Interpretations and Meanings of Dreams
Dreaming of rough and violent seas indicates confusion, conflict and fear. A calm sea means friendly relationship with your superiors. A beautiful sea portends success in business or at work. Getting into the sea means abundance or wealth. Dream of drowning in the sea and not getting out of it is a sign of anguish and despair….
Dreaming of adopting children, young people or adults, suggests that the dreamer seeks to empathize at some level with society, in order to succeed and maybe become rich, of course at the expense of gullible, naive or foreign people. Dreaming of adopting a child indicates that the dreamer wishes to sympathize with others because he feels lonely. Adopting a child represents a change in life, and therefore there may be a change of house or city, or perhaps employment or business, or for anything in which you have found major setbacks. It could also indicate that you don’t want some of your neighbors to move out, because you fear that new and unfriendly or undesirable neighbors get into the neighborhood. Dreaming that you’re adopted indicates insecurity and that you need external aid….
It symbolizes the unconscious along with instincts and memories. Thus the sea reflects what is going on inside of us. If the sea is rough or calm, then this reflects our emotional state. Letting ourselves sink into the sea, indicates that we are giving up, but trying to come up to surface tells us about our desire to fight with all our strength….
Opening a door using a key announces that we will enter a new situation, good or bad according to the context of the dream. To own a large bunch of keys symbols the purchase of goods or knowledge proportional to the number of keys in the bunch. Having problems turning the key in the lock promises that we will find difficulties and obstacles in obtaining what we want. A broken or lost key is an omen of trouble and problems that stop us from realizing our desires. To open a door and walk into a room where there’s a person of the opposite sex announces marriage….
In the case that awake we are not committing adultery, dreaming about it shows some kind of dissatisfaction with our partner. We also need to take into account the characteristics of the person we dreamed of to see if those characteristics match with conflictive aspects in our relationship….
Dreaming about being behind the wheel may mean that both at work and in business, you can succeed if you put effort into it, because you can’t expect things to go as you want, especially if you don’t really commit to them….
Dreaming of being a powerful person with a high social rank suggests that this is precisely what is being searched for by the dreamer in daily life, and that he or she is considered to have sufficient capacity and intelligence to be self-directed, but cannot find the right path. This dream is common during youth, when the dreamer has his or her own life ahead and wants to conquer great heights. However, these desires are often turned into big failures when there is over-confidence in the dreamer….
Seeing a papyrus in a dream indicates that you’re looking back into the past, because of this you can learn a lot by analyzing your previous interactions….
Dreaming of an old and neglected castle suggests the opposite of the above including sentimental or marriage relationships. Dreaming about getting farther from the castle in which the dreamer used to live, suggests bad business and perhaps theft or loss. The basic meaning of a castle is simply vanity. Dreaming of living and enjoying a beautiful castle insinuates satisfaction of oneself for having achieved a remarkable prosperity that promises to be extended into the future….
Dreaming of a scale means you´ll have ups and downs in your economy and emotions. You should avoid lies in order not fall into your own trap….
Dream of a guard means you need the help of one, some people will advocate for you. Dream of a guard on patrol means you should put order into things or papers. Dream of being prisoner by a guard means fear and distrust. Dream of a guard taking a prisoner foreshadows trust and support in family….
If you dream that you’re crying, it suggests transitory joys that will eventually turn into sadness as a result of bad business decisions and problems at home. To dream that a friend or family member is crying suggests that soon someone will ask for your help. To see many people crying in your dream is a warning that a great misfortune will occur and it can somehow affect you. To dream that a few people are crying and wiping their tears suggests that the sufferings of the people that surround you somehow affect you, but this will soon pass….
In the symbolism of dreams, the presence of bandits is related to the presence of forces moving into the subconscious and whose emergence and control by our will means a new wealth for our conciseness and a greater ability to succeed in instincts and daily life problems….
Emerald is considered the stone of occult and esoteric knowledge. We will have to take into account what feeling accompanies our dreams, because if it is pleasant, indicates our drive towards spiritual development, but if it is distressing, indicates our fear to confront the hidden information of the unconscious. Some authors also interpreted this dream in relation to eye health….
It symbolizes what disappears or dies. The key to the dream is provided by the name of what is wrapped. The degree of opacity of the envelope is also important, it will indicate the degree of death or depth into which is buried in the subconscious….
Dream of a mud and walk on it indicates you should have caution of not get into some business or dirty business….
