COMMON
DREAMS
There are a number of common dream themes and symbols that transcend
culture, race, sex, or age. These symbols will appear
in virtually every person's sleep at least once in their lives.
On this page the most common dream symbols are listed. See
out themes section
for a more extensive listing of the most common dream symbols.
Alligators
To
dream of an alligator represents a situation in your life that you
feel is dangerous. Feeling that a problem has rocked your sense of
balance or safety. Feeling shaken by something or struggling to contain
a problem. An alligator may also reflect a powerful fear you have.
An alligator may be a sign that you need to put more effort into confronting
your fears or speak to someone about your problems.
An alligator may
reflect the danger you feel from a job layoff, argument, or interpersonal
problem. It may also reflect the threat of loss or feeling that a
crisis may be at hand.
Negatively, an
alligator may reflect your threats of serious consequences to other
people if they don't behave or conform. Threatening people with God's
revenge if they don't be more careful with their immoral behavior.
Threatening other people with a serious warning or serious loss.
If you find yourself
eating alligator in a dream it represents overcoming a fear or dangerous
situation. You are feeling victory, success, and triumph.
To dream of a
blue alligator symbolizes a powerful fear of a positive situation.
You possibly have strong insecurities or anxieties about something
that is good for you.
Example: A man
dreamed of alligators following him. In real life he was trying to
avoid financial bankruptcy. The alligators represented his sense of
danger about his failing finances and inability to cover bills.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of being chased by a flying alligator. In waking life he was
severely traumatized by a hurricane disaster. The dream most likely
reflected the dreamers feelings about the lingering and dangerous
possibility of another hurricane occurring.
Example 3: A man
dreamed of seeing an alligator chasing his daughter. In waking life
he got very angry with his daughter because he feared for her safety.
He felt that he may have overreacted.
Example 4: A woman
dreamed of holding a baby alligator. In waking life she was threatening
her husband with God's rath because he had cheated on her with another
woman. The alligator in this case may have reflected her feelings
about her threats of God's rath being a lurking threat that her husband
needed to fear if he was to continue living immorally.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of walking over a tightrope
with alligators below her. In waking life she was carefully trying
to maintain perfectly acceptable behavior at work to avoid being fired.
In this case the alligators may have reflected her feelings about
the lurking threat of being fired if she made a mistake. She felt
that lots of people at her work place were gossiping about her making
the problem worse.
Baby
To see a baby in your dream represents new beginnings, new ways of
thinking, new ideas, or new life developments. A baby may also symbolize
a new project or new potential. Discovering new abilities. Negatively,
a baby in a dream may reflect new responsibilities or new problems
that require constant care. Babies may also reflect people
in your life that you feel the need to look after closely such as
the elderly.
Alternatively, dreaming about a baby may reflect feelings about being
inexperienced or new to a situation. Memories of yourself starting
something. Feeling that you are being "treated like a baby."
Feelings about yourself being protected while not having to care about
what anyone else is feeling. Remembering what it's like to be a beginner
or to be young again.
To dream of a
baby boy may represent masculine qualities to an experience or problem
such as insensitivity, assertiveness, or social dominance.
To dream of a
baby girl may represent feminine qualities to an experience or problems
such as sensitivity, sympathy, social subordination.
To dream of a
crying baby represents a problem or sensitive situation in waking
life that needs attention. A part of you that is deprived.
To dream of a
baby drowning represents a sensitive new situation in your life being
totally overwhelmed by uncertainty or negative emotions. Failure caused
by too much uncertainty or problems with something that was just starting
in your life. Negatively, it may reflect problems you are being very
careful about being being made impossible to take care of due to excessive
uncertainty, problems, or fear.
To dream of dropping a baby represents feelings of anxiety about being
irresponsible with some new situation or problem requiring your care.
Dreams of dropping babies are common for new born mothers, more due
to their fear of being an irresponsible mother than due to actually
dropping their babies.
To dream of forgetting
your baby represents feelings about something in your life that you
have started, but then abandoned. Setting aside something that you
love or have worked hard for. Postponing something special. On a positive
note forgetting a baby in a dream may be a sign that there is still
time to correct something that you have put off.
To dream of a neglected baby may represent feelings about neglecting
a future project or responsibility. It may also reflecting a sensitive
problem you are not attending to enough.
To dream of a
premature baby represents new situations or new problems in your life
that are happening faster than you want them to. Having to do something
sooner than you planned.
To see a dead
baby represents a new development ending, or being overcome by negativity.
Something that began, or was in the works was stopped. Positively,
a dead baby may reflect feelings of being spared a responsibility
or lengthy problem.
To dream of a
baby with no legs symbolizes a new development that is stagnant. A
new situation with no traction or momentum.
To dream of a
deformed baby represents a new responsibility or nagging problem that
hasn't turned out as you expected it to. If you are actually expecting
a baby it may reflect a fear of something being wrong with the baby.
To dream being
frustrated or stressed out while looking after a baby represents your
frustrations and difficulties with problem or responsibility.
To dream of a
baby that is not of your race represents a new development , new situation,
or new responsibility that is influenced by the symbolism of that
race. For example, a white person dreaming of a black baby symbolizes
a new situation in your life where you hoping or thinking feeling
good is a priority. Black people dreaming of white babies symbolizes
new situations or responsibilities where you feel that you have an
advantage. It may also represent new problems that are too secure
for you to do anything about.
Refer to the themes
section for race for a more in-depth look at the symbolism of
skin color and culture.
Pregnant women
tend to dream of their unborn babies sex as male more often than female.
This probably reflects their feelings about how insensitive or tough
the reality of having a baby is. It may also reflect the control the
mother asserting herself as a parent due to the child.
Young women and girls may dream of babies to reflect their fear of
getting pregnant or their desire to get pregnant.
Example: A woman
dreamed of losing her baby. In waking life she had postponed college
for her marriage.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of holding a new baby. In waking life she was beginning a
new love affair while cheating on her husband.
Example 3: A older woman dreamed of having to take care of a baby.
In waking life her aging husband was very ill.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of accidentally leaving her baby behind
in a store. In waking life he was an author who felt that she had
neglected a book she was writing for too long.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing lots of babies. In waking life
she was dealing with a lot of debts that needed constant servicing.
In this case the babies may have reflected her feelings about the
debts needing constant care due to complaints or deadline warnings.
*Please See Birth.
*Please See Biracial
People.
*Please See Children.
Bathroom
To dream of a bathroom represents cleansing of negative thoughts,
emotions, or negative life situations. A bathroom in a dream means
you are confronting issues and should try harder to resist negativity
like fear, desire, and selfish thoughts.
To dream of dirty
bathroom represents difficulties during a cleansing process. A sign
that more effort is needed to confront mental and emotional problems
or that a current situation is unsupportive of progress.
To dream of not
being able to find the bathroom or make it on time represents distractions,
pressures, or postponing responsibilities your own wishes for too
long.
Beach
To
dream of the beach represents a time in your life when you are confronting
negativity or facing uncertainty. It may also represent a transition
from a familiar setting to an unfamiliar one. Confronting a current
difficulty. Confronting a hard reality after first believing you wouldn't
have to.
Negatively, dreaming
of the beach may be a sign that you are a confronting a serious crisis
moment in your life. Possibly a sign that you are not doing enough
to take a serious problem or crisis seriously enough.
Example: A man
dreamed of standing on a beach facing the water. In real life he was
experiencing a heath crisis and almost died.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of seeing a beach. In waking life he was facing the most serious
crisis of life which required him to stay away for 4 days straight
with no food or water to survive it.
Example 3: A woman
dreamed of being at the beach and loving it. In waking life she finally
decided to have an affair with a man she had been talking to for a
while. The enjoyable beach setting may have reflected her awareness
of herself going through with the affair while she knew was wrong.
Confronting the uncertainty of risking her current relationship by
enjoying herself cheating with another man.
Oddly enough,
the man whom the woman had the affair with had the same beach dream
as her on the same night. This would make sense because as they were
both confronting the uncertain prospect of being caught cheating.
The beach scene in both their cases reflected the confrontation with
emotional risk of the knowing that were acting out their adulterous
fantasies.
*Please See Ocean.
*Please See Sand.
*Please See Sand
Castle.
Bicycle
To dream of a bicycle represents psychological or emotional balancing.
You may also
be trying to adjust to a situation. An
issue in your life where you are trying balance yourself or avoid
a problem. A reflection of your attempt to master a situation or main
composure. Trying to prevent yourself from "falling off"
or losing stability.
If you have problems
riding a bicycle, it symbolizes trouble, worries, or bad habits that
are making it difficult to maintain a positive state.
Example: A man
dreamed of driving a bicycle through a forest. In real life he was
suicidal and trying his best to stay optimistic and find purpose to
live.
Boyfriends
To dream of a boyfriend represents personality traits or qualities
we feel as consistently supportive of your success or well-being.
Something you think that supports you emotionally, or regularly helps
you cope with life situations. It may also reflect something in your
life that makes you feel safe, or lucky. A consistently helpful situation,
behavior, or coping mechanism.
Alternatively,
boyfriends may symbolize our current projections of your partner or
their beliefs or goals.
To dream of a
boyfriend leaving you represents the departure of helpful situations,
feelings, or beliefs from your life. Habits or situations that are
no longer supportive of you. Feeling something helpful turning on
you or no longer working.
To dream of a
boyfriend who you've never seen in real life leaving you represents
new situations, habits, or beliefs that were supportive of you and
no longer are.
To dream of cheating
on your partner represents impulsive choices, or doing something that
you can't resist. Cheating on a partner can also represent a change
of current beliefs.
To dream of a
partner cheating on you represents bad choices that have consequences
or dire repercussions. Turning your back on principles, integrity,
or sacrifices you are making. A partner cheating on you may also symbolize
your feelings about your partner having different beliefs or goals
from your own.
To see a boyfriend
die or murdered in a dream represents the end of a thinking pattern,
habit, or life situation that made you feel good or helped you cope
with life situations. It may also reflect certain beliefs, feelings,
or situations associated with your boyfriend ending.
To dream of intimacy
or feelings of love with a boyfriend that you don't recognize represents
a new personality style, habit, or situation that is emotionally helpful
for you.
To dream of a
boyfriend that you recognize, but aren't actually involved with represents
an aspect of your personality that you find emotionally supportive
that is based on your feelings or memories of that person. This applies
to celebrities, friends, or anyone appearing as a boyfriend that isn't
a real partner.
To dream of having
sex with your boyfriend represents positive waking life experiences
where you are enjoying feeling that you can't lose. Enjoyable experiences
feeling helped, successfully using your skills, or liking noticing
yourself having an advantage that never stops working for you. Liking
an experience where certain skills, behavior, or other people are
consistently supportive of your success. Alternatively, having sex
with your boyfriend may reflect enjoyable waking life situations you
are experiencing with him. It could also (less likely) reflect your
sex life.
Cars
To dream of cars
represents the ability to effectively make decisions in a given situation
or the extent to which you feel in control of the direction your life
is taking. Operating a car reflects how competent at managing a situation
you or some aspect of your personality is. Who or what is in control
of a situation or the way your life is going. Taking control of a
situation.
The type of car represents the style of decision-making or control
over a situation. The type of car may also reflect how you feel as
you go about making certain decisions. People who drive your car represent
aspects of yourself or projections of other people who are guiding
your choices. People riding along with you in a car reflect aspects
of your personality that are influencing your choices or problems
that are "coming along for the ride" as you work towards
a goal.
Cheap or rundown vehicles reflect vulnerability, a lack of resources,
or lacking impressiveness with your style of control over a situation.
Not feeling like a big winner or that showing off would look stupid.
Expensive or powerful vehicles reflect the impressiveness of decisions,
effectiveness, or a direction in life that is unstoppable. Feeling
like a winner with an effective way method of control over a situation.
To dream of getting a new car may represent a new approach to life
as you take on a new relationship, new job, or start a new project.
A fresh start or new way of going about your business. A new decision-making
style or ability.
To dream of being unable to find your car represents feelings that
the rules of a situation are not working out for you. Feeling cut
off from being allowed to do what you
want. Surprise
that your decision-making style or control style is not possible or
allowed. Feeling that you have not gotten what you bargained for.
Feeling that your normal decision-making style is not giving you the
satisfaction that you thought it would. A situation that leaves you
feeling embarrassed or confused. You may feel that there is no meaning
to some area of your life. You may not know what you really want to
do with your life or where you want to go.
To dream of your car being out of control represents feelings about
life situations where you feel a compromised sense of control. Feeling
that you are losing control of a situation. Managing a situation or
people is difficult. Feeling you have lost a sense of stability with
control over a situation.
To dream of a stolen car represents feelings of being stripped of
your identity or ability to make effective decisions. The loss of
your job, a failed relationship, or some situation where you feel
your role or momentum has been compromised. Feeling that a situation
is not honest about letting you remain in control or make decisions
freely.
Negatively, dreaming about your car being stolen may represent feelings
about thinking you are better than someone else being abruptly cut
off. Feeling embarrassed for being selfish, arrogant, or deluded in
your decision-making abilities. Dishonest self-control over a situation
that suddenly got cut off. Disbelief that you are no longer in control
of a situation where you were totally selfish to the point that someone
else embarrassed you by shutting you off. Feeling that someone else
isn't supportive of you being in control of a situation anymore.
To dream of a car that won't start represents feelings of being unable
to make a situation work to your advantage. Feeling unable to start
making decisions because of problems, delays, or frustrations. Controlling
a situation however you want is not possible to begin.
To dream of fixing your car represents your attempt to get back on
track in your life. Trying to restore a decision-making process in
your life that you were sidetracked from with problems or delays.
Getting back your ability to control the direction your life is taking.
Restoring your ability to progress or push ahead in some area of your
life. Restoring your ability to freely make decisions or be in control
of your own life. Negatively, fixing your car may reflect feelings
of being sidetracked or prevented from doing what you feel you should
be doing.
To dream of a car that is sinking in water represents feelings of
being overwhelmed by uncertainty as you attempt to take control of
a situation. Decision-making abilities are being overwhelmed by negative
emotions or problems that are too big to control.
To dream of being in the backseat of a car may represent feelings
about not being in control of a situation you are experiencing. Feeling
that other people are controlling the direction of your life or that
decisions you've made can't be stopped. Feeling that you are not in
control of your own destiny. Feeling that someone is interfering with
the direction of your life.
To dream that you are driving and that other people are in the backseat
may reflect feelings about being in full control of a situation. Other
areas of your life that are being "carried along" as you
feel in control of a situation. Feeling that you can make decisions
however you want anyone to stop you. Feeling able to effectively manage
a situation away from problems as a leader. Negatively, it may reflect
your tendency to take control of a situation and not listen to other
people. Temporarily taking control over serious problems that could
get worse. Casual control of something that is more powerful than
you are to the point of being dangerous. Not respecting something
that is bigger or more important than you are while you are in control
of a situation.
To dream of a car on fire represents feelings of intense negativity,
danger, or destruction associated with your decision-making as you
pursue ambitions, goals or desires. The car is a symbol of the direction
you're taking in life, and the fire indicates that something is wrong
with that direction. The dream suggests that your plans or actions
are leading to a potentially catastrophic outcome, and it may be time
to reevaluate your approach. Alternatively, the car on fire could
represent a sense of loss or failure in regard to something you have
worked hard for, such as a job or relationship. You are unable to
feel that you are in control of a situation anymore.
To dream of a black car represents control over a situation that is
considered excessive. Control over a situation that scares you. Fearing
others being in total control of a situation you can't control at
all. Alternatively, dreaming of a black car may reflect a professional
attitude about decision-making or control over a situation.
To dream of a red car represents control over a situation that is
passionate and driven by a desire to achieve. It may reflect the enjoyment
of a successful and fulfilling career or project that one is deeply
committed to. Enjoying your life being rich or successful because
you are passionate about what you are doing for a living. Negatively,
dreaming about a red car represents decision-making control over a
situation that is dangerous, and illegal, knowing what you are doing
is wrong while you are the boss. Enjoying being a snob who never has
to listen to anyone else tell you what to do. Getting away with dishonesty
or immorality all the time. Knowing what you are doing is dangerous.
