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Dream Symbols



ICE See COLD

ICEBERG

  • Does this represent levels of awareness?
  • (Also, see GLACIER)

ICICLE

  • Is this about coldness of feelings, or loneliness?
  • Does this represent repressed sexuality?
IDIOT
  • Do I feel like an idiot from some reason?
  • Is this about undeveloped emotional or mental parts of myself?
  • Am I embarking on something new, but still have lots to learn?
  • Are there 'retarted' parts of myself due to past traumas that need to be integrated within?

IDOL

  • Is there something or someone that I worship?
  • Does this represent the means by which I direct my energy and actions, such as money, clothes or appearance?

ILLUSION

  • Do I need to see that a certain idea I have is simply an illusion?
  • Is this about coming to the wrong conclusion over something?
  • Do I have a false opinion, or am I being self deceptive?
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
  • Is this a particularly strong dream about 'giving birth' to a new type of awareness or approach to life?
  • Have I recently experienced a shift in a set of beliefs?

IMMERSED See BAPTISM, EARTH (Depends on what you are immersed in)

IMPOTENCE

  • Is this about feeling sexually inadequate in a relationship?
  • Do I feel that I have lost touch with my femininity, or masculinity?
  • Does this represent feelings of inadequacy in other areas of life?
INARTICULATE

INCENSE

  • Am I purifying myself in the dream?
  • Is the incense in the dream to create a sense of atmosphere?
  • Is this about prayer or beautiful feelings?

INCEST

  • Does this represent infantile sexual urges not yet developed into more mature expressions?

INCRUST(Encrust)

  • Is this about ideas, beliefs and habits that prevent me from seeing the big picture about something?

INDIA / INDIAN

  • What do I know or feel about India?
  • If I am not Indian, what element from that culture is being represented in the dream?
INDIAN(Native American)
  • What do I know and feel about Native Americans?
  • If I am not American Indian, what element from their culture is being shown in the dream?
  • Is this about 'calling' upon natural forces (inner resources) to make something happen, or to gain insight about myself?

INDIGESTION

  • Is this representing an idea or attitude that does not agree with me?
  • Am I saying 'I can't stomach that' about something?
  • Is this literally about problems with indigestion?

INDIGO

  • Is this about the universe in some way?
  • Does this represent feeling of intuition, peace, or sense of contact with the mystery of life?

INDUSTRIES

  • Is this my creative or constructive energy at work?
  • Does this represent modern life?

INFANT / INFANCY

  • Does this represent aspects of myself that still reflect behavior relevant to my childhood?
  • Do I still need my mother's approval, or still controlled by her will?
  • Am I wishing to escape responsibility?

INFECTION

  • Does this represent others' negative influences on me, such as their fears, worries or cynicism?

INFINITE

  • How is this used in the dream?
  • Is this the level of my being that is eternal, changeless, and ever aware?
  • Does this represent the vast universe, or formless substance?

INFLATE

  • Does this represent an inflated ego?
  • Am I making a situation something bigger than it really is?
  • Does this represent being 'full of wind'?

INHALE

INITIATION

  • Does this link to a new stage of growth, or a promise of some kind?
  • Am I opening to the power of wisdom and love?

INJECT

  • Is this literally about drug use, or feelings about infection?
  • Am I being 'injected' with someone else's opinions or will?

INK

  • Do I feel like I have a blot on my character from something that happened?
  • Does this represent leaving an impression on someone, or something?

INQUEST

  • What am I attempting to understand here?
  • Am I probing for information?

INSECT

  • What kind of insect was it and what do I know about that insect?
  • Is there something 'bugging' me, or something that irritates me?
  • Does this represent feeling of repulsion or not wanting to be touched?
    • (Also, see SPIDER)

INSIDE

  • What is this inside of?
  • Is this simply pointing to my inner self or inner feelings?

INSIGNIA

  • Does this represent ideas or feelings of special importance to me?
    • (Go back into the dream if needed and discover what this insignia is all about)

INSPIRATION

  • What am I being inspired about?
  • Am I seeing a wider viewpoint about something?
    • (Also, see BREATH)
INTERNET
  • Is this about my connection to the world at an unconscious level?
  • Does this represent boundless possibilities and opportunities?
  • Could this be illustrating life and the infinite possibilities of interaction with people, animals and the natural processes that are a part of everyday living?

INTUITION

  • Am I actually intuiting something in the dream? (Be sure to capture it in words if you can)
  • Is the dream telling me to pay attention to my own intuition?
  • Is this be about tapping into the universal mind, or collective unconscious?

INVENT

  • Did I invent something in the dream…if so, what was it?
  • Is this simply a release of creative energy, or gathering of insights?

INVOICE See BILL

IRON(Metal)

IRON(for pressing clothes)

  • Am I working on 'ironing' out a conflicting situation, or mulling over something?
  • Does this indicate boredom over mundane domestic chores?

IRRIGATE

  • Does this indicate a controlled allowance of feelings and emotions to flow out?
  • Am I cultivating growing parts of myself?

ISLAND

  • Does this represent independence, or being alone?
  • Is this about a new awareness that came from the depths of my own unconscious?

IVORY

  • What do I know and feel about ivory?
  • Does the ivory represent my inner life or unconscious aspects of my personality?


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