General MeaningThe dream of seeing a red flag typically represents your perception of a particular situation that is signaling danger, caution, or a potential impasse in your wakin...

Dreams related to individuals struggling with substance abuse can be deeply emotional and insightful, often reflecting internal conflicts, concerns, or the need for healing. This d...

Dreaming about consuming cannabis can evoke a range of feelings and interpretations. Whether you view cannabis as a medicinal plant, a recreational substance, or something more com...

1- If we dream that we arc in a fight, it usually indicates that we are confronting our need for independence. We may also need to express our anger and frustration and the subcons...

1- A stafT, in the sense of a stick, is a support mechanism, stall as in office staff a support system.Dreaming of either should clarify our attitude to the support we require in l...

To see or take medications is usually a positive dream that manifests an adverse situation and, at the same time, the intention of using some mechanism to get out of it.If the drea...

You are dreaming of communication and intimacy and your ability to control these elements of life.The lips are the sensuous guardians of the center of communication and intimate ex...

This is a dream that includes the exploration of very high levels of consciousness. Much time has passed since the UFO craze swept into our consciousness. Since then, the term “u...

1- We need to be aware of e motional and intellectual rigidity in either ourselves or others around us.If we are in armour we may be overprotecting o ursclves, whereas if others ar...

1- In dreams, the defence mechanisms we put in place to prevent ourselves from deeply feeling the impact of such things as relationships, love, anxiety or pain can often manifest a...

1- Dreaming of locking a padlock suggests that we arc attempting to shut something (perhaps a feeling or emotion) away. This may either be through fear or possessiveness. Conversel...

(see Animals)Defense mechanisms working overtime.Metaphorically bristling at any new ideas, possibilities, or relationships for fear of failure or being hurt.You may be threatening...

also see Buildings1- In dreams, walls usuallv indicate the boundaries we have set ourselves. These may be created as defence mechanisms or support structures, and it is sometimes h...

Dreams involving deceased individuals often evoke a range of emotions, from nostalgia to confusion. When you dream of a deceased person requesting cigarettes, it can be a powerful ...

Dreams often serve as a window into our subconscious, revealing our deepest emotions, desires, and conflicts. A dream about kissing someone and then rejecting them can be particula...

General MeaningThe color blue in dreams often symbolizes serenity, tranquility, and calmness, which imbues a tranquil ambiance and feelings of relaxation. Dreaming about blue walls...

Dreams involving children, especially in challenging situations like experimenting with substances and experiencing an overdose, can be quite distressing. Such dreams often reflect...

1. An emotional block or defensive mechanism that needs to be addressed.2. Obstacles and difficulties, usually in life, sometimes in intellect.3. A need or desire to remove onesel...

Receiving a threat in a dream means victory over one’s assailant, opponent, or adversary, or it could mean developing a defence mechanism against any danger from that side.If the...

One s own potential, often unacknowl­edged, and projected on to dream character; a parent; depend­ing on how you relate to the famous person, your own ability to accept yourself ...

1- It will depend how the pole is being used in the dream as to the interpretation.It is seen as an expression of the life force as in a Maypole (see Maypole) but also as a stabili...

Having too many responsibilities and too little time, or so many options from which to choose that you become indecisive.What is the juggler juggling? Knives, for example, may indi...

An alternative type of body dream, in which the machine’s state of repair represents your physical condition.The general working mechanism of a relationship or situation, what ma...

As the mechanism that cools down the engine, a leak in the radiator may point to an inability to cool down after an argument. In the physical body a radiator in a dream may represe...

Dreams of a critic symbolize a fear of exposure, of making a mistake and/or looking foolish. Dreams about the inner critic usually show up when you are in the midst of expansion an...

Dreams of a dunce cap symbolize feelings of shame and embarrassment for not knowing something that was expected of you. Perhaps you’ve been playing dumb as a survival mechanism. ...

Dreams of a game signify play and competition.To be engaged in a game represents that you have a playful attitude. Your dream may be giving you the message to engage and play whole...

According to modem theory, the amount of information the human brain can hold is more than is held in all the books in the Library of the British Museum. Gradually it is becoming r...

An orgasm is an explosion of complex activity in the brain and nervous system that stimulates an enormous amount of pleasure through the release of neurotransmitters and the contra...

Dreams of pineapple represent a juicy and delicious reward that comes after arduous labor, as symbolized by the prickly exterior and its delicious interior.The pineapple can also r...

Psychological / emotional perspective: It is important that we feel good about ourselves and, as dreams are a way of righting an imbalance, we have a mechanism through apology to p...

Psychological / emotional perspective: We hide – both from ourselves and others – those aspects of our personalities with which we cannot deal. This is a defensive mechanism wh...

Gives gender-specific: In a woman’s dream a key can suggest that her own assertiveness needs to be sensitively used.A man may need to understand the ‘mechanism’ of his assert...

