Assassin

To dream of an assassin represents an aspect of yourself that is concerned with ending or failing something so it will never be a concern ever again. Being totally focused on eliminating some area of your life for good. Cutting someone off for good using surprise or embarrassment. A desire to never face a problem ever again. Sabotage.

Consider the qualities of the person being assassinated and ask yourself how these qualities may apply to you or a situation in your life.

Alternatively, an assassin may represent your feelings about another person or situation that cares about nothing except insensitively cutting you out of the picture. Your feelings about people who are intentionally focused on getting rid of you. It may symbolize your feelings about someone who has privately made the decision to end a relationship or situation with you. Feeling sabotaged.

Astronaut

To dream of an astronaut represents an aspect of yourself that is exploring the unknown or uncharted territory. You or someone else that is experiencing things never experienced before. You may be dealing with a situation where there are no certain answers. A time where there are surprises around every corner or it's impossible to know what's going to happen next.

Alternatively, you may be seeking new experiences and places.

Astronomer

To dream of an astronomer represents speculation about the future or for the potential that lies ahead. It may also reflect careful planning or consideration of a number of outcomes. Weighing all the possibilities.

You may be confronting a situation where there are no
guarantees or absolute answers. You may also be daydreaming about "all that could be" or doing contingency planning.

Athlete

To dream of an athlete represents a desire to be the best at something. You may be pushing yourself to the limit or striving to be the best. It may also reflect a competitive attitude or your attempt to "set the bar" to new heights. You may be trying to achieve something never achieved before.

Negatively, an athlete may be a sign that you are overextending yourself or trying too hard.

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Aunts

To dream of an aunt represents a substitute form of intuition. Your gut instincts about the future or to make long term choices that is influenced in some manner.

Negatively, an aunt is a sign that you feel unlucky or that your gut instincts feel off. Unwanted outcomes or coincidences.

Positively, an aunt may reflect a heightened sense of luck or that your gut instincts are unusually accurate.

Alternatively, an aunt represents a quality in yourself based on your most honest feelings about them. Ask yourself what memories or feelings stand out the most about them and see how that quality may apply to your own life.

To dream of a dead aunt may reflect feelings about alternative outcomes in your life reversing. Alternative methods of approaching problems no longer being necessary. Feeling that your lucky streak has gotten better after first being oddly unlucky. Ridiculous periods of time of no progress or stagnation ending. Consider the qualities about the aunt that stand out the most and try to see how those qualities may have disappeared from a situation in your life.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing his aunt. In waking life he felt like nothing he did worked or he could never be lucky at all. His most powerful memory of his aunt was of her telling him he couldn't have candy. In his dream she reflected a intuitive choices that never let him feel good.

Example 2: A woman felt that her Aunt was possessed and shot her in the chest. In waking life she was having difficult avoiding an ex-boyfriend whom she tried to be friends with before finding out he had a new pregnant girlfriend. The possessed Aunt in this case may have reflected her feelings about starting to talk to her ex-boyfriend not resulting in what she wanted because she found out he got another girl pregnant and she couldn't avoid him.

Authors

To dream of an author represents feelings about yourself or someone else being the creator, architect, or mastermind behind an idea, project, or narrative in your life. It reflects the ability to shape or control the direction of your own or someone else's life story. You may be taking a leadership role in your life, directing the plot, or making decisions that influence the outcome.

Positively, dreaming of an author may symbolize a strong sense of responsibility and ownership over your life's direction. You are actively designing your destiny, creating your own story, and making choices that align with your goals and values. It can also indicate a sense of empowerment and control over your life's narrative.

Negatively, dreaming of an author may suggest feelings of being manipulated or controlled by someone else's narrative or agenda. You may feel like a character in someone else's story, lacking autonomy or the ability to make your own choices. Alternatively, it can reflect a sense of self-importance or arrogance, where you believe you have the right to dictate the course of events without considering others' perspectives or feelings.

Example: A man dreamed of his favorite book series being made into a movie and the author explicitly requested that he not be cast in the movie. In waking life, he woke up from bed feeling befuddled, disappointed, and needing a pep talk. In this case, the author may have reflected a controlling or manipulative figure in his life, who had the power to dictate his opportunities and experiences. The man may have felt like he was not in control of his own fate, and that his life was being shaped by others' decisions.

Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing a blue book called "A Change In Consciousness" with a picture of an old man with grey hair and a very long beard. The book had no author's name on the front. In waking life, he experienced 30 days of the most powerful hallucinations of his life that required him to remember every single thing negative that ever happened in his life in order to kill the hallucination-negative entities that filled his home. Nobody told him why he needed to, but he felt better when he did. He intuitively felt that God wanted him to. In this case, the book with no author may have reflected his feelings of undergoing a profound and transformative learning experience in his life that seemed to be directed by an unknown force.

