Dream Symbols - A

ABANDONED

• Is this a feeling I have often?



• If I look backwards through my life, when did this feelings start? (Because this feeling deeply influences the way you feel in a relationship, it is helpful to recognise the difference between the history of this feeling as it has played in your life, and what is actually real in your present relationships.)

ABBEY

• What was my actual response to the abbey, and what part does that response play in my life?

ABDOMEN

• What was happening in this area in terms of my feeling responses to people and events?



• What was the feeling involved?



• Was there pain or swelling that might indicate emotional wounds?



• Might it have something to do with 'digesting' new experiences in my life?



• Is there a health or diet issue that is causing some concern?

ABNORMAL

• What did I feel when I looked at the abnormal features?



• Do I feel something like that about myself sometimes or about my life situation?



• What is it about myself or my life that I feel is distorted or not fully developed?

ABORIGINAL

• Am I at odds with this natural part of myself?



• Is there some love and understanding between us?



• What can I learn from this side of myself?



• Is this being asking something of me?

ABORTION

• What have I lost that has been newly developing or emerging in my life?



• Is this something I should try to regain?



• Does healing need to take place around the feelings in the dream?

ABOVE

• What are the abilities or achievements I feel good about?



• What am I looking up to or reaching for?



• What or who do I feel is above me?

ABROAD

• What was the overall experience of that place?



• Did I feel happy there..lonely - what characteristics of the people did I take in?



• What is my general view of the country and its people?



• Am I or should I be exploring new interests, or new areas of myself?



• Is there a situation in my life where I don't 'feel at home'?

ABSCESS

• What part of my body is this on, and am I aware of any problem in that area?



• Are there painful past experiences, or irritating thoughts that may still be causing dis-ease in my life?



• What does that part of my body represent psychologically? (Look it up in the rest of the dictionary, i.e. arm; leg; chest.)

ABSORB

• What does the dream suggest is being absorbed?



• What does this point to in my waking life?



• What do I feel in the dream, and what does this say about me?



• What do I do, or what could I do, about the situation?

ACCEPT

• Am I willing to admit or receive whatever is being depicted?



• What am I giving of myself?



• What is involved in the relationship with whatever or whoever is giving or receiving?

ACCIDENT

• Am I feeling stressed or tense about something?



• Is there an attitude I have that could lead to some sort of accident or misfortune?



• Is there something I am avoiding doing that is at the root of this dream - i.e. are the tires on my car bald, or a piece of electrical equipment that needs attention?



• What am I worried about?



• How can I change the dream imagery to defuse it?

ACCORDION

• What feeling does this instrument express?



• Am I coming into harmony or accord with myself, or things in general?

ACE

• Do I have an 'ace' up my sleeve that I can use in a situation?



• What control factor might this ace represent?



• Ace high, or low?

ACHE

• Where on my body is this ache? (look up body part)



• What situation might this ache represent.



• Am I aching/longing for something - if so what is it?

ACID

• Is something eating away at my confidence, resolve or sense of well being?



• Do I feel a difficult but cleansing action taking place?



• Have I been deeply critical of someone else or even myself?



• Do I feel something corrosive inside me?

ACNE

• Do I have acne - if so what comments does this dream make about it?



• Can I shift the dream images in any way to arrive at a more satisfying feeling?



• What does this suggest about the image I have of myself?

ACORN

• Might I be experiencing the beginnings of powerful new growth, spiritual or otherwise?



• Have I a seed, in the form of an idea or an opportunity that I need to plant now?



• Is there an inner strength I have but am not recognising or letting grow?

ACOUSTICS

• Can I define what it is I am aware of and what that suggests about me?



• Is there an element of great awareness here? If so what am I sensing?



• How am I responding in the situation and can I connect that with waking life?

ACROPHOBIA

• Am I frightened that if I am not in control of my life things will go haywire?



• In what way might I lose my balance in life?



• Am I dealing with the fear of death here?



• How can I change the imagery and feelings in this dream?

ACTOR

• Am I acting out an old pattern of behaviour, or is something new being expressed in this dream?



• What am I feeling in this dream, and how does the feeling connect with my waking life?

ADAM and EVE

• How would I describe Adam to myself?



• Who or what might he represent?



• Is there an element of temptation involved?



• Do I feel I have lost something - the wonder of innocence and childhood for instance? (Also, See EVE)

ADDER See SNAKE


ADDICTED

• What in my life might be overpowering my freedom of choice?



• Am I in a relationship that is influencing me negatively?



• Is there addictive behaviour I am not admitting to?

