Nelson Dream Base
Modern Dreamers Dictionary e2011
by
Andrew Nelson
Copyright Andrew Nelson 2010
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Nelson Dream Base
The Modern Dreamers Dictionary
This reference has been assembled with the sole purpose of creating a dynamic common modern reference and starting point for people wanting to explore their own dream world symbols. It is a compilation of symbols gathered from many sources and is being expanded and added to each year from the World Dream Compendium database. (read below). The Nelson Dream Base does not seek or claim to provide the ultimate indisputable meanings to the myriad of symbols and icons our subconscious mind draws upon, rather it seeks to relay a set of possible meanings based on common understanding built over time by many dreamers and dream researchers. Some of these are drawn from Jungian and Freudian theories, others are drawn from common folklore and indigenous ideas, others from common contemporary understanding.
The author wishes to state clearly that some of the ideas expressed are not the direct opinion or determined view of the author, rather the database was assembled to write the ideas in a clear and easily accessible manner to give the dreamer the ability to understand the processes and metaphors expressed for themselves and choose which of these meanings hold substance to themselves.
It is essential for the individual to build their own understanding of their own symbols. in example... Water can mean one thing to one person and hold a completely different context and therefore meaning to another or even vary according to the individual dream. Yet there are commonalities between all people when we dream and thus the purpose if this work is to give a reference point to begin your own internal discussion. The Author advises people to try to understand the processes which motivate their dreaming, to record their own dreams and most importantly, to record their own set of dream words, phrases and symbols over time. Remember, your dreams come from you and as such are most specifically about you. No one can tell you exactly what they mean, but you!
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Dreams can hold many meanings in one dream. Your subconscious mind produces a play or movie which tries to combine many of the most significant elements affecting you. These can be quite mundane, deep and personal and even pre cognitive all in one dream. They represent the sum total of the thoughts and issues and experiences you are going through at that time. This often makes them very hard to interpret or to draw one single overall meaning to each dream. It is often better to see dreams as a form of raw expression rather than something which has a single specific meaning.
We dream for many reasons and often many times in a night, whether we remember the dreams specifically or not we are often left with an encapsulation of feelings or impressions when we rise, as if on some level we have worked through some of the issues affecting our waking lives. Many dreams are initiated by simple bodily functions while we sleep, or a reaction to hearing a noise or smell while sleeping, yet others seem to come from deep within us and can be vivid or super real, leaving us with strong impressions which are remembered for years to come. We occasionally have what are termed 'lucid' dreams, ones which we are aware of dreaming while in the dream state, as if our conscious mind is still in full awareness whilst we have the dream. Other dreams seem to be occasionally precognitive, they seem to predict a coming event, but by far, the majority of dreams leave us without any real explanation or significance, sometimes many of these are rolled into one abstract conglomeration which makes no logical or rational sense, yet we all dream and we are often reminded of them as our day progresses without understanding why.
Some beliefs see dreaming as a vital part of our connection to a hidden spirit self, world or realm and try to practice forms of control or awareness while dreaming. These beliefs date back to stone age man filling our folklore with a wealth of symbols, icons and meanings. It would be too easy in this modern age of scientific and medical knowledge to dismiss these ideas outright consigning them to history rather than the present, however they are still part of our shared attempts at understanding the subconscious and rather than dismiss them entirely we should recognize that even today, we have not advanced so much that we can map and navigate the subconscious with any sort of certainty or absolutes.
The work of Freud and Jung back in the last century brought us closer to some alternate and perhaps more rational psychological insights into the workings of our subconscious mind and its relationship to the conscious mind and personality but even these fell short of reaching a common understanding or acceptance. Don't forget we all dream and no one owns a person's dreamscape. We have studied, tested and researched the stages of sleep where dreams occur, yet we still cannot record or reproduce a single person's dream other than by a personal description. We can still only speculate as to what each person actually sees or experiences in their own dreams.
Do we all dream in color or in monotones as some say? Do animals dream like we do? Do people share similar events or precognitions in their dreams at the same time or perhaps according to certain seasons or as a result of eating certain foods? Do males and females dream in the same way? How do hormonal changes or sleep patterns affect the symbols, icons or events of our dreams? How many dreams are truly precognitive? These, along with the personal meanings of the myriad of symbols and metaphors contained in our dreams remain unanswered. However, we do know that we all dream and we also know that many of the actions and symbols seem to be common among many people, we know that people often describe similar events, worries or feelings during and after dreaming.
The aim of a dream dictionary with a compiled set of common meanings is not to make judgment, rather to give you clues as to common possible meanings of individual elements within the dream. Different elements or symbols can have different meanings to each person, so, no one symbol means exactly the same to each person. This is why it is important to slowly compile a list of your own symbols and make notes as to what they mean to you. To dream of fish when a person lives in a desert holds a different weight than to someone who has lived by the ocean all their life... or does it? The truth is, we simply do not know. The subconscious does not require an answer or a even a question, it simply requires a recognition of the experience within you. It is your intuitive faculties at work making associations and connections for you to explore in your own way.
