Race

To dream of a race represents rivalry or competition. Trying to outdo someone or seeing how you measure up. A need to get ahead or be first in some area of your life. Fearlessly pushing the limits in competition with another.

Negatively, dreaming about a race may reflect a dislike of competition, an urgent matter, feeling intimidated by competition, taking risks, an inferiority complex, or jealousy that you can never be better than other people at something.

Alternatively, you may be struggling against yourself in some way as you head towards a deadline. A sign that you have bad habits that keep getting in the way. Racing against problems. Waking life situations where you are experiencing some kind of jealousy contest to be better than someone else.

To dream of running past people in a race represents feelings of getting ahead of person or problem in a competition in waking life. People running past you may reflect feelings about people or problems that are getting ahead of you.

To dream of racing against time may reflect feelings about an urgent matter or feeling that something desperately urgent that other people don't feel the same. Desperation to warn someone.

To dream of not wanting to race someone may reflect feelings about not wanting to be competitive, being socially withdrawn, insecurity about competition, lacking confidence, or not feeling in the mood to perform your best in front of others.

Example: A young girl dreamed of an annual race. In waking life she was very competitive about getting good grades in school each year.

Example 2: A man dreamed of standing in front of a race track, but not racing on it. In waking life he had an inferiority complex.

Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing a race horse being put down. In waking life he wished to slow down his life and live a happier more balanced life.

Example 4: A man dreamed of having a formula race car. In waking life he got his first mobile phone the day before. The race car in this case may have reflected the dreamers feelings about the cellphone making him feel professionally competitive, popular, and connected while wanting to show off.

Example 5: A man dreamed of driving a race car and then telling himself to be cautious. In waking life he was behaving socially withdrawn when many family were inviting him over. He may have felt the need to be careful with who he acted competitive to.

Rap Music

To dream of rap music represents feeling emotions expressed that feel good showing off feeling being the best, being arrogant, or putting down others to feel good about yourself. Feelings of superiority, bragging, or an over-inflated sense of power. Winning first. Feeling good being bigger than others like nothing else matters.

Positively, rap music represents feeling good being the best because you keep proving you are. Confidence and has a strong sense of self-esteem that didn't except being little or a wimp. Feeling good about something strong because you feel nobody will be in love with your choices if you don't.

Negatively, rap music may reflect you or someone else that is too concerned with feeling good thinking they are the biggest or most powerful. Overdone thinking people are losers if they don't notice winning all the time. Faking feeling good being a winner all the time. Impotence to win that doesn't do anything except feel good being best loudest. Enjoying bragging or thinking you are better than other people.

Example: A man dreamed of the lyrics to a rap music song that he believed were crucial for a school assignment. However, he lost the lyrics and was faced with the possibility of failing the assignment. In his waking life, he was feeling arrogant and wanted to use the rap lyrics as an opportunity to humiliate his father at his funeral, as he held a grudge against him for causing him embarrassment while alive. However, he eventually lost the courage to follow through with his plan and felt defeated as a result. The dream highlights the man's conflicted emotions regarding his relationship with his father and the struggle to control his feelings of anger and revenge.

Rape

To dream of rape represents negative life experiences that you are powerless to stop or control. Someone or something is effecting your self-esteem, well-being, or ability to do as you please. Feelings of victimization.

Sex in a dream represents the merging of different aspects of yourself to create life experiences. Rape is then a negative experience that you are unable to stop that's filled with fear, stress, desire for things you can't have, or other negative emotions.

Rape dreams may occur when are experiencing situations that are very frustrating, humiliating, scary, or leave you feeling powerless.

Examples of real life situations that may encourage dreams of rape may be a loss of a promotion to a less qualified person, an unsupportive spouse, or a problem that never seems to improve. People may also dream of rape if they experience unwanted attention from the opposite sex.

