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Dream Symbols - M
MACHINE
- Does this represent the automatic or mechanical things that I do?
- Is this about the automatic process of body and mind?
MACKINTOSH
- Does this waterproof coat represent protection against difficult emotions or insults?
- Am I saying 'Just let it roll off' about an unpleasant situation?
(Also, see CLOTHES)
MAD See IDIOT
MADONNA
- What does the Virgin Mary represent to me?
- Is this about a receptive state of mind on the spiritual level?
- Am I magnifying my own enormous potential for spiritual growth?
( Also, see VIRGIN, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, EVE)
MAGGOT
- Does this represent attitudes or even parts of my body that are in need of attention (in a state of decay)?
MAGI See GURU, WISEMEN
MAGIC
- Is this about conscious attempts to direct or control my unconscious?
- Am I in a 'magical' state of mind and appreciating the wonder of life or events?
- Does this represent my own ability to make things happen?
MAGNET
- Do I feel attraction or repulsion about something in the dream?
- Does it have to do with likes or dislikes?
- Is this about personal magnetism?
- Does someone in my life act as a 'magnet', having power over me?
MAGNIFY See LENS
MAGPIE
- What do I know about Magpies?
- Is this associated with a desire to collect or steal things?
(Also, see BIRD)
MAHOUT(Elephant keeper / rider)
- Does this represent an elevated relationship between my conscious personality and processes of body and mind?
MAIL
- Is this representing ideas and opinions I give out or receive from others?
(Also, see LETTER)
MAILMAN See POSTMAN
MAKEUP See COSMETIC
MALFORMATION
- Is this malformation on part of my body? (If so, look this part up and determine how this part's qualities are underdeveloped in you)
- Is this a tree or other object that is involved? (If so, look the object up and determine how this relates to underdeveloped aspects in you)
MAN
- Do I know this man? If so, what are the feelings or aspects I associate with him that I can also apply to myself?
- If this is stranger, what is he doing and how is he acting? (Use the description to come up with the aspects you are trying to illustrate for yourself)
MANDALA
- Is this an image of my own inner condition?
- (If you can, draw this mandala including any color you remember. This mandala's significance is unique to you and represents the wisdom of your higher self)
MANE
- Does the mane imply an outflowing of power, instinctive feelings or strength?
(Also, see HAIR)
MANSION See HOUSE
MANURE
- Does this represent my own recycled energies (discarded aspects of myself that have been redirected)?
- (Also, see FAECES)
MAP
- Is this about studying directions that I wish to go in life?
- Does it imply confusion about where I am in relationship to my potential?
MARE
- Does this represent the feminine aspect of my personality?
(Also, see HORSE)
MARKET
- Am I looking for something in particular?
- Is this about contact with the world in general, conveying the hustle and bustle of the give and take in life?
(Also, see SHOP)
MARKSMAN
- Does this represent the ability to achieve my aims?
MARRIAGE
- How is this dream marriage portrayed? (Use your definition to come up with a general feeling)
- Is this about a desire for marriage, or a desire for a particular scenario in marriage?
- Am I clarifying feelings about a pending marriage or my current marriage?
- Could this really be about combining certain aspects within myself?
MARS
- What do I know about Mars? (Check into scientific, astrological or mythological sources)
- Does this express fiery creativity or warlike energy?
- Is this about energy ruled by passion, desire of greed?
(Also, see PLANET)
MARSH
- Do I feel bogged down or held back in some way?
- Am I stuck in attitudes that are holding me back, maybe even threatening my well being?
- Is this about difficulty in breaking away from parental control?
MARTYR
- Is this implying a 'holier than thou' attitude?
- Am I stoic in holding on to my opinions in the face of criticism for good or bad?
- Does this convey my feelings of my relationship with members of my family?
MASSAGE/MASSUER/MASSUESE
- Is this about loosening up of rigid attitudes or repressions?
- Does this represent healing influences going on physically or mentally?
MASK
- Am I hiding my real self from people?
- Could this show a way to change how I express myself to suit a situation?