The advantage of recording your dreams, while using a well written basic dream dictionary, allows you to map and see patterns and possible interpretations in your dreams, it gives you an extremely powerful and potent tool for exploring your own subconscious, in a way that does not rely exclusively on memory. However, it is very important that at all times, you should be prepared to abandon fixed explanations written in books like this in favor of what the dream 'feels' like it meant to you personally.
Remember, not all dreams hold one direct meaning or require that you interpret or fully understand them, they are a subconscious emotional expression of your current experiences shown to you in another form which is not bound by the laws of logic or even rational responses or behaviors. They are a picture or movie from the world set free of the limits of the conscious mind. Sometimes they can be profound, extra dimensional, predictive and even life changing, but mostly they are quite mundane and prone to gross exaggeration. Often they hold all these elements in one! However, at their basic core most dreams are primal and often initiated by anxieties or even bodily processes. Yet the subconscious has the amazing ability to combine the seeds of all the elements which make up your thoughts, feelings, experiences and intuitions into one exciting movie produced and projected by you, just for you!
To interpret a dream, it is useful to run the dream words through a common dictionary like this one and then run it through your own personal library of meanings in order to track and highlight the patterns and recurring symbols which are personal to you.
This can be done interactively online by joining the Brainspace.me website as a member where we are assembling a world compendium of common symbols, personal symbols and meanings. Please contribute your dreams and meanings to this unique and growing worldwide human dream thesaurus. (read below)
To get the best from this dictionary, try to identify the keywords within your dream like "climb" or "rail" or "platform" etc... then do a search for this word. If you do not find a specific meaning for a dream, for instance "bandicoot" then try the generic word like "Animal" There are over 4000 words referenced and 900 meanings so far in this dictionary and more are added as they become more clearly defined. The vocabulary of most people is around 4000 words, so you can see that this is already a substantial work.
If your eBook reader supports text Search, simply type in keywords from your dream and select find.
The Nelson Dream Base is the official database used online in the World Dream Compendium at Brainspace.me as such, the eBook edition is aimed for offline use in the various eBook reader platforms and formats available today like Kindle, ePub, iPad and Adobe pdf editions. The use of the prime online database as a written dictionary across these formats and platforms creates some user issues. The easiest method is to work through your dream while keeping a copy of the dictionary open and then use your search facility to find keywords relevant to parts of your dream.
You will notice some words are referenced several times. This is because the use of the word can change slightly depending on the context. For instance 'glue' is included as a keyword in several item definitions but not on its own, the definitions where you will find 'glue' are; Envelope, Gel and Union. In order to make the dream base work as both a dictionary and a database and still be intuitive to use, the author has made a distinction between common use words which may contain varied contexts and meanings and prime words which head a keyword group. Also, due to spelling differences in various English speaking countries and regions, the dictionary attempts to add as many variations and common terms as possible. Each head keyword is followed with a number of other words or variations of words, these are listed after the head word, in either alphabetical order or by common intuitive usage.
When being used as online software with the Nelson Dream Database, this ordering is somewhat irrelevant as the search is done automatically via the scripts and returns all possible written meanings. However, when using this manual as written text in a book or eBook, the order may seem a little confusing. For this reason an index of just the keywords and their id number is included to make it easy to navigate to the correct written interpretations. Simply find the keyword, note the id number, then navigate to the main full listings via the id number.
Remember, as mentioned above, most dream words share common meanings with other words, unlike a normal dictionary this one works more like a thesaurus and will often provide more than one head key word and reading for a common word like "climb" or "cliff". Use the readings to see the possible different aspects or context according to the events of your own particular dream. If you cannot find a particular word, try to think of the name of the process or another similar word and look it up. In example, the word 'Saxophone' would be listed under 'Music' or 'Band' or 'Orchestra' rather than on its own because it is used as part or in association with these dream events.
The referenced meanings should be used to help you think about what the dream may mean to you, rather than as absolute answers. The dream base is designed to teach you about yourself as you use it. Always remember, you are the best judge of the meaning of a dream, not the dictionary, the dictionary serves only to give clues and ask questions for further inquiry. Each written meaning contains elements taken from a number of sources and contains several different possible interpretive views, more important is the way you break down the dream into its prime elements and actions. In example, you may dream of climbing a hill or climbing stairs or a cliff. The important element to your subconscious is that you were climbing, taking a specific action, using your will power and personal effort, the hill or stairs or cliff serve more to frame the picture and give some context to the size, location, situation or importance of the issue it is trying to project.
Often we leave a dream with one or two major memories and find it hard to remember the full detail. By working through the actions, events and processes involved in your dream you will remember other significant points or connections to consider. Try to relate the dream actions to some feeling or issue occurring in your outer life as you read each meaning. Remember it is about you, it is your space and it is your own subconscious mind projecting it to you. However the subconscious mind does not think or rationalize in the same way that your conscious mind does, it works through associations, processes, feelings and memories to create an intuitive response.
