Dream Symbols

• 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)

• Is this a feeling of reaching a point in a situation in which I can rest amidst the difficulties?
• Does this represent some live giving influence?
(Also, see DESERT)

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

• Is this an offering or a surrendering of some part of me?

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?

• Does this represent the aspect of myself that is trying to improve my view, or understanding of things?
• (Also, see GLASSES)

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?

• Am I familiar with Numerology or Astrology? (Look up the number meanings in your own references)
• Does this represent wholeness, indivisible, individual, or the beginning of something?
(Also see NUMBERS)

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?

OUR LADY See MADONNA

OVAL

• How is this oval shape presented in the dream? (Use your own description to get some idea of the meaning)
• Is this related to the symbol of the egg somehow? See EGG
• Does this suggest material existence, or the quality of time?
(Also, see CIRCLE)

• Does this represent transformation or changes in life being made…put in an inedible substance and out comes something quite different?
• Is this about pregnancy as in 'a bun in the oven'
(Also, see ALCHEMIST)

• What do I know about Oxen? (Look them up in your own animal totem references for deeper meanings)
• Is this about the physical part of human nature, and the willingness to serve?
(Also see BULL)

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?