Dream Dictionary
A dictionary from the Spellbook — symbols A–Z, and themes from Alphabet through Wedding.
The symbol list and themes follow the Dream Moods A–Z dictionary and theme pages. The readings here are written for the Spellbook. A symbol is a reading, not a prediction.
A
A
The letter A marks a fresh start or a move into something larger. It can also name someone's initial, or a feeling that you stand above other people.
Aardvark
An aardvark shows you keeping a business matter quiet and moving with extra caution.
Abacus
Working an abacus points to a way of judging that has grown old-fashioned.
Abalone
Abalone marks a season of change. The name can also hint that you feel alone.
Abandonment
Being left behind asks you to drop old attitudes that stall your growth, or it names a fear of desertion after a loss. Leaving someone else means the choices in front of you feel like too much.
Abbey
An abbey brings a quiet mind and the sense that help is near. In ruins, it means hope has thinned and work stays unfinished.
Abbot
An abbot stands for someone who pushes you into acts you do not want. Setbacks sit between you and the standing you hope to earn.
Abbreviation
Shortened words may be initials, a group's name, or a pun hiding advice. Read the letters for a person or a situation they point toward.
Abdomen
Your belly holds something you cannot accept and need to let out. A swollen one means a project is forming; a bare one means you feel exposed and unsure whom to trust.
Abduction
Being carried off means a person or a circumstance is steering your life. Watching it happen leaves you powerless; doing it yourself means you are gripping something you should release.
Abhorrence
Loathing someone matches a resentment you already carry while awake. If others recoil from you, your opinions may be landing badly.
Abnormal
Whatever looks wrong draws your eye to the part of life that does not match your expectations. The worry occupying you is close to settling.
Abode
See also Home.
Abominable Snowman
See also Yeti.
Aborigine
This figure joins a wild, instinctive side with a simpler innocence, and asks you to trust inner signals. Excess appetite or feeling may be costing your well-being.
Abortion
Ending a pregnancy here means fear or duty is blocking your next step. It can also echo a real loss you are still making peace with.
Above
What hangs overhead asks you to raise your aim. It can also mean you feel smaller than the people around you.
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln stands for a steady character and the ability to lead. His reputation for honesty pushes you to tell a truth you have held back.
Abroad
Being overseas shows your present days feel unsteady, and you want a sharp change of scene. Your view of the world, or of faith, may also need to widen.
Abscess
An abscess means something kept inside needs to be said aloud.
See also Sores.
Abscond
Running off with something leaves you doubting whether your successes are real. Notice what you took and what it is worth.
Absence
A person who should be there and is not means you are hunting for what is already gone, or trying to fill an empty place.
Absorb
Losing yourself in one task can shut other people out. The image can also ask you to take in your surroundings and fit yourself to them.
Abstinence
Refusing drink, sex, or another temptation warns you not to trust your restraint too far. Move more slowly.
Abundance
A heap of one thing asks you to spare your energy, or it stands in for something missing while you are awake. Plenty can also simply mean contentment.
Abuse
Hurting someone else brings old actions back as regret, while being hurt means you feel used. Harm toward animals or children points to a younger part of you that has no voice.
Abyss
A chasm is an obstacle that keeps you anxious, and you may fear the leap. Falling in means you dread what your own fear might reveal, or you are stuck in a low mood.
Acacia
An acacia brings your thoughts about dying and how long you have.
Academy
An academy promises new friends and fresh openings.
Academy Awards
The awards night asks you to put more shine into ordinary days. Winning the prize means you want your waking work noticed.
Accelerator
The pedal says your own effort will carry the goal, or that you should ease off. Jammed, it means hurry has cost you control.
Accent
Speaking with an accent means your thoughts are hard to get across, and the feeling it gives you shows either doubt or confidence. Hearing one means the message is familiar but still incomplete.
Acceptance
This dream circles how you measure yourself against what others expect, and a waking wish to belong.
Accessory
Adding extras means you feel unfinished, as if one piece of life is missing.
Accident
A crash holds guilt you have turned on yourself, or a mistake that needs a different route. A wreck on the road asks whether you are pushing past a safe pace.
Accomplice
Helping in a crime means someone awake is pulling you toward harm, or you already feel guilty. A partner in it means others are feeding a habit you should drop.
Accordion
Accordion music brings a sad matter you should set beside happier ones. Playing it means strong feeling is wearing you down, or that the goal will take hard work.
Accountant
An accountant is you stepping back to weigh the facts without taking a side.
Accounts
Bank accounts here point to worry about money.
Accuse
Being charged means guilt is heavy, or you doubt a choice you made. Charging others means you are at odds with people nearby.