To dream of a light blue car represents control over a situation that
is very sensitive, thoughtful, or very well-intentioned. A high degree
of concern for honesty or caring about others feelings. Control over
a situation where you or others are very concerned with caring for
others. Positive management or control over a situation.
To dream of a dark blue car may reflect control over a situation in
a manner that is very insensitive or brutally honest. Controlling
a situation where being mean feels necessary. An all-business or emotionally
immune honest attitude about control.
People changing jobs in waking life often dream of driving in a car
that is not their real car. A possible reflection of a decision-making
style that is not a usual style. Making decisions that you don't want
to make while you change your life or adapt to your new job.
Older or elderly people may dream of cars that are too damaged or
worn out to repair, often reflecting the aging process making certain
areas of their lives impossible to continue with.
Pregnant women often dream of driving big trucks, buses, or cars that
are difficult to maneuver.
For more on cars
and vehicles see our cars themes section.
Example: A woman dreamed of losing her car. In waking life, she was
unhappy with the direction of her career because it had not brought
her the happiness that she had expected it would. In this case, the
lost car may have reflected the dreamer's feeling of being lost or
uncertain about her career path, and that she had lost her way in
pursuing her professional goals. The car may represent her sense of
direction or the means by which she had hoped to achieve her aspirations,
and its loss may reflect her fear that she had lost her chance to
find fulfillment in her work.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of being in the backseat of a car that
started moving and screaming "I'm not ready to go!" In waking
life, she was experiencing anxiety before a surgical operation that
was about to take place. In this case, being in the backseat of a
car may have reflected her feelings of being "in the back seat"
of the doctors controlling her life with the scheduled surgery.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of driving her mother's car. In waking
life, she felt that her attitude and decision-making style in a situation
she was involved in was based on her mother's influence and not her
own.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of her car burning. In waking life, she
was experiencing serious financial problems at work with no easy way
to solve them. She felt unable to conduct business properly while
losing a lot of money. In this case, the burning car may have reflected
her feelings of financial ruin and the loss of control over her work
life.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of being in the backseat of a car. In waking
life, she felt that other people had interfered with her relationship
and caused it to break up. In this case, the car may have reflected
the dreamer's feeling of being a passive observer in her own life
and the sense that other people were in control of the direction and
outcome of her relationship. The backseat of the car may symbolize
her feeling of being a passive passenger in her own life, without
a sense of control or agency.
Example 6: A young man dreamed of crashing his car into another car
while he tried to turn off the highway. In waking life, he got caught
having sex with his friend's ex-girlfriend while trying to stop the
relationship from reuniting. In this case, the car may have reflected
his feelings of being out of control and unable to navigate the situation
with his friend and ex-girlfriend, which ultimately led to a destructive
outcome like a car crash. The dream may also have been a warning about
the potential consequences of his actions and the need to take responsibility
for his behavior.
Example 7: A young woman dreamed of having a crying baby in the backseat
of a car that was being driven by her ex-boyfriend. In waking life,
she felt jealous that she couldn't get back together with her ex-boyfriend
while feeling that she couldn't control him or stop him from dating
someone else. She felt unable to do anything except wait for her ex-boyfriend
to show interest in her again hoping it would to a reconciliation.
In this case, the car may have reflected her feelings about the journey
of her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and how it was being driven
by him, with her and her emotions being passengers in the backseat.
Example 8: A man dreamed of looking to buy a new car with more seats
than his current car. In waking life, he was looking for a new job.
In this case, the new car may have reflected the dreamer's feelings
that a new better paying job would allow him to take control over
his life to improve his ability to take care of everything happening
in his life.
Example 9: A woman dreamed of getting a new car. In waking life, she
had decided to take her new relationship seriously. In this case,
the car may have reflected her feelings about being in control of
her dating life with decision-making focused on not being single.
*Please See Accident.
*Please See Breakdown.
*Please See Driving.
*Please See Car
Brands.
Cats
To
dream of a cat represents behavior that's protective of itself being
safe no matter what it does. Behavior that watches every single thing
happening in a situation while needing to be safe and doesn't like
a single thing that even felt like it isn't staying safe. Behavior
that won't get angry or attack unless you get too personal about threatening
confident safety. Perfect safety that's mean about liking itself the
way it is while never listening to anything wrong. A mindset that
thinks of perfect safety for itself without thinking of other people.
Positively, dreaming about cats represents competition, enemies, or
obstacles that appear confident, but are, in reality, easily scared
away when challenged. A coward or wimp you can easily scare away.
Confident safety that feels good being unquestioned. Behavior that
confidently can't be embarrassed because it's too nice or in control
of itself. Nice, safe, or non-violent people that are protected and
looked after. Talking back to people who don't think they can be talked
back to. Warding off dangerous behavior with appearances without having
to say anything about it. Empty threats that work effectively to protect
you without effort. Intelligence about staying safe no matter what
it's doing. A nice safe person who is best left alone because you
are bothering them or aggravating them too much. Waking up to the
reality that you don't need to feed illusions or delusions whether
they are yours or someone else's.
Negatively, dreaming about a cat represents an illusion of safe confidence
about something that isn't as tough as it says it is. Fear of looking
weak and convincing yourself that you need to say anything to keep
confident. Behavior or attitudes that appear confidently safe, but
are, in reality, easily scared away when challenged. Feelings about
being easily scared away once it's time to stand up for yourself or
confront an issue. Telling yourself that you're confidently safe,
but giving up once pressured. False beliefs that you've convinced
yourself are true in order to feel safe. Assumptions or daydreaming
about things you feel good about never questioning being emotionally
dangerous. Not believing in yourself as much as you say you do. Being
a wimp when you tell yourself that you're not. Thinking about a dangerous
situation or person isn't a big problem when you are actually afraid
to stand up to them. Refusing to acknowledge personal weaknesses or
flaws that need to be addressed because you are too serious about
needing to tell yourself you are confidently safe. Unfounded beliefs
that provide a false sense of control or understanding. Avoiding confrontation
or difficult conversations because of a deluded belief that the situation
will resolve itself without intervention because you feel perfectly
safe never having to yet. Considering suicide when you are too scared
to go through with it for real. A delusion that everything is safe.
A delusion that talking to romantic interest is easy when it isn't.
Believing that a relationship will work out even when there are clear
signs of incompatibility or you are too scared to begin talking to
the person. An attitude of perfect safety that's mean to yourself.
A cat in a dream may also reflect your need to feel good, feel loved,
or feel comfortable about things that aren't objective. Choosing to
ignore facts or reality because it feels better. Lying to yourself
to avoid feeling pain or hard truth. Lying to others so that they
will think you are safe. Feeling safe not standing up for yourself.
Overdoing confidence about something that you'll never stand up to.
An irrational belief that you're confident enough to do something
that you've never been proven you're incapable of. Feeling safe feeling
sorry for yourself. Feeling sorry for other people. Attempting to
cheer people up that doesn't work. Talking about suicide when you
are too scared to go through with it. A false sense of confident safety.
Someone else that feels good about themselves being serious or dangerous
when they're not. Feeling that nobody likes you being perfectly safe
and keeps testing you. Putting up a front that can be easily embarrassed.
Cats are often one of the worst symbols a person can dream about because
the very problem they symbolize may be too hard or scary for the person's
ego to change. Illusions or delusions. Nobody wants to admit to themselves
that they are more scared than they let on to others. Nobody wants
to see themselves as accepting themselves as a sissy. Something a
person will easily live in denial about or never want to confront
because it feels safer to never face reality.
To dream of attacking a cat may represent a desire or need to confront
and challenge the illusions of confidence or security in your life.
Struggling with your own illusions or delusions of confident safety.
You may feel the urge to expose false beliefs or behaviors in yourself
or others that have been hiding behind a facade of confidence. Your
determination to break through deceptive appearances and face the
truth, even if it means confronting difficult or uncomfortable situations.
A readiness to assert yourself, overcome self-doubt, or challenge
those who are pretending to be more confident than they really are.
Alternatively, it could indicate a need to assert yourself in situations
where you feel others are being deceptive or insincere. Feelings about
someone else being a big sissy fake you can easily scare away. Awareness
of other people having illusions about life situations being safe
or easy.
To dream of a black cat represents an illusion of confident safety
that's imbalanced, scary, or excessive. Using threats that scare people
to protect yourself when you have no intention of backing up your
threats if pressured. An irrational fear of something that will give
up once pressured. Alternatively, a black cat may reflect an illusion
of confidence that being too serious or professional will protect
you. Attempts to scare people that don't work because you will give
up if challenged. Liking to think you are safe no matter what in a
way that makes other people think you are over the line.
To dream of a white cat represents a balanced illusion of confident
safety in something that is pure, honest, or balanced. Illusions or
delusions based on good intentions. An example of a balanced illusion
is fantasizing about marrying someone you have a crush on, but are
too scared to talk to. A feeling of being a good person who wants
to act on their beliefs but may feel hesitant to do so. Believing
in something to be perfectly safe when you are too scared to act on
it once confronted or pressured with it for real. Believing that your
relationship is built on mutual trust and honesty, even if there are
signs that your partner is being dishonest or unfaithful. Wanting
to get pregnant, but being too scared away from talking about it easily
if your husband doesn't want to.
To see a dark green cat in a dream represents an illusion of confidence
that is selfish. Thinking of nothing except yourself as the reason
you feel perfectly safe when in reality you are scared away easily
when challenged. Overdoing never thinking of anything except yourself
to feel safe until someone more important scares you away from it.
Overcontrolling yourself feeling safe being depressed by yourself
as the reason you won't change until someone makes you. Feeling safe
feeling sorry for yourself being so ugly that nobody would ever want
to date you. Choosing to believe that you are a failure because it's
more comfortable than trying new things. Alternatively, it may reflect
delusional beliefs about money, power, or being better than other
people. A snobby wimp in your life. A person who frequently lies to
others or themselves about their abilities, talents, or accomplishments
in order to feel more important or superior, but who becomes very
defensive or easily scared when their abilities or accomplishments
are called into question. Someone who has an inflated sense of their
own intelligence, abilities, or expertise in a particular area, but
who becomes easily scared or intimidated when faced with challenges
or obstacles that threaten to expose their weaknesses or limitations.
This person may also be very defensive and resistant to feedback or
criticism from others, as they are unwilling to acknowledge or address
their own limitations.
To dream of an orange cat represents an illusion of confident safety
about something that is effective or makes you feel it matters too
much to do without it. An illusion of confidence that is very effective
in making you keep believing that you need it. An illusion that you
don't matter without someone or something you grew accustomed to.
Feeling confident that you can fire an employee easily and then scaring
yourself with how difficult it will be to hire someone better.
To see a blue cat in a dream represents an illusion of confident safety
about something truthful or thoughtful. Truthfulness or thoughtfulness
that will only think of its own perfect safety. Feeling that telling
the truth gives you confident safety when in reality you will scare
away easily if pressured. Thinking people won't get you back for telling
the truth or discussing safe thoughtful ideas when they actually will.
People who believe in past lives or in the supernatural often dream
of blue cats, possibly indicating that they don't feel safe discussing
it with every single person they know once serious life situations
occur. Unrealistic heroic acts or plans. Truthful safety that is perfectly
confident about its own safety and nobody else's. Confidence in truthful
safety that will never protect you from looking stupid. Confidence
that someone will be honest about never killing you, but will not
protect you from looking stupid saving yourself. Truthfulness or insensitivity
that listens to its own safety first no matter what. Non-violent behavior
that will force others to experience insensitive difficulty.
God may be reflected in dreams as a blue cat because people tend to
assume God will always perfectly protect them because he is truthful
while feeling that God embarrasses them with appearing to not exist
if they show off too much not being realistic.
To dream of a grey cat represents an illusion of confidence or safety
that chooses to avoid feeling good, being unremarkable, or ordinary.
Avoiding feeling good to stay safe when you don't like it. Feeling
that disappointment is safer than moving on. A person preferring to
think depressed suicidal thoughts when they are too scared to ever
go through with it.
To dream of an aggressive cat represents feelings of difficulty letting
go of illusions of overprotective safety. Difficulty getting over
illusions or delusions that you have lived with for a long time while
not liking self-improvement that forces you to move on from them.
Difficulty being confident without an "emotional crutch."
A woman or sensitive person that doesn't like you not listening to
them. Protecting yourself emotionally with perfect safety in a way
that feels dangerous or unpleasant instead of giving up on it. Fear
that feels that it's safer to never move on. Being mean to yourself.
Not liking why a lovely situation isn't lovely anymore.
To dream that you are afraid of a cat represents fear of being seen
as a sissy. Fear of not being accepted safely the way you are. Fears
of having to change or hide parts of yourself to fit in. Current insecurities
that something isn't as safe as you want it to be. Fear of someone
else's illusions of confidence, insecurities, or a false sense of
safety.
To dream of a house full of cats represents an excessive amount of
perfect safety staying the way you are that might not help you. Living
with too many illusions or delusions. An excessive amount of illusions
or perfect safety that will never stand up for itself. Too much choosing
to never stand up for yourself that never dispels illusions about
life or other people. Choosing to live safe with the belief that other
people are too strong or dangerous when they aren't. You may feel
that your entire life revolves around a lie that you fear revealing
to others. A sign that you may be emotionally dependent on fantasies
or that you need to be a lot more objective. Excessive watching of
porn that gives you illusions about how easy it is to talk to the
opposite sex. You have a lot of confidence in things that you believe
in that aren't true.
Example: A man dreamed of trying to drown a cat. In waking life, was
lying about ever giving his son $200,000 he promised and then tried
to do everything he could to avoid paying the money once it was time.
In this case, the cat may have reflected his feelings about his son
not being as easy as he thought to scare off with difficult conditions
for the release of the money.
Example 2: A man dreamed of feeding a cat. In waking life, he felt
sorry for homeless people and was regularly giving them money as a
new habit. In this case, the cat may have reflected his feelings about
his generosity to homeless people taking control of him due to feeling
sorry for them. He trained himself to fear walking passed them instead
of safely ignoring them if he wanted to.
Example 3: A man dreamed of a cat. In waking life, he felt good taking
vitamins believing they were good for him when they never produced
any noticeable results. In this case, the cat may have reflected his
need to feel good being confident and safe about the vitamins that
lacked objectivity or evidence. He discontinued the vitamins and felt
better that he didn't need them.
Example 4: A girl dreamed of a pet cat. In waking life, someone told
her that her best friend was spreading rumors about her and she refused
to believe it. In this case, the cat may have reflected her illusions
of safe confidence about her friend being loyal, trustworthy, and
supportive" despite evidence suggesting otherwise. It may also
have reflected her avoidance of challenging her friend with ease because
could at any time.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of having cats in her car. In waking life,
she was having trouble believing in herself while living an independent
life after she left an abusive husband. In this case, the cats in
her car may have reflected her illusions about being a confident,
safe, and independent person after living with dependence on her abusive
husband for so long.
Example 6: A man dreamed of a white cat. In waking life, he was totally
in love with the idea of getting married to a woman he was too scared
to talk to. In this case, the cat may have reflected his illusion
of confidence that talking to the woman was easy while the white color
of the cat reflected his honest intentions for marriage. He was privately
confident about the woman, but personally too scared to talk to her.
Example 7: A man dreamed of a big dark grey housecat that looked tough
and mean. In waking life, he was threatening suicide when he didn't
really want to go through with it. He just wanted someone to stop
being unsupportive towards him. In this case, the cat may have reflected
his illusion that going through with suicide would be easy emotionally
while scaring away easily at the last minute.
Example 8: A woman dreamed of a black cat having to be protected from
a dog. In waking life, her Dad died and her sisters were not being
honest about settling the estate. In this case, the black cat may
have reflected her illusion of confidence in deserving her share of
the inheritance without a court fight by using legal threats that
might scare her sisters away. She may have secretly thought if she
asserted herself she might be embarrassed with a lawsuit threat that
was too scared to carry out due to expenses or a fear of losing the
lawsuit.
Example 9: A woman dreamed of an orange cat biting her. In waking
life, she didn't trust her domestic worker. In this case, the orange
cat may have reflected her feelings about her domestic worker being
powerfully protected with safety by labor laws making her too scared
to fire them, when firing them was easy.
