Dream Symbols - O

OAK

• Does this tree represent great strength, perseverance and hardiness?

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• Is this about my own growth process through hardships, from the acorn to the mature oak?

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• Could this indicate 'the family tree'?

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(Also, see ACORN, TREE)

OAR

• Does this indicate my strength to navigate and move through feelings and social atmospheres?

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• Is this focusing on the in and out motion of the oar…does this have sexual implications?

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OASIS

• Is this a feeling of reaching a point in a situation in which I can rest amidst the difficulties?

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• Does this represent some live giving influence?

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(Also, see DESERT)

OATS

• Does this represent something that is nourishing me in a basic way?

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• Is this about 'sowing my oats' (sexual energy)?

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(Also, see CORN)

OBESITY See FAT PERSON


OBLATION

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

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OBSCENE

• Is this about being horrified or embarrassed by something that is perfectly natural?

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• (Go back into the dream if needed and work on releasing these repressions, so they no longer influence your behaviour towards others and yourself)

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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?

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• Is this about a true obsession with something or someone? Do I need to be more aware of this?

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OCCIDENT See WEST

OCEAN See WATER, SEA


OCTOPUS

• What do I know about the Octopus?

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• How is it portrayed in the dream? (Use your own description to help come up with some idea of the meaning)

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• Do I feel smothered or possessed by someone, or do I want to possess another?

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• Does this represent an unconscious fear that may drag me down?

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OCULIST

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

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• (Also, see GLASSES)

ODOUR(Odor)

• Does this odour call up a particular person or experience, and what is it that I relate to?

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• Is this about a feeling, attraction, repulsion, or the smell of something fresh or stale?

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• 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?

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ODYSSEY

• Is this about the my personal problems of an inner nature that I need to deal with to find happiness?

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• Does this illustrate a series of psychological stages I am going through (or have gone through) in the maturation process?

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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?

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• Does the officer represent aspects of some authority figure?

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• Is this about social or moral pressures I put upon myself?

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OGRE

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

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• Do I see someone else as an ogre?

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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?

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OLD See ANCIENT


OLIVE

• Does this represent peace, love and kindness, and soothing aspects?

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(Also, see OIL above)

OM - AUM - OMNE

• Is this creating the vibration of 'the one' within myself?

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• Does this sound represent completeness and harmony?

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ONE

• Am I familiar with Numerology or Astrology? (Look up the number meanings in your own references)

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• Does this represent wholeness, indivisible, individual, or the beginning of something?

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(Also see NUMBERS)

ONION

• Does the onion invoke crying or tears?

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• Is this illustrating the 'layers' of feeling I have about something?

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• Am I using the onion (like garlic) to ward off an influence I perceive to be evil?

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OOZE See MUD


OPAL

• What do I know about Opals? (Look this stone up in your own references)

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• Is this about my inner world of dreams and fantasies?

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• Does it represent psychic impressions and to pay attention to them?

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(Also, see JEWEL)

OPERA

• Does this suggest 'the stage of life', but at a higher development?

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• Is this about the dramatization of inner feelings?

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(Also, see STAGE)

OPERATION

• Does this show a fear of illness?

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

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OPIUM

• Does this represent a desire to deaden the pain of life?

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• Do I feel an inability to face fears and come to terms with life?

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OPTOMETRIST See OCULIST


ORACLE

• Am I foretelling the possible future of myself through intuition?

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• Is this about wishful thinking?

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ORANGE

• Do I have any particular feelings about oranges?

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• Does this symbolize sunshine, or the sign of the spirit?

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• Is this about satisfaction (thirst quencher)?

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ORB See CIRCLE


ORCHARD

• What kind of trees are in the orchard?

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• Does this represent fruitfulness or results or labours?

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(Also, see GARDEN)

ORCHESTRA

• Is this about the harmonious union of my desires, ambitions, emotions and thoughts?

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• Does this represent working in harmony with others?

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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?)

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ORGY

• Am I simply releasing stored up desires?

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• Do I feel like a glutton?

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• Is this about the physical pleasures of life?

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ORIENT See EAST


ORPHAN

• Is this about a fear of being unloved?

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• Do I feel misunderstood, insecure, homeless either in mind or body?

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• Am I lost in life?

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OSSIFICATION

• Am I becoming too fixed in my habits or mental and emotional outlook?

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OSTRICH

• What do I know about ostriches? (Check your own animal totem references for the deeper meanings)

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• Is this about not wanting to see what is really going on, or 'hiding my head in the sand' about something?

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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)

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• Is this related to the symbol of the egg somehow? See EGG

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• Does this suggest material existence, or the quality of time?

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(Also, see CIRCLE)

OVEN

• Does this represent transformation or changes in life being made…put in an inedible substance and out comes something quite different?

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• Is this about pregnancy as in 'a bun in the oven'

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(Also, see ALCHEMIST)

OVERTURN

• Does this imply clumsiness in a situation?

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• Is there a feeling that something has been spoilt or ended, as in 'my life has been turned upside down'?

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• Is this simply about a change as in a '180 degree turn around'?

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OWL

• What do I know about Owls? (Look them up in your own animal totem references for the deeper meanings)

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• Is this about using my intuition and wisdom?

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• 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?

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OX

• What do I know about Oxen? (Look them up in your own animal totem references for deeper meanings)

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• Is this about the physical part of human nature, and the willingness to serve?

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(Also see BULL)

OXYGEN

• Is this about live giving forces at work and their influences?

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• If I am having trouble in the dream, does this suggest a struggle to maintain my sense of well being and energy?

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OYSTER

• Does this represent hiding something of beauty behind silence and 'tight lips"

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• Is this about feelings being enclosed in a hard shell to protect perceived vulnerability?

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• Am I eating an oyster as an aphrodisiac (in need of sexual stimulation)?

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• Is this a play on words as in 'the world is my oyster'?

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