Brainspace.me hosts an online database to allow people to submit significant dreams to a compendium. This database is made available to researchers and the general public. The value of this database is immense, it is the first time a record has been kept of world dreaming. As the compendium grows Brainspace hopes to be able to identify dream symbols shared by people around the world and across cultures. It will provide the raw data needed to begin to identify trends, locations, symbols, gender, ages and dream synergies based on real data rather than small samples coming from limited research projects. If you have any dreams which you feel are lucid, precognitive or recurring or just of significant interest to others, please contribute them to the compendium.
The WDC is a free service, it is the first time anyone has attempted to provide a single reference source for world dreaming. It is often too easy to give a general meaning to a particular symbol, with the use of this reference we hope, over time, to be able to provide an insight into common symbols based on real data.
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Dr Nelson attained his medical degree in Osteopathic medicine at ecole Europeenne d’Osteopathie in the late 1970’s. His dissertation was on neurological histology and he developed a keen interest in the workings of the subconscious mind, dreaming and dream symbols as part of his psychology electives. He worked as an Osteopathic practitioner and took further post grad studies in the UK, the USA and Australia over the following 15 years. He has over 30 years of clinical experience.
His interest in the subconscious mind and dreaming has spanned the entire length of his medical career and during the course of dealing with many thousands of patients he began compiling dream symbols and possible interpretations from a variety of recognized sources alongside his clinical notes from patient consultations and experiences. About 15 years ago he began to develop software based tools to help patients to record their own dreams and identify their own symbols. This software allowed users to compile their own personal dictionaries based on their own experiences. Titled ‘the Seed’ dream pad and journal, this innovative software allowed users to record keywords and make links between dreams based on personal choices and associations. This software has now developed into an online cloud application called Brainspace.me
Andrew has a strong belief that no one particular theory or dream interpretation technique holds a reliable or total answer. He further believes that the individual must always be considered the only true source for individual dream meanings. Each person’s subconscious mind is entirely unique and contains a myriad of individual experiences, personal associations and therefore symbols which make up the individual dreamscape. As such, the use of a ‘dream dictionary’ can never be factual or provide solid scientific proof and can only offer an aid to possible interpretations based on shared common understandings from multiple sources. However, unlike some current psychology viewpoints, he felt there was still a need to present a reference point or dream base that provided the user with a general resource with common possible interpretations to ‘provoke’ peoples own investigations of their own dreamscape. He felt that on the one hand, too many of the existing dream references relied on folklore, superstitions or flaky spiritualism, while on the other hand, modern psychology was in denial about the ability of anyone to offer help to people wanting to explore and understand their own dreamscape and symbols. Hence this dream dictionary is written to incorporate a number of views and possible meanings simply to provide a catalyst for people to begin to explore their own dream world. It is simply a tool.
The Nelson Dream Base is unique in that it is gradually updated as more and more users contribute possible meanings and common or shared symbols, it has become an extremely dynamic resource which develops and changes with our contemporary understanding and relationship the subconscious dream world.
The author takes no responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensive inclusion of the many different possible meanings or alternate key dream words used or omitted. Further, the Author takes no responsibility or liability for any actions or interpretations which the reader chooses to make or take by reading or using this work. Please use at own risk.
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Each unit contains:-
Id number:
Keywords:
The Meanings
If your eBook reader supports text Search, simply type in keywords from your dream and select find.
1
Abbey Ashram Monastery Nunnery Temple Church
To see or be inside a place of worship often expresses an outer desire for seclusion, peace or even protection. An inner search for peace. Protection from the external tides of life. To argue or be admonished inside or near the building shows a fear of being held to task, discovered or accountable over a current issue discovered. A conflict between your inner feelings and the outer structures or events surrounding you. On a bright sunny day, it shows the desire for inner harmony and accord. If you are religious, it reflects a frame for your beliefs which may hold personal symbols relating to your faith.
2
Abdomen Stomach Belly Tummy
To see your own abdomen reflects an issue which is close to you or coming into your life. To see your abdomen growing infers the need to address a close personal issue that can no longer be ignored. May indicate a coming birth or pregnancy or the successful birth of a new idea. To see blood coming from your stomach or to be punched in your abdomen shows a worry about being attacked over an issue which is close to you. Fear of injury or failure. (see also pregnant)
3
Abject Sad Cry Crying Weep Bemoan Bewail Depressed Depression Dissolution Grieve Lament Moan Mood Mourn
To feel abjected, sad, down, depressed or to cry, weep or grieve in a dream infers a raw unconscious expression of your inner feelings. A way of looking at how you feel without having to live it or a way of expressing the true depth of your feelings. Can also show an inability to accept an issue or situation in your life or may intuitively predict some external event. If this sort of dream recurs or persists without resolution, you should seek advice or help from a friend or counselor. Pay close attention to the cause of your mood in the dream, there may be a key to help you understand how to lift your spirits again and understand what is provoking the internal emotional pain and bring it to a closure so you can move on with life again. To see others weeping can sometimes be another part of yourself being reflected back to you, the dreamworld is like that. Pay attention to the qualities or flaws you associate with the people you see crying, it is often the case that they represent parts of you which you chose to hide from. If you see a close friend or relative crying, it may also be an intuitive response to their actual need or concern. Sometimes when we are very close to a person, we miss something on the surface, but still recognize it intuitively and this can show in a dream on occasion. Pay attention to their welfare in real life, just to be sure they are ok, they might just need someone to talk to. All dreams of deep emotional expression need to be taken earnestly, especially if they recur.