Example 10: A woman dreamed of taking her cat with her wherever she
went and not wanting to disturb her cat. In waking life, she was on
vacation with her husband and child who wouldn't stop watching World
Cup football making her go sightseeing on her own. In this case, the
cat may have reflected her lack of confidence to disrupt or challenge
the dynamics of her family, which were making her feel left out or
alone. She may have had an illusion that getting angry at her family
was too serious to attempt.
*Please See Kittens.
*Please See Tigers.
*Please See Lions.
Cave
To dream of a cave represents mental or emotional retreat, sanctuary,
or a psychological safe haven. Caves symbolize the manner
in which you think to escape problems, or prevent yourself from feeling
pain, or harm to the ego. Often a symbol that appears during
an transition or upsetting situation.
To emerge from a cave in dream represents renewed strength, certainty,
or confidence.
Chased
To
dream that you are being chased represents issues or situations that
you are avoiding facing, or confronting. Something you may feel is
impossible to overcome or defeat. You may feel stressed or threatened.
It may also reflect something you don't want to acknowledge. You may
have anxiety, strong fears, insecurities, or guilt. Situations you
find emotionally dangerous.
Your actions in
a chase dream parallel your waking life reactions to pressure, fear,
or stress. Instead of confronting the situation, you are running away
from the issue. Less serious dreams of being chased may reflect waking
life situations where you are avoiding problems with friends, family,
or colleagues.
Alternatively,
being chased in a dream may be a sign that you feel pressured or driven
by a sense of fear or failure. Avoiding embarrassment at all costs.
It also reflect your desperation to avoid a serious illness.
To dream of being
chased by your father may represent your inability to come to terms
with doing what you know is right. It may also be a sign that you
are avoiding a bad decision you've made.
To dream of being
chased by an elephant represents your wish to avoid a person or situation
that has the potential to become very upset with you. Doing everything
you can to avoid anger, yelling, being fired, or being broken up with
because you didn't do something. It may also reflect your desperation
to cover something up that you know will upset someone.
To dream of being
chased by a raccoon may represent you wish to avoid the consequences
of bad behavior. You may have arrogantly broken rules you knew you
weren't supposed to break and now wish to avoid getting caught. It
may also reflect your wish to avoid someone who you know is breaking
the rules or threatening you with something illegal.
To dream of being
chased by a snake may represent your wish to total loss, total failure,
or total embarrassment at all costs. It may also represent your wish
to avoid someone you can't trust at all.
If you dream of
being chased by a person , ask yourself what characteristics stand
out the most about them. Hair, height, race, facial features, clothing,
holding something? Do they subtlety remind you of something?
For a list of
other animals see our animals
themes section.
To dream that
you are chasing someone or something else represents your attempt
to get a hold on something. A goal that is eluding you or a difficult
problem that you trying your hardest to get control over.
To dream of something
vague chasing you may reflect anxiety about issues that are not yet
clear to you that you are avoiding.
To dream of being
chased by something big or enormous may reflect your avoidance of
issues you feel are too powerful or overwhelming to confront.
To dream of being
chased by something hairy may represent your avoidance of something
unpopular, unsavory, or not to your personal tastes. Avoiding something
that is excessive in some manner or not considerate of your preferences.
Example: A young
man dreamed of being chased by a man with an alligator head. In waking
life he was losing his hair due to an illness and was avoiding telling
anyone at all costs because he feared they would laugh at him.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of being chased by someone. In waking life
she felt that she was avoiding her ex. She had promised to meet with
him again giving him the impression that they might be able to date
again when she had no interest in him anymore. She felt the need to
avoid him with his constant calls.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of being chased by monsters. In waking
life she felt unable to escape unemployment after deciding to leave
her old company due to hating her boss.
Example 4: A man dreamed of being chased like it was a game of tag.
In waking life he quit his stable job and had to take a freelance
job which required regulars fees. In this case being chased may have
reflected his attempts to avoid his fees as long as possible before
being required to keep up with them.
Crocodiles
*Please See Alligators.
Death
To dream about death represents change. Your personality or life situation
is transforming for better or worse. An area of your life has come
to an end, an era is over, or roles are shifting. You may also be
preoccupied with someone else's death or illness. Alternatively, death
in a dream can reflect failure or loss.
Dreams of death
that come true are incredibly rare. They more likely to reflect fears
of failure or feelings about undesirable changes than an actual death.
In one study, people with heart disease who dreamed of death and taking
journeys had a much higher mortality rate.
Seeing bad people
die in your dreams is a sign that issues have been confronted. Negative
aspects of the personality are being overcome by positive influences.
Good people in your dreams dying symbolizes positive aspects of your
personality being overcome by negative influences.
To dream of experiencing
your own death represents feeling of watching yourself fail completely.
Positively, it may reflect the experience of watching yourself undergo
a powerful change or transformation.
To dream of experiencing
your own death after helping others may be a sign that you nee to
reconsider how you are handling yourself in waking life. You may be
stupidly giving up too much of yourself to others. Unreasonable risks
or endangering yourself.
To dream of dying
while people laugh at you represents feelings about situations or
people being indifferent or insensitive to your failures.
To dream of people
you know dying symbolizes changes to certain qualities in yourself
that these people reflect in you. It may also represent your view
of these people succumbing to a problem as well as shifts in their
personality or lifestyle.
To dream of a
child dying represents a loss or unpleasant change to some area of
your life that had potential. Positively, a child death may reflect
a growing problem that has finally been dealt with.
To see your parents
die in a dream reflects an inability to make positive or effective
choices. Your father dying symbolizes your conscience or ability to
make positive choices being compromised. Your mother dying symbolizes
your intuition or ability to think ahead being compromised. A dead
mother may also reflect feelings of being overwhelmed by bad luck.
You can't find answers you want, or you feel unlucky. The death of
parents in a dream is a sign that you need to seriously reconsider
your current life path. Significant or fundamental changes may be
in order.
To see a boyfriend
or girlfriend die in a dream symbolizes a helpful or protective aspect
of your personality that has been overcome by a problem. A habit or
situation that had your best interests at heart may no longer be viable
or has been compromised.
To dream of a
spouse dying represents a permanent or secure aspect of yourself that
has been compromised. A habit or situation that you've completely
depended has changed. Something you were accustomed to may have been
compromised. It may also reflect a loss of something in your life
that you never believed would change.
Example: A woman
dreamed of her father dying. In waking life she had broken up with
her boyfriend. The dream reflected the metaphorical "passing"
of her decision (father symbolizes decision making) to give her boyfriend
anymore chances in the relationship.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of her child being hit and killed in a car accident. In waking
life she had gotten into a big argument with her husband about future
plans they had together which she felt would never happen now.
Example 3: A man dreamed that his best friend had died. In waking
life his friend had joined a religious cult and he felt that he had
lost his ability to connect with his friend forever due to his inability
to accept his friends new life.
*Please See Dead.
*Please See Dead
Body.
Demons
To dream of a demon represents an aspect of your personality that
noticeably antagonistic to anything positive. It reflects problematic
people, situations, or your own bad habits that are totally motivated
by negativity. It may also reflect people or situations that seem
to actively work against you, or your own shadow self that prefers
negative choices.
A demon may also
reflect people or situations that never allow you to break free of
a problem. Also jealousy or bitterness that seems personal. Ignorance,
distress, or meanness. Feeling as though someone is out to get you.
Alternatively,
a demon may reflect your own jealousy, bitterness, or anger at someone
you want to torment or get revenge on.
To dream of being
possessed by demons may reflect a powerful sense of helplessness.
You may have strong feelings of guilt, anger, or bitterness. It may
also indicate problems getting over your past.
Example real life
situations that may inspire demon dreams may be racism, abuse, children
that won't behave, , revenge, intense fears, addictions, or bullying.
To dream of fighting
a demon represents emotional or psychological conflict with bad influences,
bad habits, or negative situations. Confrontation with something you
perceive to be negative or dangerous.
Dogs
To dream of a dog represents feelings about behavior that is emotionally
protective that helps you maintain confidence and security. Behavior
that is emotionally protective of never having to say whatever it's
doing is a problem. Your efforts to shield yourself from difficult
emotions. The type, size, and color of the dog all reflect how you
choose to protect yourself from difficult emotions or confront problems.
Positively, a dog reflects emotional self-defense or protectiveness
to keep confident. The ability to confront challenges and negative
situations while maintaining self-assurance. Never fearing anything
because there is always a reason to encourage you to stay self-assured.
Choosing to confront a person or negative situation while keeping
confident. Something in your life you can rely on in yourself or in
others to keep insecurity at bay. Repeating something to yourself
to help fend off fear, jealousy, or other people's harsh words. An
emotional barrier you put up to protect yourself. Sensing danger or
a protective attitude about confronting dangerous people or situations.
Loyalty, taking sides, or being emotionally protective of friends,
family, or work.
Negatively, a dog may represent emotional protectiveness that is excessive
or creates problems with self-control. A loss of self-control over
instincts and urges. A loss of control over sexual urges.
To dream of an angry dog almost always represents uncontrolled anger,
hostility, and viciousness towards other people. Heated arguments.
A loss of your temper. Angry dog may also reflect feelings about someone
angry in your life that you feel has an alpha male mentality. Feelings
about your own alpha mentality when you get angry or lose your temper.
To dream of being bitten by a dog may represent feelings of being
attacked, bothered, or threatened by others. Feeling the effects of
others viciousness or territorialness. A clash of agendas. Difficulty
with addiction. Patients in hospitals may dream of dogs attacking
them to reflect fears about unpleasant medical treatment that is in
their best interest.
A dog on a leash represents self-control that is managing emotions,
instincts, and urges effectively.
To dream of a dead or dying dog may represent feelings of giving up
or losing something that once provided you with confidence and emotional
security. It may indicate a loss of loyalty, trust, or protection
in your life. You may have lost something that gives you confidence
or makes you feel safe.
To dream of "cutting a dog's head off" represents taking
actions to stop someone else from feeling confident or to prevent
them from defending themselves. A desire to undermine someone's self-assuredness
or to strip them of their ability to protect themselves. Preventing
someone from defending themselves or having something to rely on.
To dream of a lost dog represents feelings of losing confidence in
yourself or the ability to protect yourself emotionally. Feeling that
you can no longer stand up for yourself. Feeling that a situation
is too dangerous to confront. Problems arguing your side of a conflict
or defending yourself due to distractions or neglect. Feeling negligent
with the feelings of someone who was protecting you. Distractions
that have made you avoid protecting your strengths.
Example: A man once dreamed of a caramel dog being delivered to him
in a basket. In waking life, he was facing serious financial trouble
and had just thought up a plan to get out of it. In this case, the
dog may have reflected how his plans gave him the emotional security
and confidence to believe in himself while using his idea to keep
thinking of the future while currently being broke.
Example 2: A person once dreamed of seeing a black angry dog growling
at them. In waking life, they were talking about someone they didn't
like in a very angry vicious way. In this case, the black angry dog
may have reflected a projection of the dreamer's fears or anxieties
about being on the receiving end of someone else's anger or hostility.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of a dog biting her hands. In waking life,
she was in the hospital getting surgery done on her hands. In this
case, the dog biting her may have reflected her feelings about the
emotional protectiveness of doctors telling her that she had nothing
to worry about with the surgery on her hands causing her to worry
more.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of a mean black dog trying to bite her.
In waking life, she felt that her mother was being very angry, rude,
and making degrading comments. In this case, the mean black dog may
have reflected her feelings of being attacked and threatened by her
mother's aggressive and hurtful behavior.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of her dog being euthanized or "put
down." In waking life, she was fired from her company and she
lost all her loyalty to the company. In this case, the euthanized
dog may have reflected the abrupt and painful end to her relationship
with her company, which she had previously relied on for emotional
support and a sense of belonging.
*Please See Puppy.
*Please See Pitbulls.
*Please See German
Shepherd.
*Please See Doberman
Pinscher.
*Please See Rottweilers.
*Please See Dog
Poop.
End
Of The World
To dream of the
end of the world represents fundamental change to your ways of being
and thinking. The foundation of your current life has been altered.
It symbolizes your thoughts or feelings about a dramatic change or
situation in life where you don't know what to do. You may be experiencing
anxiety for the future, and there may be a lot of changes that confuse
or frustrate you.
The dream may
indicate the end of one kind of lifestyle and the beginning of another.
There may be a need for help or extra time to make adjustments. A
sign that you need to show more courage as you move into the next
chapter of your life.
To dream that
it feels like the end of the world is near, but not happening yet
may reflect feelings about problems in your life, such as fearing
a job loss causing enormous change in your life. Feeling the potential
for a life changing event.
End of the world
dreams are common to people who have experience the death of parent
or loved one.
Example: A young
man dreamed that it was the end of the world. In waking life he felt
forced to move away with his family to a different state and leave
behind all his friends and the comfortable life he had gotten used
to. The end of the world symbolism most likely reflected his overwhelming
feelings of anxiety about the enormous amount of change he was experiencing.
Feeling forced to shift from one life to another very quickly.
Example 2: A teenage
girl dreamed of dangerous scene with mountains and lava while hearing
a voice say "this is not the end of the world." In waking
life she felt scared and forced to move to a trailer park with people
she felt she would difficulty becoming friends with. The voice telling
her that "this is not the end of the world" may have reflected
her attempts to remain confident and rational about moving away from
her current home and life.
Example 3: A woman
dreamed of being talked to about the end of the time. In waking life
she was worried about going to jail and that her mother might be close
to death.
Example 4: A man
dreamed that the end of the world may be near. In waking life he was
having difficulty with his job feeling the potential for losing it.
Example 5: A young woman dreamed that it was the end of the world.
In waking life her boyfriend got a good job so they were moving away.
She also needed to get a job and start college after she moved. In
this case the end of the world symbolism may have reflected the dreamer's
feelings of uncertainty and fear about the major changes happening
in her life.
*Please See Armageddon.
Exams
To dream of taking an exam represents a very challenging situation
in your life that may require your complete focus or dedication. A
challenge that may foster powerful uncertainties, require a lot of
preparation, or put a lot at stake. An exam dream may stand as a barometer
of pressure you're feeling.
To dream of failing
an examination may reflect an inability to prove yourself, overcome
a challenge, or a sense of personal failure. Feeling that you didn't
perform adequately or live up to expectations. It may also reflect
your worst fear coming true.
To dream of being
unprepared for an exam may reflect your feeling of lacking of preparation
or that you didn't listen to a warning. Feeling accountable for the
failure of a project or plan. You may be expecting too much of yourself.
*Please See Tests.
Ex-Partner
To see an ex-partner usually represents a personality trait in yourself
based on whatever quality or memory stands out most about that person.
Ex-partners are very open symbols that are based completely on your
most honest memories and feelings about them. Ask yourself what's
the first thing that pops in your head when you think about that person.
Alternatively,
an ex-partner may reflect a bad habit or a failure you're experiencing.
They may also represent the return of a recurring problem. If you
really don't like your ex they may reflect a negative situation that
is repeating itself in your life. Ex's can also reflect the re-experiencing
of breakups or unpleasant relationship scenarios.
Ex-partners can sometimes be a sign that you are unconsciously repeating
bad habits or that your falling into the trap of dating someone who
is just like your ex.
If you still have feelings for your ex then they may symbolize your
lingering desire for them. They could also represent your desire for
something in life you really want, but feel is unattainable. A certain
type of experience you want, but feel is not possible.
If you have an ex who was enthusiastic about sex they may represent
good luck, success, or a positive experience you are having in waking
life. Something you are doing or experiencing is very supportive of
your happiness or well-being.
If you have an ex that you can't stand, or believe to be dangerous
to your safety they could symbolize a bad choices you regret or negative
experiences that you feel you can't escape.
Example: A man dreamed of seeing his ex-girlfriend. She was someone
whom he felt was so responsible that she never felt good or enjoyed
herself. In waking life, this man had to give an arrogant family member
the silent treatment in order to teach them a much needed lesson.