Ace
An ace leaves the situation unclear until you notice the suit, from romance to scandal, reputation, or a legal matter. It can also mean you are highly skilled.
Aches
Body aches mean you are hesitating on a goal, and delay may cost the chance.
Achievement
A completed feat means the outcome of this project will satisfy you. The larger it is, the fuller that satisfaction.
Acid
Acid stands for rage, a wish to get even, or a force eating at your integrity. Swallowing it means feeling is stuck; falling as rain, it means bitterness was allowed to define you after you were misled.
Acne
See also Pimples.
Acorn
An acorn is strength from a small start, so modest aims deserve respect. Eating or gathering them means long labor will pay; shaking them loose means you sway other people.
Acquaintance
A casual contact stands for traits in yourself you are still learning. A dispute with one means you are refusing part of who you are.
Acquit
Being cleared of a charge is a lesson worth keeping. Watching others go free means hard work needs some pleasure beside it.
Acrobat
Acrobatics ask you to balance the parts of your life, or show that fear is blocking a goal. The act can also stand for sex.
Acrylic Nails
False nails mean you reach toward people without really wanting what is good for them.
Acting
Playing a part means you are wearing a face that is not yours in a waking situation.
Action Figure
An action figure means someone is moving you, or you keep doing what others expect. Notice how the figure is dressed.
Actor/Actress
A performer stands for traits you admire and may need to claim, or for a role you already play at home or at work. Starring means the effort will pay and you want to be seen; being an extra means you feel unseen.
See also Celebrities.
Acupuncture
Needles mean you need healing, or that your energy should shift to another pursuit. They can also mark the exact spot of a problem.
Adam And Eve
The pair shows you neglecting a masculine side if you are a woman, or a feminine side if you are a man. The scene can also mean a coming loss of hope.
Adamant
Refusing to bend means a hope you prize will be blocked.
Adder
An adder is a sly person you should not trust, or something that slipped away. The name can also mean there is still something to add.
Addict
Being hooked means you have handed over control and refused responsibility. Fear and a shaky sense of self sit underneath.
Addiction
An addiction is an obsession, or a person or situation trying to take the wheel. You are having trouble meeting the world as it is.
Addition
A simple sum means the problem is plainer than you are making it. Failing to add means confusion, or that the waking facts do not line up.
Address
An old address asks you to learn from what has already happened; a new one asks for change. Writing one on an envelope means you should weigh options before you choose a direction.
Adieu
See also Goodbye.
Admiral
An admiral is calm command when trouble arrives, and can also stand for a father or another authority.
Admire
Admiring someone means their qualities belong in you as well. Admiring yourself means you want praise, or that your opinion of yourself has grown too large.
Adobe
Adobe walls mean you are sheltered from trouble, perhaps too sheltered to gain experience. They also stand for tradition, labor, and a plain way of living.
Adolescent
See also Teenager.
Adopt
Taking a child in means you are accepting something new and asking what would make you happier. Being taken in means you miss the child you were.
Adulation
Chasing praise means you may claim an honor you have not earned. Offering it means you would trade something precious for material gain.
Adult
If you are young and dream you are grown, a situation is asking for more maturity. It can also confirm that you already carry real responsibility.
Adultery
An affair points to desire you have not expressed, or to a tangle that does not serve you. A partner straying names fear of being left or taken for granted.
Advancement
Moving ahead means a quick rise, including in love. Watching others pass you means comparison is hurting you.
Adventurer
Playing the adventurer means ordinary days lack excitement. Ambition may also have made you forget the people who helped.
Adversary
An opponent is a conflict, a fear, or a trait you refuse to own. Beating them means that inner fight is settling.
Adversity
Hardship mirrors obstacles that make you feel you have failed. Seeing it fall on others means your outlook has turned gloomy.
Advertisement
Ads carry a message about a decision you should act on, so read what they offer. Someone advertising themselves means it may be time to ask for help.
Advice
Counsel you receive is your own instinct speaking. Counsel you give means you already know enough to help.
Advisor
See also Counselor.
Advocate
Speaking for a cause shows loyalty to what you care about and to your friends.
Aerobics
Aerobics ask you to get moving and spend energy instead of sitting still.
Aerosol
A spray can means pressure has built and you need a release.
Affair
See also Adultery.
Affection
Warmth you show means the bond feels satisfying, or that people you love need more of it. The dream can also mean affection is scarce while you are awake.
Affliction
A personal burden warns of hard news. Other people bearing one means grief is gathering around you.
Affluence
Wealth here is the reward of work already done, and a life that feels full.
Affront
An insult means another person is undermining you by using what you do not yet know. You may land in a compromising spot.
Afraid
See also Scared.
Africa
Africa is a wish to return to origins and learn your heritage. If a trip is already planned, the dream is anticipation; if you have lived there, it is memory.
