Criminal

To dream of a criminal represents an aspect of your personality that's aware of it's own dishonesty. You or someone else that knows what they are doing is wrong. Feelings about bad influences in your life. Too much lying, cheating, or breaking the rules in some area of your life. Perhaps, there is someone in your life that you find of questionable character?

Negatively, a criminal may reflect your awareness of your own dishonest behavior or attempts to take a risky "short cut" that could hurt you in the long term.

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Crowds

To dream of being in a large crowd of people represents a need for space, privacy, or, solitude. You may feel that you can't think clearly or be honest about you real feelings. Feeling forced to conform with others or unable to be yourself. Your own opinions not counting or mattering. Anxiety about being embarrassed in front of a large group of people in a waking life social situation.

Alternatively, being in large crowd may represent a overwhelming sense of consensus or social support. Being on the "same page" as everyone you know on an issue. Overwhelming agreement. Feelings about having a lot of people being interested in your ideas or goals.

To dream of seeing a large crowd of people that you are not apart of may represent feelings of being left out. Feeling that everyone else has a view that you don't agree with. It may also reflect feelings of others not thinking for themselves. A reflection of individuality on some issue.

To dream of an unruly crowd may represent the potential for a "boiling point" to be reached on some issue that is getting out of hand. Pressing concerns or problems that are starting to go a bit overboard. Someone may be too insensitive to your feelings or too neglectful of your needs.

To dream of a happy crowd may represent a strong social support system.

Dreams about crowds are also common to people who experience social anxiety about larger groups of people.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a large crowd of people walking away from him. In waking life he was beginning to feel that he was being abandoned by a number of people close to him. He felt that the initial overwhelming support he was getting from people interested in investing in his was waning as he failed produce evidence of progress they needed.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of standing in a very crowded place with all the people staring at her. In waking life her bossed had embarrassed her in front of all her co-workers.

Customers

To dream of a customer represents feeling about your concerns with not keeping people happy who turn to you whenever they need to. Feelings about yourself being the originalest best and that people won't stop using you for it. Feeling good always being there for someone. Noticing that nobody is a loser if they need you all the time. Civil treatment that happens consistently. Your own attitude of just being professional about helping someone out all the time.

Negatively, dreaming of a customer may reflect the emptiness of not being able to do anything accept keep people you interact with regularly happy. Feeling that all you get to do is tell someone all their needs matter because you lose if you don't. Feeling good having to be the best when it's not really your problem. Feeling that it's just your life to never really get to know people who use you. Not liking having to help or keep someone happy all the time in order to keep your own life stable. Not liking never getting to be a jerk because it would risk all you have. Too much concern with helping someone like it's all you need to do to keep them happy. Emptiness of a relationship that is only helpful and civil.

Alternatively, dreaming about a customer may reflect feelings about your job if you have to interact with customers regularly. Not liking dealing with customers in your waking life when you have other problems. Awareness of your real life customers not thinking that anything is wrong when you may secretly know the business is having problems.

To dream of being a customer represents feelings of needing someone else to keep you happy. Feeling someone doesn't care anything anything except being older or more experienced than you and always helps you out. Feeling that someone is just professional about helping you out all the time.

Negatively, dreaming about being a customer represents awareness that someone else treats you the same as everyone else. Feeling that someone doesn't have to keep loving you or treating you special if there isn't any benefit to them. Feeling the emptiness of nothing is special about you to someone. Feeling that someone will always save your time or your life, but never love you. Feeling that nobody needs to like you the way you want every time you interact with them.

Example: A woman who worked in a retail clothing store dreamed of a customer asking her nicely if she was allowed to work in the store with blood on her face and checking the mirror to see circles of blood on her face. In this case the customer may have reflected her waking life feelings about not liking interacting with customers in the clothing store with asking them if they need help. She may have thought customers were critical of her ability to be good enough at her job or not respecting her after witnessing other customers not getting the help they needed either because she couldn't perfectly please every customer.

Example 2: A man dreamed of being in the hospital for heart problems when one of his customers whom he is close to appeared smiling at him. In waking life the man feared losing his job. The smiling customer at the end may have reflected his awareness about the customer whom he was close to helping him look good at his job when he was fearing being fired. He may have had concerns with not looking good caring about people enough at his job.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of going to a restaurant her ex-boyfriend owned after they broke up. He was civil and treated her like every other customer. In waking life she wished she could have he ex-boyfriend back and that she couldn't replace him. In this case being a customer to her ex-boyfriend may have reflected how interacting with he ex-boyfriend felt civil after the breakup as just a friend like everyone else when she needed to talk to him.