The ex-girlfriend in his dream symbolizes how helpful it was to him
to avoid feeling good and give his family member the silent treatment.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing her ex-boyfriend. He was someone
she remembered most for cheating on her. In waking life, she was experiencing
friends lying to her.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing her ex-boyfriend and then running
out of a house. In waking life, she realized that her new boyfriend
had a lot of the negative qualities that her previous boyfriend had
and felt she had to try harder to be with someone with different qualities.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of walking into her ex-husband's house
and being told that he wanted to marry someone else. In waking life,
he she was losing trust in her boyfriend after having a number of
fights. The ex-husband reflected how she didn't feel the same love,
security, and loyalty anymore after having felt it.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of calling her ex-boyfriend and being questioned
why she didn't call him on his birthday. In waking life, she was still
having feelings for her ex and his birthday had just recently passed.
Example 6: A woman dreamed of her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend talking
to her while she tried to be happy, even though she felt disrespected
by her. In waking life, the woman was talking to her ex-boyfriend
even though he was seeing someone else. In this case, the ex-boyfriend's
new girlfriend talking to her and disrespecting her while she tried
to be happy may have reflected her attempts to be genuinely happy
for her ex-boyfriend when he spoke to her about his new girlfriend,
even though it sparked jealousy within her.
Falling
To dream that you are falling represents feelings of losing control.
You may feel insecure or unable to "get a grip" on an issue.
An area of your life may be getting out of hand. Difficulty letting
go of power, control, or status. You may feel insecure or a lack support
in your waking life. You may be experiencing a major struggle or overwhelming
problem. A fear of losing everything, going under, or of appearing
as a total failure. Feeling helpless to stop an unpleasant impending
change.
Falling dreams
may also be a warning signal about a need to start being more cautious
about your actions in waking life. It may also reflect a situation
in waking life that you feel to be a life or death crisis. A fear
of losing social or financial status. Feeling "knocked off your
pedestal" in life.
Alternatively,
falling in a dream may be a sign that feel exhausted or that you've
reached maximum capacity. You feel that you "can't hold on anymore"
to you goals. You may need to slow down to allow yourself to adjust.
Problems reaching out to others for support. Feeling that you have
no support system.
If you aren't
afraid while falling in a dream it may symbolize a lack of seriousness
or importance about a situation you can no longer control. Negatively,
falling without fear in a dream may reflect reflect a dangerous degree
of complacency or lack of responsibility. Enjoying letting go of responsibility
you don't want. Problems speaking up about preferring to not be involved
in a project
Falling may imply
that you have failed to achieve a goal that you have set for yourself.
To dream that
you are falling through water indicates that you are feeling a loss
of control while being overwhelmed by powerful negative emotions or
uncertainty. Feelings of having completely lost all support systems
or coping abilities. Feeling completely on your own with no way out.
To dream of falling
and hitting the ground represents the realization of consequences
or errors. An unpleasant loss of status or power. Feeling that you
have learned from a mistake. You may feel the need to start over or
move on to something else. Confronting the embarrassment of a loss
or failure you have experienced. Feelings of "hitting rock bottom"
or that a situation can't get any worse. Feeling the full impact of
your failure or mistake. It may also be a sign that you feel it's
time to deal with your losses.
To dream of falling
and hitting the ground represents the realization of consequences
or errors. An unpleasant loss of status or power. You may have learned
from a mistake. You may feel the need to start over or move on to
something else.
To dream of falling
off a high building or skyscraper represents feelings of losing control
after having reached the very high level of status, power, or achievement.
Fearing total failure after reaching the highest level of confidence.
Falling off high buildings may also reflect feelings of falling into
depression after being very upbeat. A loss of an elevated state of
mind. Feeling suddenly cut off from a high degree of support.
To dream of falling
down stairs may represent feelings of having lost a higher level of
achievement or a total reversal of something you worked hard for.
Example: The Roman
Emperor Caligula dreamed, on the night before his assassination, that
he was in heaven, standing before the throne of Jupiter. The god then
kicked him back to earth. The dream is intuitive about the Emperor's
feelings of losing all he as worked for after achieving the highest
level of power after declaring himself as a god. A warning dream about
being carelessly certain of himself and his impending loss of status.
Example 2: A young
man dreamed of falling into an endless void. In waking life he had
gained a reputation for being very good-looking and began to lose
his hair to an incurable disease.
Father
To dream of your father represents your conscience,
your ability to make positive choices, or choose between right and
wrong. Dreaming of your father may also reflect your feelings about
a decision you've already made or are considering. Feelings about
someone with authority making decisions for you. Fathers in dreams
can also symbolize your current feelings about him if you have issues
with him that need to be dealt with.
Positively, dreaming of your father may reflect the decision to make
a moral or positive decision. Deciding to stand up for yourself or
feeling that a problem has gotten out of control and deciding to do
something about it. Choosing to be realistic or practical.
Negatively, dreaming of your father may reflect decisions you dislike
having to make. Feeling that you need to make a choice that doesn't
feel good at all or one that will not benefit you or cause long-term
problems. A decision to keep doing something that isn't a good idea.
Letting someone with authority make decisions for you or that aren't
in your best interest. Feeling that you've made a terrible decision
or horrible mistake.
If your father is angry or sad in a dream it may represent your feelings
or disappointment or frustration about how a situation turned out
based on a choice you made. Being angry at yourself for having made
a wrong or stupid decision. Alternatively, it may reflect anger with
your father or anger towards yourself due to past issues with your
father.
To argue or fight with your father represents an inner struggle in
your waking life with choice. Internal conflict or debate with yourself
over what choice to make. Struggling to stand up for yourself.
To dream of getting married to your father may represent feelings
about permanent decisions being made. Negatively, it be a sign that
you feel you will be permanently stuck with an undesirable situation
if you make a certain choice.
If your father dies in a dream it represents moral decay. You have
lost your ability to make positive choices, to stand up to problems,
or are cold and uncaring in your decisions. No longer caring about
your conscience or having to do the right thing. Feeling that other
people with authority don't get to make decisions for you anymore.
Alternatively, it may reflect failed decisions or choices that didn't
work out.
If you father is dead in real life and appears in your dream he is
most likely just a symbol for your conscience unless you have issues
with your father from your past that you haven't dealt with.
Alternatively, your father in a dream may reflect a father figure,
role model, or person that has authority over you such as a boss.
Negatively, it may reflect feelings about someone totally controlling
you or making important decisions for you that makes you feel less
important.
Example: A man dreamed of seeing his father talking to his friend.
In waking life, he was debating whether or not to call that friend
on the telephone. In this case, the man's father may have reflected
the man using his conscience to consider the choice about whether
to call the friend or not.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of being unable to find
her father. In waking life, she was felt unable to make the choice
to confront people who were treating her poorly. In this case, the
woman's missing father may have reflected her awareness of how difficult
it was to make the choice to stand up to people.
Example 3: A man dreamed of biting his nails and anxiously trying
to avoid his father's criticism for it. In waking life, he was very
nervous about not upsetting his new boss. In this case, the father
may have reflected his concerns about his boss being an decision making
authority figure and the need for approval.
Example 4: A man dreamed of his father slowly sticking his penis into
his anus. In waking life, he felt that he was close to make a decision
that would totally screw him over in business. In this case, the father
may have reflected own internal conflict and feelings of vulnerability
regarding the decision, as well as the potential negative consequences
he feared would arise from making the wrong choice.
Example 5: A man dreamed of his father telling him about alligators.
In waking life, he made a decision that certain financial choices
he had on his mind were too dangerous and needed to be avoided.
Example 6: A woman dreamed of seeing her father fall through thin
ice into freezing water. In waking life, she decided to move knowing
it was expensive and then began to experience financial problems.
In this case, seeing her father fall through ice may have reflected
her feelings of vulnerability and the potential danger of her decision
to move, as well as her need for guidance and support in navigating
the challenges that arose from her choice.
Example 7: A woman dreamed of seeing her father worried and anxious.
In waking life, she was worried about not being assisted spiritually
by her deceased father. In this case, the father may have reflected
her desire for guidance and support from her late father, especially
in times of difficulty or uncertainty to the point of being irrational.
Fighting
To dream of fighting
represents conflict and confrontation. Inner struggle with difficult
emotions, with other people, or life situations. Resistance or trying
to prove yourself. Experiencing intense bitterness or jealousy. Feeling
that all your energy is required to achieve a goal. Heightened emotional
state during an argument. Feeling that people don't like you or are
trying you with an unwelcoming attitude. Feeling that people have
turned on you. Resisting addiction.
Stress, conflicting
demands being placed on you, misinformation, unfairness, confronting
ignorance, or broken agreements.
Alternatively,
fighting in a dream may reflect your attempt to cope with trauma or
fight back against your problems. An unwillingness to put up with
a problem anymore or accept poor treatment in some way. Standing up
for yourself.
To see other people
fighting may represent aspects of yourself that are in conflict with
each other. Competing beliefs, objectives, or areas of your life.
Conflicting values.
Fighting may also
reflect conflict in waking life with friends, family, or other people.
To dream of fighting
to stay alive may reflect feelings of desperation to stay relevant.
Experiencing an intense jealous conflict in waking life. Feeling threatened
by someone or something is trying to force failure or embarrassment
for you. Confronting people that resent you. Fighting a serious illness
or trying to desperately keep your job. Struggling to resist failure.
Resisting or struggling against someone you feel is a terrible person.
Struggling against an illness.
To dream of dogs
fighting may reflect intense or emotional arguments. It may also reflect
your feelings about a fight you are expecting. Intense hatred or anger
towards another. Possibly a reflection of people trying to defend
themselves emotionally. A conflict of differing loyalties. Ongoing
bickering.
Example: A man
dreamed of fighting to stay alive. In waking life he was confronting
a very serious illness.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of fighting with her mother. In waking life she had gotten
into a big argument with her mother and got thrown out of the family
home.
Example 3: A woman
dreamed of fighting with a man at her work. In waking life she was
having problems with this man in the workplace.
Example 4: A woman
dreamed of fighting zombies. In waking life she was struggling to
fight feelings of boredom in her relationship.
Example 5: A man
dreamed of fighting demons. In waking life he was struggling to improve
himself spiritually by resisting bad habits and addictions that held
his life back.
Flying
To dream of flying represents feelings of a heightened
sense of freedom or "reaching new heights." Freedom from
restrictions. Often pointing to situations where you are transcending
your problems or personal limits. All things seem possible. You may
feel you have a lot of choice available to you. Accomplishing your
hearts desire in some way. Feeling that nothing can hold you back.
A higher level of achievement. Something that made you feel wonderful,
capable, and free. Often a reflection creative free expression in
waking life. Flying dreams may also occur after a sexual encounter.
Enjoying escaping a burden.
Negatively, flying
may reflect enjoyment of escaping responsibilities. Having a good
time being wasteful.
Difficulties flying
symbolizes something in your life that limits you, impairs your ability
to realize goals, express yourself fully, or do your best. Freedom
or creativity is limited.
Flying dreams
are very common around sexual experiences, powerful spiritual experiences,
participation in personal passions such as hobbies or the arts. Intelligent
people who have creative outlets commonly have dreams of flying to
reflect time spent practicing their hobbies.
People tend to
have flying dreams more often in their youth. This is most likely
because youth offers more opportunities to play, be liberated, or
explore new interests. Young people tend to me more focused on achieving
new goals. People in performance professions and those who indulge
in hobbies or special interests dream of flying the most.
To dream of flying
that you can't stop represents feelings of having too much freedom
or too much of a good thing. If you are sexually active and feel your
partner wants too much sex from you this may be a sign that you need
to speak up.
To dream of fearful
flying may represent feelings about dangerous levels of freedom that
you fear not being able to control. A fear of wasting too much money
too quickly.
Example: A man
dreamed of being unable to fly more than a few feet off the ground.
In real life he felt that living at home with his parents limited
his independence.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of flying at night time. In waking life he was kicked out
of his home and given a huge check to live off of by his abusive controlling
father. He moved out, bought all kinds of things, and enjoyed doing
things he could never do before knowing the money would run out one
day.
Example 3: A man
dreamed of flying too high and getting scared. In waking life he got
paid a lot of money and feared that was spending it too fast.
Example 4: A woman
dreamed of flying. In waking she walked out on her husband and daughter
and all the responsibilities of the relationship that she felt were
bothering her.
*Please See Pilot.
*Please See Traveling.
*Please See Airplanes.
Forest
To dream of a forest represents an issue that leaves you feeling confused,
uncertain, lost, or ejected from arrangements that give you a sense
of security. A problem has left you feeling unsatisfied, insecure,
or unsettled. A loss of confidence or control.
To dream of deep forests may represent feelings of isolation, fear,
confusion, or needing to get through a difficult or confusing situation.
Feeling lost. A phase in your life where you are dealing with issues
that seem too big to handle, or situations that are hard to understand.
The deep forest could be a metaphor for feeling isolated or misunderstood.
Feeling overwhelmed with doing the same thing over and over in order
to escape a confusing or problem situation. A desire to break free
from routine and explore new areas of your life. A deep forest in
a dream might also symbolize your desire to retreat and find solace
in solitude.
Example: A man dreamed of being in the middle of a forest with no
way out. In waking life, he had a dangerous health condition that
doctors didn't understand and he had no idea how to treat his problem.
In this case, the forest reflected his health problem having no answers
in site.
Example 2: A girl dreamed of being inside a forest. In waking life,
she was obsessed with a boy she liked and all her attempts to get
closer to him failed. In his case, the forest may have reflected her
feelings of being lost in her emotions and the complicated situation
of her unreciprocated feelings. The forest symbolizes the confusion
and uncertainty she felt as she navigated her feelings for the boy,
feeling unsure of how to proceed or find a clear path to a relationship
with him.
Example 3: A man dreamed of being in the middle of a forest. In waking
life, he was very confused about his future and how his life would
turn out. He was struggling to start his life over from scratch and
had no idea what to do with his future except to keep working.
Example 4: A man dreamed of walking through a forest. In waking life,
he was unemployed and having problems getting employed. He felt a
lot of confusion about his financial future.
*Please See Trees.
*Please See Jungle.
Ghosts
To dream of a ghost represents issues from your past that are unresolved
and still effect you. Painful memories, guilt, unfulfilled romance,
people you can't forgive, hate, anger, or embarrassment. A problem
that still "haunts" you.
To dream of being
a ghost represents your feelings of being unable to do what you wanted.
Something sacrificed your spirits, hopes, and wishes and left you
feeling incomplete or unsatisfied.
Girlfriends
To dream of a girlfriend represents personality traits or qualities
we feel as consistently supportive of your success or well-being.
Something you think that supports you emotionally, or regularly helps
you cope with life situations. It may also reflect something in your
life that makes you feel safe, or lucky. A consistently helpful situation,
behavior, or coping mechanism.
Alternatively,
girlfriends may symbolize our current projections of your partner
or their beliefs or goals. Your feelings about them and the current
state of you relationship.
To dream of a
girlfriend leaving you represents the departure of helpful situations,
feelings, or beliefs from your life. Habits or situations that are
no longer supportive of you. Feeling something helpful turning on
you or no longer working.
To dream of a
girlfriend who you've never seen in real life leaving you represents
new situations, habits, or beliefs that were supportive of you and
no longer are.
To dream of cheating
on your partner represents impulsive choices, or doing something that
you can't resist. Cheating on a partner can also represent a change
of current beliefs.
To dream of a
partner cheating on you represents
bad choices that have consequences or dire repercussions. Turning
your back on principles, integrity, or sacrifices you are making.
A partner cheating on you may also symbolize your feelings about your
partner having different beliefs or goals from your own.
To see a girlfriend
die or murdered in a dream represents the end of a thinking pattern,
habit, or life situation that made you feel good or helped you cope
with life situations. It may also reflect certain beliefs, feelings,
or situations associated with your girlfriend ending.
To dream of intimacy
or feelings of love with a girlfriend that you don't recognize represents
a new personality style, habit, or situation that is emotionally helpful
for you.
To dream of having
sex with your girlfriend represents positive waking life experiences
where you are enjoying feeling that you can't lose. Enjoyable experiences
feeling helped, successfully using your skills, or liking noticing
yourself having an advantage that never stops working for you. Liking
an experience where certain skills, behavior, or other people are
consistently supportive of your success. Alternatively, having sex
with your girlfriend may reflect enjoyable waking life situations
you are experiencing with him. It could also (less likely) reflect
your sex life.