MASS(Church)
- If I am Catholic, is this about how I relate to my faith, or mass in particular?
- Is this a general sense of my own connection to spirituality?
MASS(People) See CROWD
MATADOR
- Is this about conflict with sexual or other instinctive drives?
(Also, see BULL)
MAYPOLE
- Is this about romantic and sexual pursuits?
- Does this represent the creative forces of growth and fertility in myself?
MAZE
- Is this general confusion about life, or about a particular situation?
- Do I feel that events in life are chaotic and need my intuitive inner guidance?
MEAT
- If I am eating meat, does this represent the sensual experience of the body, or material values?
- Does it indicate physical strength, prowess, success or satisfaction?
- Could this be a diet related dream?
MECHANIC
- Is this about my means of dealing with the habitual or mechanical reactions to life?
- Does this show my skill in coping with the practical 'how things work' side of endeavors?
MEDICINE
- Is this about any medications I am currently taking, or about other drugs?
- What action might I need to take to deal with a problem I am having?
- Does this suggest a particular healing action or process?
MEDICINE MAN See GURU
MEDITATION
- Am I searching for peace of mind, understanding or wholeness?
- Is this representing a portal to my potential through contact with my unconscious?
MEDIUM
- Is this about contact with the dead?
- Does the psychic element in the dream represent my intuition?
MEDUSA
- Is this a fanciful version of vanity, or self love?
- Am I relating to the destructive energy of Medusa?
MEGALITH
- Does this indicate deep unconscious processes emerging into consciousness?
(Also, see ROCK)
MELT
- Do I feel a shift in the way I feel about something, or a softening of hard feelings toward someone?
MERCHANT
- Is this showing the business side of myself?
- Is this indicating a scheming aspect in the way I relate to others?
- Am I looking for profit in a particular area of life?
MERCURY(Planet)
- What do I know about Mercury? (Check scientific, astrological or mythological resources)
- Does this represent something that is elusive?
- Could this be about quick communication, or changeability?
- Could this be about communication breakdown as in 'Mercury Retrograde'?
(Also, see PLANET)
MERLIN See MAGIC, GURU
MERMAID
- What is the feeling surrounding the Mermaid in the dream?
- Is this about love arising from deep within?
- Does this represent a link between my conscious self and my deeper unconscious?
METAL See IRON
MEW
- Is this cry of loneliness or helplessness?
- Do I long for comfort or friendship?
MICROBE See GERMS
MICROSCOPE
- Am I looking closely at something within myself?
- What am I looking at through the microscope?
MILK
- Is this about giving or receiving sustenance of mind or body?
- Am I dreaming about the nurturing or self sacrificing aspects of motherhood?
- Does it indicate something bland or harmless, as opposed to the stimulating aspects of coffee or alcohol.
MILL
- Does this represent breaking down of old attitudes or beliefs?
- Am I extracting nourishment from gathered experience?
MINE
- How is the mine portrayed in the dream, and what kind of mine was it?
- Am I digging through experiences and memories for the valuable resources buried within?
MINK
- Is this about status or material values?
- If this actually about Mink, the animal - See ANIMAL
MINOTAUR
- What do I know about the Minotaur?
- Do I feel dominated by sexual desire?
MIRAGE
- Am I seeing something in a situation that is really not there?
- Is this about 'the illusions of life' in general?
(Also, see DESERT)
MIRROR
- Am I self examining, or wondering 'Who am I'?
- Does the mirror show a reflection of how I see myself?
- Is it showing aspects of me that I might not want to see?
MISCARRIAGE See ABORTION
MISER
- Am I hoarding something out of fear of losing it?
- Do I have a reluctance to share myself with others (like Scrooge)?
- Is this about overall insecurity and not wanting to be vulnerable?
MIST See FOG
MISTRESS
- How is this mistress portrayed? (Is she myself, or is she just an idea?)
- Does this represent a hungering for an ideal and exciting romance?
- Is this about a real infidelity going on in my life? If so, how do I truly feel about it?