Material aspects: Rituals can range from the ‘sublime to the ridiculous’. They are actions that are repeated over and over again in order to achieve a certain result. In dreams...

1- When a child is first born, its first awareness is of itself as an individual. It has to learn that it is now separate from its mother and cope with the separation. It begins to...

In everyday life we may be very timid, in which case sadism in a dream is an escape mechanism.If we have to be dominant and controlling in everyday life, the unconscious shows its ...

To be trapped in a dream suggests you feel trapped by your current circumstances. It means you feel unable to see a way of escaping your current problems.• It reflects feelings o...

(see also Fear)When anxiety features in a dream it may be just that - straightforward anxiety. On the other hand, it may be a disguise for some repressed aggression or resentment.I...

(1) If you are punishing someone or something else (an animal, say), the latter probably represents a part of you - some quite respectable facultv or instinctive drive - that has a...

(see also Cigar / Cigarette)(1) Smoking may be a substitute for other satisfactions, or a mechanism whereby we blot out certain things (e.g. emotions: fears, anger, etc.) from cons...

(1) A private vehicle probably represents you. Where is the vehicle going? In a straight line, or on a winding road? See also Clockwise, Anticlockwise, Right / Left, Spiral.(2) If ...

Some people are very strict with themselves, so they tend to dream of flagellation. This represents their reproaches against themselves. Through flogging you punish yourself for wh...

In the masonic religion, the lever is a tool that symbolizes knowledge and technical mastery. It alludes to the need or ability to use a mechanism to solve a certain problem....

(see also entries for particular animals; e.g. Bear, Cat)(1) Parents may appear in dreams in the guise of animals. The animal will then usually be a focus for the dreamer’s ambiv...

The invalid may represent either you or some part of you. (The latter may apply even if in the dream it is you who are pushing the invalid in his chair.) If it is you, what has rob...

Lustful dreams are, almost always, a reflection of repressed sexual desires. The unconscious generates a mechanism of compensation that is set off by a lack of real sexual relation...

If you have a great capacity to give to others, probably in one of your dreams you have seen a plate. Not surprisingly, this element says that you are willing to serve your fellows...

(1) If you are being sacrificed in the dream, there are at least three possibilities.The dream may be drawing your attention to a martyr complex, habitual and compulsive self-punis...

(1) A sea shell, owing to its resemblance to the vagina and its association with the-sea, is a feminine symbol. As such it may represent your mother or your mother-attachment; and,...

As a machine, it is linked with ideas of perpetual motion, automatism, mechanism, etc. The clock can represent human destiny, as it is the measurement of your time. Its sound, furt...

If you dream that you break an object or sentimental link, it means that you are leaving a stage of your life behind. Something is coming to an end and you should accept it. Dreami...

The tulip indicates hope of a happy and lasting period. On the other hand, like almost every flower, tulips have a high sensual connotation. They could be the expression of a compe...

Tears are associated with rain and therefore also with vitality and fertility. But to cry in dreams can have a less favorable interpretation. Almost always, it is a compensatory me...

The accelerator in a car or other mechanism is the structure that is engineered to increase your speed and therefore get you to your desired goal that much faster.If one is feature...

Waking up laughing from a dream, or remembering a dream image in which you laugh unworriedly, is one of the most pleasurable sensation that the subconscious gives. Almost always it...

Rarely we dream of scents that are not from the physical space where we are sleeping. Otherwise, the smells in dreams have a highly sensuous connotation.It is possible that the unc...

This mechanism for timing your wakefulness relates to control and preparedness. Since there is often a great deal of anxiety around being on time for important events, this object ...

The phenomenon of “cutting” is a ritualized addiction where a person deliberately cuts himself or herself as a stress-relief mechanism. People who cut will describe a satisfact...

A utensil is a mechanism that assists in the process of taking in food. Eating is symbolic of self-care and nurturance. In this way, a fork is first and foremost a symbol related t...

A lock is a mechanism that keeps something impenetrable. Inherent in this as a symbol is the notion that there is someone who has the key.If you come across a lock in your dream, t...

Anything that relates to a driving experience is symbolic of how you are moving through your life.The speedometer is your mechanism for managing the speed with which you are moving...

As a function of routine, clothes are kept clean in this mechanism. In this way, a washing machine is a symbol of this impulse to keep elements of your life at a certain level of c...

While this is soon becoming an archaic object in the realm of keeping time, the watch is a symbol of measurement and staying connected to the rhythm of life. More importantly, any ...

Something is changing but is currently obscured or unclear. As the saying goes, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” Since fire represents drastic change, smoke is an indic...

Drowning in deep water suggests floundering in the depths of the unconscious. As with dreams of pursuit or being chased, this dream alerts you to areas of your unconscious that are...

The desire to hurt yourself through sex in dreams is a symbol of guilt or the desire to feel extreme emotion. Perhaps you are not allowing yourself to feel deeply in waking life? I...