Example: A man
dreamed of walking down a street with his girlfriend (He was actually
single). In waking life he cleverly came up with an excuse that prevented
him from having to confront a difficult situation. He felt good knowing
he could use the excuse anytime he wanted and it would always work
for him.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of his girlfriend cheating on him. In waking life he was fearing
his girlfriend catching him cheating on his girlfriend. The girlfriend
in the dream in this case may have reflected his feelings about his
cheating behavior turning against him.
Guns
To dream of a gun represents will power or the power to control decisions.
Whoever holds the gun in a dream reflects what personality traits
or situations are control your decision making. If you hold the gun
in a dream it reflects your will power or interest in making a choice.
If you shoot someone
with a gun it symbolizes a decision. Shooting a bad person may reflect
overcoming negative thinking patterns by believing in yourself or
doing the right thing. Shooting a good person may reflect surrendering
to negative emotions or thinking patterns. It may also reflect choosing
to be bad or immoral.
To dream of being
shot with a gun represents a decision that has failed or embarassed
you. A bad choice you've made that has made a situation turn on you.
It may also reflect someone else that you feel is intentionally making
the decision to fail you, embarass you, or get back at you. Feeling
that someone else's decision has caused you a lot pain or loss.
Bad people with
guns represent negative personality traits that control your decision
making (e.g. fears, guilt, or dishonesty). It may also reflect a bad
situation that you fear could get out of control. A person or situation
that you feel has power or control over you. An inner bully that operating
like an inner bully. Good people with guns are positive personality
traits that are effecting your decisions (e.g. courage, confidence,
honesty). Good judgment.
To dream of gun
that doesn't work or jams up symbolizes a lack of will, courage, or
power to carry out a decision. You don't have what it takes to resist
a problem or make an important decision.
To dream of loading
a gun represents preparation to make a decison or exact power on someone.
It may also reflect you believing in yourself before confronting a
problem. To see someone else loading a gun may reflect some aspect
of yourself or a situation that is becoming resistant.
Example: A woman
dreamed seeing someone point a gun at a man. In waking life she was
having an heated debate with someone that she felt could explode with
anger at her if she wasn't careful. The gun reflected the decision
to explode with anger that held power over her.
Example 2: A boy
dreamed of seeing men pointing a gun at him. In waking life he felt
his teacher was singling him out for embarassment.
*Please See Shooting.
*Please See Bullets.
*Please See Hand
Gun.
*Please See Machine
Gun.
*Please See Revolver.
*Please See Rifle.
*Please See Shotgun.
Hospital
To dream of a hospital represents a state of mind that is serious
about fixing problems. It reflects attempts to do all you can to confront
a problem, or a situation that forces needed change.
A hospital is
a sign that you are making changes that promote psychological, emotional,
or physical wellbeing and a more balanced lifestyle. It may also be
a sign that a current situation is forcing you to make positive changes
regardless of how you feel about it.
Failed
medical procedures or operations symbolize mistakes or failures at
properly addressing issues. You may be trying to find a
quick fixes that doesn't address the real problem.
Example: A man dreamed of going to the hospital. In
real life he was trying his hardest to quick smoking marijuana.
Houses
To
dream of a house represents your mindset or perspective on a situation.
Your take on the experience of current conditions. Beliefs or feelings
that you are comfortable with. Your view of an experience that is
familiar to you. Your opinion or beliefs about a situation that has
become normal to you.
Negatively, a
house may reflect a belief system or habit that you take for granted.
The type of house
is symbolic for how you are thinking about a particular issue. The
condition of the house reflecting your mental state as you experience
something. Rich houses symbolize your perspective on issues where
you are powerful and resourceful.
Poor houses represent your perspective on issues where you are powerless
or emotionally weakened.
The rooms of the
house are indicative of how an issue is being approached or dealt
with.
For more on houses
see the themes section.
To dream of a house being on fire represents feelings of powerlessness
to stop some area of your life from being lost for good. It may also
reflect angry destructive intentions or intentional harm that can't
be stopped. Feeling stupid that you can't do anything about stopping
damage to some area of your life. A situation may feel permanently
out of your control in a negative way.
To dream of buying
a house represents your commitment to integrating something into your
life. Choosing to make something be normal for you. Alternatively,
it may mean that you have worked really hard to earn something. Negatively,
buying a new house may mean that you'd made a mistake that you're
stuck with.
To dream of going
home in a dream represents a return to familiarity or comfort. Things
are becoming normal again. You may have been experiencing difficulties
or doing something new.
To dream of cleaning
your house represents self-improvement. You may be fine-tuning an
idea you have or trying to perfect something. Unneccessary beliefs
or habits are being removed or changed.
To dream of a
new house represents a new perspective or mindset on a situation.
A new way of thinking about something. A new situation may have become
normal for you. A better way of living or seeing life. News ideas
or lifestyle choices.
To dream of an
old house represents a perspective or mindset that is experienced,
tried, and trusted.
To dream of being
locked out of your house represents rejection and insecurity. You
may feel unable to feel as secure or confident as you wish. Feeling
displaced beyond your control.
To dream of people moving into your home and claim that it belongs
to them represents feelings of being displaced or the "owner"
of your own life in some area.
To dream of returning
to an old home represents a return to an old or familiar way of thinking.
A perspective on life you've had before. This may occur when you return
to old habits, jobs, relationships, or even go back to school. Alternatively,
consider how the reputation the old home has and how it may symbolize
your current mindset.
To dream of someone
else's house represents your mindset through the perspective of whatever
qualities stand out the most about that person. For example, if you
dream of a grandparents house it may represent your mindset through
the perspective of a wiser or more experienced aspect of your personality.
Meaning you may be dealing with a situation that you have prior experience
with. Alternatively, other people's houses can also be a symbol for
issues you have with those people.
To dream of colored
houses symbolizes your mind through the perspective of whatever the
color represents. For example a blue house symbolizes a positive mindset,
and a red house symbolizes a negative mindset. See the themes section
for more on colors.
To have your house
broken into or robbed symbolizes a problem, negative mindset, or bad
habit that is robbing you of happiness, confidence, or integrity.
Abandoned houses
symbolize mental or emotional neglect. They may also your view of
problems that you gotten used to. A sign that you haven't bothered
to deal with problems or that you need to focus on self-improvement.
Mansions, or homes
of wealthy people symbolize your state of mind when feeling powerful,
in control, or achieving goals.
House numbers,
and locations also add to the symbolism that describes how you are
thinking, or feeling.
To dream of a
former residence symbolizes your state of mind based on your memories
of that house. Consider the number of the house as well using dream
numerology..
To dream of your
parent's house symbolizes your state of mind being one that is dealing
with their conscience (father) to decide on an issue or confront a
negative situation, or using their intuition (mother) to figure out
how to solve a problem or stay away from it before it begins.
To dream of seeing a house being destroyed represents some area of
your life that you have become accustomed to coming to an end. A perspective
on a situation being normal or stable being ruined. Example life situations
that may cause this kind of dream may be the loss of a job, loss of
health, permanent injuries in an accident, or major changes in family
life.
To dream of a broken or damaged house may reflect feelings about your
life deteriorating or your identity threatened. Something valuable
in your life feels crushed or lost. A sense that a situation is becoming
troubling. It may also reflect feelings about your body being damaged.
To dream of a part of your house being missing or removed represents
feelings about having reduced function in some area of your life.
To dream of an old house represents feelings old ways of living that
are not important anymore. An old house that is still nice looking
may reflect old-fashioned values or old-fashioned ways of living.
A "classic" or timeless perspective on a situation.
Alternatively,
old houses that you use to live in may reflect a perspective on life
or a specific situation you are experiencing based on the dominant
feelings you had while living in that home.
To dream of the front of a house with very long steps going up towards
the front door represents feelings about a situation requiring a lot
of effort to begin it. A lot of effort to begin something that isn't
popular.
Example: A wealthy
woman regularly dreamed of being in the old impoverished home of her
youth. Whenever this dream occurred she was experiencing intense frustration
in waking life. The poor home reflected her perspective on a situations
where she felt powerless and lack resources to deal with problems.
Example 2: An
older woman dreamed of being locked out of a house. In real life she
desired to be young again and felt that youth was gone forever.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of her house being badly
burned and then slowly being restored. In waking life she had sustained
a serious injury to her arm and was awaiting surgery in the hospital.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of being in a house that
was too small. In waking life she felt that a relationship with a
married man was too difficult to achieve because she was too young
and not rich enough to be with him. The small house may have reflected
her perspective on her situation being a lot more restricted and difficult
than she wanted it to be.
*Please See Mansion.
*Please See Moving.
*Please See Address.
*Please See Glass
House.
*Please See Home
Improvements.
*Please See Property.
*Please See Abandoned
House.
Knife
To dream of knives symbolizes emotional conflict, division, and separation.
There are issues with loss or change that you are struggling with
in your waking life. An emotional hurt or threat.
Alternatively,
you may feel threatened by a possible loss or change.
To dream of being
in a knife fight represents a struggle or competing views about loss
or change. A fight over who has to make a sacrifice or take a loss
first.
To dream of being
stabbed with a knife represents pain, consequences, or embarrassment
you are experiencing for resisting something in your life that you
disagree with. It may also represent someone in your life that you
feel is trying to get back at you. Experiencing a significant enemy
or opposition in your life. Experiencing the consequences of people
who are jealous of you or who don't want you doing something.
To dream of a
bloody knife may reflect feelings of guilt or regret for hurting someone
else. A fear of having to pay for what you did to someone else. Alternatively,
it may reflect your feelings about dangerous conflict in your life.
Fearlessly overcoming a big problem or dangerous situation.
Women often dream
of being chased by a man with a knife. In waking life these dreams
may be a sign that they fear being dumped or being single again. A
struggle to keep the partner happy. Alternatively, it may reflect
the woman's attempt to avoid aggressive sexual advances. Men usually
dream of knives to reflect a conflict of opposing ideas or agendas.
To dream of a
pocket knife represents confidence that you can get rid of a problem
should it arise. Preparedness.
To dream of a
pen knife represents hidden intentions to defend a permanent choice
you've made. Positively, it may reflect preparation to stand your
ground. Negatively, it may reflect a problem discussing your true
feelings to others.
Example: A young
girl dreamed of seeing herself stabbing herself with a knife. In waking
life she was keeping a relationship with a boyfriend that her friends
didn't like. Stabbing herself with a knife reflected the emotional
conflict she felt with her friends being caused by choosing to keep
her boyfriend and refusing to breakup with him. She felt she was hurting
herself socially by keeping the boyfriend.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of seeing a knife hovering above a baby's head. The baby said
"Don't do it." In waking life she was considering getting
an abortion. The hovering knife most likely reflected the potential
decision to get an abortion that was on her mind.
Example 3: A woman
dreamed of seeing intruders in her home wielding sharp knives. In
waking life she was pregnant and fearing the need to get a c-section.
*Please See Stabbed.
*Please See Butter
Knife.
*Please See Butcher
Knife.
Lions
To dream of lions represents feelings of total control or domination
of others. Either your own need to control others, or your projection
of other people who you feel want to control you.
Positively, a
lion may represent leadership, courage, or using your temper for good
purposes. Yelling at misbehaving children or dishonest people. Angry
threats towards criminal-minded people. Terrifying enemies or bullies
with your anger. Standing up to someone. Forcing other people to respect
you with fear. Strong leadership.
Negatively, a
lion may reflect a fear of people who you are allowing to control
you. Angry intimidating people in your life. A fear of bullies. Fearing
upsetting someone powerful. A persistent feeling of trying very hard
not to upset someone. Fearing employers, doctors, dentists, police,
or other people with professional authority that you don't want to
embarrass yourself with. A fear of legal consequences. Fearing not
complying with high standards that are expected of you. Alternatively,
it may reflect your abuse or exploitation of power to control others.
Losing your temper with people you care about. A really bad temper.
An overreaction or embarrassing power trip. Feeling controlled by
bills or creditors that will threaten you if you don't pay your bills.
To dream of a
female lioness may represent controlling females or feelings of being
dominated by women. A fear of angering a powerful women. Feelings
about caring too much what passive people think and being controlled
by it.
Example: A woman
dreamed of having a pet lion. In waking life she was cheating on her
husband with a very aggressive man whom she felt she had to look after.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of female lions running around a store he regularly shopped
at. In waking life when he shopped at the store he was very insecure
about what the store owners thought about him. He felt socially controlled.
Example 3: A man
dreamed of trying to avoid lions. In waking life he was successfully
treating a serious health problem with a natural vitamin supplement
and he feared that when he spoke to his medical doctors that they
would force him to stop taking it.
Example 4: A young
man dreamed of fearing lions. In waking life he was very insecure
about attending a really strict school with high standards.
Example 5: A man
dreamed of a lion he was trying to avoid. In waking life he regretted
yelling at his son and was having problems apologizing for it.
Example 6: A man
dreamed of seeing a lion. In waking life he was concerned about his
boss making threats about the DEA showing up at his workplace to investigate
drugs. In this this case the lion symbolism may have reflected his
feelings about his boss being too controlling using threats about
the dangerous controlling power of the DEA if he was caught with drugs.
Example 7: A woman
dreamed of seeing lions. In waking life she was concerned about being
controlled by her creditors requiring payments for debts.
Example 8: A woman
dreamed of a lioness. In waking life she was having problems with
a female boss that was too controlling.
Malls
To dream of a mall represents your search for acceptable roles, choices,
beliefs, and ideas. A time in which you are establishing your identity
and making choices that will effect your sense of self. Being in mall
symbolizes decisions, or preferences that make you who you are. A
mall represents social settings, or social development where you are
exploring options, or decisions about what you want or who you will
become. It reflects the manner in which you go about getting what
you want in life or choices that define who you are.
A dream of a mall
can show up when you are deciding who you want to date, making changes
to your lifestyle, or experiencing changes in your personality.
The stores in
a mall symbolize states of mind with themes that are symbolic based
on your feelings or perceptions of those stores. For example a store
such as the GAP could symbolize a more proper or conservative lifestyle
choice, where as a more urban clothing store may symbolize a more
desirous personality choice.
Sales people in
a mall represents aspects of your personality that are attempting
to convince you of a choice, or a belief or idea that you are considering.
*Please See Salesperson.
*Please See Shopping.
*Please See Store.
Mother
To dream of your mother represents your intuition or your internal
guidance. She reflects your ability to make decisions that will effect
you in the future or how well you make choices based on gut instincts.
She also reflects how lucky you feel about coincidences or good foresight. Feelings
about how to safely get something.
Anything your
mother says in a dream sheds light on what your sense of intuition
is guiding you towards in life, or how you feel about your future.
If your mother is deceased in real life the symbolism for her appearing
in your dream most likely still remains as intuition. Dead relatives
in dreams often have the same symbolic value whether the person is
alive or dead. If your mother is recently deceased or you have been
spending a lot of time remembering her than the her appearance in
your dream may be reflecting how much you miss her.
If your mother
gives you advice in a dream, it may reflect your sense of intuition
that is feeling that a certain choice is best for the future.
If your mother
is very angry in a dream, it represents your negative feelings about
disappointments or bad luck. In this case you feel like you can't
catch a break, or bad luck seems to just keep coming towards you as
your choices never seem to help you. You may regret a choice you bad.
If you frustrated with your mother in a dream for making bad choices
it may represent frustration or jealousy of all your own choices not
being good ones. Lying to yourself or avoiding dealing with a problem.
Pregnant women may dream of being frustrated with their mothers if
they are gaining significant amounts of weight and not choosing appropriate
clothing.
If your mother
is evil looking in a dream it represents your sense of intuition being
negative and making negative choices. Bad intentions for the future.
It may also reflect feelings that nothing you choose ever works out
or that you are consumed by fear or bad luck.
If you mother
is happy in a dream it represents a positive outlook on the future
or feeling luckier. You may feel like you avoided something bad or
used really good foresight.
If you mother
is pregnant in a dream it represents your choices for the future or
luck that is working towards something. A new experience, new idea,
or a new way of living is about emerge in your life.
If your mother
dies in a dream it represents feelings of having lost your sense of
intuition or consistent making bad choices. Feeling that you have
poor foresight. You are unable to solve a problem, get away from negative
life situations, and problems you have stay unresolved. If she dies
it's very likely you have powerful fears, or moral dilemmas that you
need to overcome. You may feel a permanent sense of bad luck or that
you can't stop yourself from making a bad decision with something
very important.
