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OAK
  • Does this tree represent great strength, perseverance and hardiness?
  • Is this about my own growth process through hardships, from the acorn to the mature oak?
  • Could this indicate 'the family tree'?
  • (Also, see ACORN, TREE)
OAR
  • Does this indicate my strength to navigate and move through feelings and social atmospheres?
  • Is this focusing on the in and out motion of the oar…does this have sexual implications?

OASIS

OATS

  • Does this represent something that is nourishing me in a basic way?
  • Is this about 'sowing my oats' (sexual energy)?
  • (Also, see CORN)

OBESITY See FAT PERSON

OBLATION

OBSCENE

  • Is this about being horrified or embarrassed by something that is perfectly natural?
  • (Go back into the dream if needed and work on releasing these repressions, so they no longer influence your behaviour towards others and yourself)
OBSESSION
  • Does this represent the feeling of being controlled by normal everyday social pressures that possess me, such as dressing in an appropriate manner or other social codes?
  • Is this about a true obsession with something or someone? Do I need to be more aware of this?

OCCIDENT See WEST

OCEAN See WATER, SEA

OCTOPUS

  • What do I know about the Octopus?
  • How is it portrayed in the dream? (Use your own description to help come up with some idea of the meaning)
  • Do I feel smothered or possessed by someone, or do I want to possess another?
  • Does this represent an unconscious fear that may drag me down?
OCULIST ODOUR(Odor)
  • Does this odour call up a particular person or experience, and what is it that I relate to?
  • Is this about a feeling, attraction, repulsion, or the smell of something fresh or stale?
  • Is it a play on words such as 'I smell a rat', 'something smells fishy', 'stinks to high heaven', 'stop and smell the roses', and so on?

ODYSSEY

  • Is this about the my personal problems of an inner nature that I need to deal with to find happiness?
  • Does this illustrate a series of psychological stages I am going through (or have gone through) in the maturation process?

OFFERING See OBLATION

OFFICER / OFFICIAL

  • Is this showing me the parts of my character in control of particular things that I do, that I might not want to do otherwise?
  • Does the officer represent aspects of some authority figure?
  • Is this about social or moral pressures I put upon myself?

OGRE

  • Am I behaving or feel like an ogre…temper, lack of sympathy or understanding that crushes others?
  • Do I see someone else as an ogre?

OIL

  • Does this indicate aspects of flattery, cunning, an oily or slippery person, something that is working well (well oiled), or the removal of friction in a situation?

OLD See ANCIENT

OLIVE

  • Does this represent peace, love and kindness, and soothing aspects?
  • (Also, see OIL above)

OM - AUM - OMNE

  • Is this creating the vibration of 'the one' within myself?
  • Does this sound represent completeness and harmony?
ONE

ONION

  • Does the onion invoke crying or tears?
  • Is this illustrating the 'layers' of feeling I have about something?
  • Am I using the onion (like garlic) to ward off an influence I perceive to be evil?

OOZE See MUD

OPAL

  • What do I know about Opals? (Look this stone up in your own references)
  • Is this about my inner world of dreams and fantasies?
  • Does it represent psychic impressions and to pay attention to them?
  • (Also, see JEWEL)

OPERA

  • Does this suggest 'the stage of life', but at a higher development?
  • Is this about the dramatization of inner feelings?
  • (Also, see STAGE)

OPERATION

  • Does this show a fear of illness?
  • Is this about an inner attitude of mine that is being, or needs to be removed or adjusted?

OPIUM

  • Does this represent a desire to deaden the pain of life?
  • Do I feel an inability to face fears and come to terms with life?

OPTOMETRIST See OCULIST

ORACLE

  • Am I foretelling the possible future of myself through intuition?
  • Is this about wishful thinking?

ORANGE

  • Do I have any particular feelings about oranges?
  • Does this symbolize sunshine, or the sign of the spirit?
  • Is this about satisfaction (thirst quencher)?

ORB See CIRCLE

ORCHARD

  • What kind of trees are in the orchard?
  • Does this represent fruitfulness or results or labours?
  • (Also, see GARDEN)

ORCHESTRA

  • Is this about the harmonious union of my desires, ambitions, emotions and thoughts?
  • Does this represent working in harmony with others?

ORE See MINE

ORGAN(Music)

  • Does this show different areas of my life that can be 'played' upon? (ideas, capabilities, feelings, sympathies, weaknesses, strengths and so on?)

ORGY

  • Am I simply releasing stored up desires?
  • Do I feel like a glutton?
  • Is this about the physical pleasures of life?

ORIENT See EAST

ORPHAN

  • Is this about a fear of being unloved?
  • Do I feel misunderstood, insecure, homeless either in mind or body?
  • Am I lost in life?
OSSIFICATION
  • Am I becoming too fixed in my habits or mental and emotional outlook?

OSTRICH

  • What do I know about ostriches? (Check your own animal totem references for the deeper meanings)
  • Is this about not wanting to see what is really going on, or 'hiding my head in the sand' about something?

OUR LADY See MADONNA

OVAL

OVEN OVERTURN
  • Does this imply clumsiness in a situation?
  • Is there a feeling that something has been spoilt or ended, as in 'my life has been turned upside down'?
  • Is this simply about a change as in a '180 degree turn around'?

OWL

  • What do I know about Owls? (Look them up in your own animal totem references for the deeper meanings)
  • Is this about using my intuition and wisdom?
  • If the owl seems menacing in the dream, is this about my fear of the dark, or death, or possibly the contents of my unconscious?

OX

OXYGEN

  • Is this about live giving forces at work and their influences?
  • If I am having trouble in the dream, does this suggest a struggle to maintain my sense of well being and energy?
OYSTER
  • Does this represent hiding something of beauty behind silence and 'tight lips"
  • Is this about feelings being enclosed in a hard shell to protect perceived vulnerability?
  • Am I eating an oyster as an aphrodisiac (in need of sexual stimulation)?
  • Is this a play on words as in 'the world is my oyster'?


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