Books

To dream of books represents ideas, information, insights, or answers. It may also reflect what you tell yourself to do when a specific situation or problem arises. Consider a book's title, subject, color for additional meaning.

To dream of books on a shelf represents ideas, information, or insights that you have yet to use. Answers or knowledge you can go to when needed. Ideas you have yet to discover or that you are beginning to explore.

To dream of an overdue book represents a feeling of responsibility or obligation to give someone else the answers they need. It may also reflect your sense of being late for a school project or work report. Alternatively, it may represent your anxiety about a deadline or need to return something to someone.

Example: A man dreamed of happily looking through a book where he saw someone being killed. In waking life he kept telling himself that if an enemy threatened him once more he could have him beaten up in certain ways. The book reflected the answer to his problem having carefully considered all his options.

Example 2: A female dreamed of a lot of old books, some of which were rotting. In waking life she was "lost in mind and thinking" possibly going over many old or outdated ideas.

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Bookshelf

To dream of a bookshelf on it's own represents your plans for the future.

To dream of books on a shelf represents ideas, information, or insights that you have yet to discover or that you are beginning to explore. It may also reflect ideas, answers, or methods that you are waiting to try.

It may be a sign that you are looking for answers to a problems, studying something new, or that you need to acquire some information or knowledge in a situation before making decisions.

Example: A woman dreamed of her bookshelf becoming warped and separating. In waking life her marriage was coming apart along with all her future plans for the marriage.

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Cafeteria

To dream of a cafeteria represents issues, interests, or situations where other people are noticing what your doing. Mutual awareness of each other others interests or problems. Group sharing, group experiences, or unavoidable openness (e.g. discussing your love life). Casual and mutual awareness of others feelings about an experience.

Negatively, dreaming about a cafeteria may reflect embarrassment that your personal life being on display to others. A embarrassing moment of public honesty in front of friends or family.

An empty cafeteria may reflect your feeling that nobody cares about an issue in your life that can hide or that you feel you have to openly discuss (relationship problems). Alternatively, it may reflect you feelings that some area of your life will be out in the open soon.

A school cafeteria represents mutual open discussion about issues that concern you or give you anxiety (openly discussing your mutual anxiety about potential lovers rejecting you).

Example: A young woman dreamed of being in a cafeteria with a guy she liked. In waking life she was trying to closer to this guy and all her friends and family knew about it.

Example 2: A girl dreamed of being in a cafeteria and being upset with her friend. In waking life she liked the same guy as the her friend and after talking about it with her started to notice her friend getting meaner. The cafeteria reflected her awareness of her friend noticing that he liked the same guy and their open discussion about their shared fondness for the guy.

Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing bankers sitting in a cafeteria. In waking life he was being humiliated by his father in front of his whole family because his father had made an enormous financial promise that he wasn't keeping and that required the dreamer to publicly reveal his personal issues with his father to his whole family.

Example 4: A man dreamed of being in a cafeteria. In waking life he was separated from his wife with everyone he knew being aware of it. The cafeteria may have reflected his feelings about his failing relationship experience being out in the open while noticing that other people relationship experiences weren't.

Calculator

To dream of a calculator represents carefully evaluating an issue or situation. You may want to make sure of something, consider alternative options, or reexamine beliefs and opinions.

A calculator may reflect doubts, or new developments that interest you in weighing or reconsidering choices.

Example: A young man dreamed of being given a calculator by a friend. In waking life he was planning on asking out girl he thought liked him before finding out that she didn't. The calculator reflected the information he received that made he rethink his plans.

Calculus

To dream of calculus represents a very difficult life situation that is totally unforgiving to any mistakes, or wrong choices. A situation where you have to be absolutely perfect the entire time.

Cap And Gown

To dream of a graduation cap and gown represents feelings of the successful completion of a phase or stage in your life with confidence, intelligence, and experience from everything you have had to learn or worry about. Personal growth, learning, and development, as well as the culmination of your hard work and dedication towards reaching a goal. A sense of pride in your accomplishments and the confidence to move forward with new opportunities and challenges. A sense of transition, closure, or completion as you move on from one phase of your life to the next.