Dreaming that you’re on a boat that is in calm waters indicates coming successes, happy moments and satisfactions. However, if the waters are muddy and turbulent, which also seem threatening, indicates that soon there will be problems against which you must be alert. Dreaming that you see a boat going far away, into the deep sea, hints that there are too many illusions that you must control. Dreaming that a ship is sailing towards a storm suggests that the dreamer’s affairs related to business, work, family are not going well, and that the problems soon will increase due to rumors and gossips. Dreaming of boats anchored in the port and stevedores loading things on them, it’s an announcement of personal gains, prosperity, a change of life, etc. If boats are still, without moving around, it indicates that the dreamer’s affairs and business will be the same as the boats. To dream that some people have shipwrecked, but the dreamer can help, hints that the dreamer will soon have to help someone who is in disgrace, and that these people are losing faith in one’s ability to correct errors. Dreaming of leaving a sinking ship and trying to reach land by swimming, suggests a serious confusion in the dreamer’s concerning matters, which involves risks, but if in the dream you fail to reach solid ground, it indicates that even if there are difficulties in your business, romantic life, or relationships, you will soon solve them satisfactorily. Dreaming that other people talk about two boats crashing or a shipwreck, suggests that your issues are bad because you neglected them, and perhaps because of the intervention of women (when the dreamer is a man) or men (in the case of women). Dreaming of dying in a boat that is anchored in the port indicates damage due to rumors and gossip. However, if the boat is in motion, all problems will be solved and the future will be less uncertain. Dreaming of being aboard on a boat in a storm hints that you’re getting involved in some dangerous situations that will have negative results. Dreaming of sailing on a boat in calm waters is an announcement of important achievements at work, business, or sentimental issues. Dreaming of several large ships sailing in convoy or formation, hints that soon there will be major changes in your life. It can also indicate news of international conflicts….
Whether we are being abandoned or we are the ones that abandoned someone else, the fact is that this phenomenon is quite common in dreams, and lends itself to many nuances in interpretation. Being abandoned is often the subject of some nightmares but on closer analysis it can mean feeling liberated, especially if the one that leaves us means authority or power over us. These dreams usually indicate, in any case, fear and this should be taken into account in terms of our health, perhaps because we are receiving a notice of our unconscious. When we are the ones who abandon it could mean that we are prisoners of some idea, circumstance, person or group and we desire to get out of this situation, if only in dreams we dare to take that step….
The marketplace represents the theater of our external existence and material things. The people we see there are those that are ordinarily in our real life. The corridors and marked trails in the market represent the paths of our life. The market and its stalls tell us that in this life we must pay a price because we acquire and possess. Seeing a market from afar, with no details, and doing nothing to approach it, often reflects a period of material hardship. To enter the market without actually buying reflects the search, the need to find the means or the most appropriate way for the realization of our projects and ambitions. Also entering without buying can mean a simple desire for promiscuity that usually appears in our life when we lack human warmth or communication. Not to find in market what we look for or feel overwhelmed by the crowd indicates that it is still not adequate to actively launch ourselves into action before we meditate and reflect. To feel burdened in bazaar can also reveal our shyness and withdrawal….
Dreaming of a king or queen’s crown suggests the desire to change your life, especially if you have bad habits or bad friends, or annoying and difficult chronic diseases. Dreaming of wearing a king’s crown or a crown of flowers on your head is a symbol of vanity. When it’s a wreath for the dead, then it indicates illness or loss of values. Dreaming of putting a crown of any kind on another person indicates self-humiliation or inferiority complex. Dreaming of speaking as king or queen and having a crown placed on your head indicates that there are strong desires to soar in politics, or at least the desire to enter into social relationships at a very high level. Dreaming about being a spectator during a coronation, especially in the case of a king or queen, indicates that you want to relate to high society personalities. When a woman dreams of herself as a participant in a coronation, it doesn’t have to be a king’s coronation, but simply during a festivity, it indicates that soon she will be favored in some way by the intervention of important personalities. However, if during the coronation unpleasant acts occur, that means that the same will happen to the dreamer in the near future….
Dreaming of walking into an operating room or that the dreamer is going to have an operation, means that the dreamer has to get rid of concerns and problems that might be affecting his or her life. The dreamer can’t take it anymore and it’s necessary to analyze it, face it, and remove it from his or her life….
To stare at it portends a happy outcome for our desires. If we embrace it that indicates that our desires are disproportionate and unreachable. If we are transformed into statues it reveals fear of facing a hopeless situation….
