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Alphabet
Dreaming
about letters of the alphabet can symbolize an object, animal, place
associated with or resembling that particular letter. A letter can also
trigger your memory of a person. Alternatively, the alphabet refers to the
primitive stages of understanding some concept or emotion.
Animals
Seeing
animals in your dream points to your primal instincts, needs and desires that
may be repressed in your waking life. Each animal has specific characteristics
that will help guide you as to what your subconscious is trying to reveal.
Birds
To
see birds in your dream symbolize your goals, aspirations and hopes. They also
reflect joy, harmony, ecstasy, balance, and
love. You are experiencing spiritual freedom
and psychological liberation. The significance of specific birds in dreams is
based on their color, behavior and the sounds they make. These qualities help
pinpoint a more meaningful interpretation of your dream.
Body
Parts
Your
dream body represents your dream ego and your conscious identity. In many
ancient cultures, the body was even seen as a metaphor for the spiritual world.
Specific body parts are especially significant if they are abnormal or
different.
In some cases, your dream may forewarn of health problems and concerns of that
particular body part.
Bugs
What's
"bugging" you? Dreaming of bugs and insects suggest that you are worried about something.
They are symbolic of your anxieties or fears. Also consider the popular phrase "bitten by the bug" to imply your strong
emotional ties or obsession with some activity, interest, or hobby. Alternatively,
the bug may be representative of your sexual thoughts. The various bugs or
insects in your dream help clue you in as to what you may be concerning you.
Car
Your
dream car is representative of your drive and ambition. What happens with your
dream car reflects your ability to navigate from one stage of your life to
another. Where you go in your dream car symbolizes your goals. And dreaming
about specific parts of your car provides clues about your status, and abilities
to achieve those goals.
Characters
An
important concept to keep in mind about the characters you see or the characters
you become in your dream is to first consider how they represent an aspect of
your own self. The dream characters may appear in your dream to
call attention to certain qualities that you are lacking. They can depict or
exaggerate certain qualities as a way of focusing your attention on them.
Some people in your dream can also represent your
unfinished communication with them and they may continue to appear in your dream
until the conflict is resolved.
Clothing
How
you are perceived or the act you may be putting on in front of others can be
reflected in the types of clothes you have on in your dream. Clothing in dreams
also represent your condition or status in an area of your waking life.
Colors
Colors
are very subjective and personal. Therefore first consider your own personal
associations with the color in your dream. Does
the color remind you of a particular person, a body part, a childhood toy, some
object, etc? For example, the color yellow may remind you of the childhood
school bus you rode in, but for someone else it may remind them of the yellow house
they grew up in. Colors in dream can also convey emotions.
Common
What
symbols are Dream Mooders looking up and emailing in about the most? Here is the Dream Moods Top 20
Most Common Symbols being dreamt according to our guests.
Death
Death
dreams can be alarming, whether you dream that you or a loved one die. Dreaming
of death is usually more symbolic and often indicates an ending of a particular
habit, behavior, circumstance, etc. More directly, dreaming about death can be
part of the grieving process if you recently experienced the passing of a loved
one.
Disasters
The
fear of not knowing what is in your future can be the reason why you are having
a disaster dream. Specific disasters point to the area of your waking life that
you are experiencing anxiety, doubt or lack of control.
Feelings
The
emotions in your dream are usually never disguised. This means that the
feelings you experience in your dream are not symbolic of something else, but
rather they are reflections of your true, honest feelings. Such feelings may
have been suppressed during the day and are being expressed in your dreams where
your defenses are down. Feelings expressed in dreams can help you deal with
depression, guilt, and other complex emotions.
Negative
emotions tend to occur twice as often as pleasant feelings. Fear and anxiety are
the most commonly expressed emotions in dreams, followed by anger and
sadness.
Food
Food
for thought? Dreaming about food refers to thoughts, ideas and beliefs. They are
trying to convey an idea that you need to take in and digest mentally.
House
Your
dream house is symbolic of the Self, while the rooms inside the house relate to
various aspects of the Self and to the many facets of your personality. The
attic refers to the mind, while the basement represents the subconscious.
Numbers
To
see certain numbers in your dream provide encouragement (or discouragement) in
an area of your waking life. Numbers reflect how or where you stand in some area
of your waking life. Sometimes numbers
may not appear directly and can be presented
in the number of characters, number of objects, or an action that is repeated a
certain number of times.
Also
worth noting is that odd numbers are considered more aggressive then even
numbers, while even numbers are considered to be more tranquil.
In
general, you want to stick with the basic numbers (1
through 9) when trying to decipher the meaning of multiple digit numbers. For
example, the number "1965" could mean the year 1965. But you can also
add up the digits until you get a single digit number. Thus 1965 --> 1+9+6+5 = 21 -->
2+1 = 3.
Places
When
trying to decipher the significance of your dream place or surrounding, pay
attention to the look and feel of the landscape. If it is a place you have never
been to or seen, then ask yourself if you have been anywhere which brings about
similar feelings or if it reminds you of another place and time in your life.
Sometimes the places in your dream may also represent an idea or a person.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy
dreams symbolize an aspect of yourself or some aspect of your personal life that
is growing and developing. Being pregnant in your dream may also represent the
birth of a new idea, direction, project or goal. For those who are actually
pregnant, then the dreams are more about anxieties of the pregnancy.
Relationships
She
loves me, she loves me not. Relationships can be difficult as is in your waking
life, but then you have a dream and second guess it
can drive you crazy. Your dream relationship usually
parallels your waking relationship in some way and may be highlighting something
that is wrong in the relationship. In your dream state, you are more incline to
confront issues that you would normally ignore or are afraid of bringing up.
Compare your dream relationship with your waking relationship.
School
Dreaming
about school points to feelings of inadequacy and anxieties about your ability.
If you are no longer in school, such dreams may point to unresolved childhood
issues. The dream may also reflect a life lesson that you need to learn.
Sex
Let's
talk about sex! Sex dreams are about the merging of contrasting aspects of
yourself. You need to incorporate certain qualities into your own character. The
specific sex act parallels aspects of yourself that you want to express. More
directly, sex dreams is about sex and your desire for a physical connection.
Tools
The
tools you see or use in your dream are about self-expression. They serve to
highlight your skills and abilities. On the other hand, tools refer to some
aspect of your waking life that needs to be fixed or needs your attention.
Travel
Travel
dreams represent the path toward your life goals. Traveling to specific
destinations often have a straightforward meaning of wanting to escape from your
daily burden.
Vanity
Mirror,
mirror, who is the fairest of them all? Dreams about your looks are almost
always about the persona you portray to others and how you want others to view
you. These dreams also reflect insecurities and low self-esteem.
Wedding
Wedding
dream symbolism is about new beginnings, changes and transitions. Not all
wedding dreams are positive and can also reflect bitterness, sorrow, fear, or
even death. More directly, the stress of planning a wedding can often bring
about dreams about your wedding.
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