For Jungians, an aunt may represent the anima (feminine aspect) of a male dreamer and the uncle the animus (masculine aspect) of a female dreamer. Uncles and aunts in dreams...

Fear of failure can derive from your childhood, when you used to get scared of punishment or of being unloved by someone. In general, failure is a recurring theme in...

Material aspects: Personal failure in a dream indicates a degree of competitiveness and will also highlight different ways of operating in everyday life. Failure in a dream is not necessarily...

If a woman you know in your waking life transforms into a sorceress, priestess or witch in your dream, this means that some woman in your waking life inspires feelings...

See School. Expression of old fears of failure or failure of performance.The dreamer is evaluating his own life, his actions, and his performance.It is either validation and acceptance or a...

Fear of failure can often originate in childhood and stem from fears of abandonment, so dreaming you are a child sitting for an examination or revising for a test and...

Material aspects: Dreaming of a wreck – such as a car or shipwreck – indicates that our plans may be thwarted in some way.It is necessary to decide in waking...

If you expose yourself in your dream, either deliberately or by accident, you need to ask yourself why this happened. In your waking life, are you too open, too naïve,...

Typically, plays in dreams are images of yourself and your life projected by your unconscious. They represent an aspect of your past or your character that you are repressing in...

Dreams of tests of any kind can indicate some form of self-assessment.If you are a student or about to take some kind of test or exam in waking life, dreams...

If you dream of stepping onto stage to receive a degree, diploma or award, this is pure wish-fulfillment. In your dreams, you have the recognition, the qualification, the status, the...

Telephones and cellphones in dreams are symbols of instant communication in both the real world and dreamland. The message of your dream in which you picked up the phone to...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When in waking life we need medication and either cannot take it, or have difficulty in obtaining it, our dreams will often present a way –...

To dream of the wind blowing represents the your life force, vigor, and energy.It is a reflection of any changes in your waking life.To see gusty or strong winds is...

Washing in dreams is a fairly common theme, and almost always relates to something that is troubling or worrying the dreamer in waking life. The harder the hands or body...

A dream in which you received a death sentence or were being led to your execution or are requesting euthanasia is a rather dramatic way of symbolizing the need to...

The small flame of a candle can spread considerable light, so if it appears in your dream, it may be suggesting that only a small amount of energy will achieve...

Did you dream that you were wandering around a city, either familiar or unfamiliar to you in waking life? If you did, were the streets friendly and welcoming, and the...

If you lose any of these in your dream, your unconscious may simply be urging you to be more careful with your finances in waking life. Handbags for women and...

Dreams that focus on school and the workplace reflect your anxiety about how well you are being perceived or how well you are performing in waking life.If you are still...

Our motivating drives—sex drive, ambition, sense of failure, whatever is driving us in life; desire to get somewhere’ in life; independence; feelings about the particular car in dream.If dreamer driving:...

It reveals mistrust and fear of failure regarding the situation that you are experiencing. Awareness of this uncertainty indicates that you should trust your own skills more. Exams are quite...

If you dreamed of watching a film, your unconscious may have been alerting you to a charade or drama unfolding around you in waking life. Watching a film may also...

If you are involved in (or die) in a train, bus, car, bike or airplane accident in your dream, whether or not you were driving the vehicle that crashed is...

Dreams in which you ambush or abduct someone reflect your desperation in waking life to ward off potential humiliation.If the person you are ambushing is someone you know, you also...

Dreams of being tried or sentenced by a judge or law court express feelings of guilt about something you have thought, said or done in waking life. But if you...

If you dreamed of stepping outside in your dream and feeling a fresh and gentle breeze, this has symbolic associations with the life force or spirit that is trying to...

Dreaming of falling is often a dream symbol for the fear of failure, or failing to live up to someone’s expectations.If you dream you are falling but you are not...

Dreams about earthquakes, in which the ground cracks open beneath your feet and your surroundings crash around you, can be seen as attempts to prepare you for big changes in...

To dream that you are experiencing anxiety indicates similar emotions in your waking life. Perhaps your dream is being influenced by certain negative feelings and emotions arising from some situation...

In Jungian terminology, the game of chess represents the dreamer’s conscious (white pieces) and unconscious (black pieces). Chess originally signified the war between good and evil, so in dreams it...

Dreams in which you are being interviewed are extremely common, especially if you are applying for a job in real life. Such dreams may reflect your true fears about the...

A law court in a dream may make you focus on your capacity to make fair judgments in complicated matters concerning work, friends or family members. It may also highlight...

To dream that you are debating, or watching a debate, suggests that you are trying to resolve some internal conflict or some unsettled issue in your waking life. Consider the...

To see a ventriloquist in your dream symbolizes some sort of deception in your waking life that is affecting you in a negative way.If you are the ventriloquist, there is...

Paralysis in a dream is frequent to many. Failure to walk, move, talk or scream is terrifying. It represents indecision to solve a problem, a conflict of some sort that...

References to your energy levels may occur in dreams. An electricity or gas failure, power cut or light bulb going out typically suggests that your energy levels are low; your...

Salespersons appearing in your dream would suggest that you are trying to sell an idea, project or yourself in waking life.If you buy something from a salesperson in your dream,...

To dream that you are at a zoo symbolizes loss of freedom, or that your abilities and talents are going unnoticed. You feel caged in by someone or something in...

Being part of a church congregation in your dream may be in some way connected to your moral attitude. Your mood, attitude and reaction to the service will be important...

If you were dancing alone, this could be a simple expression of joyful feelings in waking life.If you were dancing with a group of people, this could suggest good team...

