Luggage

To dream of luggage represents your feelings about desires, worries, or responsibilities that you are carrying around with you. Keeping yourself prepared or keeping ready no matter how much your life changes. Feelings about what you need to "keep it together" during times of transition.

Negatively, luggage may represent the burden of your responsibilities and emotional problems that follow you around. Emotional "baggage" you have problems letting go of. Behavior that may be too high maintenance. Problems you to constantly deal with or talk about. Children you need to look after.

Alternatively, dream of luggage may represents a wish to experience something different. You may wish to leave the past behind you or show other people how different you are.

Luggage may also reflect your wish to go on vacation or travel.

To dream of lost luggage represents feelings about having lost your ability to "keep it together" during or after a transitional moment. Feeling unprepared or not ready for something you expected to be ready for. Feeling that you've lost your ability to be prepared or ready for a different state of mind you were expecting to experience.

Example: A man dreamed of leaving his luggage on a train when he got off at a stop to buy something, and then seeing the train take off. In waking life he was a business man that took part in a number of long term projects and at this point in his life he feared that taking on a new project in the middle of a current one would force him to miss out on an opportunity that he had been preparing for a long for. The lost luggage in this case may have reflected his projected fears about losing his preparedness for future opportunities if he took time off for current opportunities.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of carrying several pieces of luggage and handing it off to her husband. In waking life she was pregnant and felt she had to temporarily hand off some of the financial responsibilities to her husband. The luggage in this case may have reflected her ability to "keep it together" and be prepared while expecting her new baby.

Example 3: A man dreamed of having lost his luggage. In waking life he was preparing big business sales plans for his products and then was disappointed with serious problems selling his products. The luggage in this case may have reflected his feelings about being prepared for success or prepared with good sales techniques for his products once his new products were shipped to him ready to be sold. The luggage being lost may have reflected his lost ability to be confident with his preparations for increased sales.

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Lumber

To dream of seeing lumber represents a situation you feel you can do something about. Noticing that change or a fresh start is possible. Starting over, re-organizing, or rebuilding. Flexibility or an opportunity to change. Feelings about being able to rebuild yourself or rebuild your life with a resource.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing lumber on the floor to a mansion and being told to finish construction the mansion. In waking life the dreamer was unemployed for 7 months. In this case the symbolism of being pressured to finish the interior of a mansion using lumber may have reflected the dreamer's feelings about being pressured to fix their life up by getting a new job. The lumber was possibly a reflection of the dreamer's feelings about being able to use a resource develop themself to be more professionally valuable.

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Lumberjacks

To dream of a lumberjack represents an aspect of yourself that cancels permanent situations all the time. Positively, it represents effortlessness in dealing with big problems or things other people feel are impossible. Surprising strength and fortitude.

Negatively, a lumberjack represents an opponent or problem that fails all your defenses or sense of security effortlessly Alternatively, it may be a sign that you are being arrogant with your superior strength.

Lump

To dream of a strange lump on the body represents feelings about something abnormal in your life that you are putting up with. Consider the body part the lump appears on for additional meaning.

Alternatively, a lump may reflect uncomfortable feelings about being stuck with something abnormal in your life. Putting up with something strange or out of the ordinary.

Lunch

To dream of eating lunch symbolizes what you are thinking or feeling as you enter the middle stage of a project or life lesson. How you sustain yourself emotionally in the middle of dealing with a problem.

Consider what you are eating or who you are eating with for additional meaning.

Lungs

To dream of lungs represents the freedom to think, make choices, or express yourself. It may also symbolize an ability to take your time. Any problems with your lungs may reflect feelings of being suffocated emotionally, being unable to express yourself, or having to rush.

To dream of lung cancer represents a situation that is slowly restricting freedom, choice, or your ability to express yourself. You may also feel that a situation is slowly restricting your ability to relax.

Example: A woman dreamed of having lung cancer. In real life the woman's daughter was close to getting married and she strongly believed her daughter was too young.

Lust

To dream of feeling lust in a dream represent eagerness or ambition for a desired outcome. Not caring about anything except winning or enjoying yourself.

Negatively, lust may be a sign that you need to learn to exercise some self-control or patience.

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Luxury

To dream of luxury or a luxurious setting represents feelings about deserving to feel successful, powerful, or respect yourself feeling like a big person. Feelings about special treatment, being superior, liking a life situation without anything to stop you. Feeling good being sophisticated. Feelings of freedom, amazement, or new possibilities that you have never experienced before. Feelings about moving up in the world. Feelings of deserving the best or to fully respect yourself without restraint. Feeling like an "aller." Feeling spoiled or that you being given top notch care. Enjoying nobody bothering you or that all your usual problems are taken care of. A situation that make life feel more beautiful, exciting, or enjoyable than normal.

Dreams about luxury may also reflect feelings of being more sophisticated than other people, deserving more than others, being rich, or feeling elite. Feelings about something expensive.

Negatively, dreaming about luxury or a luxurious setting may represent feelings of jealousy of not deserving success, power, special treatment, being superior, or deserving to feel like a big person. It may also reflect feelings of excess with power or excess. Alternatively, luxury in a dream may negatively reflect a tendency to be too easily impressed with deserving to feel something successful or powerful.

To dream of being in a luxurious hotel represents feelings about being taken care of or looked after in a way that makes you feel you deserve success, power, or to respect yourself like a big person. Possibly a symbol for rich parents or friends letting you stay in their home. Feelings of having things done for you, clean up after, and sheltered comfortably.

Example: A woman dreamed of an expensive luxury home. In waking life she wanted to leave her husband and found an expensive apartment that she liked which would allow her to live without her husband. The feelings about the luxury in this case may have reflected her feelings about deserving to respect herself living without any of the usual problems experienced while living with her husband.

Lying

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Lynching

To dream of a lynching represents a cold or heartless approach to problem solving. Feeling good thinking of someone as a totally humiliated loser. It may also reflect satisfaction in "sticking it" to someone who disappointed you. You or someone else that is insensitively ridding yourself of commitments, relationships, or problems. It may also reflect a bitter act of retribution. A total loss of respect for someone. Feeling good not liking someone.

To dream of being chased by a lynch mob represents feelings about people or situations that gain satisfaction totally humiliating you as a total loser. You may have crossed someone who would enjoy having retribution. Feeling that people want to celebrate or instigate your total failure.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing someone being lynched. In real life he had lost all respect for a girl he liked. The lynching reflected the cold 180 degree change in his feelings for her. He became quite bitter and vocal about his new dislike for her.

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Lynx

To dream of a lynx represents feelings about behavior that is dangerous, intuitive, and elusive about never having to say it's larger than someone else until you get too close to it. Behavior that is dangerous about listening to every single thing that is happening not being important before it ever has to act on it. Issues that don't scare you or feel threatening until they are close at hand. Feeling that a small issue is dangerous, but not serious unless you absolutely have you approach it.

Example: The artist Peter Birkhouser's last dream painting before he died was of a giant black lynx standing over top of him, too big to do anything about. In this case, the lynx may have been a reflection of the artist's fear of death feeling dangerous about listening to everything happening with his worsening health condition, intuitive about countering doctors attempts to prolong his life in the hospital, and elusive about never having to feel serious until the last minute.

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