Negatively, a graduation cap and gown in a dream might indicate feelings of anxiety or fear about an upcoming change, uncertainty about the future, or feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt about whether you are truly prepared for the next phase of your life. Not knowing what to do with the rest of your life after ending a phase of learning or experience.

Alternatively, dreaming about a graduation cap and gown may represent your feelings or anxieties about a real graduation. Post graduation insecurities or anxieties.

Example: A woman dreamed of being at her college graduation in green graduation gowns. Everyone has a different style of white collar more fashionable their hers. In waking life, she was unpaid leave from her employer of 20 years. She was considering starting a side business for about 2 years, but due to hectic job/work schedule she never had time to. In this case, the green graduating gowns may have reflected her feelings of finally having the opportunity to pursue her side business, marking the end of one phase and the beginning of a new chapter in her life. The different styles of white collars could represent her feelings of comparison or insecurity about her own abilities and preparation compared to others who may seem more destined for success in their pursuits.

Chalkboard

To dream of a chalkboard represents an open or receptive attitude to new ideas, brainstorming, or figuring something out. You may be considering options, theorizing, experimenting, or trying to come up with creative solutions to problems. A formal approach to learning or problem-solving. Seeking clarity and understanding in a particular situation, or that you are ready to impart your knowledge or ideas to others. A chalkboard is a sign that you're working towards an answer, or that you're open to a number of possibilities. Seeking a solution that would allow you to manage a sitution effectively. Efforts to weigh the pros and cons of different choices and brainstorm the best path forward.

Negatively, dreaming about a chalkboard may represent brainstorming or presenting ideas that you feel you have to think about or worry about. It may also reflect a selfish or jealous concern for brainstorming a problem. The need to be open to change, adaptable, and not to get too attached to specific outcomes or ideas.

To dream of a teacher that asks you to read something off a chalkboard may represent your feelings about seeing a problem directly in order to understand it, interest in solving a problem, or your sense of intuition that wants to you consider or reconsider options. Feeling of pressure to perform or meet expectations, as if being tested or evaluated by others. Learning or acquiring knowledge from someone who is experienced or knowledgeable in a certain field. Negatively, it could reflect a fear of being publicly called out for not knowing something or not being able to perform as expected.

To dream of a teacher that asks you write on a chalkboard represents your interest in solving a problem or your sense of intuition that wants to you begin brainstorming or working on solving a problem. Your need to demonstrate your knowledge or understanding to others. You may be put on the spot or feel pressured to perform in front of others.

To dream of a doctor writing on a chalkboard may represent an interest or your sense of intuition that is focused on figuring out a method of healing.

To dream of an chalkboard menu in a restaurant represents an experimental attitude or open-minded approach to options or choices available to you in a particular situation or relationship. Flexibility and changeability of choices in the current moment that won't last forever. Alternatively, the chalkboard menu may reflect your desire for something new or exciting, or your willingness to try something different. It may also indicate that you need to be more flexible in your thinking or approach to a situation.

To dream of green chalkboard represents your attempts to brainstorm, or experiment with problems that have to do with growth, new beginnings, or fresh ideas. It could also indicate a desire for a new approach to an existing problem or situation. Alternatively, the dream may represent your willingness to learn and try new things, or your receptivity to alternative ideas and perspectives.

To dream of a black chalkboard represents your attempts to brainstorm, or experiment with problems that are challenging, serious, or require a formal approach. Brainstorming new ideas for problems that are more serious, all important, personal, embarrassing, and difficult to accept.

Example: A man dreamed of a University professor writing lottery numbers on a chalkboard. In waking life, he had a hobby of trying to predict patterns with the lottery numbers and after talking to his son about dream symbolism for a strange dream, he had a renewed interest in trying to predict lottery number patterns. In this case, the chalkboard may have reflected his attempt to brainstorm ideas about winning the lottery by understanding his strange dream combined with his number pattern studies.

Example 2: A young woman dreamed of seeing the names of several religions written down on the chalkboard, where most of them look faked. She says she's Catholic out loud in class and "Catholic" appeared on the chalkboard. In waking life, she's recently realized that science is better than religion. In this case, religions names being written on the chalkboard may have reflected her attempt to brainstorm and evaluate different religious beliefs and ideas in order to make sense of her new perspective on faith and science.

