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Dream Symbols



BABY
  • Does this represent a new aspect of myself, or a new phase of life perhaps?

BACCHUS or PAN

  • Is this a 'back to nature' aspect?
  • What do I know about these ancient deities?
BACK
  • Does this represent something hidden, or something unknown?
BADGE
  • Does this represent an important quality or skill?
  • Is it related to an organization?
BAG
  • Am I 'carrying' something?
  • Does it represent identity (carrying money, ID etc…)?

BAKER

  • Am I 'baking'(creating) something into existence?

BALANCE or SCALES

  • Am I weighing a situation?

BALD See HAIR

BALL

BALLET See DANCE

BANANA

  • Does it represent something of the fruit itself, such as potassium needs?
  • Could it represent a sexual symbol?

BAND

  • Does this represent individual aspects or functions working in harmony?

BANDAGE

  • Does this represent vulnerability or healing?

BANDIT

  • Could this indicate aggressive adolescent-type energy?
BANK
  • Could this indicate a storage of power, sexual or otherwise?
BAPTISM
  • Does this indicate a spiritual cleansing?
  • Could it represent a new way of thinking?

BAR

  • What sort of bar is this?
  • What is the energy being used?
BAR (Room)

BARBER

  • Might this represent a change in my public persona?

BARE

  • Could this be a wish to reveal myself?
  • Or perhaps reveal a secret?
BAROMETER
  • Could this indicate my inner (emotional) 'climate'?

BARRICADE

  • Am I using excuses for something I don't want to do?
  • Am I being defensive?
BASEMENT
  • Could this show unknown motives, fears or perhaps low morals?
  • Is there something I am keeping below the surface?
  • Does this represent certain dislikes?

BAT (Animal)

  • What do I know about bats and how do I feel about them?
  • Could this represent an intuition?
  • Or perhaps a buried fear, not dealt with?

BAT (Sports)

BATH

BATTERY

  • Should I watch my energy reserves?

BAYONET (See ARMS)

BEACH

  • Does this indicate a need or desire for relaxation?
  • Did I find something on the beach?
  • Could this represent depth of mind? (See also SEA)

BEAD (See BALL)

BEAR

  • Does this represent the "Mama Bear" syndrome (possibly over-protective)?
  • Is something I care for being threatened?
BEARD
  • How is the beard portrayed?
  • Could it indicate hiding something?
  • Does the beard represent wisdom?

BED

  • Could this be a relationship issue, or perhaps sexual pleasure?
  • Does this indicate a need or desire for rest or escape?
  • How about unconsciousness or dreams?
BEE
  • What do I know about Bees and how do I feel about them?
  • Could this indicate social consciousness in some way?
  • How about the unconscious life processes going on in my own self?

BEER (See ALCOHOL)

BEETLE

  • What do I know about Beetles?
  • How does this relate to my dream?
BEGGAR
  • Is there a part of myself I am denying in some way?
  • Why am I hiding this part of myself?
  • How am I relating to this character, and how might I improve the relationship?

BEHIND

BELL

  • Is this a warning signal, or something to get my attention?
  • Does this have anything to do with a celebration?

BELLY

  • Is this a 'body dream' that might indicate issues with the abdomen area?
  • Does this indicate sensuality, passion or maybe hungers in general?
BIBLE
  • Does this represent a religious or moral issue?

BICEPS

  • Am I looking for physical strength?
  • Does this show confidence in my supportive abilities?

BIG or BIGNESS

  • Is there something really BIG going on in my life?
BILL or CHECK
  • Is there something that I feel I have to pay for, either financially or emotionally?

BILLIARDS

BIRD
  • Could this bird represent a freedom, hope, or spiritual aspect in my life?
  • Could this be sexual related?

BIRTH

  • Does this indicate a new beginning, or fresh start?
  • If I am pregnant, is this a release of anxiety about the pending birth?

BIRTHDAY

  • What is the feeling about the birthday in the dream?
  • Is this a reminder of a social obligation?
  • Does this represent good feelings, friendship, or a special event?
  • Do I desire some loving attention?

BIRTHRIGHT

  • Does this indicate unrealized potential?
BLACK
  • What does the color black remind me of?
  • Does this represent obscurity?
  • How about dark feelings or situations?