4
Abyss Cliff Crag Gulf Precipice Rockface
To look with worry over an abyss is a classic fear dream. Fear of what is unknown fear of failure. An inability to accept a new situation. To fall into an abyss expresses a fear of losing control over a current situation or life path. To step boldly over an abyss shows that your positive intentions may not be matched by the current situation, look before you leap. To land gently after stepping or falling into an abyss shows that your fears may not be warranted. A simple fear at the beginning of a new life path. All these type of dreams speak of an abyss or gulf confronting you whether physical, mental or emotional.
5
Accident Adversity Calamity Catastrophe Crash Disaster Ruin Smash Tragedy
Another fear dream. Sometimes fear dreams can also be predictive but mostly they show an internal fear or worry being projected onto a current situation. Look for signs within the dream that relate to your outer life. Make sure that you have made your own position secure. If involving a friend or relative be aware of their current reactions and directions. If involving people you do not know, make sure of who you can count on in a crisis. Pay attention to the size, location and dream plot that led up to and surrounded the event. Dreams tend to exaggerate events in order to make them more memorable to you. The outcome is less important than the lead up to the event.
6
Actor Actors Actress Performer Player
A projection of yourself or another person in a different form. If you were impressed by the person it infers a positive image of a current trend or relationship. If you were annoyed with the person it shows a worry in the trust of another person. Are they really what they seem? If there are elements of yourself in the person it shows a need to uncover or explore some other aspects of yourself. Often point to a desire to express yourself more clearly or to attain a greater status and worth in the world or your own group.
7
Abortion Malignancy Pregnancy Termination
For a women to dream of an abortion shows a fear of failure to live up to your own ideals. A fear of your most cherished feelings being exposed or disregarded. A fear of losing connection with a chosen path. For a man to dream of an abortion infers much the same except that the fear is usually in trusting another person. Often the dream world draws a parallel to a malignant condition or situation that needs to removed by showing it in such stark terms. These dreams show a level of inner shock and if the dream is recurrent you should seek to express your worries to a friend or counselor.
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Abroad Alien Foreign Emigrate Immigrate International
To dream of being in another country or meeting a foreigner implies the need for new experiences. Looking for directions outside of your normal experiences or knowledge. Receiving help from an unexpected source. If the dream was negative it shows a fear of being exposed by circumstances beyond your control. If it was positive it shows a desire or recognition within you for new experiences. Look for new occurrences in your life.
9
Absent Absence Deficient Gone Lack Lost Missing
Feeling the absence of another person, situation or object shows a knowing within you of the need for new connections. A worry, grief or fear of missing out on an opportunity. A need within you for love and appreciation. Concern for a current relationship. Can point to a fear of losing energy in a current situation. A need for healing and rebirth of your directions. Look at what is lost, was it so valuable that it could not be replaced or was it a part of you that was no longer needed or no longer a part of your life anyway? A loss is an opportunity waiting to be filled. Nothing is ever truly lost, just transformed from one form of energy into another. Memories are made of this.
10
Abscess Blackhead Blemish Boil Fistula Furuncle Pimple Pustule Zit
Shows concern for an issue that needs resolving. Awareness that it must be healed. A pointer to a situation that has gone on for too long. To feel pain from an abscess shows the immediacy of the situation. To see it burst indicates the situation could rise to a peak and burst coming to a final, conclusion before healing can begin. Squeezing an abscess to force it to burst indicates that an act from you is needed or may be precipitous. Making a long awaited decision by being prepared to take the necessary action and expected consequences.
11
Abundance Bursting Complete Completion Full Plenty Profusion
To dream of being full or having more than you need ironically implies the need for extra caution. When the sun passes midday decrease is sure to ensue. Understanding the cycles of life. Being prepared for success. Being given more than you need implies a knowledge that you are at risk of losing control. Being contented with what you have received or how the situation has completed implies the satisfactory conclusion to a current direction.
12
Abuse Admonish Castigate Censure Chastise Discipline Penalize Penalise Punish Rebuke Reprimand
To dream you are abusing another person in either word or action shows an insecurity in yourself that is searching for an outlet. To feel justified in your abuse shows that you are seeking resolution to an important personal situation or problem. Are you clearly expressing your motives and feelings to others? To dream you are being abused by another person shows a fear of failure to live up to a current obligation. May also indicate a hidden insecurity which requires your attention. If these symbols are recurrent in your dreams you should seek to discuss it with a friend or counselor.
13
Academy Castle College Institution Mansion University
To dream you are entering an academy, large mansion or university shows a willingness for further development. An aspiration towards a higher goal, a need for further knowledge. Connecting with a greater force. To pass it by, infers a fear of letting an opportunity slip past you. To leave it while feeling happy shows a resurgence in self confidence from past effort. While feeling sad it shows the ending of a current situation, where no more can be achieved. Buildings often represent the foundations of your own life.
