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The Unconscious World of Dream
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Guide to Dreams What Are Dreams Understanding Dreams Women's Dreams Men's Dreams Children's Dreams Understanding Nightmares All About Sleep Sleep Disorders Carl Jung The Importance of Dreams Sleep & Dreams Visions of the Dream  'Shadows' 
Dreams of Sex
Sex of Dreams Other Dictionaries hyperdictionary iVillage SpiritCommunity dream moods Yahoo!Astrology Myths-Dreams-Symbols Site Directory Simply the Best  A Dictionary of Dream Symbols Looking For A Symbol   Go Here |
 Over Definition To HighliteSabotage - Self destructive tendencies. Sabotage Sack - Concealment;elimination of undesired traits. Sacrifice - Given up positive traits. You may need to sacrifice something in real life, or you have made one recently. Saddle - Placing yourself in undesired situations. Safari - Exploring undiscovered aspects of self. Safe - Probably a symbol of the self, containing things of great value. Sailboat - Emotional self; riding the waves of emotions (water symbolizes unconscious. Sailor - May represent adventuing into the unconscious (self examination of one's life through reflection and exploring one's life. Saint - Guidance, wise self, spiritual self. This one may need further research, depending on the saint. It may be representative of a high ideal, or your need for support or guidance. Salary - Compensation, reaping and sowing. Salesman/person - Open to new ideas, changes. Salvation - The resolving of conflict and the achieving of balance and wholenes in the psyche. A longing for release from unconscious guilt-feelings. Sanctuary - Retreating within; a level of conscious necessary for healing. Sand - Constant changes; limitless aspects of personality. Santa Claus - Rewarding oneself. Satellite - Communication with higher self; spiritual awareness. Saw - Building blocks of personality. Scales - Weighing matters before deciding; balance in life. Scalp - Flowing from the head (intellect); stimulation for new grwoth. Scar - Emotional wounds. Scarecrow - Lack of confidence; false impressions. Schedule - Restrictions placed on oneself; limiting oneself. A need to discipline oneself. School - A place of learning and knowledge. This could mean that one has a desire to learn, or that one seeks higher ideals. If you are going back to school, it may hint at unresolved issues, or new learning opportunities. Life; Lessons learned or not learned; approaching different levels of consciousness.
Scientist - Rational self, intellectual self; search for knowledge, seeking to find truths; guidance; higher self. Scissors - Cutting away what no longer benefits you; a fear of being cut off. Might be representative of the desire to break away from something or someone. Could also symbolize cutting remarks. Scorch - Heated emotions. Scorpion - Poisonous thinking. Maybe a symbol of an idea that is dangerous, or that you have made some comment that is stinging and hurtful. Script - Roles we play in life; following others lead (good or bad). Scroll - Powerful truths; book of life. Scuba - Breathing under water {unconscious}. This would symbolize unconscious realizations, fears, desires, attitudes. Sea - May represent the unconscious. Putting out to sea therefore would symbolize exploring the unconscious. May be the mother symbol, either that of Mother Nature or your own mother. Drowning would symbolize a fear of being suffocated by a dominating mother or mother-attachment. may symbolize the feminine, or any aspect of it (e.g intuition, receptiveness,). For a male dreamer it would symblize getting acquainted with the feminine side of his psyche - anima.May symbolize creative potential. Seam - Biding together; unity of emotions; coming apart at the seams. Seasons - A symbol possibly of your present outlook. Summer is a symbol of contentment and happiness, autumn of the end of cycles and awareness, winter of resignation and patience, and spring of growth and hope. Levels of growth (spiritual, emotional); natural process of changes in life. Secret - Unconscious thoughts being revealed; hidden parts. Secretary - Helpful part of self; organization; identify priorities. Sub-ordinate feminine aspect. Sedative - Emotionally uptight; learn to relax; responsibility. Seduction - May represent a real seduction, perhaps in childhood. May represent a desire for sex. Seed - May represent the potential for personal growth.May symbolize your true self. as opposed to the persona image that you falsely portray in waking life. New ideas; new beginnings; new birth (physical, psychological). Your dream might be hinting that you need to "plant" an idea and allow it to grow, or it may be showing you what will happen if you follow a certain course of action. (Does it grow into a beautiful plant, does it die, etc.) Seesaw - Balance; ups and downs of life. What is at the other end of the seesaw? Is it something positive or negative? Self - Represents your conscious ego, which is the centre of your conscious mind but not your total psyche.
