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Dream Symbols - D
DAGGER
- Does this express hatred and aggressive urges?
- Is this an expression of force, whether intellectual, moral or physical?
(Also, see ARMS)
DALAI LAMA
- What do I know and feel about the Dalai Lama?
- Does he represent a level of wisdom that transcends reasoning or personal learning (collective unconscious)?
(Also, see GURU)
DAM
- Am I holding back my natural flow of feelings and urges?
- Do I need to be aware of my damming up emotions and feelings?
DANCE
- What kind of dance was this?
- Does this show spontaneity?
- Could it indicate a connection with the divine?
DARK
- Does the darkness have something to do with a gloomy ambiance that suggests uncertainty or failure to 'see' a situation?
DARN
- Am I repairing or healing something in myself?
- Does this represent a careful and saving attitude?
DART
- Does this indicate a hurtful thought, or hatefulness?
- Could it indicate aggressive sexuality?
DAWN
- Does this show an illumination, or beginning of understanding?
- Am I hopeful about something?
- Am I embarking on a new phase of life?
DAY
- Does the day express a mood or interest?
- Could it indicate consciousness?
DEAF
- Am I turning a 'deaf ear' to a situation happening around me?
- Is there something I am afraid to face.
- Do I feel that people are keeping something from me, or feel isolated?
DEATH
- Does this simply represent changes…leaving the past behind and moving on?
- Is this a fear of dying dream?
- Do I fear something in life that I'd rather not deal with?
(This is a good dream to back into and explore)
DEBIT
- Are there past actions or thoughts that still need to be dealt with?
(Also, see BILL)
DEBT
- Like 'DEBIT', is there something calling me that I need to attend to?
- Am I not giving to others as they have given to me?
(Also, see BILL)
DECAY
- Does this relate to inner difficulties?
- Are certain memories or feelings causing me problems and need attention?
(Also, see CESSPOOL)
DECOY
- Is this showing me how I deceive others into believing I'm something I'm really not?
- Am I convincing myself to believe in a situation when I really don't?
- Could this be a warning of deceit or a tricky situation in my life?
DEEP
- Does this represent the depths of myself that affects my entire nature?
- Is this my subconscious?
DEER
- What do I know and feel about deer?
- Does this represent the gentle harmless parts of myself?
- Am I easily hurt by criticism or cynicism?
- If there are antlers, could this be a sign to pay close to attention to my intuition?
DEFORMITY
- Do I feel 'deformed' in some way, not adequate?
- Have I been traumatized in the past and now need to develop my potential?
DELAY
- Does this indicate that I have been putting things off?
- Am I have difficulty making a decision about something?
- Is there something important I should be remembering about a situation?
DELL
- Is this a quiet retreat within myself where I can be relaxed and peaceful?
DELUGE
- Do I feel overwhelmed in general and this is simply a release of emotion?
- Is this showing me to take some time for myself?
DELVE
- Am I exploring memories and past experiences?
- Am I searching for an answer to something in particular?
(Also, see EARTH)
DEMOLISH
- Does this symbolize a breakdown of ideas, philosophies, or ways of life?
- Am I losing hope about situations in life?
- Do I feel criticized by others?
- If I am demolishing something in the dream, could this be a positive sign of willingness to change?
DEMON
- How is this demon portrayed in the dream?
- Do I feel extreme guilt or fear about something?
- Does this represent a negative trait that I 'possess' (as in 'being possessed by a demon')?
- (Go back into the dream and transform the demon into a more benign being)
(Also, see DEVIL, SATAN)
DENTIST
- How do I feel about going to the dentist?
- Is this about fear of pain?
- Should I be taking care of how I express my opinions or emotion?
- Could this simply be a nudge to get my teeth looked at?
(Also, see TEETH)
DEPTH See DEEP
DERELICT
- Does this indicate outgrown beliefs that I have left behind, or should leave behind?
- Do I have aspects of myself that have not been taken care of…long unused?
DESCENT
- How is the descent portrayed in the dream?
- Does this have something to do with 'getting down to earth', or to become more practical?
- Am I going through a period of depression, or feeling bad about a situation?
DESECRATE
- Am I degrading my own inner feelings or beliefs?
- Do I need to be rid of a particular influence?
DESERT
- What do I know and feel about the desert and what is the related emotion?
- Do I have a lack of feeling?
- Does this indicate a feeling of emptiness, or loneliness?