To dream of your mother driving you in your car represents waking
life situations where your heightened need to plan ahead in dominant.
Intuition or long term planning that feels more important to you in
current situation (e.g. pregnancy).
Example: A woman
dreamed of her mother telling her she was too fat. In waking life
she felt that she had gained too much weight. Her mother telling her
that she gained too much weight reflected her intuition feeling that
she needed to be more careful about eating and exercise as she moved
forward.
Example 2: A young
girl has recurring nightmares about her mother dying. In waking life
she felt unable to decide what college was best and that making a
choice right now might screw her life up good.
Example 3: A man dreamed of being comforted by his mother. In waking
life he had a bad drug experience and told himself that quitting drugs
would be a good idea. The man's mother reflected his intuitive wish
to lookout for himself in the future by making a good choice to stop
drugs.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of seeing her sister dragging the corpse
of their mother around the inside of a house. In waking life she was
experiencing her sister having a very hard time in life overcoming
her addiction to drugs.
People with asthma often dream of themselves being victims depending
on a mother figure. This symbolism may reflect their dislike of themselves
being dependent on their inhalers or always having to be careful about
their reactive sensitivities.
Pregnant women often dream of their mothers. This is most likely a
reflection of their heightened need to intuitively plan ahead for
the baby when it's born.
*Please See Mother-In-Law.
*Please See Stepmother.
Nakedness
To dream of being naked represents feelings of being vulnerable or
exposed. An aspect your life is totally out in the open or revealed.
An unexpected change may be making you feel like your private life
is suddenly on display to others. Feeling put on the spot in a way
you aren't used to. Feeling that you have no protection. Feeling awkward.
A lack of privacy.
Negatively, dreaming
of being naked may reflect your dishonesty that is impossible to hide
anymore. Feeling embarrassed that you got caught lying. Personal information
or private matters may be out in the open. Feeling vulnerable or susceptible
to influence. Feeling exposed, humiliated, or powerless because a
weakness has been revealed. Feeling shame, inept, or inadequate. Feeling
vulnerable to others judgement.
Positively, being
naked in a dream may represent feelings of being totally confident.
Not caring what other people think about you at all. Enjoying having
the truth exposed. Feeling that you have nothing to hide. If you enjoy
being naked it may reflect a situation in which you feel free to all
restraints. Nothing is holding you back. Feeling unencumbered.
Openness and sincerity.
To dream of other
people being naked may represent "seeing the naked truth of a
situation." All weaknesses are out in the open.
To dream of being
naked at school represents waking life situations where you may be
experiencing anxiety about problems that you can't do anything to
hide. Facing something serious that you can't keep private.
To dream of being
naked at work represents feelings about having to be honest all the
time. Being unable to disguise or cover up your mistakes. Situations
where cheating is impossible or spotted immediately. It may also reflect
feelings about honesty being important to prove all the time.
To dream of being
naked at the beach may represent feelings about being unable to hide
your true intentions or to act dishonest while confronting a negative
situation. Facing uncertainty in your life while being unable to lie
or hide anything. The beach reflects a confrontational moment in your
life while the nakedness points to feelings about your true self being
on display to others.
To dream of hiding your naked body represents a fear of having the
truth revealed or exposed. Embarrassment of being caught lying. There
is something about yourself that you don't want scrutinized. Wishing
to conceal a weakness.
To see beautiful
sexually attractive people naked may represent desirable experiences
that you want to have. It may also reflect your sexual desires or
fantasies. Experiencing situations that you really like.
Being naked and
ready for sex represents your readiness to enjoy yourself doing something
you like. Negatively, it may be a sign that you are too eager or allowing
the prospect of pleasure to cloud your judgement.
To dream of being
naked while people laugh at you represents feelings of embarrassment
about some area of your life that is out in the open. Humiliation
due to lies or impotence being revealed. If you don't care about the
laughter it reflects a high degree of comfort with yourself despite
what other people think of you. Feeling no jealousy or not allowing
revelations to bother you. Being uninhibited.
Example: A girl
had recurring nightmares about walking around a street naked wearing
only gloves. In waking life he was in a strict religious convent school
requiring a uniform to be worn. She was always losing her gloves.
The dream may have reflected her fears about being discovered having
lost her gloves and being revealed as inadequate person in a place
she found to be too strict.
Example 2: A woman had recurring dreams of being naked. In waking
life she was having problems getting pregnant and was concerned that
other people were thinking about her as infertile loser.
Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing naked people. In waking life he
was embarrassed at having to reveal to friends that he would have
to move back to his home country due to economic reasons.
*Please See Flasher.
Nightmares
Nightmares are usually a sign that you are having trouble confronting
a fear or something that is giving you anxiety. A reflection
of a waking life situation or problem that is difficult for you to
overcome.
There are a number of common symbols that appear in nightmares that
are listed in our nightmares section. Read
more about nightmares in our themes section.
Pregnant
To dream that you or someone else is pregnant represents something
new that is developing in your life. A new way of thinking, new ideas,
new goals, projects, or a new life situation. Preparations, choices,
or consequences are leading towards a new life situation. A period
of gestation of ideas or plans. A development phase that is sensitive.
Carrying within you new life that may be in the form of a book, project,
or new lifestyle. A time of transition. Feelings about a "new
self" that is about to emerge. Contemplating making a big change.
A pregnancy in
a dream also reflect some area of your life where more of something
is being increased or produced. Artists often dream of being pregnant
when they are starting a new work of art.
Negatively, being
pregnant may reflect a new problem that is developing or a problem
that is creating more problems. Watching the gestation of an event
in your life that makes you jealous or scared. Feeling that a change
in your life was not by choice and can't be denied.
To dream about
trying to get pregnant may represent your desire or wish for something
in your life to develop. A wish to get something that's important
to you started.
If you are actually
pregnant in real life then dreams of being pregnant may reflect your
heightened anxiety or concerns about issues related to the pregnancy.
To dream of being
pregnant with twins may represent feelings about developments in your
life that will bring conflict. Expectations of conflict or arguments.
Expectations for opposite opinions once a development or plan is completed.
Feeling that once something in your life completes that you and someone
else will think they are better than the other.
Example: A woman
dreamed of seeing a pregnant women. In waking life she was an author
that had come up with a new idea for a book to write.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of seeing a pregnant woman that was stressed out. In waking
life he was trying very hard to develop and grow a new business idea,
but felt that his family was being unsupportive of his hard work during
a key moment.
Example 3: A young
man dreamed of his girlfriend being pregnant. In waking life he had
his first argument with her which caused her to sleep in a different
bedroom. The pregnancy in this case may have negatively symbolized
his feelings about the potential for a developing problem with his
girlfriend wanting to leave him.
*Please See Birth.
Police
To
dream of police officers represents discipline, intervention, and
enforcement of behavior. Rules or structure. Feelings about changes
being forced on you or others. A need to restore sanity, rationality,
or justice to a situation. A need for fairness, order, or respect
for adherence rules. Feelings of being in trouble for not behaving
or staying disciplined. Maintaining order and safety in your life.
The enforcement of boundaries, or the protection of your own values
and principles.
Positively, police may reflect the use of power or authority to force
changes on people who are misbehaving. Keeping "troublemakers"
in line. Standing up to bullies or confronting people who are abusive
to others. Choosing to make difficult changes that you know are in
your best interest. Confronting liars, rule breakers, or dishonest
people. Feelings of security. Calming a situation down or fixing one
that is a total mess. Intervening in a wrongdoing. Choosing to confront
addiction. Providing help in a crisis. Protecting something sensitive
or beautiful from harmful individuals. Preventing recklessness. Restoring
calm. Calming a situation down.
Negatively, dreaming of police may represent your fear of change,
discipline, punishment, or correcting a bad habit. It may also reflect
feelings about yourself or others being too authoritarian or controlling.
Forcing change on people when they don't like it or don't want it.
Abusing authority, power, or your ability to protect people. Feeling
like you are facing bad karma. Feeling that you have no choice in
a matter that requires change. Knowing you are misbehaving and not
liking having to change. Problems with resisting change. Experiencing
situations where there is a sense of "lawlessness" or arrogant
abuse of power. Resisting confronting addictions. Avoiding punishment
or facing consequences. Fearing someone else will get away with wronging
you. Feeling that you were caught breaking rules. Overbearing authority
figures, or feeling controlled and restricted by rules and regulations.
To dream of police corruption represents feelings of betrayal, loss
of trust, or moral compromise in a situation where you expected protection,
order, or fairness. It could also symbolize your own negative thoughts
or actions that undermine your sense of integrity, or a situation
where you are allowing dishonesty or injustice to occur without consequences.
Feelings about people in your life that like dishonest control in
order to cheat or think that they're the best. Not liking why someone
else is getting away with something.
To dream of a female police officer represents a passive form of discipline,
intervention, or enforcement of behavior. Enforcement of rules or
structure that doesn't have to be assertive. Negatively, a female
police officer may reflect a scumbag in your life that stays quiet
about secretive control over you.
Spiritually, police in a dream may reflect feelings about you life
being controlled or guided by God. Feeling that God is forcing you
to change or intervening to punish bad people with a life lesson.
To dream of running away from police represents your attempt to avoid
discipline, consequences, or facing the reality of your actions. A
fear of change or an unwillingness to confront personal issues, bad
habits, or negative behavior patterns. You might be trying to evade
responsibility, accountability, or the need to address problems in
your life.
To dream of being arrested by police represents being held accountable
for your actions or that discipline is being enforced upon you. It
may also symbolize a situation in which you are forced to confront
your issues or face the consequences of your decisions. This dream
can signify an acknowledgment that you need to make changes or take
responsibility for your behavior, habits, or life choices. Addicts
may dream of being arrested when they have to get sober. Feeling that
a change that is being forced upon you.
To dream of police cars represents control over decision-making regarding
disciple, intervention, or enforcement of behavior. Controlling correcting
problems. This could also indicate your ability to confront issues,
set limits, and uphold your values and principles in various situations.
Example: A woman dreamed of police officer raping her. In waking life,
she felt scared being alone while separated from her abusive husband
and kept sleeping with men that ended up using her. In this case,
the police raping her may have reflected her feelings about being
taken advantage of by people who were supposed to protect and support
her.
Example 2: A young man dreamed of running away from the police. In
waking life he was trying very hard to avoid having to give up drugs
when people he knew were trying to intervene in his life. In this
case, the the police may have reflected his feelings about people
in his life who were trying to enforce discipline, intervention, and
change in his behavior.
Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing police arresting people. In waking
life, his boss at work as firing people for abusing privileges in
the work place. In this case, the police arresting people may have
reflected his feelings about the enforcement of rules and discipline
at his workplace, as well as the consequences faced by his colleagues
for abusing their privileges.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of screaming for the police to help her.
In waking life, she was frustrated with being unable to stop another
woman from talking about her negatively behind her back. In this case,
screaming for the police may have reflected her desire for intervention,
authority, or someone with power to step in and put an end to the
negative gossip being spread about her.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of the police intruding into her home after
accepting a gift from one of two men she was interested in seeing.
In waking life, she was involved with two men and after one of the
men proved himself to be immature she changed her mind about him and
started respecting the second more mature man as a better partner.
In this case, the police may have reflected her feelings of self-discipline
and enforcement of her own values and principles in her romantic life.
Example 6: A man dreamed of an arrogant female police officer. In
waking life, he was experiencing police corruption that chose to waste
years of his life waiting for police assistance. In this case, the
female police officer may have reflected his feelings about how arrogant
the police corruption was with it's passive tactics.
Example 7: A man dreamed of seeing a police officer being killed.
In waking life he was having problems making a lifestyle change. In
this case, the police officer being killed may have reflected his
feelings of losing the sense of discipline, order, or self-control
needed to successfully make the lifestyle change.
Example 8: A woman dreamed of police telling her that she can file
charges against her husband. In waking life, her husband left her
for another woman and she felt used. In this case, the police may
have reflected her feelings about wanting to get back at her husband
with a divorce for using her so he'll feel punished for it.
Example 9: A woman dreamed of police discovering a man badly burned
inside a vehicle while she tried to take this body to clean it. In
waking life, the her boss had told her that she is her boss's biggest
failure. In this case, the police may have reflected her feelings
of self-discipline in confronting the issue of being labeled as a
failure by her boss.
Example 10: An older woman dreamed of her pastor at church being a
police officer. In waking life, she was having a problem in her church
with getting a white supremacist kicked out. In this case, the pastor
being a police officer may have reflected the dreamer's desire for
someone in a position of authority to enforce the rules and maintain
order in the church community, particularly in dealing with divisive
and harmful beliefs. The dream may be suggesting that the dreamer
sees their pastor as someone who can act as a moral authority and
ensure that everyone adheres to the principles and values of the church.
*Please See Arrested.
Reptiles
To see a reptile or lizard in your dream symbolizes fear. Either a
fear you have or a fear you are projecting to someone else.
To dream of a
yellow lizard or reptile reptile represents fear you have that is
quite noticeable.
Women who are
pregnant commonly dream of lizards. This most likely reflects their
fears associated with maintaining a healthy pregnancy or the safety
of the baby. Fears of having deformed baby or that the baby will die.
Fears of a difficult delivery, of their partner leaving them, or being
unable to financial support the baby.
Example: A man
dreamed of being reborn as a reptile. In waking life he as just recovered
from a dangerous experiment with mind altering substances. After the
dangerous experiment he realized he was scaring his friends and family
all the time when he discussed it. The rebirth as a reptile reflected
the dramatic change in how he was perceived by others as his new reputation
instilled fear in the people that cared about him.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of seeing a giant black lizard. In waking life he was experiencing
a serious crisis and feared being murdered.
*Please
See Dragons.
*Please See Dinosaur.
*Please See Alligators.
School
To dream of a school most often represents social concerns, insecurities,
or anxieties. Worrying. Anxiety about how well you are being perceived
by others, or how well you are performing in life. There is something
happening in your life that you are sensitive about, or that's very
important to be to careful about.
Schools symbolize
a state of mind when you are caring about what you are thinking. You
may have issues at work, or other areas of your life that are weighing
heavily on your mind. You are concerned about something.
Positively, schools
may reflect your concern with work or long term projects being perfectly
accurate. Carefully thinking about what you are thinking. Enjoying
learning something difficult. Learning about your problems, your past,
or how to improve yourself. A school dream may also appear if you
are an expert at something and are very concerned about potential
mistakes. Analyzing written work, theories, or ideas.
Negatively, dreams
about schools may reflect heightened levels of anxiety or prolonged
periods of fear. An unbearable problem that you can't stop worrying
about. Worrying or having second thoughts about how other people will
react to negative comments you made about them. Second guessing yourself.
A worried attempt to come up with excuses or "get your story
straight." Feeling stupid that you aren't perfect.
The level of difficulty
of an institution, or the grade you are in may reflect how serious
or emotionally taxing an issue is. Where as elementary school may
simply reflect caring about an issue, university may reflect a more
serious concern that requires your full and constant attention.
Attending specific
classes in a school may represent the manner in which you are thinking.
For example, history classes may reflect the reexamining of your past
and math classes your attempts to solve a difficult unforgiving problem
that requires a perfect solution.
Examples life
situations that may encourage school dreams may be nervousness about
dating someone, anxiety about work, or caring deeply about how others
will react to a project you are working on or plans you've made.
See the themes
section for school for a more in depth look at school symbolism.
Example: A man dreamed of being in school. In waking life he was very
concerned about his book being very accurate. He was spending a lot
of time reviewing his past work for mistakes.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of hiding in a classroom. In waking life she was very nervous
about what to say to someone she angered and was carefully thinking
of an excuse.
Example 3: A man dreamed of standing on stairs inside a school looking
at a shirt made of good material but looked like poor material. In
waking life the person received some rather harsh criticism. The school
may have reflected their concern about what other people thought about
them or anxiety that what they were doing in life was wrong.
*Please See Tests.
*Please See Exams.
*Please See High
School.
*Please See Elementary
School.
*Please See College.
*Please See University.
*Please See Private
School.
*Please See Preschool.
