Dream Symbols

• Is this a virtual reality place created from my own angers, bitterness and fears…an expansion of my negative self?
• Does this represent self torment and long held miseries? (You can go back into this dream and safely explore these issues)
(Also, see HELL)

HAG

• Does the hag represent my own grasping, evil emotional tendencies?
• Is this really a representation of the crone, or my own well of natural wisdom?

• How is the hair portrayed in the dream (location, color, texture)?
• If this is genital, chest, face or armpit hair…does this indicate feelings about sexuality?
• If this is head hair…does this show changes in personality, or does is represent my thoughts and ideas in some way?
(Also, see BEARD)

HALL

• Am I exploring my relationship with groups for people?
• Does this represent aspects of my personality all brought together?
• Is this about big changes, new possibilities, or new recognition of my qualities?

HALL(Hallway, Passage) See CORRIDER

HALO

• Does this mean 'being above reproach'?
• Is this about eternal life?
(Also, see GLOW)

HAMMER

• Am I, or do I desire to 'hammer home a point'?
• Does this represent the energy to break through resistances, or old patterns of behavior?
• Is this about fixing or repairing something?

HAND

• Does the hand represent my deeds, outer creativeness or power in the material world?
• What was the hand doing in the dream (helping, wringing, grasping, lifting etc..)?
• What the hand used as a play on words, such as 'second hand', 'my hands are tied', 'under handed', 'bite the hand that feeds' and so on?
(Also, see FINGER)

HANGING

• What is hanging in the dream, and also what is supporting the hanging object or person?
• Does this represent dependence on something?
• Is this about a fear of falling?
• Do I feel like I've been left 'hanging'?

• Does this indicate artificial insight (insight gathered outside of oneself)?
• Is this about dependence?
(Also, see ADDICTED)

HAUNTED See GHOST

HAWK

• what do I know and feel about hawks?
• Is this about carrying or receiving a message?
• Does the hawk have something to do with vision, or visionary power?
(Look up hawk in animal totem resources)

HEAD

• Does this represent my consciousness or self awareness?
• Is this about my reasoning and thinking, cleverness or intellect?
• Is the head indicating a saying in everyday speech such as 'over one's head', 'head for figures', 'use your head', 'head over heels', and so on?

HEALER

• Dos this indicate my own healing influences?
• Am I healing or soothing myself within?

HEAR See EAR

HEART

• Does this indicate the center of my emotions or feelings of tenderness, love and affection?
• Is the heart showing figures of speech such as 'take heart', 'putting their heart into it', 'heart to heart talk', 'lose heart' and so on?

• Is this a virtual reality experience created from my own feelings, fears and thoughts?
• Am I experiencing freedom from limitations with joy and pleasure (I'm in heaven!)?
(Also, see HELL)

HEDGE See FENCE

HEIGHT

• Does the height represent something I am striving for?
• Is this a viewpoint from which I am seeing, or realizing things from an expanded awareness?

HEIRLOOM

• Does this indicate particular genetic tendencies (good or bad)?
• Is this about traditions passed down in my family from the distant past?

• Do I feel a need or desire to escape the demands of the world?
• Does this show my attention turned away from the outer world and more turned inward?
(Also, see GURU)

HERO/INE

• Does this represent the courage to face up to and wrestle with problems and life trials?
• Is this about facing an inner journey where I am confronting fears, traumas and challenges?

HILL

• Am I going up or down the hill?
• Is this about overcoming an obstacle, or climbing to success?
• Does this represent letting something slide, or going downhill in some situation?
(Go back into the dream if needed and make corrections)

HIPPOPOTAMUS

• What do I know and feel about the hippopotamus?
• Is this about weight or physical size (do I feel huge)?
• Is this about a hippo in the water and if so, does it indicate 'knowing what lies beneath the surface'?

HISS

• Does this symbolize feelings of disapproval or contempt?
• Could this be repressed ideas or feeling 'leaking' out?

HIT

• Have I 'hit' on something (an idea or an answer)?
• Is this literally about being hit, feeling attacked by someone?
• Could this represent feeling the impact of something that has happened?

HIVE See BEE

HOE

• Does this represent self-cultivation and weeding out faults?
(Also, see GARDEN)

HOLE

• Have I made an error in some way (falling into a hole)?
• Is this about a descent into the unconscious or memories?
• Is this the vagina?
(Also, see CAVE, FALL)

HOLINESS

• Is this the expression of my innate self, or eternal being?
• Is this a religious dream?
(Also, see GLOW)

HOME See House

HOMOSEXUAL / HOMOSEXUALITY

• Am I homosexual? If so, is this simply a sex dream?
• Am I claiming the opposite side of my personality?
• Is this a way of showing a desire for a mother or father's love?
• Could this be about feelings of inadequecy in sexual relations with the opposite sex?

HONEY

• Is this the sweetness of life, or healing, or perhaps the sweet results of labour?
• Does this represent promise, as in 'the land of milk and honey'?
• Am I or someone else being flattering, or using 'honey-tongued' words?

HOT See HEAT

HOTEL

• Is this about new experiences with something not permanent?
• Does the hotel represent a mental or emotional 'journey', where I am considering something?

HOUND

• Does this have something to do with following clues, or persistence?

• Does this indicate longings for something (love, sex, recognition etc.) that may be denied?
• Is this about motivation to act on a situation?
• Is this literally about food?
(Also, see FOOD)

HURT

• Do I feel emotionally wounded by something others have said or done?
• Have I been hurt by my own actions?

HUSK

• Does this represent face value or first impressions?
• Is this the outer quality, which may hide better qualities such as beauty, wisdom or nutrition?

HYMN See PROVERB

HYPNOSIS

• Am I influenced by a suggestion or person in the dream, for good or bad?
• What is the message that is influencing me?

HYSTERICAL

• Is this hysterically funny? If so, am I simply releasing emotion?
• If this is about being devastated over something, do I feel overcome by fear or emotion in some situation?