African American
This figure points you toward heritage and a deeper sense of self. It can also ask for more expression.
Afro
An afro is creative freedom and a push to say your ideas more fully.
Afterlife
An afterlife is a wish to leave the life you have and begin again, because you feel cut off from people.
Afternoon
Afternoon is the hour to spend your energy and to use lessons already learned. A situation may also be growing clearer.
Agate
Black agate stands for wealth, vigor, and courage. Red agate stands for peace, long life, and health.
Age
Your age here is worry about growing older, or regret over unfinished aims. Older than life means wisdom or stiffness; younger means you need more ease.
Aggression
Aggression you show is desire held down, and a conflict already present in the day.
Agony
Pain that will not quit is a decision or problem from waking life that keeps hurting until you settle it.
Agoraphobia
Fear of open places is fear of being seen or put at the center. It may match a worry you already live with.
Agreement
An agreement means a conflict is resolving, and what you want on the surface matches what you want underneath.
Ague
A shaking fever warns that your body needs attention. Seeing it in others means your lack of care has offended them.
AIDS
This illness means you feel defenseless and your sense of self is under attack. A partner's case points to a hurting bond, while the letters can also mean someone needs your aid.
Aim
Taking aim means your energy should point at the real goal. A weapon in your hands is anger or held-back desire.
Air
Air is a clear, inventive mind, while fog or dirt in it means your thinking has gone muddy. Walking on it is confidence so high it may lose touch with the ground.
Air Conditioner
A unit that fails means you cannot settle or breathe easy because worry is loud. When it works, a heated argument has cooled.
Air Duct
A duct is a way to say what is sitting on your chest. Many of them mean you already steer your feelings with care.
Air Force
Service in the air force asks for more discipline in your spiritual life.
Air Freshener
A light scent is pleasure in small things, and it can call up an old memory. Too strong, it means your judgment is cloudy.
Air Horn
An air horn says you are treating a matter too lightly and need to focus. It can also be the dream jolting you toward one important detail.
Air Raid
Caught in a raid from the sky, you feel swamped by events that arrived without warning, and control feels gone.
Air Show
An air show means you want people to see what you have already accomplished.
Airbag
A bag that bursts warns that this pace will hit a serious setback, so slow down. It can also be the people who hold you up when you need them.
Aircraft Carrier
A carrier means you are getting ready to face feelings you have pushed aside for a long time.
Airdancer
A tube dancer is someone who wants all of your attention. It can also mean you bend too easily and need to hold your ground.
Airplane
A plane means obstacles can be cleared and a plan is ready to lift, while one that never leaves the ground is a project that will not start. A crash means the goal was set too high, or you do not trust yourself to reach it.
Airport
An airport joins a beginning with an ending. Crowded, it is ambition about to depart; empty, it means plans are delayed.
Aisle
Walking an aisle is steady forward motion with your life in balance. It can also leave you stuck between two opposing views.
Alabaster
Alabaster means love and your close bonds are in good shape. A broken figure brings grief and regret.
Aladdin
As Aladdin, a wish or a goal you have carried is ready to become real.
Alarm
An alarm is anxiety inside a relationship or a choice you are second-guessing. The word can also mean a situation that needs fast action.
Alarm Clock
An alarm clock is worry about the clock itself: you fear there is not enough time for the deadline or the goal.
Albatross
An albatross is endurance and freedom. Dead or dying, it means a harsh stretch and poor luck.
Albino
An albino figure stands for purity or a life that does not end, and for a need to be more accepting. Fear of the figure is an irrational worry for someone you love, or a refusal to face facts.
Album
An album means true friends are around you. Paging through photos means you will not release old memories and have polished the past.
Alchemy
Alchemy is inner upheaval, a remaking of yourself, and a push toward a finer standard. The stretch is hard, and it ends well.
Alcohol
Drink taken moderately means you are content with your choices, or hungry for a richer inner life. Too much of it is fear and escape, including when alcohol is already a waking struggle.
Alder
An alder tree is joy.
Alfred E. Neuman
Alfred E. Neuman means you feel exposed and fear being mocked.
Algae
Algae says feelings should stay out of this particular matter.
Alice
Alice in that strange land means your picture of yourself is warped. You may also want out of a dull routine and into something lively.
Alien
Being an alien names an unknown part of you, or a wish to step outside ordinary life. An invasion is fear of losing home or privacy, and intimacy with one is a wish for something new.
Aliens
Becoming one of them names a hidden part of you and ideas far outside the usual. Being taken, or seeing a crowd of them, is fear of losing home as your surroundings change.
Alimony
Paying alimony means past mistakes are still sending you the bill.