If you see someone raping another person it represents one aspect of your personality forcing itself on another to control your life experience. For example, if a killer raped your mother in a dream it may represent a powerful fear controlling your intuition so that you will never make choices that will help you to face you fear.

If you were actually raped in real life, it may be suggesting that you have unresolved issues with the event.

Example: A woman dreamed of being raped. In waking life she just had a baby and felt like her husband was not doing enough to help her and always had a perfect excuse not to. The rape reflected how powerless she felt to get her husband to help her raise the baby.

Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing a man rape another man in the anus. In waking life he was experiencing enormous stress at work with the constant threat of losing his job. The anal rape reflect how he felt powerless and strewed over by his job.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of being raped by strangers. In waking life she was in the hospital getting a hysterectomy. The dream may have reflected her sensitivity about people she didn't know seeing and touching her private parts.

Rapper

To dream of a rapper or rap musician represents an aspect of yourself that likes to feel good arrogantly showing off. You or someone else that likes to brag or show off to others about what you have or how much more important you are. It may also reflect a person in your life that scares you that all their priorities are based on showing off.

Dreaming about rappers may also reflect competitive conflict that involved threats or arrogant displays of grandeur to embarrass opponents. An arrogant cold attitude that belittles competition every chance it gets. Feeling good bragging in public about being better than other people.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a rap star that loaned him money. In waking life he felt that a friend who had done him a favor only did it because he was looking forward to using him later on to show off to other people.

Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing angry rap stars yelling at him. In waking life he was running a very competitive business that required showing off and bragging in public to embarrass the competition that he was superior than they were.

Rapture

To dream of the rapture may represents a waking life situation that determines whether or not you deserve to feel good or like yourself. An outcome to a situation that indicates whether or not you were too selfish.

A coming rapture may represent pressure you feel to be extra generous or decent. A one time opportunity to prove your decency or generosity.

To dream of being left behind in the rapture represents preoccupation with feeling that you don't deserve something. Jealousy that others get do something you never can. Fearing never being good enough or never having a second chance. Being embarrassed for selfishness.

Reading

To dream of reading a book represents ideas, insights, or answers to problems you are considering. Telling yourself what to do to follow an expert advice. Considering all options. An open-minded attitude to new ideas. Reading may also reflect your own experience that you are falling back on to deal with a new situation or problem.

Negatively, reading may be a sign that you have badly preconceived ideas about how to act under certain conditions due to past experiences. Telling yourself to think or act in certain ways to new problems based on old or outdated methods. Controlling yourself or using bad habits for no other reason except because it works. Blindly following bad ideas.

Example: A woman had a recurring dream of reading a red book. In waking life she her marriage was in jeopardy due to her cheating on her husband. In waking life whenever the topic of her marriage would come up she would always repeat to herself that she was bad and that everything was her fault.

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Recess

To dream of recess represents a temporary relief or distraction from a issue that worries you, or requires a lot of your attention.

Rectangle

To dream of a rectangle represents a situation that feels very difficult to change, but isn't impossible. Often a symbol for singularity or everything you are capable of doing being required to change something difficult. It may also reflect enormous effort to change a situation that is easily reversed. It could also mean you or someone else is completely concerned with only their ideas. The difficulty of getting something else to listen when it feels important.

Negatively, a rectangle may reflect succumbing to problems because you don't listen.

Positively, a rectangle may reflect mastery or expertise earned through enormous difficulty.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing his father with a rectangle on his shirt. In waking life he noticed his father's heath problem worsened and becoming very difficult to reverse to a stable state.

Red Berries Candy

To dream of red berries candy represents feeling of having fun not being in trouble while nobody else minds it because it's not very much and you don't have to explain yourself.