ADDRESS

• What address is this…home, work…someone else's address?



• Does the situation or quality of the address describe something in my own life?



• If I am going home in the dream, what situation am I going home to - happiness; loneliness?



• What is the quality of the locality in which you live, and what do you feel about it?



• Is there a situation I need to address in my life?

ADMIRAL

• Am I the admiral in my "sea of life experience"?



• Does the admiral represent an authority figure?

ADOLESCENT

• What did I face as a teenager that is still a factor in my life?



• What am I exploring about being a teenager, and what can I learn from this?



• What is the character of this adolescent and how does that relate to me at the moment?



• What theme or actions surround the teenager, and do they give clues to my present situation?



• What things are happening in the relationship with this adolescent and do they throw light on a present relationship?

ADORATION See SURRENDER,WORSHIP,PRAY


ADORN

• Am I adding something to myself?



• Am I covering up something?

ADRIFT

• Am I lacking direction in a situation?



• Am I allowing something beyond my control to take its course?



• Is this expressing my dropping of dependency and attachment?

ADULT See MAN,WOMAN


ADULTERY

• Am I somehow cheapening a valuable experience in life?



• Do I long for something that is physically or emotionally forbidden to me?



• Am I not admitting the needs I have ?



• Does this show an area of my life that is full of energy that I do not let flow into my everyday life?

ADVERTISEMENT

• Is this bringing something to my awareness or that I need to pay attention to?



• What new opportunities or situations am I seeking or hoping for?



• Am I feeling my way to a new direction or activity?

AFFECTATION

• Am I doing something out of character, or pretending to be something I'm not?



• Why is this happening in the dream and has that got a message for me?



• Does this remind me of someone I know - and if so what do I feel about that person?

AFRICAN

• Is this a connection to the more instinctive aspects of myself?



• Does this pertain to feelings about skin color?



• How am I relating to this part of me that connects more fully to my intuitive self?



• What can I, or am I, learning from this relationship?

AGE

• What does the particular age represent to me?



• Does this signify particular aspects of the age?



• What were the main events or features of my life at that age?



• Does this dream highlight special aspects of the thing or person. If so what are they?



• Is there a difference between what I think about that age and what the dream shows?

AGGRESSIVENESS

• Is the anger in the dream directed toward me or someone else?



• If it's toward me, am I dealing here with anger in myself I am not recognising, or am I sensing the anger in someone I know?



• Am I frightened of expressing anger or hostility?



• Can I allow a safer expression of my anger?

AGONY

• Does the dream give any clue in its theme or drama to show what the agony is about?



• If so, can I extend this by writing down how this connects with my past or everyday life, and what it is about?



• If I am not fully expressing my feelings in the dream, can I express, or act them out while I am awake?

AGORAPHOBIA

• Am I afraid of being exposed somehow?



• Do I feel like I have no place to hide?

AGREEMENT

• Could this be an 'agreement' of my own opinions, emotions, or beliefs?

AIM

• What am I aiming at?



• Does this imply a goal or other important target?

AIR

• Is this about the physical element of air?



• Am I afraid of not surviving a situation, or losing support?



• What is it I sense 'in the air' or atmosphere??



• What is my relationship with the environment I am in?



• Do the specific events or actions in the dream give a clue to what I am dealing with?



• Am I escaping into airy feelings?

AIRPLANE

• Am I taking a 'flight' into a new or challenging situation or relationship?



• What am I leaving behind or arriving at?



• Are there radical shifts of life style I am involved in?



• Do some events in my life feel like a 'plane crash'?

AIR RAID

• What in my external life am I feeling threatened by?



• Are things happening out of the blue that I feel threatened by?



• Am I facing new things that I am still learning to deal with?



• Can I put a name or situation to what threatens me?

ALCHEMIST

• Am I aware of how I allow this influence in my life?



• What can I do to increase the power of this transforming influence?



• Why am I dreaming of this at the moment?



• What is it in myself or life that needs transformation?



• Is somebody I know a transforming influence in my life?

ALCOHOL

• Is this dream about a transforming influence, or a dependent need I have?



• If this is about a transforming influence in my life, can I identify it and use it?



• What does the action of the dream suggest about the influence of the alcohol in my life?



• What effect is the alcohol having on me in the dream?



• If no alcohol is being drunk in the dream, what is the dream indicating about it?

ALCOHOLISM See ADDICTED


ALIEN

• What is happening in my life that I don't connect with, or understand or feel is alien to me?



• If I identify with the alien creature or thing, what feelings or facets of myself do I encounter?



