Computers

To dream of a computer represents the brain and how you think. What you do or see on a computer symbolizes issues you are focused on or interests you have. You are noticing the manner in which you are thinking and may be motivated to explore issues or improve yourself.

Problems with your computer or glitches reflect mistakes, bad choices, outdated beliefs, and faulty logic.

Example: A man dreamed of looking at his personal computer. In waking life he was very focused on monitoring his regular thought processes and thinking skills.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of her work computer being on fire. In waking life she was very unhappy with her work life and wanted a new job. The computer being on fire may have reflected issues at work making thinking professionally impossible or not becoming so bad it ruined ever wanting to work there again.

Refer to the themes section for technology for a more in depth look at technology symbolism.

Ten Commandments

To dream of the ten commandments represents your feelings about having fundamental rules. An area of your life where there are important ground rules.

Negatively, the ten commandments may reflect an excessive belief that certain conduct or standard of behavior is all that matters.

Trash Compactor

To dream of a trash compactor represents feelings about trying to make your problems or negativity more acceptable or presentable. Positively, you may be looking at problems from a new perspective.

Negatively, a trash compactor may reflect an insensitive attitude towards minimizing your problems or acting inconsiderately towards people that are useless to you.

Dreaming of being stuck in a trash compactor may reflect a fear of being minimized to the point of not mattering at all. Total embarrassment that you're being made useless and unneeded by someone else. Terrifying feelings of not being important at all.

Accident

To dream of being in an accident represents waking life errors of judgment or mistakes you've made. Feelings about an oversight you've made or weren't thinking about your actions carefully beforehand. Feelings about having a problem you need to fix. Conflicting ideas, goals, or situations. Conflicting decision-making or directions in life with someone else. Relationships, friendships, or business decisions in conflict with similar goals.

Car accidents in a dream may also reflect a collision of ideas or agendas with other people. Two people getting into a fight about different ways of living and not wanting to talk to each other anymore. A social mishap that neither you nor other people want to be responsible for.

To dream of other objects or vehicles other than cars crashing may reflect feelings about potential problems arising in your life. Failures. Conflicts or embarrassments. Fighting or arguments. A successful area of your life that has suddenly stopped. Conflicting agendas of different people colliding.

Example: A young man dreamed of crashing his car into another car. In waking life, this man's friend found out that he was sleeping with his ex-girlfriend and he had to stop the affair. The crash reflected the conflicting direction of their lives coming to an end.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of getting into a car accident. In waking life she was trying her best to avoid an ex-boyfriend whom she tried to be friends with before finding out he had a new woman pregnant.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of getting into a car accident. In waking life, she got into an argument with her friend and stopped being friends.

Example 4: A man dreamed of getting into a car accident and not knowing how to fix the vehicle. In waking life, he was drawn into a serious problem with people he used to know and police refused to assist him with the problem.

*Please See Highway

*Please See Airplane Crash

Bedding

To dream of bedding represents feelings of comfort, safety, and security in one's private thoughts. Consider the style and colors of bedding for additional meaning.

To dream of fixing bedding represents feelings about private thoughts having to be resettled after something new happened privately. Finding comfort in moving forward from the difficult situation without telling anyone.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing her son fixing a bed where he slept. The bedding as red and blue. In waking life she was frustrated after finding out about family secrets that left her feeling betrayed. In this case the bedding being fixed by her son may have reflected her feelings about her mother comfortably moving on quickly after revealing the unpleasant private family secrets like it was a bit childish.

Bedspread

To dream of a bedspread represents total comfort and acceptance with a situation. Being accustomed to certain beliefs or situations. Knowing that you don't want to make a change or take action with a problem. It may also reflect you or someone else that really likes things the way they are.

Alternatively, a bedspread may represent something that gives you reassurance or confirms your beliefs.

Example: A woman dreamed of a red bedspread. In real life she had become accustomed to believing that no man would ever be give her a loving relationship due to consecutive unsuitable partners. The red bed spread reflected her growing comfort with the idea that a relationship was not possible.

Bill Cosby

To dream of Bill Cosby represents an aspect of your personality that is more incredible than other people (or gets more attention) for not being taken seriously (or embarrassing people with liking why nothing really matters) for being family safer than other people about being a grownup while never believing that people are using their brains.

Negatively, Bill Cosby may represent feelings that it's difficult to be taken seriously as a "family safer" grownup who has to point out why other people aren't thinking about what they're thinking.