Sex
To dream about sex represents a positive and pleasurable experience
in your waking life that feels exhilarating and as good as it can
get. This enjoyable and thrilling experience is deeply personal and
just for you. The person you have sex with in the dream represents
a quality you recognize in yourself or a situation that you find fulfilling
and enjoyable. Thinking of everything required to be safe to have
a thrilling experience. A thrilling experience that you privately
aren't telling anyone about being thrilling to you. A sense of disbelief
that you are allowed to have such an enjoyable or thrilling experience,
as it doesn't happen in all your usual encounters with people.
Whatever the thoughts, feelings, or memories that stand out the most
to you about the person you have sex with represents what you are
experiencing more of in your life.
For example, if you have sex with a celebrity it may symbolize a quality
you see in that celebrity coming out of you or enjoying an activity
you associate with that celebrity.
Alternatively, sex in a dream may reflect your most private thoughts
about your own sex life.
To dream of being unable to find a safe place to have sex may represent
challenges in expressing yourself, doing what you like, or pursuing
your interests due to conflicting feelings or external complications.
Interests or goals may be sidetracked by complications or conflicting
feelings. You might be struggling to find a secure and comfortable
environment to connect intimately with someone or to fully explore
your desires and passions. Alternatively, it may reflect your inability
to be close or intimate in your relationship.
To dream of having sex interrupted represents outside forces intruding
on your private time, relationship, or ability to enjoy what you are
doing. Your career, personal commitments, or other distractions may
be interfering with your love life or your ability to focus on your
passions. External elements are spoiling your special moment or your
opportunity to shine.
To dream of having sex with a person who has something wrong with
them may represent your enjoyment of feeling needed or superior in
some way. An enjoyable or thrilling experience that is limited, less
capable, or feels lucky to happen at all. A thrilling enjoyable experience
that doesn't think of what average people do. Enjoying yourself in
a way that can't be 100%, but still feels good anyway. You may also
be enjoying the role of being more desirable, important, or interesting
than someone else. Alternatively, it could also symbolize your enjoyment
of an experience that has vulnerability or imperfections.
To dream of having sex with someone in public may represent attention
you are attracting yourself with your personal interests or achievements.
A thrilling experience where you don't care what anyone else thinks
about it. Your private life being made public or other people speculating
about your life. A fear of being exposed or judged by others.
To dream of having sex with a vanishing partner represents a thrilling
experience that initially excites you but eventually loses its appeal
or significance. Your confidence in the situation may wane, and you
might feel that the experience wasn't as incredible as you initially
believed. This dream could also symbolize a lack of commitment, an
inadequate partnership, or feelings of insecurity in a relationship.
It may indicate sexual or romantic frustrations and a sense of uncertainty
about the connection or bond you once had with someone.
To dream of a having sex with a faceless person represents a enjoyable
or thrilling experience that allows you to learn more about what really
pleases you. Feeling good with something you are undecided about,
enjoying being single or trying new things, and feeling free in not
knowing what you really want. Exploring your desires and passions
without the constraints of a specific identity or emotional attachment.
An enjoyable or thrilling experience where you don't really know what
someone thinks about you, or why something is the way it is.
To dream of having sex with yourself may reflect your enjoyment of
showing off your skills or experience to others. Having a good time
being the center of attention or showing off. An enjoyable experience
where you feel you are the most important. Negatively, it may be a
sign that you are going too far enjoying showboating or asserting
yourself. Enjoying yourself thinking your more attractive or better
than other people. Being so in love with yourself that you don't see
it as a problem. This dream could serve as a reminder to maintain
a balance between self-confidence and humility.
To dream of foreplay or sexual activity in a bedroom that never leads
to full sex may reflect unfulfilled desires, hesitations, or insecurities
in your waking life. It could signify that you are contemplating taking
action on something enjoyable or thrilling but are unable to commit
or follow through completely. Potential opportunities or experiences
that are within your reach but remain unexplored. It might suggest
that you are struggling to overcome personal barriers or external
factors that prevent you from fully embracing these opportunities.
You may need to assess your priorities and work on building the confidence
and determination necessary to pursue your desires and passions more
actively
To dream of chasing someone to have sex may reflect feelings of longing,
desire, or frustration in your waking life that an enjoyable or thrilling
experience alludes you or isn't achievable. Feeling that someone is
making it difficult for you to like yourself the way you want to.
Your feelings about other people never wanting to have a good time
with you. A common dream for elderly people.
To dream of people watching you have sex may reflect feelings of vulnerability,
exposure, or a lack of privacy in your personal life. It could also
signify that others are judging or scrutinizing your intimate relationships
or personal interests. Feelings about a person or situation making
it difficult for you to enjoy yourself. Additionally, it may indicate
a fear of being caught or revealing something you'd prefer to keep
private.
See the themes section
for sex for a more in-depth look at sex symbolism.
Example: A man dreamed of having sex with Oprah. In waking life, this
man was a successful public speaker. Oprah to him represented excellent
communication skills. In this case, the sex with Oprah represented
how thrilling it felt to be so good at public speaking.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of having sex with an android. In waking
life, she was having sex with someone she felt was socially boring
and easy to control sexually. In this case, the dream was about her
most private honest thoughts about her sex life.
Example 3: A man dreamed of having sex with himself and suddenly seeing
himself yelling at himself. In waking life, he had embarrassed himself
going too far showing off his skills to customers the point that his
business partner had to lecture him on stopping it. In this case,
the dreamer having sex with himself may have reflected his enjoyment
of being the center of attention and showing off his skills to the
customers
Example 4: A young woman dreamed of sexual foreplay in a bedroom that
never leads to full sex. In waking life, she was considering asking
a guy she knew to the prom, but couldn't get the confidence to ask
him for real. In this case, the the prospect of sex that never happens
may have reflected unfulfilled desires and hesitations about asking
the guy to the prom that never allows a thrilling experience of going
to the prom with the guy she had a romantic crush on.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing a man having sex with a woman
in front of her. In waking life, she was amazed at how easy a man
she met could translate another language. She felt left out and stupid.
In this case, watching someone else have sex in front of her may have
reflected her feelings of being left out and witnessing someone else's
thrilling experience or ability that she could not participate in
or match.
Example 6: A man dreamed of having sex with multiple woman in which
he described the incident as "banging chicks." In waking
life, he was a police officer who was enjoying abusing authority to
control people whenever he wanted. In this case, dreaming of sex with
multiple women may have reflected the man's enjoyment of exercising
his power and authority over others in his waking life, experiencing
a sense of thrill and satisfaction in controlling people whenever
he wanted.
Snakes
To
dream of a poisonous snake represents feelings about corruption or
contamination. Snakes in dreams also tend to reflect a person's fear
of total failure or serious losses. Feelings about a person or problem
totally permanently ruining you. A dangerous or tricky problem you
want to avoid.
Areas of your
life that spoil everything associated with them. People that can't
be trusted or that you feel are dangerous to not avoid. A snake could
also reflect your own lack of integrity or deceptive behavior. Noticing
yourself being an "evil asshole." A snake may also represent
a bad influence or a person that you don't like. A person with no
family values.
Often snakes point
to situations that are difficult to resist, morally troublesome, or
have traps that you wish to avoid. Snakes may also reflect bad habits,
people, or situations that sour your mood, spirit, or good intentions.
An addiction that is difficult to resist.
To dream of being
bitten by a snake represents feelings about having succumb to negative
influence or feelings of total failure. Feelings of corruption that
have overwhelmed you. Giving in to addictions to bad influences. Suffering
a loss of some kind.
To dream of fearing
being bitten by a snake represents your fear of losing something important
or a fear of total failure. You may fear losing power, control, safety,
or your integrity.
To dream of a
dead snake represents overcoming a corrupting or negative influence
in your life. It may also reflect a threat of total loss that is dissipating.
Black snakes usually
represent a fear of total failure. It may also reflect your feelings
about the potential for corruption or excessive losses. A fear of
enemies getting to control you or ruin you. Alternatively, a black
snake may represent your full awareness of yourself being a liar or
bad influence. Organized planning to steal or destroy other people's
integrity.
A copper colored
snake represents a fear of losing an opportunity to get something
you are desperate to have. Fearing total loss of something you are
hopelessly striving for. Allowing your desire to scare you. A fear
based on a delusional belief that if you lose something special that
you will lose everything you have. Alternatively, copper colored snake
could represent your own hopeless or desperate attempts to scare others
with total failure. Risking everything you have to corrupt others
that only embarrasses you. It can also point to hurting people, lying,
cheating, stealing, or disrespecting others because you can't have
what you want. A light brown snake is often mistaken for a copper
colored snake so consider both colors for your dream.
A light brown
snake represents a fear of loss or total failure due to an improvement
in your life. Fearing that fixing something will make your life worse.
A positive opportunity to improve yourself that scares scares you.
Powerful insecurity or a fear of embarrassment if you achieve your
goals. (e.g A boy you like finding out you're a bad kisser or a virgin
if you end up dating him, or fearing the government demanding more
money from you if you are honest with your taxes). A copper snake
is often mistaken for a light brown snake so consider both colors
for your dream.
To dream of a
dark brown snake may represent a fear of an improvement in your life
spoiling other areas of your life. Fearing getting rid of a problem
because it will make your life worse. Fearing getting rid of something
important to you and becoming a failure because of it. Alternatively,
a dark brown snake may reflect your own deceptive intentions to force
someone else to get rid of something they don't want to get rid of.
A white snake
represents a fear of total loss caused by a requirement to be perfect.
Good intentions that cause others total failure. Something genuine
or positive in your life that corrupts or contaminates everything
else around it. Something with good intentions that has no tolerance
for alternative choices. A white snake with blue venom may represent
consequences that are in your best interest, but don't feel good.
A fear of maturing or having to be honest. A "total evil asshole"
in your life that demands perfection that you feel is excessive.
To dream of a
light blue snake represents a positive person or situation that scares
you with losing all you have if you don't behave positive. A fear
of total failure if you are caught doing a single thing wrong. It
may reflect something in your life that is being guarded or that demands
total adherence to specific rules. Alternatively, a light blue snake
may reflect a positive person or situation that is antagonistic to
your goals. A good person that undermines you.
A dark green snake
represents a corrupting influence that is selfish, arrogant, or greedy.
Selfish thoughts or habits that undermine other more positive areas
of your life. A strong need to put yourself first or powerful insecurities
that derail a genuine endeavor. Selfishness that corrupts all else.
A fear of total failure due to someone else's selfishness.
To dream of riding
on the back of a snake represents feelings about something dangerous
you are using to scare people away from you. Enjoying making people
feel you are dangerous. Feeling that it's easy to scare people with
severe losses if they get in your way. Alternatively, it may reflect
a feeling of safety you get from being able to make other people feel
you are too dangerous.
To dream of a
being choked by a snake may represent feelings about a negative influence
that is preventing you from expressing yourself.
Females often dream of snakes when they fear sex, getting pregnant,
or losing their virginity.
Example: A girl
once dreamed of a poisonous snake that seduced her and was impossible
to resist. In real life she was dealing with an extremely attractive
man that was pursuing her that she didn't trust. The snake reflected
her view of this man being a "player" and just telling her
whatever she wanted to hear in order to sleep with her.
Example 2: A woman
dream of a white snake. In waking life she lived in a strict religious
community. Due to the religious laws of this community she was unable
to express herself or do anything that wasn't approved by the community.
The white snake reflected her feelings about the strict morality laws
of the religious community corrupting all her happiness.
Example 3: A man
once dreamed of running through a forest trying to avoid snakes. In
real life he was confronting a number of dangerous problems at once.
Example 4: A woman
once dreamed of being choked by a snake. In real life she was resisting
revealing her sexual desire for a co-worker out of fear that she'd
be fired. The snake reflected her fear of being fired that was preventing
her from expressing her feelings.
Example 5: A woman
dreamed of being threatened by a number of dark brown snakes. In waking
life her husband threatened to leave her and not talk to her again.
The dark brown snakes reflected her fear of losing her husband that
could spoil her family life forever.
*Please See Boa
Constrictor.
*Please See Rattlesnake.
*Please See Pythons.
*Please See Cobras.
Snow
To see snow in your dream represents a fresh start or purification
of some area of your life. A new feeling of security or a second chance.
Something has come to an end. A new sense of clarity. Alternatively,
snow may symbolize spiritual peace and tranquility.
Negatively, snow
may reflect how harsh or cold a cleansing experience is. A very unpleasant
new beginning or feeling as though you're being punished. Emotional
isolation.
Melting snow represents
obstacles or fears that are dissolving.
To dream of playing
in the snow represent enjoyment or relaxation after a troubling experience.
Alternatively, the dream is a sign that you are taking advantage of
an opportunity.
To dream finding
something in the snow represents the discovery of hidden talents or
abilities within yourself. You may have discovered a new opportunity.
It may also reflect new feelings of acceptance or forgiveness after
a difficult experience.
Example: A man
dreamed of seeing snow falling on a street. In real life he had solved
a nagging health problem. The snow falling reflected the new beginning
with his improved health.
Spiders
To dream of a spider represents feeling trapped or hopeless. A negative
situation that feels inevitable or impossible to escape. Beliefs about
things that you think are permanent or will never go away.
Alternatively,
spiders may reflect irrational beliefs. Powerful insecurities that
prevent you from doing what you want in life. Irrational fears that
prevent you from enjoying yourself, or powerful desires for things
you don't believe you can ever have.
Positively, a
spider may represent a positive area of your life that is intricate
and patient. Inevitable success based on skill. This would usually
be represented by blue or white spiders.
Example: A man
dreamed of seeing spiders flood his bedroom. In real life he had an
embarassing health problem and believe it would never allow him to
have a girlfriend. The spiders reflected how trapped he felt my his
health problem.
*Please See Tarantulas.
Teeth
To dream of teeth represents your vitality and self-confidence. A
reflection of how good you feel about your physical appearance, talents,
or anything that gives you status or power. Feelings about how permanently
confident you are capable of being.
To dream of teeth falling out represents a loss of power, confidence,
or self-esteem in some area of your life. A corrosive situation or
feelings of a loss of vitality. Dreams of teeth falling out are common
to people aging or who feel they are losing their looks. It's also
common to people who are losing money, a career, or status of some
kind. Feelings about a loss of permanent confidence.
To dream of extracting teeth may represent a a deliberate and proactive
effort to remove something that is causing a loss of vitality, confidence,
or self-esteem in some area of the dreamer's life. It may symbolize
a desire or need to take control of a corrosive situation or to regain
lost vitality. This dream may also indicate a willingness to sacrifice
or let go of something in order to move forward and regain control.
The act of extracting teeth may be a metaphor for taking decisive
action to address a problem or issue that has been causing a loss
of power or confidence. The act of extracting teeth may also represent
a painful process of letting go, indicating that the dreamer may be
struggling with the decision to move on from something or someone
that has been causing them harm or holding them back.
To dream of a gap in your front teeth represents insecurities about
your self-confidence. You may feel that others don't perceive you
as confident as you feel you should be, or that your confidence is
never quite as perfect as you want it to be. Feeling that you are
not the best, but you are not hated. This insecurity may stem from
a sensitivity to criticism or a focus on perceived flaws that you
constantly wish to improve. Confidence that doesn't want other people
to bring up your problem. Feelings about not being perfect and being
happy about it. Confidence is getting away with not being perfect.
Alternatively, a gap in the teeth of another person may represent
your view of another person or situation that you don't want to say
anything about out loud having anything else wrong with it.
To dream of animals with sharp teeth often represents feelings of
anger or aggression. You may feel a sense of fury towards a person
or situation, or feel that someone else is angry with you. The sharpness
of the teeth can symbolize the intensity of these emotions, and the
potential for harm or destruction. In some cases, the dream may represent
someone else's "biting anger" directed towards you, making
you feel attacked or threatened. It's important to examine the specific
type of animal and context of the dream to gain further insight into
its meaning.
To dream of being toothless represents a total loss of confidence,
power, or vitality. You or someone else may have experienced a setback
that has caused a loss power, status, or vitality in some way which
has led to feelings of insecurity and vulnerability. Bad news, misfortune,
or ill health are getting in the way.
To dream of brushing teeth represents feelings about reinforcing confidence
in your strengths and abilities. preparation, practice, or maintenance
to keep yourself feeling confident and ready to face the world. ou
may be concerned about how others perceive you and may be taking steps
to ensure that you do not appear weak or vulnerable in their eyes.
