- Baby
- the promise of new life, new beginnings.
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- Bat
- a creature of the night, which uses sound
rather than light to find their way, their basic message is when
you cannot 'see', 'listen' for direction.
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- Book
- contain learning and wisdom. To be given
a book is the chance to learn. also see Akashic
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- Bridge
- A walk way between the conscious
and the unconscious. Moving from one perspective or even area of
life to another new or undiscovered part of self
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- Boat
- boats carry us over water (our emotions).
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Butterfly's symbolise life and the transformations
that one goes through to become the beautiful end product.
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- Car
- can be seen as yourself, moving from one point to another. If
someone else is driving then that could signify that your direction
is governed by somebody else. Driving your own car would be good
as you are in control.
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- Cats
- Symbols of eternit. Black cats are creatures of good fortune.
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- Cave
- hidden areas of self, often hiding treasures
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- Chiron
- half man, half horse, Chiron is known as the wounded healer, although
he could heal others he could not heal his own wound as he was shot
in the leg by Hercules with an arrow which had Medusa's blood on
it.
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- Cleaning
- literally a cleansing process.
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- Clown
- appearances not not always as they seem, to see a clown could
be someone hiding behind a mask.
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- Crown
- symbolises power
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- Crying
- cleansing of your emotions
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- Crystals
- particular crystals have different
energies, if you dream of a particular crystal then check out
the crystal page and see what its area of influence is, maybe you
need to work with that particular stone.
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- Cow
- in many religions the cow is a sacred symbol, for she gives nourishment.
- Death/Dying
- death is really rebirth, if you dream that you are dying this
could be the ending of one phase for a new one to begin.
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- Dog
- Generally can be seen as a protective force, especially if it's
black. If you are being attacked by a dog then caution, watch for
someone who pretends to be a friend.
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Dolphins
- Symbols of spring associated with Apollo. A lucky dream indeed,
dolphins can help us travel our subconscious: the light and beautiful
parts of ourselves.
- Dove
- Universally represent peace and
love.
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- Dinner
- a time of nourishment, eating - taking things in, digesting information.
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- Dragon
- ancient
creatures of strength, wisdom and power.
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- Egg
- With some myths the beginning of creation began with an egg. This
is also a symbol of the soul.
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- Fairies
- wishes coming true, the importance of dreaming and believing in
the magic and mystery of life.
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- Falcon
- creatures of the air, the ability to see life from a higher perspective.
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- Fear
- What exactly is fear? Fear is a
personal reaction to....? Is still real although invisible, its
actually something that we create ourselves, hence the ' we have
nothing to fear, but fear itself'. The closer you look at fear or
rather the image that has symbolized your fear, begins to get smaller
and smaller until you are left with the root problem which step
by step can be dealt with.
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- Feather
- The Egyptian Goddess Maat, Her
Emblem is the feather of Truth and Justice who stands in the halls
of the under-world ready to place her Feather of Truth on the scales
if the heart balanced with the feather they would have eternal life.
If s/he didn'tt then the waiting monster Amemait would eat
their heart
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- Firebird
- A bird of flame and fire, that to some to see one signifies true
love. In some myths the Firebird is a symbol of the Sun Goddess
and to some myths this bird has a sweet voice and gilds all that
it touches. Also in some Russian myths the firebird is a creature
of light travelling through its own unique paths to its destination.
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- Flying
- Freedom! Life is too fantastic to be looking down all the time!
Reach for the stars, we're all perfect in our own way :)
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- Food
- eating it - nourishing self, if food is available and you don't
eat it, this could be refusing yourself the rewards of life (unless
your on a diet and you have tempting dreams!)
- Gate
- an open gate, able to move forward easily, maybe even moving into
a new area of your life. If the gate is closed to you it could be
that your trying to access areas/information that is not available
to you.
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- Girdle
- The Goddess Athene has a girdle which made men fall in love with
her.
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- Gnome
- the little DIY experts of the garden, who work with the seasons.
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- Guide
- often if you meet someone in your dreams and then he or she seem
significant for some reason then they could be a 'guides' or teacher.
Remember that if you call for help you will be heard.
- Make sure you note down dreams like this down.
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- Gold
- Gold the metal representing the Sun, bright and fiery.
Grass
Green Grass, which is symbolic of a blessing that may exist or is
comming. Wet Grass is also a blessing, but is a blessing that is tainted,
or has a darker side to it. (thanks to Nick for this)
- Happiness
- To dream of being happy promises joyful laugher.
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- Healing
- if you receive healing in a dream, this could be receiving healing
whilst sleeping. If you go somewhere to heal then it would be interesting
to see if that place existed and go there to receive healing.
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- House
- another representation of self, the different rooms signifying
different aspects of your life.
- Ice
- Frozen water, water represents emotions.
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- King
- Man of established power, having matured and learned the rules
of life.
