also see Games1- The game of chess originally signified the ‘war’ between good and evil. So in dreams it may still express the conflict within. It may also indicate the...

A symbol of Venus—love and devotion.The contradiction of blossom and thorn.The rose plays the same role in the West that the lotus plays in the Orient. Both blossom, producing many...

A spiritual community to which we belong can be represented in dreams by a city, since a city was originally given status because it had a cathedral.

Although the word ‘demon’ originally came from the greek word for ‘deity’, for many hundreds of years it was taken simply to mean spirit. In the modern day it is...

The devil tends to be seen as the personification of evil, or lucifer, who, incidentally, was originally supposed to bring enlightenment to the world. It does need to be borne...

A tattoo may symbolize the opening of a new place in your life or personal development. (Tattoos were originally a sign of initiation.)

1. A situation is more difficult than originally thought (to be stuck or caught in briars).2. Someone may have barely hidden hostility toward the dreamer.3. A period of difficulties, annoyances....

1. Outward attractiveness.2. Something is more valuable than originally thought and must be cared for accordingly.

1. Difficulties are not as bad as originally thought.2. A feel­ing that good fortune is in the offing.3. Feelings of great grief or sadness, foreboding.

1. Desire for balance in waking life, sometimes emotional.2. Fear of showing vulnerability or appearing weak.3. An old emotional injury is more profound than originally thought.

1. Feelings of inadequacy in facing problems, dealing with life.2. A project will require more careful analysis than origi­nally thought.3. More obstacles than originally imagined.

1. A negative omen regarding financial matters.2. Use caution to avoid careless words or deeds in intimate relationships.3. Situation or project is more difficult than originally thought.

1. Obstacles are a little more difficult than originally thought.2. A need to be cautious with valuables.3. Use caution regarding appearances of wealth; they can be misinterpreted.

In a dream, pelting stones symbolize faithfulness, settling debts, triumph over adversaries, or performing virtuous deeds. Consuming one of these stones, originally intended for pleting, within a dream signifies the...

tbot.) In a dream, tarragon represents a vile person. Tarragon is originally grown from African rue and is sprouted in vinegar for a full year before it is planted to...

A fortunate dream denoting happiness and fidelity at home (Artemidorus). Originally an erotic symbol as the bird of Aphrodite, it became at a later date the bird of holiness, symbolizing...

Much pleasure, and comparative independence (Raphael). A dream of fish denotes gastric disturbances (Manaceine). Originally an emblem of sex and of fecundity it was adopted by the Christians as a...

When Freud, as a qualified doctor and neurologist, became interested in psychology, it was still a branch of philosophy. He gave to it a geography of the human mind, showed...

Wooden things: the past, or structures of thought or behaviour we have built, which originally had life but are now habitual; being wooden’—lacking life or feeling. Wooden room, house: a...

The bull / steer and Tiger are always personifications of drives and urges. Running after a bull in a dream means you are in conflict with your drives. You must...

1- Dreaming of a city, particularly one known to us is to be trying to understand our sense of community; of belonging to groups. We will often, through dreams, give...

(see Body, Face)A direct reflection of your listening skills, or lack thereof.The size of the ears here might help interpret the dream further, large ones being more open but also...

Dreams of second hand or a hand-me-downs are about feelings of deservability and of using that which is not originally yours. This dream may be permission for you to express...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Buttons were originally a form of insignia, allowing easy identification of friend or foe.If our attention is drawn to buttons in a dream, it is usually...

Cakes or buns used in religious and magical rites and marked with the cross originally symbolized the round of the moon and its four quarters. Such cakes later became eastertime...

(see Eating, Fruit, Juice, Trees)Because of its high vitamin content, this symbolizes good health or things that are good for you.An emblem of the triune nature of humankind (body-mind-soul), because...

Gives gender-specific: Originally the cauldron was round-bottomed, thus reinforcing the symbolism of the womb. In a woman’s dream it therefore suggests transformation often brought about by her own power. In...

Originally ‘to defy’ meant to renounce our faith, but its more modern day meaning is to challenge belief or given wisdom.

Doors often refer to the openings of the body and, therefore, by default, one’s sexuality.The front door and back door signifies the vagina and the anus respectively. Breaking down such...

Psychological / emotional perspective: In dreams, as in real life, to be making an exchange suggests we are not satisfied with what we had originally.Dreaming of the stock exchange signifies...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Originally simply any manufactured substance – and only later specifically textile – fabric in dreams is symbolic of the physical world.The colour and texture may be...

A festival is a church or religious feast, as in harvest festival. This was originally a pagan feast to honour the fertility gods and give thanks for a good harvest....

The term ‘a galaxy of stars’ originally applied to what we now call the milky way. In that sense, it symbolizes a potent part of our own universe, and a...

True hieroglyphics in dreams are symbols and pictorial representations with hidden meanings, which connect us with a particular stream of knowledge that belongs to the egyptians. Egyptian magic is a...

To nurse originally meant to suckle, to keep alive, and for this reason spiritually signifies the nourishing aspect of the great mother.

Obscurity originally signified the absence of light, so spiritually has that connotation.The truth has not yet been revealed.

Originally a place where dancers and musicians gathered, an orchestra now symbolizes the group of musicians itself. Such an image suggests that we are capable of operating in spiritual harmony.

Psychological / emotional perspective: Blank writing paper points to a lack of communication, or need to communicate with someone, but can also suggest a new beginning. Brown paper can highlight...

Spiritually we need to accept other people’s values.A prostitute originally meant ‘one who stood before’, and in ancient times was a woman who initiated men into the mysteries of the...

Gives gender-specific: Originally, sowing seed was taken to be a feminine occupation. With mechanization that emphasis has shifted. However, in women’s dreams, the primary image of nurturing may be that...

Gives gender-specific: The succubus, a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men, and the incubus (the opposite) preying on a dreamer’s vital energy has traditionally been pictured...

Material aspects: A yule log represents an offering or sacrifice, particularly at the time of a spiritual or religious celebration when we pay homage to the gods. Originally the bringing...

(1) For Freud a box, like anything else that is hollow, represents the womb or the vagina and is therefore a feminine and principally sexual symbol.(2) A box may also...

(1) A lamb may symbolize vulnerability and dependence - the child in you, that needs your love.See also Child, sections (2) and (5).(2) It may symbolize innocence - the beauty...

(1) The sea may represent the unconscious. Putting out to sea may, therefore, symbolize an exploring of the unconscious. Drowning may represent (the fear of) having vour conscious mind swamped...

Originally the mystical symbol for man, meaning perfect balance. The point of intersection was centered, representing the heart chakra as opened with three chakras above and three below.

The dreams in which you lay down in bed indicate a period of uncertainty or waiting regarding problems that you do not feel able to cope with without help.If you...

In the symbolic system, numbers are not purely quantitative terms, but “key ideas” with a specific characterization for each one. However, these representations are unknown to most people, so in...