The Dream Log Ezine

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Who Did You Dream About Last Night?


This month's issue is all about meeting and connecting with your dream characters. Find out why you would dream about your Aunt Betty, or the seldom seen neighbor down the street.

Your dream characters are great sources for insights about you and your life and it can be lots of fun meeting and getting to know them. By the end of this article, you will have a better idea of why we dream about particular people, even those we never give any thought to.

Dream characters in general are like actors in a play, each one portraying a different part of yourself. They are performing roles to share information about you and the current events going on in your life. These characters will include animals as well.

The first step in meeting your dream characters is to get you dream down on paper. It is very important that you do this on your own. There really isn't any other person or dream dictionary around that is going to be able to relate to your characters as well as you can.

Once you've written down your dream, list any characters that appeared whether you knew them by name or not. Think about what the character was doing and what the aspect being portrayed might be. If you do know the character personally, then chances are they represent something you equate with them in waking life.

Here's an example: I dream about my Dad every now and then, and in dreams he is usually talking or making gentures to a group of people. In life, my Dad was a minister and I've heard him give hundreds of sermons.

He was an excellent public speaker and I was always impressed with his ability to convey his ideas with simple clarity. So, as a dream character, he represents the aspect of clarity, or becoming clear about something.

What about someone that you don't know, or barely know such as that Aunt Betty I mentioned earlier? Pay attention to their appearance and actions for clues as to what their function is in your dream.

Here's an example: I dreamed I was sitting and chatting with an older woman dressed in matronly looking clothes. She was speaking gibberish, but somehow I understood what she was saying.

When the dream was over and I was writing it down (I won't bore you with all the details), it came to me that she was simply a translator aspect between my subconscious and my conscious self. This character was my way of getting some particular information across.

Of course, sometimes there will be dreams where the person you are dreaming about is really about that person.

Chances are you have a concern or a desire about your relationship with this person and your dream is giving you information about it. The dream content should give you a clue as to whether the character is just an aspect of you or not.

What about animals? For me, animals tend to portray feelings or a quality equated with a particular animal. For instance, I view cats as being curious, playful, independent and graceful. When a cat appears in my dream, it's generally depicting one or more of these characteristics. A cat for you might mean something else entirely.

If you get stuck and can't come up with a good purpose for your characters, you can go back into the dream and ask them what their meaning is. We'll get more into this technique in next month's ezine.

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