Dad

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Dancer

To dream of a dancer represents an aspect of yourself that enjoys participation or feels good showing of "going with the flow." Being adept or experienced with going along with the feeling of a situation to impress other people. Experience at going along with every one else's feelings. Qualities of being experienced or adept at feeling good with other people with listening, responsiveness, rapport, and congruency. Feeling good "getting each other" or being good with people. Expertise at feeling good never being alone. Expertise at having a good time. Feeling good that you don't need to listen to anyone if you don't want to. An expert at feeling good that there is never anything wrong happening.

Negatively, a dreaming about a dancer may represent feeling good wasting other people's time going along with the feeling of a situation. Showing off enjoying doing only what is required to respect the overall feeling of a situation. Experience "dancing around" a problem instead of resolving it. Feeling that you are so good that you can handle any type of relationship. Frustrations that other people are less skilled at relationships or enjoying not being alone than are. Feelings about relationship rapport not being as good as it usually is or that you are not having as good of a time with your partner as usual.

Example: A teenage girl dreamed of being a professional dancer. In waking life she was frustrated that she hadn't found a boy she could emotionally connect with. Being a professional dancer in the dream may have reflected her feelings about herself being more socially and emotionally advanced than boys.

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Daredevils

To dream of a daredevil represents an aspect of yourself that is risking everything to prove itself. You or someone else that is being noticed taking a big chance.

Darth Vader

To dream of Darth Vader represents a feeling of opposition or threat from a powerful, dominant, and possibly corrupt authority figure. A danger or threat to future, potential, or values. A sense of a battle between good and evil. The dreamer's internal struggle with their beliefs, values, and sense of self, as well as their sense of responsibility to protect what is important to them.

Example: A man dreamed of Darth Vader giving instructions to skeleton people. In waking life he wasn't very religious and that religious people were giving him an attitude of "whose side are you on?" In this case Darth Vader represents opposition or threat from a powerful, dominant, and possibly corrupt authority figure. This may be associated with the attitude of religious people towards the dreamer's non-religious views.

Example 2: A man dreamed of Darth Vader. In waking life he was having issues with getting revenge on his boss. In this case Darth Vader may have represented feelings of opposition or threat from a powerful and dominant authority figure like their boss. The dreamer may feel like their future, potential, or values are in danger from their boss. The appearance of Darth Vader suggests that the dreamer is struggling with the idea of good versus evil, as well as with their own beliefs, values, and sense of self. The dreamer may feel a sense of responsibility to protect what is important to them, which may be connected to their desire for revenge on their boss.

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Daughter

To dream of having a daughter represents passive ideas, habits, or developments that are being encouraged or allowed to flourish. Situations or aspects of yourself that you are encouraging that have no control or power. A daughter may also reflect the development of situations that give away control or authority to others. A developing feminine aspect of your personality or life. An aspect of your personality or life that is subordinate.

Alternatively, a daughter in a dream may reflect issues with your waking life relationship with her.

To dream of having a daughter that you don't recognize represents new passive ideas, habits, or developments. A passive aspect of yourself not thought about or experienced before.

Evil daughters symbolize negative or corrupted passive aspects of your personality that you are encouraging. It may be a sign that you need to assert yourself more.

If you have more than one daughter in real life then each daughter will represent a different aspect of your life based on your most honest feelings about then.

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David Bowie

To dream of David Bowie represents an aspect of your personality that's more incredible than other people (or gets more attention) for feeling good that it frightens you that it never embarrasses itself for who it is isn't being listened to while being a perfect example of being considerate of everyone's feelings. Combined qualities of assertiveness and sensitivity that's intelligent about not deserving to think about it as a problem. Boldness about refusing to be subdued or frightened.

Negatively, dreaming about David Bowie may represent behavior that frightens you that you are on the edge of being talked back to for being unintelligent while you like what it's doing. Behavior that frightens you that it doesn't accept itself ever saying it's stupid while not being afraid of being looked up to being more considerate than someone else.