Armor could represent your defense mechanisms, those things that you use to protect yourself from self and/or others (e.g., denial and repression). Physical barriers may keep other...

Emotions being released. In our dreams we experience a variety of emotions. Crying in the dream state generally has the same meaning as crying in daily life.It is a release of nega...

These animals hold interesting symbolism. Most people loved turtles in childhood and some do in adulthood.The ideas that they convey are those of steadfastness and caution. They mo...

Although you could interpret your dreams literally, a much more likely interpretation is a symbolic one. In this respect, dreams about nuclear war, the earth exploding, stars and p...

Carl Jung believed that the unconscious could be revealed through dreams, premonitions, or synchronistic experiences. These revelations often offer insights into an individual's li...

Buildings in dreams represent the constructions we make in our lives. They are attitudes and beliefs we have built from our experience, perception, and often from our family habits...

Talking whilst asleep is a relatively common sleep disorder. The subject matter being talked about tends to be harmless. It may also make no sense at all. At other times, the conte...

A dream that features snow has a similar interpretation to dreams that feature frost, only this time the message is highlighted ever more. Snow in dreams could reflect your emotion...

"Sleep is the balm for hurt minds, nature’s great second course." - William Shakespeare Sleep is an absolute necessity for our physical, mental, and emotional well-bei...

Dreams of a delay symbolize that there is something blocking you from moving forward. Perhaps you are venting out and releasing -sabotage mechanisms, and feelings of being unprepar...

Dreams of hunting represent that you are on the prowl for energy and power.The way you hunt says a lot about your survival mechanisms. You are becoming aware of the effectiveness o...

Dreams of a jewel case for a CD symbolize your ego, protection and defense mechanisms that ensure your well-being....

Dreams of a shed represent resourcefulness. You are realizing that you have accumulated many tools for life as well as strategies and coping mechanisms to handle the challenges lif...

Dreams of tools signify your street smarts and coping mechanisms for life, your resources, and formula for handling challenges.If your tools are in good shape, then you are prepare...

“Everything serious comes to us at night.”CICERO What Happens When We Sleep? Why do we sleep? The answer is not as simple as it seems. We sleep so that our body can rest, we ...

(1) A finger may be a phallic symbol.(2) Is it the finger of blame being pointed at you? It may be your father or some other authority figure who does the pointing. However, these ...

Protection. The white light shield of love can be used any time to deflect negativity, enable you to stay centered and balanced. Other shields, such as defense mechanisms, are only...

Dreams in which sweet, juicy fruits appear almost always allude to sensuality and pleasure. The could be compensation mechanisms of the unconscious, or literal reflections of a sit...

If you suffer nightmares, it is evident that the insecurity, fears, and worries are having an effect on you. However, to interpret this type of dream correctly, you should try to r...

Dreaming is an intriguing process, and while we often focus on the stories our minds create, there's much happening in the brain and body during this time. Below are some fascinati...

There is an ongoing debate about whether dreams are a vehicle for messages or merely random by-products of the brain. Both sides of the argument are briefly summarized here. The O...

The skunk and its odor cannot be separated. When faced with fear, the skunk emits a musk that most predators find objectionable, thus protecting it from danger. In this regard, the...

Parachutes obviously represent a means of escape from a dangerous situation. In a dream, a parachute could refer to our coping mechanisms, or it could refer to bailing out of a dif...

Dreaming of being chased is one of the most common experiences across cultures and history. It represents our primal survival mechanism—the fight or flight response—being activ...

Universal Landscape: Evidence of wounding; protection that is instinctive.Dreaming Lens: Did you sustain a cut in your dream? Was there evidence of a cut after the fact? Were you c...

Universal Landscape: Access to creative power. The assumption of success.Dreaming Lens: Was the light switch turned on or off? Was it switched on and/or off repeatedly? Was it work...

Universal Landscape: An indicator of transformation or change.Dreaming Lens: Where was the smoke in your dream? Were you aware of the source? If the dream included a person smoking...

Universal Landscape: Release of toxicity.Dreaming Lens: Were you urinating? Was someone else? Were you in a bathroom setting? Did you have an accident? Were you in bed? Did you wak...

While Dr. LaBerge studied lucid dreams as a means of personal transformation, other researchers have delved into the fundamental question of why people dream. Some argue that dream...

The Perspectives of Freud, Jung, Hall, and Domhoff on Dreams Our website, "Symbols, Signs, and Meanings," delves into the enigmatic messages that the unconscious mind conveys duri...

Dream Interpretation: My dead father without headIntroductionPositive Interpretation: Dreaming of a deceased father often points towards the significant influence that the person ...

Positive InterpretationDreaming about taking pictures with family members can signify an inherent need for love, stability, and the charm of familiar bonds. These dreams can indica...

General MeaningIn many dream interpretations, a wheelbarrow often symbolizes hard work, labor, or a burden that the dreamer may be carrying. It may also represent the dreamer\'s re...