Opera

To dream of being at the opera represents situations where you and others are expected to perfectly adhere to higher standards of maturity or more respectable codes of conduct. Having to blend in with rich people, snobs, weddings, good schools, or upscale events.

A concerted effort to behave perfectly intelligent, responsible, or sophisticated around other people. A situation that motivates you to behave or be more mature than usual. "Putting your best face on" for a special occasion. A area of your life where you feel the need to act perfect. Feeling good acting perfectly respectable or adult.

Negatively, dreaming about an opera may reflect peer pressure you feel in social situations that are dominated by rich people. It may also reflect your dislike of rich people or having to conform during special occasions like weddings.

Example: A young girl dreamed of having a knife fight at the opera. In waking life she dressed like a Goth and attended a school with a lot of students she described at "rich preppies." The opera reflected her school having lots of rich people with high standards for mature behavior that she was expected to conform to.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of her fiancee not wearing pants while attending an opera. In waking life she was about to get married and was having wedding rehearsals which she felt her fiancee was not giving a lot of effort towards.

Ottoman

To dream of an ottoman represents a higher degree of comfort in choosing to do nothing about a situation or problem. Noticing yourself being lazy or purposely not taking action.

Negatively, an ottoman may reflect avoidance or making excuses. It may also reflect an excessive preference for procrastination.

Alternatively, an ottoman may reflect your preoccupation with relaxing or taking time off. Choosing to slow down.

Example: A young man dreamed of hiding under an ottoman. In waking life he had pretended he was asleep to avoid confronting an angry parent over an important issue.

Oven

To dream of an oven represents a wish to slowly and perfectly prepare for something in your life. Taking the time to make sure something you want to experience is just right. Preparation that takes time or care.

To dream of a broken oven may reflect feelings of being unable to be as careful or thoughtful about doing something as you'd like.

An oven may appear in the dream when you are experiencing a pregnancy.

Example: A woman dreamed that an oven that was in her living room was labelled as a "medium for terrorization." In waking life she was living in Nazi Germany under the police state restrictions. The oven in this case may have reflected her feelings about her attempts to enjoy her life by preparing special things to enjoy in her family be viewed as suspicious by the government.

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Palace

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Patio

To dream of a patio represents your openness about yourself. An attitude of not thinking that anything really matters. Feeling you can freely say whatever you want.

Negatively, a patio may be a sign that you are too comfortable or interested in talking about yourself.

To dream of patio doors being open represents a willingness to be open about yourself. Closed doors may be a sign that you or someone else is not quite ready to be open about themselves.

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Pawnshop

To dream of selling to a pawnshop represents desperation or willingness to make a big compromise. It may be a sign that you are throwing away your power to get anything at all. Spreading yourself too thin or depleting your resources to get by.

To dream of buying from a pawn represents your attempt to use or exploit someone else's weakness to get something for yourself.

Penitentiary

To dream of a penitentiary may represent. long term confinement or restrictions. You may also feel that your whole life is about being limited or not allowed to do what you want. Alternatively, a penitentiary may reflect confinement or restrictions that feels terrible or totally controlling.

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Penthouse

To dream of a penthouse unit in a apartment building or condo represents a perspective on a situation being the highest status, most successful, or as advanced as possible while sharing concerns. A perspective on situation that is comfortable to the highest degree possible while sharing problems. Feeling perfectly successful, but not perfectly independent. Feeling that you are at the pinnacle of some area of your life with responsibilities or problems left to deal with. A perspective on a situation that is as high or advanced as you are going to get while still having to deal with other people's problems or lingering responsibilities. Enjoying feeling that nothing can stop you, while still caring about lingering issues.

Negatively, dreaming about a penthouse unit in an apartment building or condo represents feelings of being annoyed that you'd have to think of someone else's problems ever again while being unable to perfectly avoid it. Annoying yourself that you'd have to stop enjoying yourself being the most successful or independent you'd ever been to notice someone else's problems. A situation that should feel perfect, but isn't.

Example: A young girl dreamed of killing the CEO of a company and then being in a penthouse apartment. In waking life she had just broken up with an abusive narcissistic boyfriend and was trying to move on. The penthouse symbolism in this case may have have reflected her mindset being comfortably over her ex-boyfriend to the highest degree while still feeling forced to think of him or deal with issues related him. She felt perfectly happy to be independent and was annoyed to have to think of her ex-boyfriend at all.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing her mother in a beautiful New York penthouse apartment. In waking life she was considering taking a Ph.D program in another country while currently taking care of her mother. In this case the penthouse apartment may have reflected her feelings about being as successful as she ever could be in her current life while being ready to move on with her education and simultaneously having to feel the need to take care of her mother.