• Can I recognise from the dream the feelings or fears I use to avoid or meet with this alien facet of myself?


(Go back into the dream if needed and interact with the alien to get more information)

ALLERGIC

• What event, food or other substance might I be having trouble coping with?

ALLEY See ROAD


ALLIGATOR

• What does the alligator represent to me? What do I know about them



• What event, food or other substance might I be having trouble coping with?



• Is there something I have a strong feeling reaction to that I need to be aware of – aware that is of how my strong feelings affect me?



• If the dream involves people am I not seeing what a bad reaction I have to someone?

ALPHABET

• Could this be about 'lessons in life'?



• Am I or do I need to learn something from the beginning?



• Am I feeling like a child in some way?


(If you put the pieces of your life experience together can you arrive at a clearer understanding?)

ALTAR

• What am I 'giving up to God', or some higher power?



• Does this represent something I hold in the most high esteem?

AMERICA

• What do I associate with America?



• What is my view or experience of it?



• What are the events and setting of the dream saying about my relationship with America?



• If I take out the word America from the dream and write down what my feelings are, what would I say?

AMETHYST

• Could this represent protection, healing, or insight?



• Does it have anything to do with wealth?

AMOEBA

• Could this represent the basic cellular processes within myself?

AMPUTATION

• Have I, or do I feel that I've lost something near and dear to me?



• What body part is associated here? (Also see LEG,ARM,LEFT,RIGHT)

AMUSEMENT PARK or ARCADE

• Are there situations in my life that I take seriously, but may only be superficial?



• Could there be a menacing aspect in life that is harmless in reality?

ANESTHETIC

• Am I ignoring feelings and emotions, or feeling emotionally numb?

ANALYST

• Is this my own 'inner analyst' giving me insight about myself, or a situation?

ANCHOR

• Is there a feeling of resolve about something?



• Do I feel tied down?

ANCIENT

• Does this represent deep wisdom or knowledge?

ANGEL

• How does the angel appear and how? What is my own belief about angels?



• Do they represent spiritual forces?

ANIMAL

• What are the aspects of the animal involved? What sort of urges or responses might it represent?

ANTIQUE See ANCIENT


ANUS

• Could this pertain to getting rid of 'waste' either physical or emotional?

APE

• Could the ape represent our unconscious instincts?

APPLE

• Could this represent temptation? How about health? Or knowledge?

ARCHER See AIM


ARENA

• Could this represent a boundary? Or perhaps an area of conflict?

ARK

• Could this represent my strength of values or attitudes? Am I surviving a major upset of some kind?

ARM

• What am I doing with my arms?



• Does this have something to do with constructing or destroying something?



• Does this signify expression of some emotion?

ARMOUR

• Is this showing an emotional or intellectual barrier?



• How about protection from being hurt, or influenced by others?

ARMS (Weapons)

• Are these arms showing anger and fear, or maybe destructive urges?

ARRESTED

• How do I feel like I'm being stopped or held back?



• Does this have anything to do with guilt?

ART

• Is this creative expression of an inner idea?



• What is the theme involved?

ARTIST

• What am I trying to express?



• Could this be an outlet of creative urges?

ASCETIC

• Avoidance of sex perhaps?



• Maybe a cleansing or renewal of desires and motivations?

ASH

• What purified aspect might this be pointing to?



• Could this be memories of a person, or a love that has 'died'?

ASS

• Might this show humility or maybe lack of intellect?


(Also See ANIMAL)

ASTHMA

• Is there an issue with communication or anxiety?



• Do I feel smothered by a person or situation?

ASTROLOGER, ASTROLOGY

• Am I concerned with the future or my direction in life?

ATOM BOMB

• Am I really worried or anxious about political forces in the world?



• Is there an issue about survival?

ATTIC

• Could this refer to old 'stored' memories, or maybe lack of feeling?



• How about as a place to escape from others?

AURA

• What is the color?



• Does this represent a quality of self empowerment? (Also, see LIGHT)

AUSTRALIA

• What do I know, or feel about Australia, or Australians in general?

AUTOGRAPH

• Am I signing the autograph?



• Is there an aspect I admire about the person who is signing?

AUTUMN

• Does this show a time for reflection?



• How about 'reaping the fruits of my labors'?

AVALANCHE

• Am I repressing emotion to the point of a near breakdown? (Also see SNOW)

AVATAR See GURU


AWAKE

• Am I becoming aware of something?

AXE

• Does this represent a power or authority?



• Am I 'chopping' an idea or situation into smaller parts?

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