Dreams have caused a lot of confusion and bewildered human beings ever since the times of earlier civilizations. Dreams were once believed to only be interpreted by people who had special influence and powers in primeval civilizations because the symbols where said to be supernatural, holy and divine messages from a higher power. Fast forward now to the 21 century and you will see an vast improvement when it comes to interpreting dreams thanks to a famous psychiatrist called Carl Gustav Jung who changed the way we dream forever.
Dream Interpretation
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z
Here at dream dictionary you can interpret your dreams for free. Our live active dream forum has experts waiting for you to post your dream to be analyzed. They say that you are your own best interpreter when it comes to decoding your own dreams. Members in our dream community will help you shed light one the metaphors and symbolism behind your dreams.
Carl Jung Dream Quote
“The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens to that primeval cosmic night that was soul long before there was conscious ego and will be soul far beyond what a conscious ego could ever reach’.
Why Interpret your dreams? Why not! What do you have to lose other than to gain inner perspective within yourself. Don’t ignore or be afraid to challenge whats locked away deep in your unconscious mind, understanding and knowing it can be very rewarding.
Dream symbols come in all shapes, colors and feeling, some scare us, and others make us feel like we got a taste of heaven. Dream and the symbols in them have been around since the beginning of time and will keep occurring as long as humans will be in existence so there must be a reason on why we get them.
Take away your blinders and start paying attention to the little detail you may have overlooked in your dreams and see what you might come up with. Whenever our body is infected by a virus or a bacteria, the rising level of fever is a natural process. No conscious decision is needed to re-establish the body’s balance.
The same system works in our psyche. In times when we are out of balance with our natural pattern of life, our subconscious sends us dreams and visions that are created by our inner self. Dream Interpretation is not as easy as opening up a dictionary and having your dream symbols answered right in front of your eyes.
All symbols are unique to the dreamer and some symbols might mean something to one but different to another. This is why we recommend you start writing down your dreams in a dream journal and remembering the events, people and emotional feelings you have during this time.
Dream symbols come across as metaphors via the unconscious and its up to you to have an open mind and puzzle together the symbols you just received in your dream.
In order to interpret your dream symbol you must recognize that all dream symbols are not the same for every individual. A train to one dreamer might mean a totally different representation to another.
Animal Dreams
Dream Interpretation Benefits
A lot of people do not realize that dreams play a very important part of our day to day lives. When you learn to interpret them it is like you experience a new realm or world. It literally changes your life!
There are a number of resources on our website to help you understand how and why dreams are part of human existence. Although nobody knows for certain why we dream, the fact is it occurs every night. Why wouldn’t you want to understand what occurs every time you close your eyes and relax your mind a bit? Experts believe that dreams hold the key to hidden aspects of us.
Learning to interpret these symbols you will learn to unlock the mysterious and misunderstood parts of your life. When you pay attention to unlocking and interpreting your dreams then you could understand yourself properly and lead a better life.
When we dream there are no barriers. The past, present and future is all one in the unconscious mind. There are infinite possibilities in the dream world, you can learn to connect and be in tune with those you are close with or are somewhat connected with you. We all have the ability to dream and do so every night, just taking ten minutes to write down our dreams would lead us to knowledge that could help us excel in all areas of our life.
A dream dictionary provides a wide vocabulary of words that we could use to interpret the images in our dreams that our unconscious uses to represent our waking life.
Dream Interpretations A – Z
Thousands of dreams and symbols interpreted from our very interactive forum to our A – Z dictionary. They usually include very common images that are close in meaning with interpretations to the puns that the mind plays. Although dream dictionaries are generally not regarded within the psychology community as scientifically viable, the dictionaries have provided a lot of help in interpreting our dreams even by most psychologists.
The art of dream interpretation has been considered part of science distinctively in psychology since the 19th century. There were dream symbols from the days that dreaming was not considered scientific which is why dream interpretations vary in different cultures. This lead to the investigation of forms, expressions, symbols and images involved in dreaming. The thing is the mind surprisingly remembers every single image and tends to jumble words and images together.
The dictionary offers translations by the dream analysts. It was first started by Sigmund Freud who unraveled a lot of the mysteries involved with dreaming. He developed the dream dictionary so that people could look for the images found in their dreams in order to relate it to their waking life situations.
Popular Dream Searches:
- Ladder Symbolism
- Octopus Symbolism
- Devil Dreams
- Fire Dreams
- Number Symbolism
- Fish Dreams
- Ex Relationship Dreams
- Feeling Trapped
- Knives
- Zombie Apocalypse
- Being Shot
- Ghost and Ghouls
- Toilet
- Blood
- Big Bad Wolf
- Hair Falling Out
- Clown
Most Common Dreams:
Dreams have fascinated people since the beginning of time; yet we are still trying to come up with its true purpose. Dream symbols are enigmatic in nature depending the culture background, religion and personal experiences.
