Dream Symbols

• Does the gale indicate powerful influences, such as public opinion?
• Do I feel somewhat powerless over my own emotions and urges?
(Also, see AIR)

• Does this represent feelings of being restrained (environment, morality, or philosophy)?
(Also, see CONVICT)

GARRET See ATTIC

GAS(Natural)

• Does this indicate poisonous, harmful thoughts?

GAS / GASOLINE

• Does this represent emotional or sexual energy?
(Also, see FUEL)

GASPING See ASTHMA

GATE

• Does this represent an opportunity or new experience?
• Could it indicate a barrier to something?
(Also, see GARDEN, FIELD if related)

GAY See HOMOSEXUAL

GAZE

• Is this about concentrating on something?
• Am I attempting to influence someone, or a situation?
• Is this about creating intimacy?

GEM See JEWEL

GENITALS

• How are they portrayed in the dream?
• Does this refer to sexual feelings, fears, hopes or sexual plans?
• Does it indicate feelings of how I feel about my gender?

GENIUS

• Is this about feelings of either superiority, or inferiority?
• Could it be about an emerging important realization or awareness?

GLISTEN See GLOW

GLOBE

• Does the globe show my whole and complete nature?
• Is this about the way I see or experience life?
• Could this simply be representing the term 'global?

GLORY

• Is this an expression or refection of inner potential?

GLOVE

• How is the glove(s) portrayed?
• Is this about protection, or a desire to avoid contact with someone or something?
• Does a situation fit me well…or not?
• If this is a dropped glove, is it an invitation of some kind?

GLOW

• Is the glow an aura, or inner light expressing higher existence?
• Is this about awareness that extends beyond my conscious understanding?
• Is it simply putting 'light' on a situation?
(Also, see DARK, LIGHT)

GNOME See FAIRY

GOAL

• Is this simply representing my current aims and ambitions?

GOAT

• What do I know and feel about goats?
• Does the goat represent the ability to rise (climb) above difficult situations?
• Do I feel like a scapegoat?
• Have I, or am I making some sort of sacrifice in life?

GOD

• How do I see and what do I feel about God?
• Was this a religious or spiritual experience?
• Was I 'talking' to God, or tapping into collective wisdom?
(Be sure to follow through on interpreting a dream involving God!)

GODDESS

• How do I see and what do I feel about the Goddess?
• What aspect is she portraying (maiden, mother or crone) and how am I interacting with her?
• Am I tapping into the collective creative energy?
• Was this a dream of religious or spiritual experience?
(Be sure to follow through on interpreting a dream involving the Goddess!)

GOLD

• What do I know about Gold?
• Is this about 'the very best' of something?
• Does it represent power, riches and authority?

GOLF See GAMES

GORILLA See APE

GOVERNMENT

• Is this about the rules that govern my life?
• Could it represent the politics of my work place?

GOWN See CLOTHES

GRAPE

• If I am eating grapes, could this represent 'the good life'?
• If this is about wine, what is the significance of it in the dream?

GRASS

• How does the grass look in the dream?
• Does this simply represent growth?
• Do I have overgrown thoughts and feelings that need 'cutting'?
• Is this about marijuana?

GRAVE

• Does this describe an overall melancholy feeling?
• Is it about death in some way?
(Also, see BURIAL)

GRAVITY

• Do I feel held down, or weighted down by something?
• Is this showing excessive materialistic or physical appetites?
• Am I depressed or having pessimistic thoughts?

GREY / GRAY

• Is this about a 'grey area' in my life?
• Does this color describe morbid or serious thoughts?
(Also, see COLOUR)

GREEN

• What do I associate with the color green?
• Is this about growth, or material things?
• Is it about peace, love and well being? (The heart chakra is associated with green)
• Could it represent 'green with envy', or a sickly green that describes illness?
(Also, see COLOUR)

GRENADE

• Is this an expression of violent emotion?
• What am I really angry about?

GROTTO See CAVE

GROUND See EARTH

GROVE

• Were the trees any kind in particular?
• Does the grove represent an area of growth, or group of ideas?

GUARD / GUARDIAN

• Am I guarding thoughts or actions, or perhaps my language?
• Does this represent morals or social pressures?
• Is this about protection, as in guardian?
(Also, see POLICE)

GUIDE

• Does this show the principles that guide my direction in life?
• Is this a spiritual guide giving me advice?
• Is this guide an animal? (If so, look up the particular animal. Also find information on animal totems from your own references.)

GUILLOTINE

• Do I feel extreme guilt about something and wish to cut it off?
• Is this showing removal of thinking and logic (cutting off the head), to gain access to more intuitive processes?

GUITAR

• If I am a guitar player, what is the guitar, or my playing it expressing in the dream?
(Also, see FIDDLE)

GULF

• Does this represent a sense of separateness, or isolation?
• Is this about a feeling of loss?

GULL See BIRD

GUM See GLUE

GUN

• Is the gun in my own hands, in others' hands, or just lying about?
• Do I feel a need to take defensive measures for some reason?
• Is this about feeling vulnerable, or fearing an attack of some kind…either emotionally or physically?
• (Go back into the dream and deal with the gun if you need to)

GUNPOWDER See DYNAMITE

GURU

• Am I tapping into my own wisdom and guidance?
• Does this show ways of greater self understanding, deeper relationships or any other 'higher' types of instruction?
• Is this about healing myself in some way?
(Make sure you follow through in interpreting a special dream like this!)