All-Seeing Eye
See also Eye Of Providence.
Allergy
Allergies mean you are unusually sensitive to a situation, and feel held back in body or feeling.
Alley
An alley means choices are narrow, or home duties have pulled you off a goal. Walking through one can feel like a dead end, though the old phrase can also mean the fit is good.
Alligator
An alligator is deceit and a thick skin, with instincts you would rather not face. Fleeing it means a painful feeling stays unacknowledged; a violating attack means a ruthless person still grips you.
Allowance
An allowance is the payoff of your work. The word can also mean you need to yield more.
Alloy
An alloy means complications are coming in your work life.
Almanac
An almanac is life's rise and fall: pleasures that pass and money that will not stay steady.
Almonds
Almonds are success and richness, and the tree is happiness, including in marriage. They also show you can recover after hardship.
Alms
Giving alms shows a generous nature.
Aloe
Aloe means you are ready to mend an emotional hurt and to forgive a betrayal.
Alone
Being alone is rejection, a sense that nobody understands you. Wanting to be left that way means waking life gives you too little quiet.
Alphabet
See also Letters.
Altar
An altar is a heavy personal sacrifice, a question of faith, or a hint that some behavior must change. A dark one means a harmful influence is at work.
Altar Boy
An altar boy stands for innocence and purity.
Alum
Alum means plans you set are meeting frustration. Tasting it is regret for harm done to an innocent person.
Aluminum
Aluminum is your ability to keep what matters to you. What looks small to others is important here.
Alumni
Being an alumnus is completion and pride. A school you never attended means you are turning over old regrets and alternate choices.
Alzheimer's Disease
This illness is fear of releasing the past because you might forget it, or worry that an important date will slip. If someone you know is living with it, the dream carries the strain of that care.
Ambassador
An ambassador means a situation needs more tact from you.
Amber
Amber is sunlight, good energy, and a need for healing. It can also mean something from earlier life will matter later, or that you feel trapped in rigid thinking and need a new way.
Amber Alert
An amber alert asks you to notice your surroundings and the detail you have skipped. Numbers or words in it may tie to waking life.
Ambulance
An ambulance warns that careless acts may grow into serious trouble, or that health fears need attention. Driving one means other people's needs are setting your course.
Ambush
Being ambushed warns of danger close by and a sudden turn that blocks the goal. Lying in wait means you would use dishonest means to get there.
America
If this is your own country, the image is liberty to live as you choose. From outside, it can mean commerce and plenty, colored by your politics.
Amethyst
Amethyst is a settled mind and satisfaction at work and at home. Losing it is heartbreak in love.
Amish
Amish life asks you to focus on what is basic and necessary. You may also want a simpler way of living.
Ammonia
The smell of ammonia means a distressing matter has to be faced.
Ammunition
Ammunition is power used to persuade or to shield yourself. It can also mean you push for your preference by tearing something down.
Amnesia
Amnesia means you are blocking a part of yourself you reject, because change frightens you.
Amoeba
An amoeba asks you to bend with the situation and adapt.
Amorous
Feeling amorous is temptation, and private appetite may pull you into scandal. Other people, or animals, in that mood can lure you toward desires that will not satisfy.
Amphi
An amphitheater is wisdom or knowledge spreading outward.
Amphisbaena
The two-headed serpent means you are pulled two ways at once and your efforts cancel each other. It can be a tangled love triangle, or a wish for children.
Amplifier
An amplifier means you need to be heard and to say what you think.
Amputation
A limb taken off is talent set aside and a loss that feels permanent, along with helplessness. Arms suggest missing drive; legs suggest something blocking where you want to go.
Amulet
An amulet is a need to feel protected while you gather your strength.
Amusement Park
An amusement park asks for more play, and each ride can stand for part of your life. Empty or broken, it means fun is missing or plans are failing.
Anaconda
An anaconda is creativity and unused potential, and it calls you to know your own sexuality more honestly.
See also Snake.
Anal Sex
Anal sex here is about yielding. You may be afraid to give way to what other people want.
Analyst
Being an analyst means your own behavior needs a closer look. Seeing one means you are acting poorly in some situation.
Anarchy
Anarchy means your self-expression needs more restraint.
Ancestors
Ancestors are traits and traditions you inherited and may be trying to preserve.
Anchor
An anchor is stability and a search for firmer ground, or a person who will not budge from an opinion. It can also be the relationship or job that keeps you from moving.
Ancient
Something ancient is a sense of foundation, and proof you can learn from what came before.
Andirons
Andirons under burning logs mean friends and family are holding you up.
Androgynous
An androgynous person means opposing sides in your life need to be brought together.
Androids
An android means liveliness has drained out and the days have gone flat. You may also be acting without thinking.
