Dream Dictionary

I started writing Dream Dictionary in 1970. It has been a lifelong work to add to it in length and quality. And remember it is constantly upgraded and given new entries. So if there is something you do not understand or is missing, tell me.

Ossification

Becoming too fixed in your habits, your mental and emotional outlook....More

Ostrich

Because of folklore the ostrich may represent avoidance of seeing what is happening around you. But if you have ever watched ostriches you will see how they run from anything that causes them anxiety. So […]...More

Otter

Ability to ‘swim’ with skill –  to meet the ever changing moods and feelings of water without ‘drowning’ – i.e. to meet the changing, the currents and falls of life without ‘drowning’.  It also indicate […]...More

Oval

The shape often indicates the womb in some way, either that or female qualities or sexuality. The womb here suggests the reproductive drive, the unconscious desire for a child or more children, and the possible […]...More

Ovaries Ovum Uterus

For many women the uterus represents their unconscious sense of being a full woman and their adequacy, just as testes do for men. Of course, it also links with the ability to have children, so […]...More

Oven

Because of the idiom ‘one in the oven’ may depict pregnancy or the womb; the human ability to transform character qualities. From being a sulky, irritable person, one can change to being self-giving and open. […]...More

Overcoat

Protective attitudes or feelings. Also the feelings or face you allow yourself in public. No display of intimacy. See: Clothes...More

Owl

Because the owl sees in the dark it represents our intuitive sense that ‘sees’ what is happening in the subtle areas of our feeling and experience. This sense ‘feeds’ by watching or acting as an […]...More

Ox

Represents the earthy, practical, service giving and sexual parts of human nature. See: Animal; Bull. Interchangeable with the bull, except oxen may be castrated, and so represent patient service without fire or aggression, or loss […]...More

Oxygen

Energy, life giving forces....More

Oyster

Silence, tight lipped, secretive, hiding a secret beauty. It may also represent the body, or material existence, in which your psyche develops as does the pearl, through irritation, and is trapped by its restrictions. In […]...More

Pack Packed Packing

It would be worthwhile wondering when you last packed your bags or house, and what you felt. The dream probably looks back at those feelings. Packing can connect with leaving home, becoming independent or being […]...More

Paddle

A dream paddle depicts your efforts to get where you want to go by your own or someone else’s efforts. It can also mean your means of methods to manoeuvre in the area of emotions […]...More

Padlock

Often in dreams it is about personal security or fear of being ‘got at’ by someone chasing you. It also represent a barrier that someone else has put in place to stop you in some […]...More

Paint Painting

There are many sayings that illustrate how paint can be used in dreams. We can paint the town red, paint too rosy a picture, whitewash everything, paint too clear a picture. It can also represent […]...More

Palace

A sense of importance, or privilege. In some dreams about a palace, there are evident feelings of something special happening. This probably links with the way palaces are used in fairy stories, as for instance the […]...More
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