SOME DREAM SYMBOLS

Symbol Meanings Common in Dreams

 symbol meaning for enhancing your own interpretations. It's a smart move to pick out prominent symbols in your dreams because they can highlight prime-roots of meaningful activities going on in your life.

Why?

Because your dream is a message for you. Furthermore, dreams are a form of self-communication. Dreams arise when certain aspects of yourself are reaching out to contact other aspects of yourself.

So, by becoming more familiar with dream symbol meaning, we become more familiar with ourselves...essentially arming ourselves with wisdom. This comes in handy on a daily basis...particularly in times of stress or anxiety. Knowing ourselves through our dream meanings can give us a creative way to solve problems, know ourselves, and react to situations in a more healthy manner. Rather than just knee-jerking our way through life, knowing ourselves on a dream level gives us power for conscious, creative living.

With that in mind, here are a few common dream symbol meaning s to assist in your self-interpretations.

Common Dream Symbols and Their Meanings

Altars:

  Dreaming about an altar tends to symbolize that a project you've been working on will be successful. If there are lighted candles on your altar is a double sign of success. Kneeling in front of the altar suggests you are a deeply spiritual person, and that divine intervention will assist in your success. Angels: Angels in dreams are the personification of a divine idea that has occured to us. Angels appear in our dreams when we are examining our attitudes, and indicate that we need to also examine our motivations. The Angel is a messenger. When we take the time to trust and soul-search, they will lead us to new insights and new directions. Dream appearances of Angels also indicate a strong desire of harmony, guidance, strength, friendship and emotional connection.

Bags: The dream Bag contains character and personality traits that either hinder or help you. As such, it is necessary to pay attention to what is hiding in the Bag. When a Bag ocurrs in our dreams, it is a message to search our unconscious deeper to uncover what is blocking us or what is supporting us. By identifying these things we are able to accelerate our growth.

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Clocks: The dream Clock, as you would guess, deals with time. Specifically, the Clock may indicate that you are afraid that life is moving by you, or things are moving too fast. If you are dreaming that you are winding a Clock, this means that you may be starting a new phase in your life, or heading in a new direction. If the Clock alarms then you are faced with a life-changing decision.

Devils: The Devil in dreams symbolizes darkness and confusion. Its dreamtime visitation may also mean you are preoccupied with negative thoughts, or someone in your life is bringing you down to a negative emotional level. The Devil may also indicate you are dealing with temptations. The Devil is also the personification of ego - it may be time to soften your ego a bit.

Eyeglasses: Dream symbol meaning for Eyeglasses deals with how you see things in your world. If you are wearing Eyeglasses in your dream it is a symbol of moderation, balance, and virtue. If you've lost your Eyeglasses, you are going need to be aware of lies being told in your life, and some unsolved mysteries may be coming your way. If you dream of Eyeglasses by themselves, it may mean you have a distorted view of your world and surroundings at this time.

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Forest: Have you heard the adage: "can you see the Forest for the trees?" Dream Forests deal with experience, vision, emotions and shadows. Forests in our dreams may indicate unresolved feelings about something, or not being able to see our way clear of a problem. Forests may indicate we feel lost in our lives. On the otherhand, if you are dreaming of a beautiful, lush Forest, this indicates an unshakable faith in the Divine and prosperity is your destiny. Seeing a Forest fire indicates health problems. 

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House: Dream symbol meaning for House deals with the body, as well as a desire for security and safety. The condition of the House in your dream represents how you truly feel about your current sitation. If the House is in ill-repair or disarray, you need to take a close look at your health. If you are building a House, you should expect visits from old friends and you'll make new friends. A picture-perfect House means you are ready to settle down into a more stable situation.

Mask: Dream Masks deal with the inability to be comfortable with being ourselves. When we dream of Masks, it often inferrs that we are not comfortable in our own skin, or we are incabable of showing others our true selves. Often, Masks represent overuse of drugs, alcohol or food to cover up our emotions. If others are wearing Masks in your dreams, it may mean that others are not being fully honest with you.