MOAT
- Have I built a defense to keep others at bay for whatever reason?
- Does this indicate a need to get away from it all and replenish myself?
MOHAMMED
- What do I know and feel about Mohammed?
- Does he represent 'the voice of the spirit'?
MONEY
- Does money in my dreams represent power and personal resources in general?
- Is this about the manner (good or bad) in which I choose to use money?
- Am I losing or gaining money (personal potency)? How is this portrayed?
- Does the money represent an opportunity in some way?
MONGOOSE
- What do I know about the Mongoose?
- Does it represent striving towards growth of inner energies?
- Is this related to sexual feelings?
MONK
- What does a Monk represent to me?
- Is this about seclusion in some way?
- Does this Monk represent a place within myself where wisdom lies?
MONKEY
- Does this represent the annoying 'monkey mind', where my thoughts are jumping around?
- Is this about the more impulsive aspects such as foolishness and thoughtlessness, or other frivolous emotion?
- Is there a communication going on here between my intellect and my basic instincts?
(Also, see APE)
MONOGRAM
- Is this a symbol of my wholeness, and my inner possibilities?
MONSTER
- Does this monster represent a huge fear or dread over something?
- Is this about a 'terrible past', that I am still haunted by?
- Do I feel really guilty about a monstrous lie, or deceit?
(Go back into the dream and confront this monster)
MOON
- Does this moon have any specific meaning for me?
- Does this represent 'taking on' powerful feminine energies associated with the moon?
- Am I feeling sentimental or longing for someone?
- Is there an overall dark feeling that might have something to do with the irrational or unknown?
- Is this about 'cycles' of some kind, either in nature or women's menstrual cycle?
(Also, see PLANET)
MOSAIC
- Am I piecing something or some situation together?
- Does this represent fragments of experience and thought brought together as a whole?
MOSQUE
- If I am Muslim, does this link to my own religious belief and practices and how I feel about them?
(Also, see CHURCH)
MOTHER
- How is my mother portrayed in the dream?
- Was this about my relationship with my Mother?
- Does she represent my own 'motherly' advice to myself?
- Is this showing how I relate to my partner (good or bad) like I did my Mother?
MOUNTAIN
- If I am climbing the mountain, does this imply that I have real personal achievement, but still have my 'feet on the ground'?
- Is this showing how I face problems with courage and skill?
- Do I feel like I have a 'mountain of work' to do?
MOUSE
- Do I have certain feelings gnawing away at me?
- Is this about timidity?
- Could this represent activities within me that are seldom seen, but thought to be too small to be of any significance?
MOUTH
- What is going on with the mouth in the dream?
- Does this represent how I express myself?
- Is it a play on words such as 'big mouth', 'chew things over', 'mouth like a sewer', 'mouthy', 'mouth off' and so on?
MUD
- How was mud portrayed in the dream? (use your description to get the general idea)
- Is this about being stuck on some problem or in a situation, as in 'stuck in the mud'?
- Am I digging through the mud with expectations to find something of value?
- Does the mud represent something that can be molded and shaped, like clay?
- Is there a cleansing or healing aspect to the mud?
MUEZZIN
- Does this represent the call of the spirit of God, and that he has not forgotten me?
MULE See ASS
MUMMY
- Am I trying to keep or preserve myself they way I am, avoiding change?
- Is this linked to fears or concerns about death?
MURDER
- What have I killed off in myself (love, creativity, empathy etc…)?
- Does the murder represent repression of feelings, or facets of my life?
(Also, see DEATH)
MURDERER
- Is the murderer representing fear or anxiety that is threatening to, or is killing feelings and energy?
- (Also, see MURDER above)
MUSCLE
- Is this about physical strength, or sense of being outwardly forceful and impressive?
- Do I have good energy and strength to accomplish things?
MUSIC
- Is this a creative outward flow of positive feeling and harmonious emotion?
- Am I healing and soothing my emotions?
MUSTANG
- Does this mustang represent youthful sexuality, aggressiveness, or nonconformity?
(Also, see HORSE)
MYSTIC See GURU
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