A snake for example might come across as an enemy for some, however in many different cultures the snake might be a representation of energy rising. If you notice the snake eating its tail brings your attention to the uroborus; the symbol of personal transformation.
Strange Occurrence During Sleep:
If you thought your dreams where strange, it gets a bit stranger. Common hallucinations called sleep paralysis happen just before we walk up or just falling right to sleep. These strange feelings are classified under Hypnopompic hallucinations (HPHs) are visual and auditory (e.g., feeling someone or something present in the room; witch on your back; being unable to breath, seeing flashes; hearing voices being called) Believe it or not they are quite normal and happens to many people.
Outer Body Experiences are another strange phenomenon in which a person seems to perceive the world from a location outside their physical body. The sensation might be equivalent standing right beside an airplane ready for take off, shaking or noticing flashes as they are ready to depart.
Sleepwalking falls under another strange category of dreaming that is characterized by a complex action behavior (walking) during sleep. Occasionally, the person may talk, but it does not make sense.
Commonly known as exploding head syndrome phenomenon which consists of a loud bang just before you fall asleep and upon waking. This strange occurrence happens to at least 14% of the population that feels like a violent explosion that has erupted in your head.
Hollywood Popular Dream Movies
Hollywood has glamorized dreams as a main premise for movies. Many others directors use dreams to bring omens to come in the near future. The movie Exorcist used a dream sequence to signify future events. We used this dream and dissected all the symbolism in Father Karris dream.
Psychic or Precognition Dreams:
Once you learn the forgotten language of dreaming and its symbols you will notice a very strange sequence of patterns. Having an open mind helps bring the outside world closer to the inside world; synchronicity and other meaningful events will start to occur. You may dream of dead relatives sending you love from beyond; or they give you hints of people with malicious intent out to get you.
Dream Journal/Remembering Your Dreams:
People who say they dont remember their dreams do not try hard enough to remember them. You lose up to 90% of dream recall the first minute you wake up. Like going to the gym to get bigger you need to strengthen your muscle. This same concept applies to dreaming; however you need to strengthen your dream memory muscle. You will notice the more you practice the more contents and symbols you will remember. There are many benefits to remembering your dreams as it acts as a guide moving you towards wholeness.
- A free psychologist
- A guide to become compete/whole
- Warnings of dangerous people
- It will open more spiritual doors
- You are able to fix past problems
- Helps encourage you to be the best, get closer to the self
According to Carl Jung’s analytic psychology, the shadow archetype represents “the dark side” of your personality. Stored in the unconscious lives your repressed ideas, idiosyncrasies, instincts and weaknesses. The shadow molds out of our attempts to adapt and to be accepted into the world we live in, once you go head to head with the shadow it becomes weak – it will no longer possess you. The shadow appears in your dreams in many different forms bringing light despite how scary it is for you to fix this issue.
- Greed and lust
- Devouring mother complex
- Envy
- Anger and fear
- Past memories
So I had an apocalyptic dream I was walking down a beach or maybe it was a sidewalk next to a beach I’m not sure I remember the sand. I remember seeing trees as I was walking down the shore or up the shore I looked up and I saw I don’t wanna stay clouds, the first thing I thought when I woke up, was to compare it to as if I was laying back watching the cloud formations either way there was a gigantic head, looking down, not in the way of as if I were sitting at a… Read more »
I had a dream earlier today during a nap about my crush, and had a strong feeling to interpret it. I moved seats, there were cats at the window, two of them. One was a black cat and walked away, the (very fluffy) orange tabby looked at me (after rolling in the grass). A tuxedo cat appeared next to the orange cat and scratched at the window. More cats came scratching at the window, they didn’t like me until they got into the classroom, scratching me in the process of falling into the classroom. When the tux and a white… Read more »
I’ve had dreams of pulling worms out of my body before, twice as far as I can remember, first from my chest, and the second from my mouth. But this website has helped with understanding those dreams. There is however a particularly weird dream I’ve had recently about snails that this doesn’t seem to have a proper explanation on this website. One of the things I vividly remember was that there were a lot of snails. And I mean a lot, and they were huge, their shells were the size of your fists, some bigger some smaller. Their shells seem… Read more »
What did the pulling of worms from your body represent
I had a dream that my friend died in a fire. What is the interpretation of this dream?
In my dream I was talking to a Shaman (he was one of my ancestors). Then all of a sudden he started chanting in his language over me. I fell to the ground shaking and demons started to come out of me. I woke up feeling confused. So what does my dream mean?