14
Acceptance Agree Approval Assurance Giving Receiving Recognition Reassurance
To feel accepted or assured in a dream shows the need in you for receiving rather than just giving. Shows a connection to positive energy in a chosen direction. An affirmation of a preferred choice. If dreamed as an opposite to your outer life, it shows a desire for acceptance. A hope for the future. A light in the distance. Mostly a very positive dream, a feeling to take with you into the days ahead. Mostly our acceptance and assurance come from ourselves, often the dreamworld casts the ideal before us in a form that makes us ready to accept an issue.
15
Accounts Contracts Certificate Bills Forms Invoice Papers Paperwork Receipt
A dream with accounts, contracts or paperwork of any kind can simply be a response to an immediate situation or may infer a need to re-organize your day to day affairs. In either case your dream is pointing to a need to look closely at your current position before bringing it to completion. If feeling happy when seeing the papers, it shows that your worries are likely be unfounded. If the feeling is tense or anxious, it shows that the situation must be dealt with in a clear and precise manner. The color of the paper and the other people involved in the dream plot are important to understand the symbols.
16
Accuse Accusation Attack Arrest Blame Charge Indict Levy
To be accused of an act you have not committed shows a fear of being misunderstood or even betrayed in a current situation. Being held accountable for an action or decision of your making shows the need to re assess your current position to ensure that it is correct. Make sure you have taken all things into account. To accuse someone else of an act or decision implies the need for you to examine your own motives. To make sure that your emotions have a sound basis. Is your response appropriate to the action?
17
Ache Agony Assault Burn Hurt Pain Sore Torture
A dream with an ache or pain in your body may indicate the need to address a current problem. In the leg or ankle may indicate problems with your motivation and current directions. In a hand, using precision and detail. In an arm, problems using your will. In your head or neck, problems using your thoughts and awareness. In your lungs, problems dealing with the acts of life. In the heart, problems of anger and inner rage. In solar plexus, problems dealing with a recent emotional event. In the genitals, issues of fertility and sexual expression. In the bowel, problems dealing with authority and decisions. In the spleen, problems with old emotions and anger. In the liver, depression and denial the well of hurts. In the stomach, problems dealing with issues of care and nurture. Left side problems of a feminine nature. Right side problems of a masculine nature. Pain is a primal alarm mechanism that demands an immediate response. Pain and even the dream itself could also simply be a response to a real bodily function.
18
Acid Alkaline Astringent Chemical Poison
Acid, poison or chemicals in a dream depend on the context of the dream. Acid can refer to something that is eating away at you. Alkaline can refer to a nauseous reaction to a person or event. A chemical can be good if it is used to create something that is of benefit or bad if its use is negative. Poison can show a need to get rid of a problem or issue. Pay attention to the type of poison, where it came from and who administered it.
19
Acrobat Circus Performer Stage Theater Theatre Trapeze Clown Dancer
To see acrobats or other circus acts performing in your dream shows a desire for more challenging events. To perform as an acrobat indicates a wish to show off your skills to others and to be appreciated for your achievements. To see an acrobat or yourself fall while performing shows a fear of failing. Issues of management. Have you taken on too much in a recent event or action? Infers the need to act as well as an acrobat, to use intense focus and skill to achieve your current goals.
20
Adamant Convert Convince Dogma Influence Persuade Prove
To become adamant or dogmatic in your dream warns of being to linear and narrow in your current perceptions. Trying to force your opinion on to another person denotes a inappropriate action or response to a situation. Trying to convince yourself or another person of a view point can show a need for learning more about the situation before exposing your views. If you were correct in your view and felt the need to persuade someone else, it infers the need to be firm and correct and to stand your ground over an issue. If you were subject to another person being Adamant or overly dogmatic, it may indicate a need to listen more but not be dissuaded from your own view point.
21
Add Adding Addition Divide Dividing Division Multiply Multiplication Multiplying Subtract Subtracting Subtraction Double Triple Quadruple
Adding or subtracting or multiplying or dividing numbers in a dream indicates the need for being circumspect in your current dealings. Making sure the numbers add up. Being precise in your actions. Making sure you are aware of all the factors involved. Numbers often point or reflect real world issues or circumstances you are facing. If any particular number stood out, look up the actual number in this manual (ie one, two three, 1st 2nd 3rd) To see or be aware of something doubling or tripling suggests an issue or awareness of an issue is becoming more intense and taking greater importance to you.
22
Addict Alcoholic Amphetamine Beer Booze Brandy Cannabis Cognac Drugs Gin Heroin Meth Marijuana Rum Speed Tequila Vodka Weed Whiskey
To see a drug addict or alcoholic in your dream indicates a need to examine your own weak points. What are you neglecting in your life? What are the issues you are trying to hide from yourself? To become addicted in your dream indicates that you may be coming into contact with your dark side or shadow, giving in to your own remoteness. A fear in facing a current situation. Looking for an escape but being unable to find one. A cry for help from your inner side. To see a relative or friend become an addict, can refer specifically to the person or just to someone close to you. It may suggest intuitively that a person close you is not showing all they seem on the surface.