- Do I long for a period of quiet solitude?
DESK
- Am I working on something?
- Do I need to be paying more attention to the mundane tasks of life?
(Also, see TABLE)
DETHRONE
- Am I breaking away from an authority figure, such as a parent?
- Do I want to overcome emotional restraints that I have on myself?
DEVIL
- What does the devil mean to me?
- Does the devil symbolize all the thoughts, or aspects of myself that I am ashamed of?
- Do I have a strong urges, or influences in my life that have control over me?
(Also, see DEMON, SATAN, OBSESSION)
DIADEM
- Does this indicate expanded awareness?
DIAMOND
- What do I know and feel about diamonds?
- How was the diamond portrayed in the dream?
- Does this represent eternity or a long period of time?
- Is this a dream about luxury or the promise of good things to come?
DIARY
- Does the diary show insights into myself?
- Am I recalling the past?
DICE
- Am I taking a chance on something?
- Do they represent luck?
DIE See DEATH
DIG See DELVE
DIGEST
- Am I, or do I need to absorb and incorporate something into my life?
- If this has to do with indigestion, am I having trouble accepting, or 'stomaching' something?
(Also, see FOOD)
DINNER See FOOD
DIRT
- How is the dirt portrayed in the dream?
- Is the dirt life giving, vital for growth?
- Do I feel 'unclean' in thoughts, or physically?
DISAPPEAR
- Do I have a wish to get away from a situation, or get rid of something?
- Did I forget or lose sight of something?
- Does it have anything to do with time or space?
DISINFECTANT
- Does this represent the power of healing?
- Is this about washing away fear or guilt?
- Is there a problem or some emotion I need to get to the root of?
DISC See CIRCLE
DISSECTION
- Am I taking a look into something using a logical and clinical approach?
- Does this indicate 'getting to the root of the problem'?
DIVINING / DOWSING ROD
- Is this about using my intuition?
DIZZY
- Do I feel off balance or overwhelmed by a situation?
- Am I falling in love, or out of love?
DOCTOR
- Does this doctor represent my own inner healing force?
- Is this about fear of illness?
DOCUMENT
- Does this indicate an important idea, or set of instructions about myself?
- Is this about expressing a creative idea?
DOG
- What do I know and feel about dogs?
- How was the dog portrayed in the dream…loving or threatening?
- Is this about unconditional love, loyalty, or companionship?
- If the dog seemed threatening, does this represent a feeling of being attacked emotionally?
DOLPHIN See FISH
DONKEY See ASS
DOOR
- Does the door represent an opportunity or new realization?
- If this door is closed, is it a barrier against something, or someone?
- Could it represent a shift from one situation to another?
DOT
- Does this symbolize an end, or a beginning?
- Does it mean to zero in on a particular thought, activity or situation?
- Is it a 'point' of something?
DOUGH
- Am I in the process of transforming something in life ('working' on it)?
- Does it represent the word 'dough', as in money?
DOVE
- What do I know and feel about doves?
- Does it represent peace, love or intuition?
DRAGON
- What do I connect dragons with?
- Does this indicate great power?
- If I am the dragon, do I possess magical (transforming) abilities?
(Also, see SNAKE, FISH)
DREAMING
- Does this suggest that I have a lack of attention to everyday affairs?
- Am I 'asleep', as in not aware of something I need to wake up to?
DRESS See CLOTHES
DRINK
- Am I taking something in, absorbing something?
- Do I long or thirst for something?
- Is this alcohol? Then see ALCOHOL
DRUM
- How is the drum portrayed in the dream?
- Is this calling my attention to something?
- Do I feel an urge to move or express myself?
DUCK See CORMORANT
DUMB(Can't Speak)
- Does this indicate an inability to express inner feelings?
- Am I blocking something inside myself from surfacing?
DUNG See CESSPOOL, FAECES/FECES
DUST
- Am I looking at an idea that needs to be 'dusted off' and re-examined?
- Do I have thoughts that are no longer serving me?
DUSTBIN
- Does this represent thoughts or things that no longer have any importance?
- Do I need to get rid of or let go of something?
(Also, see GARBAGE)
DWARF
- What is the dwarf doing in the dream?
- Do I feel small in relation to others in a situation?
- Is this about the Disney characters and the aspects they represent?
DYING See DEATH
DYNAMITE
- Is this a release of emotion?
- Does it represent tremendous energy or force?
(Also, see BOMB)
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