Dream Symbols - E

EAGLE

• What do I know and feel about eagles?



• How was the eagle portrayed in the dream?



• Does this have something to do with keeping a 'sharp eye' out for something?



• Is this about nobility, power and freedom?



• Does the eagle represent an overview, or bird's eye view on a situation?

EAR

• How is the ear portrayed?



• Is this about rumors or second hand information?



• Does it represent a saying such as 'my ears are burning', 'an ear for music', 'lend me an ear' and so on?

EARTH

• Does the earth have any particular meaning for me?



• Does the earth symbolize my cultural and genetic background, or history (mother earth)?



• Is it about soil, or the symbolic nutrients for the growth of my whole self?


(Also, see PLANET)

EAST

• What meaning does 'east' have for me?



• Is this simply a direction for something, as in the rising sun?



• Does this represent the element of 'Air'?

EAT See FOOD


ECHO

• Does this indicate an inner response to an outer action?



• Does my personal experience in life echo my thoughts and beliefs?

ECSTASY

• Did I experience a completely harmonious state of being (if only in the dream)?



• Is this a genuine feeling of pure love?

EDEN

• Does this indicate purity or naivety?



• Is this about innocence, or a wish for that state of mind?

EEL

• Does this represent the penis?



• Could it be saying 'slippery as an eel'?


(Also, see FISH)

EGG

• Is the egg a symbol of possibilities, ideas or tendencies that can be developed?



• Does this represent hope or potential?

EIGHT

• Am I familiar with numerology, or astrology?



• Is this about the figure eight, as in infinity or justice?



• Does it literally mean eight of something?


(Also, see NUMBERS)

ELASTIC

• Does this indicate the ability to adapt or adjust?

ELBOW

• Is this about a support?



• Does this indicate flexibility in expression?

ELECTRICITY

• How is the electricity portrayed in the dream?



• Is this about emotional or sexual energy?



• Have I been 'shocked' by something or someone?

ELEPHANT

• What do I know and feel about elephants?



• What is it doing in the dream?



• Is this about great potential or strength?

ELEVATOR

• Is the elevator ascending, or descending?



• Where am I coming from and going to?


(Also, see LIFT)

ELEVEN

• Am I familiar with numerology or astrology?



• Is this 'the last minute' (eleventh hour)?



• Could it simply be eleven of something?



• (Also, see NUMBERS)

ELF

• Does the elf symbolize a particular characteristic or force in my nature?



• How do I relate to this elf?


(Also, see DWARF)

EMBALM

• Am I prolonging or preserving present beliefs and feelings?



• Could this be anxiety about dying, wanting to live longer?

EMBRACE See CUDDLE


EMBRYO

• Does this indicate something growing within I'm not yet aware of?



• Do I desire to life a simpler, non-demanding life (go back to the womb)?



• Is this simply a pregnancy dream, concerned about the fetus within?

EMERALD

• What do I know about emeralds?



• Is this a money dream?



• Is this about growth of some kind?


(Also, see JEWEL)

EMIGRATION

• Is this literally about emigration?



• Do I feel an emerging change of habits and ideas within myself?

ENCHANT

• Am I enchanted, or under the influence of another, for either good or bad?



• Am I enchanting someone else?

ENCIRCLE See CIRCLE


ENCYCLOPEDIA

• Am I connecting with knowledge of my life experiences, not previously noted?



• Does this indicate information I am looking for?

ENEMA

• Does this indicate a need for a cleansing of unnecessary thoughts, habits or influences?

ENVELOPE

• If the envelope is not opened yet, is there something I should be aware of? (Go back into the dream and open it)



• Does this suggest contact with someone, or news of something?

EPILEPSY

• Does this imply inner tension?



• Could it indicate repression of energy, sexual or otherwise?



• Is this literally about an illness?

ERUPTION

• Does this symbolize a breaking into consciousness of repressed urges, fears or terrors?

ESCAPE

• What was I escaping from in the dream?



• Does this indicate escaping from life or responsibility in some way?



• Is this positive escape, where I am leaving something undesired behind?

EUNUCH

• Is this about the denial or loss of sexual feelings?


(Also, see CASTRATE)

EVE

• Does Eve symbolize the power of sensual seduction, or temptation?



• If I am a man, could she represent my sexual relationship with my wife, or partner?



• If I am a woman, does she represent longing for sexual contact?

EVERGREEN

• Does this indicate something that outlasts change…everlasting?



• Could it be pointing to an eternal aspect of myself?

EVIL

• Does this represent the long repressed fears and emotions 'lurking' within me?



• Is this really a morbid fear that I have?


(Also, see DEVIL, DEMON)

EXAM / EXAMINING

• Am I feeling uncertain about myself in some way?



• Does this indicate looking or searching for something?



• Is about looking at myself objectively?



• If I'm being examined by a doctor, am I concerned about my health, or should I be?

EXCREMENT See FAECES/FECES

EXECUTION See DEATH


EXPLOSION

• Does this explosion imply anger, or an unexpected destructive change?


(Also, see ERUPTION, DYNAMITE)

EXUDE

• Does this depict emotions that I express outwardly that I am not necessarily conscious of?



• Am I simply bringing up a particular emotion for release?

EYE

• Am I looking at myself (an eye to I)?



• Does it imply some kind of expanded awareness, or intuition?



• Does the eye symbolize the ability to see clearly and understand something?

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