Certain key figures in human history have had such an impact on world history that your unconscious may have stored the information—perhaps from school or college days, or even f...

Who is the audience in your dreams when you receive or don’t receive recognition? Who is there to see you succeed or fail? How does their presence make you feel? Scared? Supporte...

Dreams are often the perfect forum for experimenting with courageous impulses. Triumphant or courageous dreams when you succeed in a task, pass a difficult test or win when you tho...

If you are pregnant, any baby-related items that appear in dreamland may be reflections of your current preoccupation with all things baby.If you are not pregnant or thinking about...

Circus dreams represent the instinctive, passionate, creative sides of our nature. How well are these instincts performing? Have they been brought under control? If you’re enjoyi...

Dreams about clothes are very common and they usually tell you something about your self-image.In waking life, clothes protect, conceal and reveal and so in dreams they depict the ...

Dreams of a waterfall or rapids may be referring to birth, especially ones in which you are swept along in a warm stream of water through a tunnel and emerge into a pool or lagoon,...

Dreams that feature your ancestors in some way indicate the web of cultural and family influences from which your personality has arisen.If a particular ancestor is highlighted, th...

Bars, pubs and taverns are dreamland places in which you can overcome your inhibitions. What is the atmosphere like? If it is friendly, your dreaming mind may be urging you to over...

During the early years of your waking life it is likely that you were physically and emotionally dependent on one or both of your parents or, if either or both were absent, on an a...

Our fascination and adoration of favorite celebrities stems from a desire to emulate their positive qualities or talents. We admire them for their beauty and creative talent, and s...

In dreamland, pensions are generally associated with aging or old age, so if you had a dream in which you were collecting your pension or setting up a pension, your dreaming mind m...

Famous people appear in dreamland just as they do in the media. On the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, thousands of people described how they had dreamed of her. During his pres...

Now and again your dreaming mind may conjure up powerful images of notoriously evil people to warn you against the destructive effects of negative forces in yourself, or in some as...

Dreams of camping, resting or seeking shelter in a cave are common in dreamland, although few of us have explored caves in waking life. In dreams, the cave, as an image of the womb...

Fog and mist are dreamland symbols of confusion, or of an inability to make progress and see the way ahead. They also suggest lack of clarity and that emotions are clouding your ju...

Food comes in all shapes and forms, and just as you can eat almost anything in life, the same goes for time spent in dreamland. Here are some common food symbols and a summary of t...

A steady walk soothes the soul and has the same effect in dreamland. If you’re in an environment that is unknown to you, then you’ll soon be exploring pastures new; this could ...

Buddhism, far more than Christianity or Islam, has a very strong pacifist element. The orientation toward non-violence has played a significant role in the political history of Bud...

To see withered or dead flowers in your dream denotes disappointments and gloomy situations. You may not be utilizing your full potential and talents.If you receive wilted blooms i...

Dream celebrations tend to reflect feelings of satisfaction you may have about yourself in waking life.If images of Christmas, Easter, New Year or Thanksgiving appear in your dream...

Games in dreamland symbolize the manner in which the dreamer is approaching life. Individual games, such as solitaire, will indicate your tendency for self- absorption, where excel...

If your unconscious depicted you as rolling a dice and hoping for a six, does this suggests that you feel as if your destiny is not in your hands but in the hands of fate, or that ...

According to Freud, an envelope is a symbol of female sexuality and putting a letter into an envelope represents sexual intercourse.If the envelope is left unopened, this may repre...

Telephones and cellphones in dreams are symbols of instant communication in both the real world and dreamland. The message of your dream in which you picked up the phone to call so...

There is one form of communication that requires no paper, pen, computer or phone: thought transference or telepathy. Although the jury is still out as to whether telepathy is a re...

Because the body often represents the self, loss of body parts or injuries to your body in dreamland can symbolize the emotional pain of losing parts of yourself. A dream that some...

Dreams in which you are struggling to climb an unknown mountain or cliff, fighting your way through snow and ice, wading through a bog, or lost and wandering alone in a forest or j...

Psychologists generally define love as an intense feeling of liking, affection or an enduring sentiment towards a person combined with a strong desire to be with that person. In dr...

Keys are clear symbols of freedom and opportunity in dreamland. They are also symbols of home ownership and trust, as you only give the keys to your home to people you trust. Bear ...

Dreams that feature images of menstruation indicate the very mystery of life itself; the acceptance of the life processes in yourself if you are menstruating in your dream, and non...

You may have had a dream in which a ringing telephone urged you to pick up the receiver.If this was the case, who was calling and what did they have to say to you? In both dreams a...

If you or someone else was crying, screaming or laughing in your dream, this may be a confirmation of how they are feeling in waking life. Similarly, if you woke up laughing, screa...

The struggle for survival in dreamland is reflected in symbols such as quicksand, dangerous animals, wildfire, war and enemies; these all suggest the need to find a kind of securit...

In dreams, fictional characters that do not exist in everyday life may appear.For example, you may dream of sharing a birthday party with a twin sister you don’t have in waking l...

As with trams and buses and other forms of public transport, dreams about trains suggest that you are no longer controlling your life and have become too dependent on someone or so...

Vegetables and fruit are a vital source of nourishment in the real world, and in dreamland their reference is usually to feeding the emotions rather than nourishing the body.In gen...

In both the real world and in dreamland, gales and high winds suggest potential disaster. Your dreaming mind may be warning you that someone’s pent-up emotion is about to burst o...

Vegetables, like fruits, provide nourishment and nutrients but unlike fruits they are seldom regarded as delicious or sweet treats. This is why in dreamland they symbolize experien...