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Mountain: Mountains in our dreams symbolize conquering, overcoming, hard work, willpower, and ascending above petty circumstances. Climbing the Mountain implies hard work in learning a new skill. Descending the Mountain implies stepping back from a situation, taking time to think about your actions, getting a second opinion. A Mountain range in your dream represents a new adventure, and is a message encouraging expansion in your life.

Rings: Dream rings represent a promise or bond we have with our destiny, with another person, or with our community. This symbolic bond is incredibly strong and infinite. When we dream of a Ring slipping off our finger, we must rekindle the relationships we've let slip. When we dream of Rings that are stuck on our finger, we need to re-examine an unhealthy relationship.

Shoes: Shoe dreams deal with walking certain paths in our lives. If you are wearing tight Shoes, the road you are traveling is hard, and much sorrow is involved. Comfortable Shoes indicate you are in a good place in your life and success is around the corner. Buying Shoes indicates you still have quite a distance to travel until you reach your goals. Dirty, worn-down Shoes encourages us to examine our spiritual walk, or asks us to take a walk of faith. 

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Tunnel: Dream symbol meaning of Tunnels deals with birth, and sometimes death. Tunnels in our dreams ask us to look back to a starting point. In Tunnels we often encounter our deepest mind - our unconscious thoughts. Tunnels encourage us to follow a path into the unknown. They are a message for us to begin exploring our own concepts of life, death, and birth.

Umbrella: Umbrellas in our dreams indicate our need to take a closer look at our worries and fears. When we have an open Umbrella in our dream we must act carefully and watch how we behave with others. A closed Umbrella means we are worrying and obsessing unnecessarily. When Umbrellas appear, we must ask what we are afraid of because our fears are holding us back from progress.

Water: Dream symbol meaning of Water deals with cleansing and emotional stirrings. If the Water is murky in your dream, this is a warning not to get involved in new endeavors. If the Water is clear, success is coming your way. Seeing yourself in waters reflection means that you aren't being fully honest with yourself. When you contemplate your dream of Water, keep in mind Water is a symbol of your emotional state.

Dream Meanings in Color

Color meanings in dreams can be very telling about what's going on in the deepest waters that stir within us.

Adding color meanings to dream interpretation adds another layer of understanding. For example, if we're dreaming of lizards, the color of the lizard will indicate another facet to our dream interpretation.

our dream meanings are unique to you. No one can accurately pin-point the deeper message of a dream but you. Dreams are intensely personal - it only makes sense that you are your best interpreter.

Red:

  Dreaming of red is about activation, physicality, passion and intensity. In the chakras red is the root, it's a primitive energy that expresses itself in terms of survival and prime instinct. Consider the deep blood red that runs through our veins. Life-affirming, flowing, and activating our energy on a very base, physical level. Red is the root that runs through our psyche. It speaks to us of dormant power. Consider fire. It requires an igniting action. The capability of fire is all around us, but it takes a spark to release the power. I particularly love the symbolism of volcanoeswhen contemplating color meanings in dreams. The red hot energy is always there, just under the surface. What provokes its resurfacing is key. 

If you see red in your dreams:

• What needs activating in your life?
• What physical (body, material) conditions need your attention?
• Are your basic, primary needs being met?
• Is stagnation disallowing reproduction?
• Is it time to reconnect with nature?
• Are you in an environment that allows you to ignite your passions?

Orange: Orange in dreams is a sign of equalization, balance and temperance. Orange stands stoically between the raging initiations of red, and the themes awareness/realizations of yellow. It is not entirely physical and not completely mental. Orange is the fulcrumand our perception the teeter-totter. When we dream in oranges, we are asked to consider what is in-balance (or need of balance) in our lives. Orange offers messages of harmony and contentment too - often achieved through a specific (sometimes lengthy) cycle of time. Orange also asks us to build up our immunities, freshen up our routines and engage in practices that enhance our daily lives. On a personal note, I think of pumpkins when my clients tell me they've dreamed in orange. Pumpkins speak to me of manifestation - from tilling soil, to planting seed, to tending the plant, and then harvesting. In other words, actions over a period of time lead to specific results. .