23
Address Delivery Locality Location Email Place Position
Being aware of an address in your dream depends on its context. Your own address refers to yourself and immediate environment. Parts of you that make up your life. Anothers address may indicate you being in close contact with someone or something associated with that address. To dream of an old address shows past close associations. To dream of a future address, your future associations.
24
Adolescent Youth Teenager Teen
To dream you are an adolescent again shows a desire within you to express the feelings of youth. A pointer to the growth of a part of you. Where the feeling or idea associated with the dream is beginning to mature. To see teenagers fighting or behaving badly shows a need to address a personal problem within you. Expresses a part of you that you still fear, perhaps it is time to let it mature. To see teenagers laughing and having fun confirms your feelings of self renewal. To have a close relationship with a youth throws light onto your own relationship to yourself.
25
Advance Advancement Evolution Forward Growth Progress
To dream of advancing or moving forward shows a confirmation of your current direction. Indicates that you will achieve the desired goal. If sluggish or stilted, shows the need for examining the obstructions in your path. To progress without effort infers that your path is connected and will take you along with it. Progress in sorrow or with great effort shows you may be carrying emotions or experiences from the past which are weighing you down. Attention to the act of going forward despite the difficulties.
26
Adventure Quest Journey
To dream of going on an adventure shows you have the energy and will to explore new areas of your life or occupation. The meaning of these dreams depend on the nature of your travelling companions, the journey and outcome of the adventure. Generally a positive dream indicating success from planning and positive thinking. Even if negative it indicates the idea of - nothing ventured, nothing gained.
27
Advertisement Ad Advert Commercial Infomercial
To see an advertisement that is to your benefit indicates success through research and observation. Something you hear, see or read could contain a meaning for you. To be disappointed with the results of placing an advertisement yourself shows your efforts might be in vain if you have not made sure of your position. All that glitters is not gold. (See also flag or sign)
28
Advice Advise Consult Counsel Counseling Learn Lesson Teach
To receive advice in a dream is often important to a current situation. Even if the words of the advice have been forgotten, try to be aware of your feeling or reactions to the advice. This sort of dream is often a trigger for your intuition. A key for understanding a current problem. If the advice given proves to be worthless in the same dream, be aware of accepting things too easily in a current activity or decision. To give advice or teach implies the need for self expression. Giving others the benefit of your experience. If your advice proves to be wrong or falls on deaf ears it indicates your fear of living up to your own ideals.
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Afford Famish Deficient Poor Broke Poverty Scarce Shortage
To dream of not being able to afford an object or service indicates a need in you to gather your resources together to make sure of your position. To dream that the object or service is priced too high indicates that you would benefit from using your discretion in making a current decision. to dream you have more than enough implies that all the energy you need is in place to complete a current task.
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Afraid Cower Dismal Fear Feeble Pathetic Weak Wretched
To feel in fear afraid in your dream shows a battle with some inner anxieties. Expressing problems from your outer life through the window of your dreams. Sometimes it is easier to find and look at the source of your fears by feeling them in your dreams. Try to understand what you are afraid of. What are the things that threaten you, the events that take away your inner energy. Before facing your fears first you need to name them, they may not be as bad as your dreams can imagine.
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Aggression Anger Angry Mad Psycho Rage Temper Violent Violence
Showing aggression while dreaming shows a feeling or thought which is not being dealt with in your outer life. Can indicate an underlying tendency to repress your emotional reactions. If the aggression becomes recurrent advice should be sought to find the source of the issues. Prolonged aggression can lead to significant health problems. You may need a medical check to make sure your vital signs are healthy. Aggression can be used as a positive energy but in your dreams it often reflects a negative reaction.
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Air Atmosphere Mood Surroundings Vibe Awareness Aware Conscious Consciousness Subconscious
To become acutely aware of something in your dream suggests a change in the way you are thinking about a subject or issue. An important step forward or development in a current issue or the way you see your world. To dream of awareness or consciousness or to be aware that you are dreaming while dreaming is often referred to as lucid dreaming. A pointer to your subconscious being in sync or making your conscious mind aware of new or different views or ways of focusing your attention. These dreams are usually very significant and leave lasting impressions which need to be thought about over time. There are often some highly personal symbols within the dream that only you will be able to understand but you should reference them to the common terms found in this database and so if they stimulate further thought in you over the days ahead. Remember not to take even your own symbols literally, they are markers not answers, ways of examining deeper issues or feelings within you. On a more simple level, to become aware of the air, atmosphere or mood around you shows an influence toward thought and your conscious state. Communication of ideas. If still, calm reflection and acceptance. If in a breeze, an urge to progress. If windy, the need for a conscious act of will. If in a gale, a firm action is needed to ensure protection before completion. To breath in polluted air shows the need to clear the air Remove the debris from your current thinking. To become aware of the mood around you suggests you are in contact with your intuition about a current situation, although what you sense may not be the whole picture either.