Anecdote
An anecdote carries a moral you need to recognize. It can also show ideals that are prettier than the facts.
Anemone
Anemones stand for distrust or death, and for a life that is changing phase.
Anesthesia
Under anesthesia, you are numbing feeling instead of facing it, and dodging responsibility for what you did.
Aneurysm
An aneurysm is pressure from a problem that will not ease. In the head it is mental strain; near the heart it is emotional strain.
Angel
An angel brings goodness, protection, and a message worth hearing, or it appears because your own conduct disturbs you. Death's angel is a sudden end to a habit or bond, or a trait you have refused.
Angels
Angels offer comfort and guidance toward a fuller life, so listen for what they bring. Death's messenger among them ends a habit or a bond, or shows a trait you pushed away.
Anger
Anger you hold or show is disappointment in yourself, often pushed onto other people. The dream can carry a feeling you would not say while awake.
Angling
Angling is a favorable sign of luck.
Animal
An animal is the untamed part of you, body or appetite, and fighting one means you are shoving a hidden trait down. A young one often stands for your own child.
Animal Shelter
An animal shelter means you feel shut out of a situation or a bond, unwanted or unloved.
Animals
Animals are raw traits you have not civilized, and the particular creature matters. Fighting one rejects part of you; freeing one lets a primal feeling out.
Animation
Watching animation means you can find comedy in most situations and are taking things lightly.
See also Cartoon.
Anime
Watching anime is a carefree mood. Being a character in it means your emotions need a clearer outlet.
Animosity
Hostility aimed at you means a situation, and your own sense of right, needs another look.
Ankh
An ankh is power, knowledge without end, sexual union, or eternity.
Ankle
Ankles are a search for support and a question about where you are headed. A sprain is an obstacle in your progress; swelling means the path is wrong, or that you need to stop and rest.
Ankle Monitor
An ankle monitor means every step feels watched, and you fear a wrong move.
Anklet
An anklet is the path your choices have made, and it also carries passion.
Anniversary
An anniversary accepts some part of yourself. A wedding date celebrates love; a solemn one marks a new start or reminds you of an important day.
Announcer
An announcer means you are being watched, or that an inner voice is commenting on what you should do. Being the announcer means you observe instead of joining in.
Annoy
Feeling annoyed carries a daytime irritation that still needs to be said.
Annoyed
Being annoyed means rivals are working against you.
Annulment
An annulment means you are refusing to admit something.
Anorexia
Anorexia here is a harsh refusal to accept yourself, and a chase after a perfect image. The dream asks for kinder regard, not punishment.
Answering Machine
An answering machine means you are missing a message someone nearby is trying to send, or struggling to grasp a viewpoint.
Antarctica
Antarctica is hardship you are able to endure. Living there shows drive that holds even when the odds are poor.
Anteater
An anteater says this endeavor needs caution.
Antelope
An antelope means high aims will cost great energy, though dedication can still succeed. One that collapses means you share blame for a broken love.
Antenna
An antenna is how well you send ideas to the people around you. Its condition shows whether the message gets through.
Anthill
An anthill means you are dodging hard work and feeling lazy.
Antibiotics
Antibiotics mean you are trying to shield yourself from a negative influence.
Antidote
Needing an antidote is a search for balance, or a wish to repair an old wrong.
Antifreeze
Antifreeze means you have gone emotionally cold and need to warm toward other people.
Antique
Antiques are values, tradition, and traits you inherited, and some of the past is worth keeping. If you dislike them, you are leaving old conditioning behind, though you might also be throwing out something that still matters.
Antiseptic
Antiseptic is cleansing, and a turn away from bleak thoughts toward a more hopeful view.
Antlers
Antlers are masculine sexuality, assertiveness, and sometimes a prize.
Ants
Ants are small irritations that leave you feeling overlooked, or a restless mood, and the word can pun on a relative. They also mean steady shared labor, or pressure to conform.
Anubis
Anubis means you want clarity and spiritual guidance. The figure can also say an ending is close.
Anus
The anus holds guilt, shame, or a harsh view of your own worth that you will not release. It can also mark stinginess, or a need to loosen a rigid habit.
Anvil
An anvil means the key to success is yours, though the work will be hard. Broken, it means a promising chance has passed for good.
Anxiety
Anxiety in the dream mirrors strain you carry by day, including feeling you have not said and duties you have piled on.
Apartment
An apartment reflects money or mood. A grand one means you are headed the right way; a rundown one means turmoil in finances or feeling.
Apes
An ape is mischief and deception, or a wild sexual energy. It can also mean someone, perhaps you, has lost their temper and needs to settle.
Apocalypse
An apocalypse is a dramatic inner change, the close of one way of living and the start of another.