Baby

To dream of a baby represents new beginnings, new ways of thinking, new ideas, or new life developments. A baby may also symbolize a new project or new potential. Discovering new abilities. Negatively, a baby in a dream may reflect new responsibilities or new problems that require constant care. Babies may also reflect people in your life that you feel the need to look after closely such as the elderly.

Alternatively, dreaming about a baby may reflect feelings about being inexperienced or new to a situation. Memories of yourself starting something. Feeling that you are being "treated like a baby." Feelings about yourself being protected while not having to care about what anyone else is feeling. Remembering what it's like to be a beginner or to be young again.

To dream of a baby boy may represent masculine qualities to an experience or problem such as insensitivity, assertiveness, or social dominance.

To dream of a baby girl may represent feminine qualities to an experience or problems such as sensitivity, sympathy, and social subordination.

To dream of a crying baby represents a problem or sensitive situation in waking life that needs attention. A part of you that is deprived.

To dream of a baby drowning represents a sensitive new situation in your life being totally overwhelmed by uncertainty or negative emotions. Failure caused by too much uncertainty or problems with something that was just starting in your life. Negatively, it may reflect problems you are being very careful about being made impossible to take care of due to excessive uncertainty, problems, or fear.

To dream of dropping a baby represents feelings of anxiety about being irresponsible with some new situation or problem requiring your care. Dreams of dropping babies are common for new mothers, more due to their fear of being an irresponsible mother than due to actually dropping their babies.

To dream of forgetting your baby represents feelings about something in your life that you have started, but then abandoned. Setting aside something that you love or have worked hard for. Postponing something special. On a positive note forgetting a baby in a dream may be a sign that there is still time to correct something that you have put off.

To dream of a neglected baby may represent feelings about neglecting a future project or responsibility. It may also reflect a sensitive problem you are not attending to enough.

To dream of a premature baby represents new situations or new problems in your life that are happening faster than you want them to. Having to do something sooner than you planned.

To see a dead baby represents a new development ending, or being overcome by negativity. Something that began, or was in the works was stopped. Positively, a dead baby may reflect feelings of being spared a responsibility or lengthy problem.

To dream of a baby with no legs represents a new development that is stagnant. A new situation with no traction or momentum.

To dream of a deformed baby represents a new responsibility or nagging problem that hasn't turned out as you expected it to. If you are actually expecting a baby it may reflect a fear of something being wrong with the baby.

To dream of being frustrated or stressed out while looking after a baby represents your frustrations and difficulties with problems or taking care of a responsibility.

To dream of feeding a baby represents nurturing or caring for a new development in your life. Ensuring that a new situation, responsibility, or relationship is supported or allowed to grow. Taking time to carefully help something develop. Attention to a project, relationship, or responsibility that is in its infancy and needs your care or attention to thrive. Feeling a sense of obligation or concern to protect something sensitive in its early stages. Negatively, feeding a baby in a dream may represent feeling burdened by the constant need to care for a problem or responsibility that requires excessive attention. Frustrations with something new that feels demanding or draining.

To dream of a baby that is not of your race represents a new development, new situation, or new responsibility that is influenced by the symbolism of that race. For example, a white person dreaming of a black baby may represent a new situation in your life where proving yourself (or surviving without a problem) is a priority.

Refer to the themes section for race for a more in-depth look at the symbolism of skin color and culture.

Pregnant women tend to dream of their unborn baby's sex as male more often than female. This probably reflects their feelings about how insensitive or tough the reality of having a baby is. It may also reflect the mother asserting herself as a parent due to the child.

Young women and girls may dream of having babies to reflect their fear of getting pregnant or their desire to get pregnant.

Example: A woman dreamed of losing her baby. In waking life, she had postponed college for her marriage. In this case, losing her baby may have reflected her feelings about losing out on personal opportunities or a future potential (her education) to focus on her marriage.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of holding a new baby. In waking life, she was beginning a new love affair while cheating on her husband. In this case, holding the baby may have reflected her feelings of nurturing and developing her adulterous relationship while planning to eventually leave her husband.