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Airplane Aircraft Airport Jetplane Platform Runway
Taking off from an airport can indicate the beginnings of a bold new venture or idea. If landing, can infer the completion of a current issue. To wait in an airport before taking off infers a short delay before your directions can be pursued. To wait in an airport for someone else to arrive implies the need to wait for help from another source before pursuing your goal. If the plane you are on crashes but you survive, it implies a warning about your current activities. If the plane you are waiting for crashes, it indicates a disappointment, being let down through unexpected events. Of course if you are actually expecting to travel or meet someone in real life, the dream will relate more to the reactions, encounter and dreamplot.
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Alcohol Bar Beer Booze Boozing Brandy Chardonnay Club Cocktail Gin Hotel Martini Nightclub Ouzo Perignon Rum Tequila Vodka Vino Wine Whiskey
To dream of drinking with friends and loved ones shows happiness and celebration after completion of a current issue. Can indicate a meeting with like minded people for mutual benefit. To drink happily with a lover or friend indicates a successful union, contract or agreement. To lose your temper while drinking shows an issue inside you that needs to be dealt with. To make a fool of yourself by drinking too much infers a lack of control over your current problems. If the dream focused on the social aspects of the drinking then generally the alcohol is not significant, rather the people and situation are more important.
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Alone Abandon Apart Lonely Isolation
A dream where being alone is a feature depends on your reaction to the isolation. If feeling lonely and sad it points to your current worries being reflected in the dream. What is making you feel so sad? Make sure you give yourself the grace of self respect. Try to find a way of sharing yourself with people you accord with. Being happy with your aloneness in your dream can show a need to trust your own feelings. Perhaps an indication to withdraw from a current situation for your own benefit.
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Alien Astronaut Spaceman Space Spaceship Shuttle UFO Apollo
To see an alien in your dream can indicate a feeling of being uncomfortable in your current environment. Seeing a group of aliens shows a fear of accepting a new idea or situation. To meet happily with an alien is an indication that you need to stay aware of what you do not expect. Can also refer to news or help from an unexpected source. To meet angrily with aliens shows a sense of fighting for your own views amongst a rash of misunderstanding.
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Alley Lane Footpath Sidewalk Track
Can have a number of meanings depending on the context of your dream. If brightly lit or on a sunny day may imply a shortcut to a solution. Another way of achieving your goals. Using a new method or direction to complete a task. If at night and dimly lit, can indicate a wrong path or a path that holds some fear or danger in your life. A choice that holds some danger for you. If dimly lit but with a bright light at its end can indicate a period of opposition and effort needed before you chosen goal is reached.
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Ambulance Paramedic Emergency
A dream with an ambulance as a feature infers the need for urgent attention to an issue. To dream of waiting for an ambulance reflects an acute tension from your outer life. Waiting for a deadline. Often related to work anxiety. To dream you are being rushed to hospital in an ambulance indicates an acute fear of failure. In all cases these dreams imply the need for an immediate response to your current challenges and can be warning that your health may suffer if you do not make a decision.
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Ambush Ensnare Trap Trick Beguile Betray
Being ambushed in a dream is generally a fear dream. Being afraid or feeling threatened by forces you can not yet see. This sort of dream may have a basis in your outer life but more often exposes your fears of adequacy to face a current situation. Who is tricking who? May represent an intuitive impression or insight about an outer situation.
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Amputate Prune Remove Separate Sever
To dream that parts of you are being amputated is a strong indication to re assess your current relationships. Represents parts of your own persona. Address current feelings of adequacy and self assurance. Identify issues that may be causing you to lose self respect. On a positive note it can also represent a part of you that is no longer of benefit to you. To prune parts of a tree or yourself suggests you feel it is time to remove some of the dead wood around to allow for new growth in your life.
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Anesthetic Anesthetize Anesthetise Deaden Numb Sedate
To be sedated or anesthetized in a dream express a fear of being out of control. Of losing the plot or plan in current issues or directions in life. Cutting yourself off from your own emotions or withdrawing your intents and focus from a current relationship. Feeling vulnerable or overwhelmed by the system or situation. If you begin to dream within your dream while under, it points to a need to withdraw deep inside yourself to find a new impetus.
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Anchor Attach Buoy Fixation Jetty Mooring Pylon Secure
Finding or seeing an anchor shows there is a need to secure your position. The anchor is a strong common symbol and implies protection from the tides of emotion and the storms of life. To lose an anchor infers a loss of stability or security. To see an anchor come unstuck implies a fear of losing your current position or status. To be given an anchor shows help is available to maintain your goals. To tie up to a jetty or pier suggests a new opportunity which requires a fixed but temporary position or a more consistent point of view based on more solid ideas. Shelter form the storms ahead.
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Angel Archangel Cherub Genie Saint Seraph
A dream with angels is often said to be very auspicious. It can symbolize a guiding force in your life or a message from your higher self. The feeling and impressions from this type of dream are usually quite profound and infers you are connected to your spiritual or life goals. These dreams often leave a lasting impression. To see the image of an angel being hidden or damaged warns you to pay attention to the most cherished parts of yourself. On the negative side, angel dreams can also infer an over obsession with fantasy, false icons or simply the need to rise above the current situation and see the issues from a greater perspective.