Apollo
Apollo is growth, and as a sun figure he brings insight.
Apologize
Saying you are sorry seeks harmony and may name a guilt you still owe, or a grudge ready to drop. Someone apologizing to you means you feel wronged.
Apparel
See also Clothing.
Apparition
An apparition is your spirit for living, or a message from within. It can also mean someone is physically present and emotionally absent.
Appear
Things that show up from nowhere ask you to use your mind in a clearer, more inventive way. What appears matters for how that mind is working.
Appearance
Your looks here are worry about how others see you. Untidy means low regard for yourself; well put together means confidence.
Appendix
The appendix is a growing issue you have overlooked and that now needs attention. Inflammation means feelings are bottled up; removal means you are finally facing a hurt you suppressed.
Appetite
Appetite points to an area of life that still feels empty. Hunger or thirst can stand for lust.
Applause
Applause means you want recognition and should credit yourself somewhere. Clapping for another means they need more praise from you.
Apple
Apples on the tree are knowledge and coming reward, or a nudge to look after your health. Eating one is pleasure that can turn to sexual appetite; spoiled fruit means the aim may harm you.
Apple Tree
An apple tree is a feeling of grandeur, as if you were larger than your ordinary size.
Apples
Apples growing are wisdom and prosperity ahead. Eating them is pleasure that can become lust; spoiled fruit means the goal may not be worth the cost.
Applesause
Cooking this sauce means desire is being expressed in a form you can accept. Eating it reflects plain, simple tastes.
Appliance
Fixing an appliance means a relationship needs work before it comes apart. Which machine it is points to the part of the bond.
Application
Filling out an application means something is missing, so notice what the form is for. The word can also mean you need to apply yourself.
Appointment
Heading to an appointment means you should be more focused on goals. Missing one means small details are being skipped.
Apprentice
An apprentice must prove themselves before colleagues will accept them.
Approach
Moving toward someone or something is a careful plan, and the moment to go ahead. Being approached means you wait for events instead of starting them.
Approval
Hunting for approval is dependency, and a cue to choose what serves you. Seeing the word approved means the decision is sound.
Apricot
This fruit means appearances are misleading, or that you are refusing the facts. Eating one warns of misfortune close by.
April
April brings pleasure and profit. The fool's day in particular means you are acting foolishly.
Apron
An apron is a commitment to family work, or protection and secrecy. Wearing one puts you in a yielding role where others give the orders.
Aquamarine
Aquamarine is youth, vitality, creativity, and hope, and it may ask you to open a conversation. Water's meanings can apply as well.
Aquarium
An aquarium means feelings, including sexual ones, are acknowledged and still not faced, so life may feel as if it circles. It can also ask you to slow down and rest.
Aquarius
An Aquarius person brings new ideas, individuality, and a look toward what is coming. Part of you wants everyone in the group to be satisfied.
Aqueduct
An aqueduct is your spiritual path.
Arbiter
Serving as judge is control, even a sense that ordinary limits do not apply to you. Beside one, you feel powerless or want a dispute settled.
Arc
An arc means plans are meeting setbacks.
Arcade
An arcade calls you back to an earlier joy, and can be a brief escape that numbs real problems. It can also mean you are manipulating others, or feel manipulated.
Arch
An arch is the support around you. Passing under it opens a new phase.
Archaeologist
An archaeologist means present questions need answers from earlier experience.
Archaeology
Archaeology is the discovery of what has been living under your awareness.
Archbishop
An archbishop is someone with power pressing you into unwanted acts, or a confined feeling. Obstacles come before any prestige.
Archery
Archery is setting a direction and expecting the goal to be met.
Architect
Meeting an architect means inventive skill is going into a new project. Being one is a hunger for things you can look at.
Architecture
See also Building.
Arctic
The Arctic is an emotional climate that has gone cold and rigid. It can also be isolation and loneliness.
Arena
An arena is a place where you can express yourself freely. A problem may also need to come out where others can see it.
Argument
An argument is an inner conflict or an unsettled waking issue, so notice who you fight and what the fight is about. Hearing one means a matter is not being discussed and you feel overlooked.
Argyle
Argyle is methodical, even overly analytical, thinking. It can also mean the days have become repetitive.
Aries
This sign is a new beginning, with leadership, courage, and heat. The ram says meet the issue head-on.
Arithmetic
Arithmetic asks for a more rational look at a waking situation, rather than pure feeling. A problem you cannot solve matches confusion in the day, and a hint that the facts do not line up.
Ark
An ark is preservation of something precious, protection, and a new beginning. It stands for wholeness.
Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant is the strength of your faith.
Arm
Arms show how you care for people and the struggles you carry, while an injury there is helplessness. The right side leans outgoing and the left nurturing; tearing another's is anger you still cannot say.