 Color meanings of orange in dreams offers questions like:

• What needs balancing in your life?
• How can I temper my obsessions yet still remain creatively productive?
• What kind of results are my actions, over time, going to yield?
• Am I approaching my life in a creative way?
• How can I incorporate more creativity and play in my daily life?
• What's my idea of satisfaction, contentment, completion?

Yellow: Yellow color meanings in dreams radiates themes of centralization, focus, awareness and reminds us of our role as humans within the context of the whole. Consider the yellow tones of the sun, and how central this star is to our existence. Consider the center (solar plexus) chakra which is also yellow and governs our will and even our sense of identity. Some of the first flowers to burst out of a long dormancy are yellow (dandelions, daffodils), this screams to me about awakening - resurfacing - becoming aware (maybe for the first time) of the larger picture of life. Yellow is the color of intelligent design, and when we dream in yellow it reflects a special kind of clarity. Yellow is a bright idea, and an epiphany on a grand scale. When we dream of yellow, our deeper consciousness is paving the way (yellow brick road?) to a path of higher understanding and mystical awareness. Yellow centralizes our energetic focus so that we may intensify our presence. That intensity then radiates outward - just as the light of the sun does. Effectually, dreaming of yellow indicates a time of intelligent reflection in which we are influencing the world around us in amazing ways.

 Questions prompted from color meanings of yellow in dreams:

• What perceived barriers do I have that prohibit my greatest view?
• What core belief do I express that puts me in the best advantage?
• How am I influencing others?
• What is my guiding light, and how can I remain illuminated?
• What can I do to gain more clarity?
• What steps can I take to nurture my creative awareness?

Green: Color meanings of green in dreams often point us in the direction of growth, healing, love, giving, and inspiration. Green corresponds with the heart chakra, which governs passion, love and healing. The Anahata is associated with the element of air, and so we see a different kind of love than what we experience in the primal red hues. Green is symbolic of communicating care on a subtle, energetic level. When we dream of green, we are imbued with a magical ability to transfer knowledge by unorthodox means. Green facilitates growth, love and healing by mental stimulation. Greeks believed intelligence came from the heart. This combined with the green of the heart chakra talks to us about emotional intelligence and communicating with an open heart. I realize I'm being vague here, this kind of ethereal communication isn't easily identified. However, we can look to mother nature for help in explanation. She speaks in viridian tongue - communicating a sea of burgeoning growth - all expressed by the color green. When we dream of green we're experiencing levels of healing and growth that are subtle. It's time to concentrate on the areas of our lives that need to flourish. Once we hone in, and begin to express our identification on an emotional (heart) level, our growth will be exponential and immense. . Questions prompted from color meanings of green in dreams:

• If your life were a lawn, what would it look like?
• How could you improve you lawn's health, appearance, longevity?
• How am I communicating my love to others effectively?
• Am I aware of my own needs and meeting them?
• What other methods of communication can I develop?
• What if wellness was programmed in my DNA? How can I tap into that inherent health?

Blue: The color meanings of blue in dreams point to thoughts, ideas, dreams and the ability to convey them. I've got a lot of artists as clients, and overwhelmingly, these brilliant minds feel, think and dream predominantly in hues of blue. I believe it's because their prime motivation is to effectively convey their visions to the world. These artists find purpose in expressing their ideas through remarkably profound (and creative) methods. That's what the color blue asks us to do. Consider the skies overhead. This atmosphere is symbolic of vast, endless opportunities for discovery, renewal and expression. As humans, our attempt to define, project, perceive and share this vastness is innate. We've got to take it all in, process, and then tell everybody we know about it (art, music, literature, even social media are all testimonies to our need to share our perceptions creatively). So, when we dream in swirling blue hues, it's often a sign of our ability to tap into the vast mysteries of life. That's step one. The other step our blue dreams ask of us it to interpret these mysteries and share them with our environment. Blue dreams remind us that opinions and perceptions can be run on a neuro-network...a path of interchange and exchange. .