Selling - Motivating oneself; selling onself short. Semen - Creative ideas; masculine self. Seeds of new growth Sermon - Discussion with the unconscious. A moralistic rebuke. Serpent - New life, rejuvenation, healing. The snake/serpent sheds its skin and grows new skin; shedding the old, new growth. Serpent Seven - A symbol for completeness. Also a symbol for change for the better. Sewer - May repreent the flow of unconscious energy or emotion that you have tried to suppres. Sex Sex Sheep - May symbolize unthinking, passive comformity to a mundance existence, taking one's ideas uncritically from authority figures or others; being eaisly lead, and consequently not in control of oneself. May also symbolize going astray; taking the wrong turn in life; forsaking one's destiny. Shells- A symbol of self-protection, and maybe one suggesting that you should listen to your intuition (as one listens to the sound of the sea through a shell). Shepherd - This may be a reference to you following someone, a leader, in life, or, if you were the shepherd, it could be telling you that others are following you, or that you are watching over and protecting someone else. May symbolize the power of love within us. Ship - May be a feminine symbol, representing the mother, or some other woman, or women in general. In a man's dream it may symbolize the anima. The vessel {emotions-attitudes-belief sysetm} in your life that you have attached your being to. Shoes - This may be a hint at something dealing with your foundation, or basic principles. This could also be a reference to station in life, i.e. the phrase "I’d like to be in his shoes."
Shoulders - May represent unconscious emotions. May symbolize carrying a burden i life. Shower - May symbolize refreshment, new joy in life, personal growth. Also getting rid of old ideas, attitudes, emotions. Sign Silhoette - You may not be seeing things fully, only dimly. This could be representative of the unconscious, or it could be telling you that you have a limited or one-sided point of view on some matter. May be a reference to your Shadow Silver - May symbolize something of value with regard to your personal development. May symbolize the feminine (silver has associations with the moon)which would represent intuition; or the unconscious. Sink - A cleansing may be necessary. Sinking - May be a symbol of depression or dispair. May symbolize being swallowed by your mother (mother attachment). If a ship is sinking it may represent the end of something in your life. Sister - Feminine qualites of the psyche {see anima/animus www.tennlinks.com/mds2/animaanimus.html}.Qualities in yourself that you project onto other people. An older sister {for a female dreamer} may represent your 'other self' {alter ego}, that side yourself that is neglected or undeveloped {this is the 'Shadow' www.tennlinks.com/mds2/shadow.html}. Six - Striving for wholeness c in your human life {as opposed to your spiritual life}. Animal instincts as opposed to intuitive instincts. Sky - May symbolize transcendence, your true self. Sky may symbolize the realm of consciousness as distinct from earth or sea, representing the unconscious realm. See Numbers Skunk - May suggest that you are driving people away or turning people off. A protection reaction, using an 'odoress' attitude to drive away someone, or some inner attitude against yourself. Sleeping - May be symbolic of peaceful, tranquil state in which you are at one with your true self and inner awareness tkaes the place of sensory reactions to the extrenal world. Slaying - A dislike of someone or something. Conflict in your life. Killing a person or animal symbolizes repression of some aspect of yourself, some instinct or desire. Are you killing off, or do you need to slay some aspect of yourself. Smoke - Maybe you are not seeing things clearly in waking life, or things seem obscure to you. Snake - This could be a sexual symbol, or a symbol of temptation. This is also a symbol of Kundalini; pure energy. A snake may be a symbol of wisdom, or someone that is trying to harm you in an underhanded and sneaky manner. Snake
Snow - Pure, white snow could be a symbol of purity. If the snow is dirty, this could be a symbol of how you feel about yourself and your own purity. Soldier - Masculine aspect, discipline. Determining own direction. Son - May not be symbolic at all; perhaps the dream was occasioned by your anxieties concerning your son. However, consider that the son figure represents some part of yourself. In a man it may represent his own youthful self. Space - Possibly an obvious statement that you need more space in life, a relationship, or a situation. If you were floating in space, this could be warning you that you have lost direction in life. The new frontiers in your life that need exploring. The mystical/metaphysical aspect of your being. Spell - You may be unaware that you are "under someone’s spell". This could be pointing out your desire to come by something, using a spell as an aid in achieving that desire, or reliance on a higher power. Spider- Representative of a fear of getting "caught in a web" or getting "spun up" in things. This could be warning you of a threat. Spiral - Upward spiral may represent progress and achievement. Downward spiral may symbolize something negative. Spirits - May represent the not yet discovered or utilized powers or capacities of your psyche offering inspiration, creativity, love and powers of healong (self-healing).May represent your 'complexes', psychic forces that escaped your conscious control. They will almost certainly damage your personal efficiency and destroy your happiness