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- Kissing
- closeness with another, definitely a shared experience.
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- Light
- the purity of spirit. (light is not white, it is the harmonious
mixture of all the colours)
- Lilies
- flowers of purity, peace and rebirth
- Lion
- Emissary of the sun, symbolising light, truth and regeneration.
Creatures of strength and passion, which can also symbolise secret
wisdom - King Soloman was symbolised as a lion.
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- If befriended by one then this could represent a friend or protective
force around you. If you look like you could be dinner, this could
represent inner feelings of insecurities.
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- Maat
- The Egyptian Goddess Maat, Her
Emblem is the feather of Truth and Justice. She stands in the halls
of the under-world ready to place her Feather of Truth on the scales
if the heart balanced with the feather they would have eternal life.
If s/he didn'tt then the waiting monster Amemait would eat
their heart
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- Magpie
- messengers of the Gods, 1 for sorrow, 2 for joy, 3 girl, 4 boy
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- Mercury
- Symbolically he is the trickster,
hes in dreams and the joker. He is also known as the messenger
to the underworld,and of the
heavenly realms.
Mice
Used to bed in temples of Apollo
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- Minotaur
- a creature with a human body and
a bull's head. See Taurus myth.
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- Monsters
- Can be the manifestations of unaddressed
fear. see Fear
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- Mountains
- obstacles, goals or journey
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- Oroborous
- snake eating its own tail, symbol of the cycle of life. This was
also a symbol of the Greek Goddess Gia at her temple at Delphi.
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- Panther
- for myself this is a symbol of the mighty female force: protective,
dangerous and beautiful.
- Pesephone
- Greek Goddess of the Underworld (see Virgo myth for more info)
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- Phoenix
- Creature born of fire which returns to t
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- Pomegranate
- the fruit of Hades, some of these seeds were eaten by Pesephone
who then was called back to spend some time of the year with Hades.
The pomegranate itself represents the uterus with ova, the seeds
of life and the cycle's that we travel. A positive sign.
- Pregnant
- this can either be prophetic! or this could be seen as a newness
coming about, really depends on the context of the dream.
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- Pyramids
- ancient places of power
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- Rainbows
- a truly happy omen, a time to wish, to love and to be happy, if
you dream of a rainbow make the effort to look for the beauty in
life rather than the darkness, after all how we see life is a decision
that we make for ourselves.
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- Rain
- cleansing, washing away the dust, a purification.
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- Roses
- beautiful roses, these are very hardy plants, they come in many
colours: pink - love, red
- passion, white - purity, yellow
- sincerity, blue - divine love.
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- Runes
- this is an alphabet that is used for predictions, each letter
has a particular meaning. if you dream of a particular sign then
its worth looking to see what it means.
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- Sacred Places
- Can be real or visited in a dream, everywhere their are ancient
places in the land.
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- Scales
- Ancient image of law and justice, represent balance and justice from a
spiritual point of view so enhancing universal truths rather than
earthly ones that can be quite different. This also represents the
high ideals that Libra stands for.
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- Scarab
- This symbol related to death and
rebirth and also represents Atum (also known as the sun God Ra)
as pushing the Sun around the heavens until it is reborn at dawn,
only to die each night where he/she fights with the underworld to
emerge victorious to begin a new day. To dream of a beetle could
signify new beginnings.
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- Sick
- the action of being sick could
be seen as getting rid of negative energies.
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- Scorpion
- astrologically their they illuminate,
as their laws were thought to hold the light.
- Star
star of David or six rayed star. The message is:
'as above below'
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- Snakes
- ancient symbol of female power,
- spiders
- are representations of the Goddess, she who spins her web, for
myself I always see spiders as sign that She is just about to come
out organizing people/situations.
- Table
- Made to place things on, in a dream this could represent the things
that are on offer to you in life.
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- Teacher
- wo/man who has much to teach and learn from. In the Tarot this
is signified by the Hierophant. If you dream of a teacher or guide,
then listen.
Tellus
Roman deity, Goddess of fertility.
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Underwear
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- Umbrella
- Protection from the rain.
- Vase
- Holds many things, a passive object although depending on its
state (whether its cracked or bright shiny new) would signify whether
it can be seen as a positive or negative sign.
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- Water
- is a life giver, symbolizing the emotions.
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- Wheel
- represents the cycle of life, life is full of spirals and circles,
the moon spirals the earth, we are born, we grow, we learn, we experience,
we die, we become reborn. In life we need to rebirth, when we have
experienced and learned all that there is from a situation, life
again changes presenting us with new challenges and fresh experiences.
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Ying/yang
- symbolises the polarity of light and dark, the balance between
feminine and male.
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star of David or six rayed star. The message is: 'as above
so below'
Ying/yang, symbolises the polarity of light and dark, feminine
and male.
Last updated by Maria:
April 06, 2001
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