Example: A man dreamed of walking with Bill Cosby in the parking lot of a natural foods store where he eventually had to stop to look at the rear license plate of a car. In waking life, he felt he wasn't being taken seriously enough as he wanted for his skills in analyzing dreams for people in a psychological manner which would make money while observing that the dream dictionary websites he used weren't intelligent about dream analysis. He began thinking of writing a dream dictionary so that he could make a living. In this case, Bill Cosby may have reflected his feelings about getting attention from a lot of people for personally analyzing dreams for free while not being taken as seriously as he wanted to as an authority for being more experienced than the average person. This led him (walking with Bill Cosby to the car) to get serious about making money with a reference dream dictionary to become an authority instead.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing Bill Cosby walk into the room where he didn't seem to see the snakes that were in the room. In waking life, she was an experienced broadcast journalist whose assignment was cut short but was certain that she wasn't going to be fired. The next day she was fired. In this case, Bill Cosby may have reflected her feelings about herself being more incredible than other people for her broadcast journalism career while not being taken seriously by her superiors as important to keep at the company after talking to people about herself being "family safe" with seniority about keeping her job and that the cut as a sign that her superiors weren't using their brains.

Business

To dream of a business represents a situation in your life where you are very organized or adept about everything required to do something all the time. Expertise or a professional attitude. Very motivated to do something very well all the time. A businesslike attitude about something you are doing. Attempting to "profit" from an experience in some way.

To dream of conducting a business deal may reflect an opportunity in waking life to try to prove yourself. Alternatively, it may reflect your wish to persuade others or make compromises to achieve a goal.

Example: A young man dreamed of starting a new business. In waking life he found himself suddenly swamped with friends computers that he had to fix. He had to take an entire day off to fix the computers.

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.

Construction

To dream of something being under construction represents a new perspective on life being formed. You are working towards new phase of your life or finalizing an achievement. Hard work is going towards a goal or long-term project. The slow forming of a new relationship or venture.

New building construction may also reflect a lot of self-improvement you are working on. People may also dream of construction when they are building a new business, trying to lose weight, preparing to retire, or educating themselves.

To dream of reconstructing something that was destroyed may represent your feelings about repairing or restoring some area of your life. Possibly a reflection of bad idea or failed relationships being restored. Risking wasting your time repeating the past.

Example: A man dreamed of construction being done to rebuild a road. In waking life he was trying to help his father rebuild his business, but his father wasn't listening to the advice.

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

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 never hitting the ground represents feelings of losing of control with a constant sense of impending failure. It may also reflect feelings of having become a complete failure and never being able to do anything else ever again. A fear of having no end in sight to your continuing failure.

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 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.

Forests

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

Hill

To dream of a hill represents an obstacle in your life. A struggle to achieve a goal. The steepness of hill reflects how big the challenge is that you're facing.

To dream of moving uphill represents your attempt to work against an obstacle. Feeling the difficulty of a situation or that something is getting harder. Feeling that a problem is too much for you. You may also be experiencing an enormous challenge or lots of pressure to meet a deadline. Fighting against the odds. A sign that you need to "tough it out." Patience and dedication will benefit you.

To dream of moving downhill represents a sense of ease with an obstacle or feeling that you are moving away from a problem. Life may feel like it's getting easier. Moving downhill too fast may reflect an improvement that is happening too quick to respond to. Something is good is happening too fast.

To dream of standing on top of a hill represents success or overcoming a challenge. You are noticing that you struggle is over with.

To dream of a steep hill represents feelings about an obstacle in your life being particularly difficult. A challenge which requires you to try your hardest or be stubborn to overcome it. Feelings about needing to push yourself hard to achieve your goals. Negatively, a steep hill may reflect feelings about how an obstacle is demanding too much from you. Feeling it's too much work to overcome a challenge that other people may not think is difficult.

Example: A woman dreamed of struggling to get to the top of a hill. In waking life she was heavily pregnant and felt that she was struggling to get to the end of her pregnancy.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of racing down a hill and feeling totally out of control. In waking life she was pregnant and feared losing control while going into labor.

Example 3: A women dreamed of driving a car up a hill and fearing that she would never make it to the top. In waking life she was trying to complete an enormous amount of paper work to complete university and was having anxiety about being unable to complete the project.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of driving up a very steep hill in a car and almost flipping over when she got to the top. In waking life she was having a difficult time arranging leaving her husband with all the financial and legal obligation required to leave with her daughter.

*Please See Mountain

Honeycomb Cereal

To dream of Honeycombs Cereal represents your readiness to start a new situation that is easy, convenient, quick, and enjoyable about feeling strong about deserving to like yourself with freedom and confidence however you want to because nobody can criticize anything you are doing. Self-empowerment, where you feel that you deserve to enjoy life on your terms. A new situation where you enjoy the feeling of being believable about never having to explain yourself allowing you to do whatever you want without anyone deserving to criticize you. Effortlessly enjoying new beginnings or changes in your life, knowing that you are in control without needing an explanation.

Example: A woman dreamed of eating Honeycomb Cereal on the beach. In waking life, she started a new job. In this case, eating the Honeycombs cereal on the beach may have reflected her thoughts of beginning to feel stronger about freedom and confidence in her life because her new job provides money without feeling restricted or criticized by others after a period of time being broke and/or unemployed.

*Please See Cereal