Red Bull Energy Drink

To dream of Red Bull energy drinks represents feelings about pushing yourself to be stronger beyond your natural limits to be more edgy, competitive, and quicker that's allowed without getting in trouble for putting yourself first. Pushing yourself to be stronger beyond natural limits that's allowed without being immoral or breaking the law. Feelings of "having backup" with energy or power in case you are behind that's aware of it not being immoral or illegal. Showing off with more energy, edginess, or competitiveness than you normally do. Liking yourself being stronger than you usually are without anything stopping you. Pushing yourself to have more energy, confidence, or boldness in situations where you feel behind. An attitude that isn't laughing at itself needing to be stronger than you are when you feel you might be behind. Needing to make someone else jealous first without it being that difficult. A professional attitude about pushing limits to make a situation work out the way you like it to.

Positively, dreaming about Red Bull Energy Drinks may represent a sudden surge of energy, confidence, or enthusiasm. A conscious choice to stimulate yourself into action or to find the extra drive necessary to overcome obstacles or complete demanding tasks. A period of high productivity or the ability to tackle challenges with renewed vigor.

Negatively, dreaming about Red Bull Energy Drinks may represent a reliance on external factors to feel competent or to keep up with others. A choice to push yourself to be stronger that isn't the meanest thing to do, but someone might think you're a jerk for being competitive. Recklessness, burnout, or relying too much on quick fixes to avoid addressing deeper issues. A sense of inadequacy without additional support or a fear of falling behind. Concerns about the sustainability of your current pace or approach. Feelings about a choice being edgy, competitive, and quicker that's permissible, but might cause you to "burn out" if you overdo it.

Example: A young woman dreamed of a contest drinking Red Bull with her ex-boyfriend. In waking life, she had been thinking about her ex-boyfriend a lot. In this case, the Red Bull energy drink may have reflected her feelings about being faster at social competitiveness with her ex-boyfriend about dating other people now that they were broken up.

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Referees

To dream of a referee represents an aspect of your personality that mediates or moderates conflict. Impartiality. You or someone else that is ensuring fairness in contact or in dealings between people. A neutral observer and judge over conflicts.

Example: A young man dreamed of referees ignoring him. In waking life he was having arguments with other people on an Internet message forum and felt that the moderators were not doing enough to respect him by chastising other users who weren't following forum rules.

Reincarnation

To dream of reincarnation represents feelings about your life having changed completely in some way. Never getting to go back to your previous way of living.

Positively, dreaming about being reincarnated may reflected feelings about reinventing yourself or experiencing yourself living a totally new life. Moving on with your life in a big way.

Negatively, reincarnation may reflect feelings about a major loss changing your life for good. Possibly experiencing the death of a loved one that you felt was a significant part of your life. Alternatively, it may be reflect feelings about yourself finding it difficult to have to live as a good honest person after such a long time of not doing that.

To dream of being reincarnated into an animal or bug may reflect your major changes or failures that now allow you terrify your enemies. Negatively, it may reflect major changes or failures that force you to live your life embarrassed or with guilt.

Example: Dreams of reincarnation have been reported for people experiencing the death of a loved one. The reincarnation may reflect their overwhelming feelings about themselves having to live a totally new life without their partner.

Religion

To dream of religion represents feelings about a fundamentalist faith in boundaries and structure. Faithfulness. Convictions. A behavior or habit you are "religious about." Adhering to strict laws you or someone else has made. You may be having issues with your sense of spirituality.

Negatively, dreaming about religion may be a sign that you are having difficulty being accepting or tolerant of differences. Obsession with fundamental values. Faith or convictions that hurt relations with other people. Naively believing you need to as committed or serious about an issue. Fear of what other people think if you break tradition, boundaries, or structure.

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Report Card

To dream of a report card represents feelings about how well you have performed in a waking life situation. It may also reflect insight or input from others about an achievement you've realized.

Positively, a report card may reflect confidence that nobody can laugh at your performance. Positive feedback from authority figures that makes you look good to others. Feeling that your performance was judged exceptional above others.