BLACKBIRD

  • What do I know about Blackbirds?
  • Do they indicate something of the night, or possible death?
BLACKSMITH
  • Does this indicate the power to shape something in my life?
  • Could it represent physical power, or creativity?

BLEAK

  • Does this represent a feeling of emptiness or hopelessness?

BLESSING

  • Could this indicate a release of inner potential?
  • Or maybe permission to do something, as in 'give them my blessing'?

BLINDNESS

  • Have I lost sight of a situation?
  • Am I unwilling to come to terms with something?
BLOOD
  • How is blood portrayed in my dream?
  • Does it represent a sharing of life, or possibly the opposite…loss of life?
  • Is the 'bad' blood between myself and others?

BLOSSOM

  • Does this represent an expression of growth?
  • How about femininity or fertility?

BLUE

BOAT
  • Could the boat determine a particular process or situation (the ups and downs) I am dealing with in life right now?
  • Could it represent a journey of self discovery?

BODY

  • Is this dream dealing with the entire body? (If not, look up whatever part was being focused on.)
  • Could the body represent my self image?
  • If the body was dead, does this show as aspect of myself that is being repressed or killed off?

BOIL (See ABCESS)

BOMB

BONE

  • What was going on with the bone?
  • Was I 'digging' up the past?
  • Could I be hiding, or burying something?
  • Does this have anything to do with strength?

BOOK

  • Could this represent certain lessons or wisdom?
  • Perhaps it shows valuable experience?

BOSS

  • What is the driving force or main ambition in my life right now?

BOWEL (See ANUS)

BOY

BOYFRIEND

  • Does this boyfriend represent my feelings or hopes concerning a relationship?

BRAIN

  • Does the brain represent that I have a 'mind of my own'?
  • Could it show thinking or making decisions?
BREAD
  • How is the bread portrayed in the dream?
  • Could it have anything to do with physical sustenance?
  • Perhaps a sharing of life and experience?
BREAST
  • Does this portray a security or nurturing aspect, or simply an expression of female sexuality?
BREATH
  • Does the breath in the dream indicate life giving attributes?
  • Could thi sindicate pace of life (relaxed or stressful) depending on how slow or fast?

BRIDE

  • What were the major events in the dream?
  • What is the dream saying about marriage or being a bride, and how do I relate to that?

BRIDEGROOM

BRIDGE

  • Depending on the nature of the bridge, could it show a way to deal with a difficult situation?
  • Does it indicate 'water under the bridge'?
  • Perhaps a broken relationship?

BRIGHT (See GLOW)

BROOCH (See BADGE)

BROOK (See RIVER)

BROOM

  • Am I sweeping away thoughts and feelings, or pushing something aside?

BROTHER

  • Could this indicate 'brotherly love', or perhaps rivalry?

BROW

  • Could this indicate intellectual capacity, thoughts or mental attitudes.
  • How about insight or higher consciousness?

BRUSH

  • How is the brush being used in the dream?
  • What events does this connect with in my waking life?

BRUTE or BRUTAL

  • Does this represent a release of frustration?
  • Could it indicate old hurts or painful events?

BUBBLE

  • How is this bubble portrayed in the dream? Use the words you come up with to define this

BUD

  • Could this be an aspect of myself not yet developed, but ready for expression?

BUDDHA

  • What do I know and feel about Buddha?
  • How is this portrayed in the dream?

BUILDING

  • What kind of building is it, and what is it used for? (Also see HOUSE)
BULL
  • What do I know about bulls and how do I feel about them?
  • Does it suggest fear, or perhaps male power or sex drive?

BURGLAR

  • Could the burgler represent certain fears of violation, either physically or mentally?
  • Perhaps it symbolizes a seedier aspect of myself, or something in the dream?
BURIAL
  • Do I feel 'buried' by life events, or am I repressing emotions?
  • Could it represent a dying of old self and awakening to the new?

BUTCHER

  • What is the butcher doing in the dream?
  • Does this represent some feelings of aggression directed to either myself or others?

BUTTER

  • Is this diet related?
  • Could it represent flattery, or 'buttering up' someone?

BUTTERFLY


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