Pharmacy

To dream of a pharmacy reflects a situation with a requirement of proof of good advice and necessity in order to receive help with a serious problem. Feelings about expert advice that gives you permission to fulfill a 'prescription' for a course of action in your life to remedy a particular situation. It may be a sign that you feel embarrassed, under pressure, or untrusted. Feeling that people will help you solve a serious problem if your problem is legit, you already have a plan to resolve it, and talked to someone experienced about it. The need to find a reliable 'prescription' or plan to improve challenging real-life circumstances.

Example: A woman dreamed of driving around looking for a pharmacy to fulfill a prescription for pills, but finding that they were all closed. She then called her mother to tell her that she thought that the world was ending. In waking life, she was having serious financial problems. She wanted a new job and a change in her life. In this case, looking for a pharmacy to get prescription pills and being unable to find one may have reflected her feelings of desperation and the perceived unavailability of immediate solutions or expert advice for her financial problems.

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Pillows

To dream of pillows represents feelings of comfort that nothing is wrong with what you are choosing to avoid doing. What you tell yourself to feel comfortable not changing your mind. A wish to be comfortable being passive about a choice. Feeling comfortable and safe with your choices. Awareness of yourself not being desperate.

Negatively, pillows may reflect an excessive level of confidence that nothing you are doing is wrong.

Pipes (Plumbing)

To dream of pipes represents your ability to steer and control something in the direction you want.

Leaking pipes represent problems that are derailing progress or causing delays.

To dream of using a pipe as a weapon symbolizes conflict in your life over controlling outcomes.

To dream of a pipeline represents unquestioned progress. Streamlined success. No fighting. Anxiety, concerns, or jealousy of your competition having access to a competitive advantage that makes their lives too easy for your comfort level. Some kind of unstoppable progressive situation in your life. Powerful productivity. Never taking a break. Expecting something in your life to be easy.

Example: A woman dreamed of feeling forced to sit on a hot pipe by a "disease demon." In waking life she was experiencing anxiety about taking time off work to deal with painful inflammation she was feeling in her bladder. The hot pipe may have reflected her feelings of putting up with the pain of her bladder inflammation in order to keep her responsibilities at work running smoothly.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of using a pipe as a weapon. In waking life he felt the need to defend himself against an overbearing father who was trying to control his life.

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Plants

To dream of a plants represents a slowly progressing development in your life. Ideas, plans, or hard work that will take time to realize the full potential of. Something you are patiently waiting for. Self-improvement or personal growth.

People who are experiencing slow or long term healing often dream of plants. Parents may dream of watering plants to reflect nurturing their growing children.

Women who are trying to conceive or have recently gotten pregnant may dream of a plant.

To dream of a plant drying up and dying may reflect your feelings about neglecting an aspect of your life that is slowly developing. Feelings about neglecting children. Water a plant may reflect some area of your life that you are nurturing or encouraging.

To dream of potted plants represents feelings about something pleasant or beneficial to your life that requires occasional attention. Maintenance that benefits you. Enjoying slow progress from regular.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing baby plants in the ground. In waking life he was beginning to write a book.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of over-watering her mother's houseplants. In waking life she was pregnant and having anxiety about being a terrible mother when the child was born.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of watering plants and then feeling that because she spent too much time on it that she allowed another plant to shrivel and die. In waking life she felt she was neglecting her youngest child because she was paying attention to her older children.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of seeing a plant in her home that had dried up in real life looking vibrant and perfectly taken care of. In waking life she was experiencing an improvement in her sex life with her husband.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing her potted plants go missing while trades men came into the home to fix her property up. In waking life she owned rental property that she was having difficulty renting. The stolen potted plants in this case may have reflected her sense of losing her ability to enjoy comfortably profiting from rental property which required occasional maintenance to keep tenants happily paying her. The combination of the stolen plants and trades men working on the home may have reflected her awareness of herself having problems renting the rental home whole procrastinating having the rental home fixed up for future renting knowing that it might require it to interest people in renting it.

Porch

To dream of house porch represents situations, behavior, or issues that you are intentional about. Caring about knowing you're doing something. It may also reflect an area of your life where you are purposely trying to be noticed for something.

Negatively, a porch may reflect bad intentions you care about being noticed by others or problems you care about never having to do anything about.

Example: A man had a recurring theme in his dreams about being on his front porch. In waking life he was a television host. The front porch in his dreams reflects his mindset about being famous and on display. Issues he had to concern himself with because of being famous.

Post Office

To dream of a post office represents a situation in your life where you are constantly trying to give people information you believe is important for them to have.