such as alchemy or Tarot, have much to say about the human condition.According to Jung, you are tapping into what...

If you have a dream that features religious or spiritual imagery, it is essential to take your own beliefs into consideration.If a figure or image of your own personal faith...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a bag can represent her feelings about pregnancy, while, interestingly enough, in a man’s dream it is more likely to mean some kind of...

The mule represents the body as a living support for human activities. Therefore, if the animal appears weak, you have to look after your health. A dead mule can express...

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...

To dream that you cannot complete the sexual act is a sign of a feeling of impotence; the basic problem is that you feel a lack of enthusiasm and energy...

The whole sphere of sexuality and sensuality, not just the sex act. Our unconscious often connects sex with giving oneself, a death of self, and making connections or bonds— obviously...

Even the most prosaic and materialistic of us have dreams that include supernatural creatures or incidents.Ghosts, witches, out-of-body experiences, UFOs, haunted houses and a whole plethora of spirits, creatures and...

A skeleton in dreams alerts us to our attitude to the macabre. We are aware that the physical must ‘die’ or change, but that there is still a framework left.The...

Gives gender-specific: In dreams nymphs are connected with a woman’s sense of beauty and her own femininity. Each group of nymphs has their own particular role and guardianship of specific...

A model embodies a certain aesthetic of beauty and is therefore a symbolic ideal to which many people aspire.The challenge with this image is that there is a great deal...

Fantasy; not seeing things as they really are for fear of needing to change.

Hiding from or being trapped by animals can suggest you are feeling controlled or threatened by your urges or the emotions or feelings of others.If the animal is watching you,...

The self we assume in our dreams or fantasy, the unconscious urge our being has to survive personal death.

1. Changes in the offing.2. Some aspect of life or situa­tion may have elements of fantasy, illusion.3. News comes from far away; a messenger.

Material aspects: The images that appear in dreams will reflect how we are feeling, what obstacles there are, possible courses of action and what our ultimate goal should or may...

See castle above in this entry.

See individual entry.

Desire for stimulation; fantasy, daydreams. Intensification of energy in the second or sexual chakra, active libido. Be more aware of body’s physical needs and requirements.

1. Think carefully before acting; avoid impulses (to hear a fa­ble).2. A very creative mind that inclines toward fantasy instead of reality.3. A great and important event is planned.

See captive, prisoner above in this entry.

lucky numbers: 04-05-15-20-27-41alive, being: your ambitions wil rise with your success. because of others, being: approaching troubles. burning, a house: relief from distressing problems. incense: sympathy from an unsuspecting source....

Consult the entry for vulture in this section.

Consult the entry for magpie in this section.

Consult the entry for horse in this section.

Consult the entry for abdomen in this section.

Example: Many times in my adult life I have woken to find I have made love to my wife while asleep. Or I wake to discover myself in the middle...

One’s sexual drives which have not ma­tured into satisfactory expression in relationship with real per­son, sexual longings unattached to present partner, fantasy of being loved.

1- For many people the pantomime is a happy childhood memory, and often appears in dreams as a reminder of happier times. It can also suggest the more spontaneous, humorous...

To dream of Steven Spielberg or of his motion picture production company is about opening your creativity to the skies and beyond. You are beginning an out of the box...

1. Entry to your heart;2. Future (before you);3. Face;4. Mouth;5. Meet;6. Confront;

Consult the individual entry, religious buildings above and also spiritual imagery in the introduction.

When the setting of your dream is particularly prominent in your dream, it is usually trying to convey to you some kind of message from your unconscious. The setting of...

Being in contact with instinctive or feeling reac­tions in self; the Self.See farmer within this entry; Christ under archetypes.

Consult the entry for hunt / hunting / huntsman as well as the information on archetypes in the introduction for further clarification.

Dreams of this mail order DVD service are about fantasy, escapism, and portals to other realities. Consider the title of the movie(s).See Blockbuster, DVD and Mail Order.

Symbol of the ephemeral, bubbles and soap bubbles make it clear that the sleeper is immersed in a fantasy or living beyond her means, which would entail major problems. She...

The down expresses sleep; rest; withdrawal; non-involvement. Idioms: feel down, down and out; do some­one down, down at heel; down hearted; down with.See prone above in this entry.

Seeing the cartoonish character of godzilla in a dream is pure fantasy and has no significance as for as the dreamers life and fortunes.It is mainly for entertainment, but, if...

To see or ride in a gondola in your dream refers to romance, fantasy, and idealistic love. Things are going well in your relationship or some aspect of your waking...

Longing for creative activity, fantasy, and inspiration.The belief that creative work is the result of suffering is an often quoted meaning of this dream symbol. In the end it comes...

Something you feel is ‘beneath you’; what is below’ in the body—so the nonintellectual aspects of self; something one can now look back on from a detached viewpoint.If below something...

Going uphill suggests extra effort is necessary, while going downhill will suggest lack of control. Also consult the individual entry for hill.

1. Satisfaction, contentment in life.2. A desire for wishes, of­ten from childhood, to be fulfilled.3. Message from one level of consciousness to another, often pertaining to the solution to problems.4....