It symbolizes the underground world of archaic and collective unconscious. To dream about the hell reflects fear for the outcome of the struggle between our evolutionary impulse and primal instincts. To go down into hell and then manage to get out is an omen of a long life, knowledge and energy, these qualities are lacking in average man….
To dream about a marriage indicates compromise, harmony or transition. To dream of a marriage can also symbolize the unification of opposing aspects of your character. For example, it may represent the union of your masculine and feminine side. To dream of the person with whom you are married or former partner means that you assume certain aspects of your previous relationship with him/her and learned from them. It may also mean that you recognize that your current relationship has something in common with your previous relationship. To dream that you’re forced to marry someone indicates that you’ll be forced into an unpleasant situation. To dream that you’re unhappy with your marriage indicates you tend to perform illegal actions. To dream that you’re unhappy with your marriage can also indicate that you’ll force an unpleasant situation….
If you dream of your enemies, it means that you should fear and distrust these people, since they can get you into gossip and problems….
To dream that you pass across an orchard that’s in bloom accompanied by your loved one (girlfriend, spouse, mother, children) indicates that your dreams will come true, as long as it’s something reasonable and feasible to achieve. To dream that in this garden abounds ripe fruit, suggests gratification due to the faith put in what you’ve done, a near future reward that will bring peace and happiness into your home. To dream that you’re in an orchard and some animals arrive and start eating the fruit that has fallen to the ground suggests that you’ll lose in disputes and conflicts that are about to happen, because what you are claiming doesn’t belong to you. To dream that you pick up a ripe fruit of any kind is a sign of prosperity and many successes. To dream about an orchard that’s infested with worms indicates problems and tribulations of all kinds. To dream that you’re caught inside an orchard indicates love or business jealousy, and selfishness of your rivals. It also suggests that there is or there will be problems at home and in your marriage. To dream that you contemplate a barren orchard, i.e., without fruit and with very little foliage, it suggests that the opportunities to obtain what you desire are becoming scarce. To dream that in midwinter the orchard is covered with foliage and greenery suggests that you’ll stop thinking about your future due to the pleasures and fun that you’re actually experiencing, and that will be a very difficult to resolve situation. To dream that high winds lash against plants and trees that are inside an orchard suggests that you’ll have an unpleasant visit or that you’ll be given an undesirable task to accomplish….
If the apartment listed in our dream is not ours, but we are visiting it, symbolizes a change in some aspect of our current situation, and we could consider as a positive or negative change taking into account the good or bad state of the apartment. If the apartment is ours and is totally empty in the dream, many authors consider that symbolizes an intellectual deficiency, a lack of studies, and is a warning to find a way to fill that space….
It could mean that maybe a new space is opening in your life or you’re trying to get to the bottom of an issue that still you do not see it very clear, especially if in the dream you see yourself digging that hole. But if you suddenly stumble with a hole or you fall into it, you should think that you are the one who is putting obstacles to some progress in your life….
Dreaming of rats or mice is never pleasant, especially when this occurs frequently. This dream is a bad sign because it announces several misfortunes, among others, risks in your own health or in the health of loved ones. In some cases, it usually announces the start of infections. In any case, it always suggests problems at home, with family, with friends or neighbors, in business or employment. If the dreamer is involved in politics or complicated businesses, it means that there could be betrayals that will be dangerous, especially by those who are acting extremely giving and helpful. Dreaming of chasing a mouse or rat but having it escape, it could mean that problems will persist, although they are under control. Dreaming of killing a rat or a mouse signifies triumph over problems and enemies. When a woman dreams of rats or mice it might mean that she suspects of enemies that are hurting her, maybe by witchcraft. When a young woman dreams of mice, it’s a warning that she has enemies that talk poorly about her. If a woman, and worse if she’s young, dreams of a mouse on top of her clothes or dress, it could signify that her honor is at stake with the risk of being involved in a scandal caused by enemies. Dreaming of rats or mice announces that hypocrites are trying to harm the dreamer and will create problems with family or friends. Dreaming of catching mice or rats suggests that the dreamer has an advantage over his or her enemies, who they won’t be able to harm the dreamer. Dreaming of killing rats or mice suggests that the dreamer will defeat his or her enemies. Dreaming of catching mouse with a mousetrap suggests that enemies will stop but if the dreamer is the one who falls into the trap, then this could mean that the dreamer will be a victim of attacks, robbery, and intrigue. Dreaming of an empty mousetrap could mean that the people who are supposed to be enemies are not or that they don’t exist….
Dreaming that you fall into a hole or stumble with one indicates that, despite all the setbacks and difficulties you may be having, you will soon find something that will help you to move forward….