Arm Wrestling
This contest means a daytime situation needs your direct effort, not distance.
Armadillo
An armadillo is a need for boundaries, sometimes walls that keep people out. It can also be codependency, and a cue to stop letting others walk over you.
Armageddon
Armageddon is hopelessness and a loss of control, often fed by deep emotional stress in the day.
Armchair
An armchair means you feel secure in your status and have earned respect.
Armor
Wearing armor is a shield against hurt, or a feeling of being untouchable. Seeing it unused points to insecurity about your well-being.
Armored Car
This vehicle is doubt about how far you have come, and a wall around your feelings. It can also mean your money needs guarding.
Armory
An armory means you feel defensive about something. It is also a reserve of energy: there is still fight in you.
Armpit
An armpit is the social face you show and the bonds you keep. Odor or hair there can mean a sour situation, a wish to be accepted, or ideals you force on someone else.
Army
An army is a force that outnumbers you and that you cannot handle. Joining it is a feeling that nobody can match you.
Aroma
A scent brings back the experience you tie to that smell, often triggered by something in the day. A sweet one is pleasure.
Arranged Marriage
An arranged marriage means you feel forced into a stage you did not choose, with no voice in the matter.
Arrested
Being arrested is control and restraint, a part of you kept from developing. Guilt can sit underneath.
Arrow
An arrow is a goal you have set, and being struck releases pressure at the place it lands. A broken one is disappointment; the image can also stand for male sexuality.
Arrowhead
An arrowhead is determination and a path you are planning. Broken or found in the dirt, it is a goal that failed or was left behind.
Arson
Arson is rage that has not been spoken and could turn destructive. Saying the anger is safer than storing it.
Art Class
An art class means creative energy has been held back and needs a fuller way out.
Art Gallery
An art gallery is the past still shaping the present. It can also ask you to preserve a moment.
Art Supply
Art supplies are a search for a creative outlet, and a sign of imagination still open.
Arteries
Arteries show how you carry yourself toward other people. Blocked, a trait is stopping expression; cut, there is still much to learn.
Arthritis
Arthritis means goals feel out of reach because motivation is low, or because your attitudes have gone rigid.
Artichoke
An artichoke says get to the heart of the matter. It is also unused potential, and a sign you are holding expression back.
Artifact
An artifact is a former self, or a former bond, that you still have not fully released.
Artist
Painting as an artist is the creative, intuitive side of you. The picture may be how you currently see a waking situation.
Artwork
Buying artwork means you will work hard and follow direction, though leadership is thin. Selling it is your ability to state your beliefs.
Asbestos
Exposure to asbestos is anger close to breaking out, or a hidden threat keeping the truth from you. Removing it is regret for something already done.
Ascend
What rises asks for a broader outlook and names high aims. You may also be able to rise above the situation.
Ash Tree
An ash tree is stability, protection, and unity, perhaps offered by someone in your life. The name can also pun toward ashes and unfinished business with the past.
Ashes
Ashes are regret and the sense that a bond or a venture has nothing left of value. They also mean you linger too long on what already happened.
Ashram
An ashram is a need for spiritual renewal and a pause so your energy can return.
Ashtray
An ashtray is an attempt to clear old feelings and bonds that have gone out. It can also tie to anxiety, or to a smoking habit you are trying to leave.
Asia
This continent asks you to adjust, or reflects anticipation if a visit is already in mind. A person from there is an unknown part of you; an elder stands for tradition.
Ask
Asking someone out rehearses the nervousness of doing it while awake, and can be a nudge to go ahead.
Asp
An asp brings misfortune, lost respect, and hostility among people close to you.
Asparagus
Asparagus is prosperity. Eating it means your actions will end unpleasantly.
Aspen
An aspen means loneliness.
Asphalt
See also Concrete.
Asphyxiation
Being unable to breathe means a situation or a relationship is smothering you. A closed room with no air means you feel trapped there.
Ass
An ass is lack of understanding and a string of annoyances, or someone behaving badly. One that carries a load means patience and hard work will bring success in work and in private life.
See also Buttocks.
Assassin
Being killed this way is a hopeless situation that needs action now. Doing the killing means you are trying to end a habit or a trait, so notice whose qualities you targeted.
Assault
An assault leaves you feeling helpless in a situation you cannot steer. If the attack is sexual, or it echoes a real event, the dream names violation and memory, without adding any new harm.
Assembly
An assembly is learning to accept the different parts of yourself. It can also mean a real conversation needs to be scheduled.
Assistance
Giving help means you are being asked for emotional or practical support. Receiving it means you feel helpless in the situation.
Asteroid
An asteroid is a message of insight, or a rush of ideas. If it strikes, ideals you held are breaking apart.