 Blue color meanings in dreams might ask questions like:

• If I suspended judgment, how would I describe my environment?
• What's my ideal of tranquility?
• How can I more effectively communicate what I'm feeling?
• Am I aware of my own immortality ?
• What's my idea of "flying high" and how can I connect with that feeling more often?
• What ideas can I share that can potentially change the world for the better?

Indigo: Indigo color meanings in dreams are about psychic tuning, contacting the ephemeral, and connecting with spiritual vision. Indigo goes deep, real deep. Therefore, deep minds will dream in indigo as a message that indeed, there is no end to the proverbial rabbit hole experienced by Alice in her Wonderland. Indigo is the wonderland, and once submerged in the oceanic waves of extrasensory perception, there is no limit to the non-linear knowledge that can be obtained. It sounds heavy because it is. Dreaming in indigo marks the consciousness' ability to dive far deeper than what daily reality holds. If you're dreaming of indigo, next time make a conscious (lucid) effort to dive even deeper, push the limits - and you will find there is no end to the startling revelations available to your perception. Indigo dreams are initiations into a world where common rules and conventionalism will not apply. Consider the deepest, darkest depths of the Marianas trench - far deeper than this is the capacity of the psychic mind. Dive in, there's endless treasures to be found in the dreamy realm of indigo. .

Indigo color meanings in dreams ask us:

• How far can I move into my deepest presence/awareness/consciousness?
• How fully can I trust in the things I see with non-physical eyes?
• What are my beliefs around extrasensory perception?
• What's my viewpoint on reality? How can I shift that if I want?
• What purpose do my dreams and visions serve?
• Where is my power?

Violet: Color meanings of violet dreams indicate divinity, peace, tranquility and enlightenment. I hesitate to even use that word "enlightenment" because it's tossed around so haphazardly. We're talking about a devout presence of knowingness in violet hued dreams. It's as if higher wisdom is a personality of its own, and it presence is standing within your body - thinking - knowing - watching - independently yet separately. It's a sensational experience, and violet dreams are a glimpse inside that kind of awareness-phenomenon. Violet is about blossoming and opening up to new, unconventional experiences. It's chakra is the crown, and is depicted as a thousand-petal lotus unfurling its luscious body to drink in all the sensations available to it. And, the key is everything is available for the lotus sensory organ to devour. Violet dreams mark the union of the soul with body, mind and divine consciousness. With this kind of conjugation comes bliss, satisfaction, and rest. These are fleeting moments...swim in them loosely for as long as you can. The more we swim in violet energies, the more we'll experience this lucid presence of knowing. So, if you have violet dreams, appreciate every square inch of them, because they are a real gift from the divine source. . 

Violet color meanings in dreams ask us:

• How can I become more fully aware of the watcher within?
• How can I experience life more fully?
• What is my highest intent for life, and are my actions aligned with that intent?
• Is peace a state of mind? State of being? What are my beliefs about peace?
• Do I have to earn contentment and tranquillity?
• What is my relationship with this present moment - this now?

What about black and white dreams?

Dreaming in black and white indicates a heavy reliance on structure, uniformity and order. Black and white dreams point to a distinct separation between reality and fantasy. Some of my colleagues encourage integration of right and left-mind behaviours when they learn their clients dream only in black and white. I'm not sure I agree. I'm more inclined to explore the shadows, and values in the black and white and mine the meaning from that landscape rather than learn another method of dream expression.

Black and white dreams can offer crystalline perspectives. They offer fewer distractions so the purity of meaning can be more easily sought. Furthermore, black and white dreams offer a crisp, clean beauty that is incredibly remarkable to the exploring mind.

By whats your sign.com.