if you continue to repress and neglect them. Paying attention to them and giving them an approperiate creative role in your life, your personality will blossom. Spirit-possession - Being possessed by bad spirits represents neurosis or psychosis. By good spirits represents submitting to a 'higher' self other than the ego; allowing creative forces to take a leading and guiding role in your life. Being too religious. Spring - May symbolize the possibility of new growth in your personality. Sponge - You are absorbing something in waking life, or someone else is sponging off of you. Spoon - This just might be a reference to someone’s station in life, i.e. the saying "born with a silver spoon in his mouth." It could also be telling you to take things in small doses. Squirrel - What is it that you have stored away that needs recognizing about yourself? Squirrels are doers, they plan ahead. Stabbing - A stabbing is sometimes a symbol of deep anger or aggression. Identify that person or cause of the anger or aggression. The stranger may be some part of yourself, you are stabbing yourself for some reason. Stage - Your dream might be showing you to make something public, or that you desire attention and notice. Star - Maybe a form of guidance, or that you are making the most of what you have. Statue - This may represent a part of yourself that is inactive, but may come to life. It could be representative of a certain thought or ideal, as the Statue of Liberty seems to represent the spirit of a nation. Stealing - If you try to steal soemthing in your dream, it may mean you have some need that is not being met. Where the stealing takes place may indicate the area in which there is a lack of fulfillment. Stealing Water - Water is often a symbol for those unconscious aspects. Stealing water may symbolize you have certain needs that are not being met. May indicate an area in which there is a lack of fulfillment. May symbolize unconscious guilt feelings; possibly to do with a recollection of an actual theft commited by you. Steps/Stairs - A symbol of changes in consciousness. This may be an ascent or descent. Things will not be gained all at once, but in several steps. Stick - May symbolize the male phallus {Freud}. Is someone taking advantage of you, 'sticking' it to you? Sting Ray - Anything that swims in deep water is normally symbolic of deep unconscious aspects of the dreamer. Sting rays have the ability to inflict pain wounds. Stone - May represent your true self. Cold emotions or attitudes set in stone.
Storm - May represent conflict, either in a relationship or within yourself. Emotional downpour, letting out suppressed emotions, release of flustrations. Stripes - A symbol of variety or something that is subject to change. A sreference to achievement, promotion. Stranger - Meeting a stranger always symbolizes an encounter with some part of your unconscious personality, your shadow. Fear of a stranger may be an expression of neurotic free-floating anxiety, which may be a result of roused but unsatisfies, usued libido. Strangling - If you are doing the strangling, it probably means you are not allowing some part of yourself to express or fulfill itself. If you are being strangled, there is probably something in your life that is denying you the fulfillment and staifaction you want or need. Stream - May symbolize healing or reinvigoration; a relaxed flow of energy. Study - Simply, your dream could be telling you to prepare or study more. Subtraction - Are you denying {subtracting} what is really there? What has been deducted from your life? {addition, subtraction, equation} What is the total sum of your life? Is it what you really want it to be or are you living a life that is not original? Suicide Summer - May symbolize the stages of human life, in which case summer would represent the early middle age, which for most people is the period of maximum external, material achievement. After this the inner life may demand more attention. Sun - The spiritual force or something that is necessary for your wellbeing. It may represent the opportunities for knowledge and learning. This could also be a sign of power. Or, your dream could be suggesting that you get out into the sun more often. See Sun Sunglass - the way you look at things is somewhat shaded (biased or prejudiced). Also, you may not be seeing things clearly. Physically it could be a signal from the body that the eyes are in need of examination (rare). Sunrise/sunset - Sunrise may symbolize new life, or a new phase in your life. Sunset may represent death, literally or figuratively; or the end of a phase. Superhuman Beings - May symbolize authority and wisdom. But be careful not to relinquish your own inner wisdom in favour of some external imposed authoritarian code of belief and behaviour. Surgery - Cutting away unwanted or unhealthy aspects of your life. Swan - Symbol of peace and serenity. If you were or saw a black swan or a dirty swan, your dream could be telling you that you view yourself as unattractive, that you are behind the crowd, or that you are in a period of discord. Swimming - May symbolize a trustful and receptive attitude towards your unconscious, or your mother, or nature. It may also symbolize staying 'on top' of your emotions. Do you sometimes feel you are swimming in a sea of emotions? Do you understand how to maintain yourself in the emotional waters of life? Sword - A symbol of the spirit, power, and authority. It could also be a symbol of protection. A need to cut away some part or aspect in your life. This may even be a sexual symbol.
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