Example 3: An older woman dreamed of having to take care of a baby. In waking life, her aging husband was very ill. In this case, taking care of the baby may have reflected her feelings of responsibility and care for her sick husband, treating his care as something fragile and requiring constant attention, much like caring for a baby.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of accidentally leaving her baby behind in a store. In waking life, she was an author who felt that she had neglected a book she had been writing for too long. In this case, leaving the baby behind may have reflected her feelings of having abandoned her book project, something she thought about as having lots of potential for her future while requiring constant care to complete.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing lots of babies. In waking life, she was dealing with a lot of debts that needed constant servicing. In this case, the babies may have reflected her feelings about the debts needing constant care due to complaints or deadline warnings.

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Ballerina

To dream of a ballerina represents an aspect of your personality that is a perfect example of stability, balance, and grace. Moving through obstacles effortlessly. Perfect example of never being in trouble. Feelings about nothing getting you back or that nothing is losing as long as you don't do anything stupid. Never noticing jealousy while you gracefully accept yourself the way you are. Poise and balance in your life. Structure and discipline that makes you fearless about falling down, failing, or losing. A balanced state of mind gained through experience and confronting challenges with little difficulty. You know what you are doing and are confident in the face of adversity. Feelings about a situation being a little bit stressful, but not something you can't easily handle. Feeling that nobody can do anything about you as long as you remain disciplined. Ask yourself where in your current life situation is your discipline coming from? Feelings about a waking life situation being "a little stressful", but not impossible.

Negatively, dreaming about a ballerina represents concerns with losing balance or stability in your waking life. Keeping yourself away from a problem. Concerns that discipline or structure is not strong enough. Showing off being a perfect example balance to other people. Are you being subjected to disciplinary actions requiring you to stay a balanced individual? Feelings about being unable to obtain or measure up to others ideals. A perfect example of of stability that is both innocent and vulnerable. Feeling that you don't need to be protected while being an expert that never loses. Feeling stressed out or annoyed at needing to be perfectly behaved, safe, or disciplined for other people.

Example: A woman dreamed of dancing like a ballerina. In waking life she felt that her life was "a little stressful" while she managed it well.

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Bankers

To dream of a banker represents an aspect of personality that is focused solely on increasing power or resources. Being careful about insuring you're benefiting. Leveraging your accomplishments, skills, talents, or clout to get more for yourself. Careful self-interest.

Positively, a banker may reflect using your clout to force needed change or control risky or irresponsible behavior. Using advantages to improve conditions of a situation or make a beneficial situation happen faster than normal. Intelligent hedging. Conservatively attempting to work with others to increase your standing in a situation. Thoughtful leveraging.

Negatively, a banker represents you or someone else that takes advantage of others to get more power or resources. Self-interest or greed run amok. Feeling that others have too much leverage or can take whatever they want from you. Feeling tricked into a subordinate position. Alternatively, a banker may reflect using your advantages to gain leverage over or exploit others. Jealousy of people with more advantages than you or who have an easier life. Feelings of being out of control, manipulated, or that someone can cut you off at anytime. Being "putty" in someone else's hands.

Barbarian

To dream of a barbarian represents an aspect of your personality that is savage or totally ignores others feelings. A person or situation that is rough, harsh, or totally insensitive.

Example: A man once dreamed of a beautiful barbarian female. In real life this man was faced with the prospect of losing everything he had and was considering applying for welfare. The barbarian woman represented his desire to be financially secure combined with the insensitive intrusion into his personal finances that the welfare office would subject him to in order to get support.

Barber

To dream of a barber may represent a person or situation in your life changes the way you think. Being set straight about an issue whether you like or not.

Negatively, a barber may reflect people or situations that coldly, bluntly, or insensitivity set you straight about your beliefs or questions.

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Bartender

To dream of a bartender represents an aspect of your personality that is an enabler. An aspect of your personality that encourages passionate or obsessive interests. A desire for someone you're attracted to, a hobby, or interest that you are very involved with. Something that encourage indulgence or irresponsibility.

To dream that you are a bartender, suggests that you are enabling yourself or others. Negatively, it may reflect a need for you to slow down or think twice about helping someone.

Beekeeper

To dream of a beekeeper represents you or some aspect of your personality that is being very cautious and careful. Your focus is positive, but you want to resist a situation that is potentially dangerous.

Ben Affleck

To dream of Ben Affleck represents an aspect of your personality that is more incredible than someone else (or gets more attention) for being a regular guy who can't think of himself as important, feeling good not being serious, and never deserving to be supportive if you don't like what you're hearing.

Example: A woman dreamed of being on the set of a movie that was being directed by Ben Affleck. In waking life, she had just gone on a date the night before. In this case, Ben Affleck may have reflected her feelings about herself getting attention for talking about the guy she's dating who had the personality of a regular guy who didn't have to be serious all the time, but might not agree with everything she said.