In my dream I’m in what appears to be rows of old cars and it’s like maze. I’m following my boyfriend who’s ahead of me quite a way, and I start calling his name and he doesn’t stop. When I think I catch up to him, he’s not there and he’s going around another corner of cars away from me.
I had the strangest dream this morning, I had visitors at my house. It wasnt my current house though, similar to a previous house but the surrounding area was different. We were sat in the kitchen but somehow this room sort of caved in. A few moments later my dog decided to jump on to the shed and over the fence. Something she’s never done before. I went to look for her and told every I came across that she is a possible danger due to being reactive. I bumped into some park rangers and asked for help but they… Read more »
Having these demonic attacks its been weeks now and its getting harder for me to pray and fight it. When I try to cast it out or make it leave it shuts my mouth and I can’t speak when I try to go find it to face it it shuts my eyes but I can still see it in my head. It seems like a dream but I know it’s real and I need help. This morning I saw face a man, thin and scary but at the same time he was scared I can’t explain this then I saw… Read more »
I had a dream about going into a house and being attacked by a dog and laughing about it before I disappeared.. why?
I had a weird dream with 3 people, one where I was friends with for 7 years and thought about dating a lot, she was never interested in me that way, and we have not spoken in 3 years since I moved away. a guy I once knew from middle school, and this woman I tried dating at one point. I want to be blunt in saying I don’t ever remember dreaming of the one I tried dating her before. so friend will be A, the guy will be B, and the one I wanted to date before C, to… Read more »
I recently had a dream where something like a plague was coming to wipe out humanity. I don’t remember the specifics, but it gave off the same vibe as the movie Bird Box. I felt like I was on the verge of puking every minute while in this dream, it was so awful. My husband ended up dying in this dream by his own hands before he could die from this plague. I watched people around me decide to take their own lives in different ways instead of try to wait it out. I tried to wait it out, and… Read more »
I had this dream today during a nap and had a strong feeling to interpret it. I’m struggling so I thought maybe I could ask for some help? I’m running from a snake and its barely biting my pony tail and I’m dodging a bucnh snakes in a desert setting. I finally stopped and catch my breath to find a snake going after my oldest son. My husband and our best friend tried getting the snake away from him but I ended up being the only one that can lure it away from him. I was feeling calm and accepting… Read more »
My oldest daughter passed away unexpectedly at 30yo 3 years ago. Last night I had a dream that she was still with me even though she was no longer alive, like she just never moved on. It was very comforting to me that she was there but, at the same time I felt bad because she couldn’t live her life she could only just be there. (Hard to explain) then some strange men were trying to trap her (soul) and send her away. I fought with everything in me to keep them from her. Then my dream just jumped to… Read more »
I had a dream that we were plenty in a party and as the party was going on someone brought knife and I was trying to caution him with the knife I end up mistakenly stabbing someone to death and everywhere erupted and at first no one reveal it was me who did it until later when I went to pick my things and try to escape they reveal it was me and police wanted to arrest me and I woke up
I had a dream recently where I was in a mall saw a bunch of people I knew in real life. I then saw someone I did not know in real life, but knew in the dream and I seemed to be very well acquainted with the girl. We then were inside of a building in a split second almost like we were summoned in an instant somewhere. I did not recognize the building but there were a bunch of people Who knew me very well and then a blur occurred. The girl and I appeared back in the mall… Read more »
A long time ago I dreamt that I was in traffic on a bridge and I get out of the car and on a BIG black car I see my grandmothers reflection (this was about a month after she died) she was just standing there and it felt like she was really there with me. Still don’t know what it means
I dreamt there were big spider like bugs on my body. Someone was helping me pull them off. When they were pulled off there was a black ugly mark left on my skin. In the dream, I was freaking out and couldn’t understand why they were attacking only me. I was not in bed, I was at a table playing a game.
I had a dream that I was in my current home. My aunt (on my step dads side) messaged me and we were talking about how they were looking to buy a house. I told her in a text message we would be happy selling her ours. I talked to my husband about it and we were excited to get some extra money and to sell it to someone that is going to live in it and have a family. They end up visiting us along with my parents and brothers. We were all staying in the house and then… Read more »
I dreamt I was stuck inside an experimental facility where they were giving me memory erasing drugs. Kept trying to escape but there was always another door. Finally made it outside only to realize that it was just another part inside the facility and that I could not get out. Woke up screaming for help.
This is a stuck in life dream. You don’t like where you are currently and are trying to make things seem okay but your subconscious is saying we need something different.
For two nights straight I keep dreaming of a deep red octopus. It is beautiful. It’s a good octopus but it is dying and I don’t know what to do to help it. I feel so sad in my dream and wake up sad about it. I love sea life. I just cannot figure out what it means.