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Cheerleader

To dream of a cheerleader represents an aspect of your personality that is encouraging or motivational. You or someone else that is supportive of others goals. It may also reflect being happy for someone else success.

Alternatively, a cheerleader may represent self-encouragement or self-motivation. A sign that you are optimistic and confident. You are telling yourself that success is possible.

Example: A girl dreamed of a cheerleader at a sleepover. In real life her friend abandoned her when she got a boyfriend. The cheerleader at the sleep over reflected her attempt to be happy for her friend while being forced to notice her own single life.

Chemistry

To dream of chemistry represents feelings experimenting with forcing reactions from people or situations. Social experimenting. Emotional experimenting. Testing people reactions to learn.

Negatively chemistry may reflect knowledge or previous experience that allows to you easily manipulate people with forced reactions. Learning to manipulate people. Experimenting with people's emotions or jealousy. Testing people's reactions to understand how to better manipulate them. An insensitive or arrogant attitude how to intelligently make people do what you want. Social experiments with no concerns for the consequences.

Class

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Class Schedule

To dream of a class schedule represents a plan of action, agenda, or goals as you face anxieties or deal with issues that are important to you.

To dream of losing or forgetting your class schedule represents distractions, unexpected surprises, or giving up on plans.

Classmates

To dream of classmates that you remember from school symbolizes aspects of your personality based on your most honest feelings or memories of that person. Ask yourself what qualities stand out the most about that person and see how that quality may apply to current relationships, or life situations. Are you thinking or acting in way that is similar to them?

To dream of classmates that you don't recognize symbolizes aspects of your personality that are exposed to the same concerns or anxiety as you. A thinking style or situation that may be noticing in yourself while dealing with a problem. The classmate's actions, words, clothing, skin color, or physical appearance can provide further insight.

Alternatively, classmates may reflect aspects of your own personality while you are attending school. Feelings about yourself academic performance.

Example: A young woman dreamed of a classmate kissing her. This classmate was someone who she felt used to be intelligent and then slowly revealed themselves to be unintelligent. In waking life she was having problems at University and her grades were getting worse. She initially believed she would do well in university and then was surprised to find that university was much more difficult then she expected.

Classrooms

To dream of classrooms represents an interest in learning about yourself, personal growth, or finding solutions to problems or questions. You may have a concern about a specific subject or issue.

To dream of sitting in the back of a classroom may represent an issue that concerns you, but that you don't want to draw attention to.

To dream of being closer to the front of a classroom than other people may reflect feelings about having more concern or anxiety about an issue than other people. Feelings that it's more important for you to pay attention or work hard on a problem than it is for others.

The subject of a classroom represents the manner, method, or direction you are thinking. A theme to concerns, issues you care about, or situations that are sensitive. For example, history classes may reflect the reexamining of your past and math classes your attempts to solve a difficult problem. Geography may symbolize experiencing life from different perspectives, and science may represent experimentation with new ideas.

The grade number of elementary school classrooms may use numerology to communicate the manner in which you are thinking. For example grade 5 classrooms may represent changes you are experiencing in life, while grade 2 classrooms may represent issues or situations that you are conflicted about.

To dream of classrooms that you don't recognize represents a new or open-minded approach to problems. You may be trying new things.

Example: A man dreamed of being in a grade 13 classroom where an old friend was sitting closer to the front than he was. In waking life he became extremely rich during an economic crisis than his friend. The classroom may have reflected his feelings about having to be concerned a lot about the economic crisis and the seating positions may have reflected his feelings about comparing his anxiety to his friends anxiety as his friend had to worry about economic crises a lot more than he did.

College

To dream of college represents issues or situations in your life that you are giving serious thought that benefit you and increase your status or power. It can also represent well-earned relaxation, success, or compensation for hard work.

College in a dream may be a sign that you are very busy or focused on an issue that is allowing you to improve yourself or benefit in some way. You may want to show off your skills or take a well deserved break.

College dreams are common when people are learning new skills, finishing work projects that allow them to gain in some way. You may have worked hard to earn something and now want to "play" with it.

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College Credits

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