Concerns about maintaining your appearance to other people as you
strive to present yourself in the best possible light. Trying your
best to maintain a good appearance and positive self-image.
Negatively, dreaming about brushing your teeth may reflect a preoccupation
with appearances. Anxiety about looking bad to other people. An excessive
need to reassure yourself. An excessive need to maintain impressive
appearances. Issues with vanity. Fear of looking weak or lazy. The
dreamer may be overly concerned with how others perceive them, leading
to a constant need to present oneself in the best possible light.
To dream of broken teeth represents feelings a flaw or weakness in
one's character or abilities that can no longer be hidden or ignored.
This flaw may be something that has always been present but has been
overlooked, or it could be a new development that has arisen and needs
to be addressed. A flaw is now visible and cannot be concealed or
covered up any longer. A need to confront and address one's weaknesses
or limitations, to take steps to overcome them, and to work towards
self-improvement. The dream may be a call to action, urging the dreamer
to face their challenges head-on and to not let their flaws hold them
back. Alternatively, the broken tooth may represent a warning that
if the issue is not addressed, it may continue to worsen and have
greater consequences in the future. Feeling that your confidence has
been broken. Feeling that you need to restore confidence or prove
yourself regain confidence.
Example: A woman dreamed of her teeth falling out. In real life she
was insecure about her looks because she was aging. In this case the
teeth falling out may have reflected dreamer's insecurities and anxieties
about growing older and losing her youthful charm.
Example 2: A young woman dreamed of seeing herself with gap in her
teeth. In real life she felt like she wasn't good looking enough for
a guy she liked. In this case the gap in the teeth may have reflected
her feelings about looking her best wasn't good enough while the guy
she liked didn't hate her.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of brushing her teeth in public when the
battery in the electric toothbrush died. In waking life an expensive
fee was required to secure an important business opportunity and she
couldn't afford the fee because her budget for the year wouldn't allow
it. Brushing her teeth in public in this case may have reflected her
responsible management of her budget to keep her business looking
confident that nothing is wrong while being unable to hide why she
wasn't paying the expensive fee.
*Please See Fangs.
Tests
To dream of a test represents a challenging situation in your life.
You may be having an experience that you've never had before, facing
competition, or finding yourself in a situation with no guarantees.
A situation may require you to demonstrate your abilities. A test
could also reflect a fight, an ordeal, or a sense of pressure.
A situation that you feel is testing you or placing your self-respect
on the line.
To dream of failing
a test represents a challenge, fight, or ordeal that you were unprepared
for, gave in to, or choose to walk away from. You may not have done
everything you could have to solve a problem or confront a challenge. The
dream may also reflect your fear of failure.
To dream of doing
well on a test represents your confidence, feelings of being ready,
or that you ready to prove yourself. Feeling competent or proud of
your outstanding performance in some area of your life. Negatively,
performing well on a test may reflect arrogance or insensitivity towards
others while you perform exceptionally at something. Preoccupation
with nothing except proving yourself to be a winner at the expense
of others feelings. Issues with bragging too much. No sense of humor
about losing.
To dream of being
late for a test represents challenges you were unprepared for or were
too distracted to deal with. It may be a sign that priorities are
not straight, or a lack of responsibility.
To dream of cheating
on a test represents a lack of concern for ethics, honesty, or earning
something on your own. It may also reflect a lack of respect for a
situation that requires integrity. it may also reflect waking life
situations where you are not afraid of breaking the rules if you need
to. Low standards. Cutting corners.
To dream of being
caught cheating on a test represents feelings of being forced to stop
dishonest behavior. It may also reflect embarrassment, shame, or having
done something with low standards. Being caught acting unprofessional.
To dream of having
trouble finding a room the take your test in may reflect feelings
about wanting to prove yourself, but not knowing how to go about it.
To dream of running
out of time while taking a test may reflect a heightened sense of
pressure or having an inadequate amount of time to prove yourself
in a waking life situation.
To dream of having
to test a test that you haven't studied for represents feelings about
being unprepared to meet a waking like challenge. Confronting an unfamiliar
challenge.
Example: A young
man dreamed of cheating on a test. In waking life he felt he was taking
a lot of shortcuts with an important challenging work project to save
time that he felt was reducing quality of the work.
Example 2: A man dreamed of being nervous about taking a test. In
waking life he was a lawyer about to have his first criminal trial
in court.
*Please See Exams.
Tidal Waves
To dream of a
tidal wave represents problematic life situations or uncertainty that
threatens to overwhelm you emotionally. You may be experiencing a
high degree of stress or emotional drama. You may also feel swamped
by unfamiliar situations, obstacles, or unwanted changes. You may
be struggling with a rough situation such as a divorce, illness, financial
loss, or unexpected change. Huge forces of change or unstoppable events.
Feeling unable to cope or that you are going to be "swept away"
by a big change.
Negatively, a
tidal wave may reflect a tendency to jump to conclusions about a potential
change being too big to handle. Jumping to conclusions about situations
that feel serious because you are not informed enough.
A tidal wave may
reflect the threat of emotional devastation due to unexpected or unwanted
events. A sign that you need to stick it out. You have little to gain
by denying the problem.
To dream of surfing
a tidal wave represents your attempts to do everything possible to
stay on top of a problem or use a very negative situation to your
advantage.
Example: A woman
had recurring nightmares about being inundated by tidal waves. In
waking life she was fearing that her marriage was in danger after
becoming aware of her husband cheating on her. The tidal waves may
have reflected her fear of being overwhelmed by uncertainty or problems
if she discussed the cheating with her husband.
Example 2: A very
young girl dreamed of a tidal wave. In waking life she was shocked
to find out that her father had filed for divorce from her mother.
The tidal wave may have reflected her feelings about the overwhelming
changes that were effecting her family.
Example 3: A woman
dreamed of a Tidal wave sweeping through Africa. In waking life her
Uncle who was a convicted criminal had died. He had lots of criminal
friends at the funeral. The tidal wave sweeping through Africa may
have reflected her feelings about her criminal uncle's death having
an overpowering emotional effect on his dysfunctional friends.
Example 4: A woman
dreamed of a tidal wave. In waking life she was very happy with her
boyfriend until an unexpected argument came up putting the relationship
in jeopardy.
Example 5: A man
dreamed of experiencing a tidal wave coming towards him. In waking
life he was experiencing his arthritis getting seriously out of control.
Example 6: A man
dreamed that he saw a tidal wave. In waking life he was experiencing
supervisors at work in a serious work related argument that he felt
may result in dramatic changes or massive employee firings.
Example 7: A woman dreamed of being on the beach and hopping over
repeating tidal waves. In waking life she was having problems with
her husband believing the relationship to be over. In this case the
repeating tidal waves may have reflected her feelings about repeating
uncertainty of fights with her husband that she needed to avoid.
Tigers
To see a tiger in your dream, To
see a tiger in your dream, represents an aspect of your personality
that has unquestioned power. Issues or people that have total power
over you. Tigers often symbolize a problem or powerful fear that you'll
do absolutely everything to avoid confronting. A tiger may also reflect
a powerful misconception you have. A lie or misunderstanding that
heavily influences you.
Alternatively,
a tiger may reflect your own unquestioned authority. Feeling other
people fear confronting you.
Negatively, a
tiger may reflect an unquestioned fear. Running away from problems
based on assumptions. Rumors that scare you. Assuming that your enemies
have more power than you without question. A lack of critical thinking
about something serious you've heard. Feeling that problem is too
dangerous to even consider thinking about confronting and choosing
to run away from it as a first option. A naive fear you have. Alternatively,
it may reflect your own abuse of rumors, other people's inexperience,
or others misconceptions about you.
To dream of a
friendly tiger may represent a belief or situation that erases all
your fears or problems. It may also reflect power you hold over others.
To see a blue
tiger in a dream represents a positive belief that overpowers other
priorities. A genuine belief that something is so positive
that it's more important than anything else. Negatively,
a blue tiger may reflect misunderstanding something that you have
good intentions about and are placing too much priority on.
Example: A young
man dreamed of seeing a tiger that turned out to be fake. In real
life he was facing the prospect of going bankrupt before realizing
it wasn't as serious as he thought it was. The tiger reflected the
fear of financial ruin that took precedence over everything else in
his life.
Tornado
To dream of a tornado in your represents an emotionally
volatile or sensitive situation. An "emotional storm" that
could lead to conflict, unsettling experiences, or sudden outbursts
of emotions. A sudden argument, conflict or unsettling experience.
A situation that has the potential to get a lot worse, cause emotional
outbursts, temper tantrums, or make you very upset. You may be experiencing
a challenging situation or relationship that is pushing your buttons.
Angry relationship breakups. Parental anger with potential consequences.
Tornadoes reflect anger, losing your temper, high degrees of stress,
frustration, anxiety, worry, or strong emotional outbursts. Tornadoes
in dreams may also indicate a fear of terrible sudden losses. Unforeseen
changes. Havoc. A fear of losing control or a sense of powerlessness
in the face of unpredictable circumstances. Tornadoes can represent
havoc and upheaval, as well as a feeling of being caught up in a situation
beyond your control.
To dream of escaping a tornado may represent a sense of hyper-responsibility
as you try to avoid conflict or keep the peace. You may feel that
it's your responsibility to protect yourself and others from the emotional
storm. The dream may also indicate that you are actively taking steps
to avoid or mitigate potential conflicts or issues. This can be a
positive sign of your ability to handle and navigate difficult situations
with maturity and grace.
Example: A man dreamed of a tornado ripping apart a forest on his
father's property. In waking life he had a huge fight with his arrogant
controlling father that ended up potentially costing him his inheritance
and future life. In this case the tornado may have reflected the intense
emotional turmoil and upheaval that the fight with his father had
caused in his life. The tornado ripping apart the forest on his father's
property may symbolize the destruction and chaos that the fight had
brought to his family and the potential loss of the secure future
that his inheritance represented. The dream may have been a manifestation
of his anxiety and fear of the negative consequences of his conflict
with his father.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of a tornado. In waking she was experiencing
a lot of tension after having to angrily yell at someone to leave.
In this case the tornado may have reflected the dreamer's sense of
anger and tension in waking life, which may have been triggered by
the conflict she experienced with the person she had to yell at.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing a violent tornado. In waking
life she was pregnant and just had a big argument with her boyfriend
which caused them to break up. In this case the violent tornado may
have reflected the intense emotional upheaval and turmoil she was
experiencing in her waking life due to the argument with her boyfriend
and the uncertainty and fear of being a single mother. The violent
tornado could symbolize the destructive and chaotic nature of the
situation and the overwhelming feelings of fear, anger, and sadness
that she was experiencing. It may also indicate a fear of sudden and
dramatic changes that could uproot her life and plans.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of a tornado. In waking life they were
confronting the shock of their father dying. In this case the tornado
may have reflected the turbulent and emotional experience of dealing
with the sudden loss of a loved one and the feelings of confusion,
chaos, and uncertainty that come with it.
Example 5: A man dreamed of powerful tornado. In waking life he was
experiencing a lot conflict and chaos at work. In this case the tornado
may have reflected the dreamer's feelings of being overwhelmed by
the intense conflict and chaos at work. The tornado may have symbolized
the strong emotions and upheaval he was experiencing, as well as the
feeling that he was being swept up in the turmoil and unable to escape
it.
Example 6: A woman dreamed of a tornado. In waking life she was fearing
angering her mother after a lawsuit completed. In this case the tornado
may have reflected the dreamer's fear of the potential emotional turmoil
that may arise as a result of the lawsuit and the possibility of disappointing
or upsetting her mother.
Example 7: A non-binary teenager dreamed of a tornado coming to her
bedroom and then picking her up and dropping her off in a forest that
made her feel like she was lost for ages. In waking life she wanted
to cut her hair and her parents got very angry and refused to allow
her to. In this case the tornado may have reflected the teenager's
feelings of being caught up in an emotionally turbulent situation
with their parents regarding their desire to express their identity
through cutting their hair.
Water
To
dream of water represents negativity or uncertainty that you are experiencing.
An unpredictable situation. Water may also reflect a negative emotional
state such as fear or ill-intentions. Our negative unconscious thoughts
and emotions. Negative situations that bring uncertainty, the unfamiliar,
obstacles, or unwanted changes.
Positively, water
can symbolize renewal and regeneration with symbolism such as bathing,
drinking water, or bottled water.
To dream of calm
clear water represents peace of mind. You've confronted a problem
or emotional issue. You may also be very comfortable noticing a problem
all the time.
To dream of dirty
water represents negative situations or uncertainty that has to be
cared about all the time or requires you to be always be careful.
To dream of being
under water represents waking life situations where you feel overwhelmed
by a problem or negative emotions. You may be in over your head in
a situation and are overwhelmed by your emotions.
To dream of hot
or boiling water represents emotional turmoil or very active negative
thinking patterns. You have fears, desires, guilt, or some other negative
thinking pattern that is imbalanced or excessive. It may also reflect
bad intentions you have for someone you're angry at.
To dream of cold
water represents positive unconscious thoughts, emotions, or habits.
Things that are positive that you are unaware of or don't concern
yourself with.
To dream of running
water represents negative situations or uncertainty that you are noticing
all the time. Dripping water may reflect a problem situation that
is slowly beginning to surface.
To dream of walking
on water represents total control over your emotions or a negative
situation. You have a handle on a problem or don't even care about
a problem being a problem.
To dream of being
unable to enter a body of water may reflect your feelings of being
held back or incapable of facing a problem or challenge that you want
to face. Negatively, it may be a sign that you want to choose a dangerous
option, but feel someone or something holding you back.
To dream of water overflowing represents feelings uncertainty as a
situations gets out of hand. Fear, stress, or frustrations starting
to become too much to handle.
Different bodies
of water represent different forms of negativity in our lives that
we must confront.
*Please See Underwater.
*Please See Ocean.
*Please See River.
*Please See Lake.
*Please See Stream.
See the themes
section for water for a more in depth look at water symbolism.
Example: A man
dreamed of having a hot water tank removed from his basement. The
day before the dream he had faced a power fear he had been plagued
with for years. The hot water tank reflected the constant negative
emotional state created by his fear.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of standing on a beach facing the ocean. In real life he was
dealing with a serious health crisis and feared the possibility of
death.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of crossing water. In waking life she was
experiencing a situation causing a lot of worrying.
Wedding
To dream of a wedding represents unification with some aspect of yourself.
The joining or merging of qualities. It may also reflect an experience
in your life where you noticing something becoming permanent. Often
a symbol for new habits or situations that are becoming common place
in your life. A wedding may also represent a catalyst event that motivates
you to do something all the time. Sometimes can reflection a transforming
event.
Negatively, a
wedding may reflect negative situations or negative thinking patterns
that are becoming common place in your life being amplified in your
waking life. Negative situations or unwanted aspects of yourself merging.
Fear, want, jealousy, or guilt that are regularly occurring or feel
permanent.
To dream of attending
a wedding may reflect your feelings about permanent changes that are
occurring to someone else. It may reflect witnessing yourself changing.
Experiencing 2 sides of yourself merging.
To dream of planning
for a wedding represents preparations you are making for a permanent
or serious change.
To dream of running away from a wedding may reflect feelings of wishing
to avoid a permanent situation. Having second thoughts about a commitment
or obligation you made.
To dream of problems
or fighting at a wedding may reflect issues with commitment, confidence,
or consistency. You may be having second thoughts about a change you
were considering. Alternatively, it may reflect jealousy you or someone
else has while watching others achieve something. Not liking seeing
someone else permanently realize a goal. It may also point to feelings
that seeing a permanent change occur is not a good idea.
If you are getting
married in real life then dreams of disasters as your wedding may
be reflecting your anxiety about embarrassing yourself. Seeing ex's
or your partner being horribly disfigured may reflect your fear of
making a mistake.
Example: A woman
dreamed of seeing her design teacher getting married to her spiritual
teacher. In waking life she was starting to design exotic jewelry.
Example 2: Elderly
people near death often dream of weddings. The weddings reflect their
feelings about being close to the permanence of death. Experiencing
themselves merging with the afterlife.
*Please See Wedding
Dress.
*Please See Marriage.
*Please See Wedding
Ring.
*Please See Bride.
*Please See Groom.
*Please See Bridesmaids.