Asters
Asters are hopes and wishes.
Asthma
Asthma you do not have while awake is insecurity and tension, and a cue to pause between problems. If you do have it, the dream is worry about that condition.
Astral Projection
Astral projection is a new way of looking, and a feeling of being free. It can also mean you are cut off from the people around you.
Astrology
Astrology is concern about what comes next, and a search for reassurance. Any forecast in the dream may carry a message about waking life.
Astronaut
An astronaut is awareness expanding as you use what you already know. Ambition is in the image, and sometimes a failure of communication.
Astronomer
An astronomer means goals arrive slowly because you approach problems with care.
Aswang
An aswang means you feel vulnerable and unsure who is a friend. Being one means you are using deceit and taking advantage of people who cannot protect themselves.
Asylum
An asylum means mental strain has grown large and you are ready to admit you need help.
Athlete
Being an athlete means you have gone past a limit you thought was fixed, so do not overextend. A famous one is a larger-than-life stance, courage, and the sport they are known for.
Athletic Field
An athletic field is the challenge in front of you, and your competitive streak.
Atlas
An atlas means attention to detail, and a path that should be planned before you move.
ATM Machine
A cash machine is the wish to feel financially safe, sometimes a fear larger than the facts. Pulling money out spends energy on dead ends; extra cash is an inflated sense of what you are owed.
Atom
This particle is potential without a clear ceiling, in yourself or in other people. The sound of the word can also pun on the name Adam.
Atomic Bomb
See also Nuclear Bomb.
Attack
Striking someone is frustration at a wrong, expressed where it cannot hurt them. Being struck means your character feels questioned; an animal doing it warns you about people who share that creature's traits.
Attic
An attic is hidden memory and a higher part of mind coming into view. Clutter there asks you to clear old feeling that holds you back.
Attorney
An attorney means you are looking for guidance.
Auction
An auction means a thing or a relationship may be priced too high or too low. Being outbid, or hearing no bids, means something you earned is denied or your ideas are ignored.
Audience
An audience is the world watching you, or fear that private thoughts will be exposed. Silence in the seats means your work goes unseen.
Audition
An audition is insecurity and the sense of being tested, with trouble saying what you mean. How the crowd behaves shows how you think others see you.
Auditorium
An auditorium means there is something to learn from the people around you.
Auger
An auger is hard work and struggle. The tool can also carry a sexual meaning.
August
August points to a misunderstanding in a personal bond or in business.
Aunt
An aunt is family connection and values you inherited. She can stand for traits you like or dislike in yourself, or fill a mother's place.
Aura
An aura means important information is being passed to you, and you can draw strength from that energy.
Auriscope
See also Otoscope.
Aurora Borealis
The northern lights are renewed energy, insight, and warmth, with a situation growing clear and new understanding arriving. You may already know the next step and still be too afraid or too idle to take it.
Australia
Australia pulls you in opposite directions, or invites exploration of a less inhibited self. As the land down under, it can stand for thoughts beneath the surface.
Autism
Autism in the dream means thoughts and feelings are hard to get across. If someone you know lives with it, the image reflects the stress of coping.
Autograph
Asking for an autograph is a wish to be like that person, or to gain their approval. Someone asking for yours means you are giving consent.
Automobile
See also Car.
Autopsy
An autopsy means you are cut off from your feelings and need to weigh what your actions cost.
Autumn
Autumn is a turn in the cycle: one thing ending so another can begin. It is also abundance, and time to gather what your work has earned.
Avalanche
An avalanche is feeling held back for a long time and then breaking out as sudden anger. It is also pressure from daily demands piled past what you can carry.
Avatar
An avatar is the face you want others to see, a front in place of the person you are.
Avenue
See also Street.
Aviary
An aviary is freedom that has shrunk, and expression that cannot get all the way out.
Avocado
An avocado is lust, fertility, and life's continuity, or richness and indulgence. The tree means time and effort on a project will be well repaid.
Avoid
Avoiding a person means you will not face a trait of theirs that also lives in you. The phrase can pun on a void you have not been able to fill.
Awaken
Waking inside the dream is a rebirth that joins feminine and masculine sides. Who or what woke you shows what is missing.
Awakening
An awakening means new ideas are becoming real and awareness is opening. You may be close to knowing you are dreaming while it happens.
Award
Receiving an award means you want your work acknowledged. Failing to win one is a feeling of not being enough.
Ax
An ax is heavy control and a grievance you still carry, or readiness to make peace. Splitting wood with it means break the problem into pieces small enough to handle.
Axle
An axle says keep your attention on what matters most. Broken, it is lost confidence and trouble steering through life, along with a feeling of being exposed.