Retention signifies an inability to let go of the past or of previous patterns of behaviour, literally to be uptight. Also consult the entry for anus in this section.

Universal Landscape: Traveling the path through life.Dreaming Lens: What was the condition of the car in the dream? Was it drivable? Were you able to drive it? Were you in...

Trying to fool oneself or another; living in a fantasy world, trapped in illusions, playing games. Or, may represent the Tarot magician, with ability to transmute energy, being equally at...

The rat signifies a tainted or devious part of our personality or a situation we are in. It can also represent something that is repulsive in some way. We may...

Spiritually a shell is a miniature representation of the process of life and death. You might also like to consult the entry for snail as well as the information for...

Dreams of a mirage signify that you’ve been caught up in glamour that leads to disenchantment and a broken heart; being too easily seduced by egoic flattery and grandiose flights...

Drives repressed and drives released, stress or stress reduction. This implies a “test by fire.” What is innermost comes to the surface. It might express a fantasy of merging in...

It shows that the dreamer believes in fate, fortune, and, therefore, bad luck. This image also indicates that, at the time, a “childish spirit” dominates you, so it is better...

1. Relaxation;2. Not paying attention;3. Salvation; enter into the kingdom; Entry into the Kingdom; Gen. 18:4; Matt. 11:28- 30.

This shows we have accepted the need for a change of direction. We may have made a major decision. Also consult the entry for corner.

1. Entry to a new phase of one’s life.2. New opportunity.3. If gate can’t be opened, something is stopping the dreamer’s abil­ity to go forward.

The lizard appearing in a dream represents instinctive action or ‘one­track’ thinking. Also consult the entry for reptiles in this section.

See temporary buildings in buildings and also the entry for tent.

In both real and dream life, doodles are expressions of your unconscious mind. Doodles, like dreams, involve a form of picture language, and it is the interpretation of these pictures...

Material aspects: This can simply represent our everyday workplace or a task which we have undertaken. You might like to consult the entry for work.

Uplifting of spirit, lighthearted, unrestricted.A popped balloon is the bursting of an illusion or fantasy, which gives momentary concern but lasting understanding. Riding in and controlling a balloon means soaring...

The mouse’s quality of timidity can often be addressed in the dreamer, if it is recognized that this can arise from turbulence and lack of understanding. Also consult the entry...

The creation of your own version of life is featured in this dream. Movies as a symbol connect to our memories and desires as well as a need to control...

Cinderella, the main character in the fairy tale of a waif turned princess, symbolizes the common psychological pattern of a woman who is waiting for her prince to come. She...

Perfect man within the cosmos is depicted with arms and legs outstretched in the shape of an x. As a point of power and the roman numeral ten it suggests...

We use our arms in all sorts of different ways. In dreams we may be defending ourselves, fighting or being held. We may also be showing passionate commitment. You might...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Television, with its many repeats and ‘reality’ programmes, gives a rich source of dream images, from celebrities to fantasy scenarios. Many such images can, with a...

Camouflage, misdirection, or obscuring (perhaps through confusion or overwhelm).The ability to see things “in black and white.” Ambivalence or the ability to see both sides of an issue.Fun or fantasy.The...

To be conscious of breasts in dreams indicates our connection with the mother figure and our need for nurturing. Such a dream can also indicate a wish to return to...

The meaning of gloves can be ambivalent in dreams. They can represent covering and protection, but also ‘showing one’s hand’ and challenging the status quo. Also consult the individual entry...

The y is said to represent the human form with outstretched arms, reaching to the cosmos, sometimes in supplication, otherwise in glorification.It is also thought to represent the choices that...

A lagoon or lake represents our inner world of feeling and fantasy.It is the unconscious side, which is a rich source of power when it can be accessed and understood.The...

Material aspects: Traditionally, to dream of apes or monkeys links with the mischievous side of ourselves. However, as perception changes, the symbolism is more of natural intelligence. Also consult the...

Gives gender-specific: Many stories exist of the human’s attempt to mate or link with these creatures of the sea, though the merman is less fascinated than his counterpart by humans....

When we, or others, are wearing a veil we are either trying to hide something, or are only partially accepting knowledge about ourselves or our relationship to others. Also consult...

As the entry on spring suggests, the dreamer is cleaning out old ideas and may actually be physically preparing themselves for new business, relationships, and new beginnings in their life.

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a jar will represent her own femininity whereas in a man’s dream it is more likely to signify a nurturing nature or need. Also...

Material aspects: In dreams, the bull represents the masculine principle and fertility. It also can indicate the way we handle male sexuality. You might also like to consult the entry...

Material aspects: Without determination and tenacity many tasks cannot be completed.Dreaming of a known fanatic or act of fanaticism can help us to complete our projects. You might also like...

Most often, dreams of the vagina are to do with self-image. In a woman’s dream it highlights her receptivity. In a man’s dream it suggests his need to be penetrative,...

Spiritually, it may well be a simple image, such as the tide turning, which indicates that we are finding our way and can progress on our spiritual journey with confidence....

You may have a dream in which the image of a god, such as the warrior lord Mars or a goddess such as Aphrodite, the goddess of love, appears. The...