Example: A man dreamed of watching David Bowie on stage at a packed stadium concert with a band singing the last part of a song. In waking life, a friend had given him advice about being patient about surviving a dangerous criminal situation that he felt good about, but couldn't believe until the last moment. In this case, David Bowie may have reflected his feelings about his friend's advice being frightening for its boldness and its refusal to be subdued or frightened while taking a situation to the edge and being considerate of the dreamer's feelings that everything worked out thoughtfully as planned as long as the dreamer listened.

Dead Relatives

To dream of dead relative usually represents an aspect of yourself based on their role in the family or your most honest feelings about them.

The fact that your relative is dead in the dream most likely doesn't have as much meaning as do your most honest feelings about them when they were alive. For example, someone seeing a deceased father in a dream will most likely reflect your conscience or a decision you are making just same as someone dreaming of their father who is currently still alive.

Alternatively, a dead relative may reflect your grief or feelings about their passing.

To dream of a dead relative dancing most likely represents your feelings about how well some area of your life is working out.

Example: A man dreamed of his dead father. In waking life he was making an important decision. His dead father reflected his conscience or decision-making ability. The fact that he was dead had no significance.

Example 2: A man dreamed of his dead grandmother. In waking life he was experiencing a problem that he had prior experience with. His grandmother in the dream reflected the wisdom of past experience or "having been there before." His ability to override poorer judgment. Her being dead had no bearing on the symbolism.

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Dentist

To dream of a dentist represents an aspect of your personality that is unpleasant, but necessary. Unwanted situations that may be in your best interest. Changes to thoughts, opinions, and habits that increase confidence and vitality, yet feel bad. Something that fixes your problems and doesn't care about feeling good at all.

A dentist may represent a forced confrontation with a negative situation.

Detective

To see a detective in your dream, represents an aspect of your personality that is suspicious or thinks something doesn't make sense. You may be trying to solve a mysterious problem, or don't trust someone.

Negatively, dreaming about a detective may reflect fear of others discovering unpleasant or embarrassing information about you. Fears of hidden truths being discovered about you. Feeling that people don't trust you or are won't stop looking for ways to humiliate you. Fearing being exposed for things you are guilty of. Anxiety about lies you told be discovered. Unrelenting nosiness.

To have a detective following you in a dream may be a symbol for a lingering sense of suspicion. It may also reflect a fear of being caught or figured out.

Example: A man dreamed of a detective. In waking life he was in the middle of a lawsuit and he feared having every aspect of his life investigated by the opposing side.

Dictators

To dream of a dictator represents an aspect of yourself that is all-controlling. Negatively, it may reflect you or someone else that is repressive or totally uncompromising. Dictators in dreams can also represent people or situations that are not allowing you to do anything you want. Possibly an over controlling parent or father figure.

To dream that you are a dictator represents situations where you are all-controlling. A sign that you need to be more flexible and open-minded in your thinking and in your decision making. You may be too controlling.

Director

To dream of a director of a company or organization may represent control over a situation or other people that doesn't have to do anything except notice what's happening next. Control that notices other people make no mistakes as part of a larger plan. Never believing that you can make mistakes while controlling other people. Not having anything else to say except that your way is best.

To dream of a movie director represents behavior that has to make sure everyone involved in a situation is doing what they're supposed to be doing so people will have to believe it.

Example: A person dreamed of their boss being a director who kicked them out of a play they had interrupted. In waking the life the person had a few months to find a new job or they'd become unemployed. In this case the boss being the director to a play may have reflected the dreamer's feelings about their boss controlling everyone at his workplace to behave a certain way to control appearances for customers. The boss may have controlled a "sales script" or company personality that the dreamer wasn't paying enough attention to that bothered his boss.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of a "pathfinder director" from church being upset $4000 was stolen. In waking life the woman was upset that her husband was going to a different church than she was. In this case the pathfinder director may have reflected her feelings about being in control of or planning her husband's spiritual future believing that her choice of a church would guarantee that he wasn't making a mistakes in life.

DJ

To dream of a music DJ or music disc jockey represents an aspect of yourself that is an expert at helping others at what is best to feel good with. Feelings about regulating or managing feeling good intelligently. Parents intelligently managing or prioritizing feeling good for kids with home expenses to keep the home feeling good within budget.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing a prisoner section that she felt was like a DJ booth. In waking life she was experiencing a lot of financial stress as a home owner with children. In this case the DJ booth symbolism insider a prisoner section may have reflected her feelings about needing to be intelligent about protecting herself and her family from being cut off from feeling good during financial stress.