There may be areas of your waking life in which you feel insecure or unsure of yourself. You may be aware of some of these areas but in other cases...

1- To dream of being a beggar represents our own feeling of failure and lack of self-esteem.To dream of someone else as a beggar indicates we need to become aware...

If your dream journey reflects your progress in waking life, transition points such as bus stops, airports, taxi queues, stations, ports and harbors often represent transitional points in your life....

This can suggest a desire for public attention but it can also suggest not expressing your real self—acting a role.If you dreamed that you were acting on stage, how did...

If you or someone else was crying, screaming or laughing in your dream, this may be a confirmation of how they are feeling in waking life. Similarly, if you woke...

Circus dreams represent the instinctive, passionate, creative sides of our nature. How well are these instincts performing? Have they been brought under control? If you’re enjoying the performance, this suggests...

All people in a dream represent aspects of your own personality. This is also true of family members, although such dreams may also be reflecting your waking-life relationships as well....

Dreams that feature some kind of disobedience, mutiny and rebellion are about conflict with authority, such as a parent, a teacher, a corporation or even the government.If you were disobedient...

Do you need to exercise more in waking life? If you dream of exercising with weights, perhaps you need to lose some weight? Alternatively, your unconscious may be urging you...

Dreams in which you appear dead or are dying are unlikely to presage your actual death.If you were struck down by a disease in your dream, then your unconscious may...

A dream of rape can be incredibly disturbing and you are unlikely to want to dwell on it, but it might be worth your while to ask yourself why your...

If you got to the top, did you feel on top of the world? If you did, your dream mind is motivating you to re-enact that same feeling of success,...

In dreams, fictional characters that do not exist in everyday life may appear.For example, you may dream of sharing a birthday party with a twin sister you don’t have in...

To dream of a maniac suggests a situation in your waking life may be pushing you over the edge.To dream of yourself as a maniac indicates that it may be...

In dreams, flirting could suggest ostentatious behavior in waking life that could have disastrous consequences, or it could suggest the need for diversion in waking life. Flattery is an equally...

Emotional wounds that may lead to insecurity and fear. You are unable to evolve fully and have lost your balance. You are longing for your own needs to be fully...

If you have a dream where the conflict contains gruesome, explicit images of violence, try to relate these to your waking life.If you can’t think of any waking parallels, consider...

If you work in an office, the chances are that this will feature every now and again in your dreams. Sometimes your dreams will be connected with your work, but...

Arguments and shouting in dreams, as in waking life, suggest that you are feeling in conflict or have opposing views on something or someone.Alternatively, they may be simply a release...

Dreams in which you are enjoying the sunshine reflect your sense of joy, energy and optimism in waking life. You feel warm towards yourself and towards others. If, however, your...

The ancient hero Herakles represents the strengths and weaknesses of brute force. Depending on your circumstances in waking life, Herakles—or another aggressive archetype, Ares or Mars, the ancient gods of...

If your dream contained images of conferences or conventions, your unconscious may be suggesting that you listen to the opinions of other people and become more open-minded.If you were speaking...

A dream about dieting may be referring to some kind of restriction upon you in waking life. In your dream, you may be carefully measuring out food and drink portions,...

Something big in one’s life; reaching a wider awareness of our life or situation; something which stands above the commonplace. Example: ‘I was on top of a moun­tain with my...

To dream of eating this appetizing nut, you will see one of your dearest plans come to full fruition, and seeming failure prove a prosperous source of gain.To see them...

In the majority of cases, dreams that make you feel scared, terrified, anxious or afraid in some way are described as nightmares, but some dreams can express your waking fears...

If you dreamed that you had guests around at your home, much of the interpretation will depend on how you felt about them. Did you welcome them and enjoy their...

If your dreaming mind depicted you engaged in positive activities such as beginning a new health regime or hobby you love, losing weight, cutting out smoking and alcohol, spring cleaning,...

A dream of abstinence from eating may suggest that you have been taking on too much in waking life.If you dream of being on a diet, you may be telling...

To hear singing in a dream is a symbol of self-expression or of the desire to be more creative and feeling. To be singing is to express your joy and...

Dreams of being in heaven or other states of bliss and perfection such as Nirvana or Samadhi reveal either your current state of mind or—as with all wishfulfillment dreams—your hopes...

Although daggers and knives are symbols of violence—indicating concealed hostility towards someone—they are also symbols of male selfesteem and can stand for the secure presence of a father in waking...

You may have had a dream in which you committed a crime and found yourself being punished for your actions. You may have woken from such a dream feeling extremely...

If you dream that you are anorexic, most often this signifies a true-life eating disorder that you have. But if you eat healthfully in your waking life, then this dream...

Unless your bedroom is very hot or cold or you have too many or too few bedclothes, perceptions of being or feeling hot or cold in a dream are associated...

If you dream that you have an eating disorder, most often this signifies that you have this problem in real life. But if you eat healthfully in your waking life,...

If your unconscious depicted you as rolling a dice and hoping for a six, does this suggests that you feel as if your destiny is not in your hands but...

If your dream highlights gloves is there a particular person or situation in waking life you need to handle with extra special care? Or do you need to protect yourself...

Breathing indicates the presence of life, so in your dream the condition or speed of your breathing may depict your pace of life.If you are holding your breath, this suggests...

A dream of one bright star and your desire to capture it may refer to someone you desire to capture in waking life. A dream of mapping the sky or...

If the relationship with father has been successful in waking life, the dream image will tend to be a positive one. Father represents authority and the conventional forms of law...

To dream that you are under stress is a reflection of the stress that you are experiencing in your waking life. Your real life stress that has been carried over...