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Animal Critter Creature Mammal Beast
A dream with animals as a feature can depend on the context, setting or type of animal. In general animals represent your instinctual nature, your inner reactions to current events. Was the animal aggressive or affectionate? Curious or aloof? Some animals hold a singular significance. Dogs are often seen as a Shamanic symbol indicating an animal guide to a coming event. Birds often represent your higher self. The realm of thought and spirit. Dolphins can be an indication to appreciate your own intuition or simply a symbol of fun and companionship. (See the individual animals for further detail)
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Annoy Anger Angst Antagonism Enrage Fury Furious Infuriate Irritate Resentment Rage Temper
To feel annoyed or angry within your dream is more often an indication of an inner conflict being expressed. Is there an external situation that is creating your feelings? Things which are not resolved externally often show themselves in your dreams. Often an indication that you do not feel comfortable or connected with your current goals or situation. Re assess your position and search for a way to resolve your frustrations.
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Antlers Horns Male
Often an expression of masculine ego or sexual virility. If you were wounded by the antlers it can show a fear of being impotent or failing in a current situation. If your feelings were positive to the display of antlers it indicates a challenge to express your intentions clearly to others, to hold your own ground, standing up for yourself. Making your position clear. For a woman it often portrays a coming sexual encounter or aggression from a male ego. For a man it indicates a need to express your maleness in a clear unambiguous fashion. A strong symbol of fertility, be careful.
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Ants Bugs Critter
To see many ants can indicate a need to work together in a group situation. To see ants crawling on your body indicates a fear of being exposed or attacked by forces you can not control. To be bitten by a large ant or many ants shows that your subconscious feelings need urgent attention. The color of the ant also should be noted (see color details)
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Anxiety Nerves Nervousness Worry Worried Scared Concern Angst Uneasy Apprehensive Fret Fear Disquiet
Usually a simple expression of your current worries being reflected in your dream. To feel anxious about a specific event is an indication to re examine your current decisions. Something is not sitting well with your inner self. Anxiety is not the same as anger and can indicate a natural tuning of your perceptions before an event or decision. Try to see the positive side, anxiety is often a two edged sword. Try to see the positives contained in the dream. What will make you feel comfortable?
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Ape Chimp Chimpanzee Gorilla Orangutan Primate
To be challenged by a large ape may indicate a coming problem with a person (usually male) or event. A group of apes can represent a corporation, legal challenge, organization or governmental body. Check your facts and be prepared to act with firmness and intelligence. To befriend an ape shows that a friend or helper will prove to be strong and reliable.
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Apple Pear Orange Banana Cherry Berry Melon
A dream with common fruits or vegetables as a feature depend on the condition of the produce. If healthy and bountiful while growing, it is a very positive indication of connection with your current goals. To see disease developing it is a warning or worry about your current activities. Attend to the health and nutrition of your current goals. To harvest ripe fruit or vegetables is an indication of coming success. The successful conclusion to a matter. To see rot or decay is a strong pointer to some current fears. Make sure that you have attended to all the details. (see color details)
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Anvil Hammer Iron Workshop Weld Welder
Anvils are a symbol of achievement through work, effort and skill. To see sparks flying as the anvil is used shows the urgency of your actions. To see an anvil standing alone indicates there is - work to be done - on a current issue or project. To see the anvil break while being used shows a fear of failure and a warning to make sure you have prepared your materials well. Also a strong intuitive symbol, a sense for what is coming into form in the near future.
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Arms Limb Legs Hands
A dream which features arms indicates current actions or events that are still within your control. Conscious acts of will. The context depends on the dream actions. To complete a task shows that physical action combined with thought will bring success. To damage your arm or anothers shows a fear or concern about your own abilities. Left arm represents your creative, emotional or feminine activities. Right arm represents your practical, mental or masculine activities.
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Army Armed Military Militia Legion Soldier
To see or be involved with an army depends on the outcome of the dream. If you are on the winning side it shows success may come from organization and group effort. If you are on the losing side or are being pursued by an army it indicates your fears about being controlled through external events. To witness a massacre is a strong warning about the health of a current idea or project that involves others. To perpetrate a massacre shows an intense expression of an inner conflict, if this dream becomes re current you should seek advice from a friend or counselor to uncover the inner reasons for your discontent.
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Arch Arc Coil Circle Ring
Arch, Arc or circle in a dream expresses the idea and expression of balance. If seen in a positive light it expresses an intuitive symbol for further thought. The manifestation of an abstract concept brought into a practical form. The beginning and the end. The start and finish. Combining the spiritual, mental and physical into one. The center of your being coming into the light. To walk under an arch may indicate your current path is being directed from your higher self. A highly positive dream. Impressions from this type of dream should be held within you through your current activities. Primal symbols of Geometry form powerful energy within the dream world and add a sort of exclamation mark to the importance of the dream.
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Architect Designer Engineer Planner
To see or consult with an Architect or Engineer indicates a need to scrutinize your current plans or directions. To make sure you have taken care of the detail while maintaining your overall goals. Can indicate a change in residence or business position. If you found trust and affinity with the Architect or Engineer, it indicates you are connected with the best approach to your plans. If you found them to be argumentative or unprofessional, it indicates the need to evaluate your current associations before putting your plans into action.