Negatively, dreaming about a report card may reflect anxiety about looking stupid or not having performed as well as you were expected to. Feedback from authority figures that embarrasses you. Feeling that you've been judged on your performance as being less exceptional than other people. Thinking that "passing" someone else's expectations is good enough. Naively believing that more won't be expected of you. Naively believing that your exceptional performance is actually relevant when it may not be. Consider the saying "resting on your laurels." Believing that you don't have anything you can improve about yourself.

Consider the letters or number percentages for further symbolism.

Alternatively, a report card may reflect anxiety your performance at school or how good your grades are. Negatively, it could be a sign that you are too excepting of poor grades or believing that passing is good enough.

Example: A student dreamed of getting a 60% passing grade for a class they were having trouble with. A few days later they actually got a 60% passing grade. The dream may have been intuitive, while also signaling the dreamer's heightened degree of acceptance for their unexceptional performance.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of getting a very good report card that showed that he had very few areas that he needed to improve upon. In waking life he had passed a very hard test that he believed was the hardest test you can pass. He was slowly becoming annoyed by his teachers continuing to force discipline on him that would take years to perfect himself with.

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Rescue

To dream of rescuing someone represents feelings about an urgent need to be spared from neglect, danger, or situations that leave you feeling overwhelmed. Feeling desperate to escape a problem. Alternatively, it may represent waking life situations where you are carrying someone through a bad time or sparing someone trouble. Taking a stand or stepping up. Burdens you desperate to escape. Keeping something going, doing everything possible, feeling like a hero. Cheering someone up or being a good influence. Saving yourself.

Positively, rescuing someone in a dream may reflect situations where you are making do or making important sacrifices to solve urgent problems. Feeling helped or spared from a difficulty. Alternatively, it may reflect feelings about yourself providing help to others. Enduring someone difficult to help someone. Trying to do as much as possible for someone. Trying hard to keep a friendship together after a breakup. Intervening or taking action to stop a health crisis or deteriorating health.

Negatively, rescuing someone in a dream may reflect your desperation to continue bad habits. Giving help to bad people or people who don't deserve help. Helping people too much. It may also be a sign that you are aware of a problem you've created for yourself. Feeling that you've gotten yourself into trouble or that you have a tendency to get into trouble.

To dream of being rescued represents help or opportunities that are restoring something that has gone wrong. You may feel that someone in your life is carrying you through a problem or saving you from disaster at the last moment. Positively, being rescued may reflect your own efforts to finally stand up to a problem or spare yourself of trouble. Negatively, being rescued may reflect your unwillingness to deal with problems until they get out of hand. You may be too proud to do something for yourself. A reflection of your cry for help or feelings of desperation.

Negatively, needing to be rescued in a dream may reflect a mistake you want to correct or feeling that you went overboard with something you can't fix on your own. Feeling that there is nobody around to help you anymore. Expecting help without asking for it. Not wanting to admit weakness. Being too proud to ask for assistance.

Pregnant women commonly dream of their husbands rescuing them. This may reflect their heightened sensitivity about everyday life becoming increasing harder as their pregnancies progress.

Example: A woman dreamed of having to save her baby from drowning. In waking life she was trying desperately to save her business in tough economic conditions.

Example 2: A man dreamed of needing help, but nobody would stop to help him. In waking life he had a large workload at work that he felt he couldn't do himself and was afraid to ask for help.

Example 3: A young woman dreamed of needing to be rescued. In waking life she had just broken up with her boyfriend and was desperate fro help with her school exams. She felt she had nobody to help her.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of seeing a friend needing to be rescued. In waking life she felt that she had to do as much as possible to cheer her friend up.

Example 5: A young man dreamed of wanting rescue his girlfriend. In waking he had broken up with her and was beginning to regret the decision. He wanted desperately to get back with her.

Example 6: A woman dreamed of seeing people being saved from a tornado. In waking life she was experiencing herself resolving a serious disagreement between family members.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of trying to rescue a dog and baby from drowning. In waking life she was trying very hard to save her failing business in tough economic times.