Nut
Feeling a ‘nut’ suggest you see yourself as foolish. A nut can indicate nourishment or wisdom that needs work to get at its kernel. Sometimes used to say someone is crazy. A nut can also be a seed so represents potential. Nuts can represent humanity: the kernel, or soul, is encased by the shell, or flesh and bone. Nuts are also goodness hidden in a hard shell, so represent truths or realisations that were worthwhile working at.
A nut to crack means a problem to solve, or in a nutshell suggests wisdom or information put in a compact form.
The nut on a bolt suggests something that holds things in place, a fastener or indicator of security. So a loose nut could say that there is an impending problem if what it secures comes loose. People use ‘nuts and bolts’ to mean the working of everyday life.
Example: I remember as a little girl being able to float upwards and I still dream of soaring upwards at different times, but I have always questioned this in myself and stopped believing I did that as a child. As an adult I thought I was nuts,
Idioms: a nut case; drive you nuts; everything from soup to nuts; go nuts; health nut; a nut; nut bar, nut case; nut house; nuts about; nuts and bolts; nutty as a fruit cake
Useful Questions and Hints:
Do I eat nuts often?
What does my dream suggest about nuts?
What sort of nut was it and what associations do I have with it?
See Being the Person or Thing – Summing Up – Questions – Questions Put to Tony