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.
N
N
The letter N marks the close of a habit, a journey, or a condition that has run long enough.
Nachos
Nachos ask for a slower hour. Set the rush aside and give yourself time that is not productive.
Nag
Someone nagging you means a fixed opinion needs another angle. If you are the one nagging, resentment you never said is ready to be spoken.
Nail
Driving a nail shows persistence and a bargain you will not soften. Pulling nails free means the commitment is one you still refuse.
See also Fingernails.
Nail Clipper
A nail clipper is a prompt to cut away what keeps you stuck so you can move on.
Nail File
A nail file asks you to take the edge off a harsh manner toward other people.
Nail Polish
Polishing your nails means the task in front of you needs steadier focus. A chipped or smeared coat shows perfectionism, or a rush that will leave you disappointed.
Nails
Nails stand for grinding work that pays poorly, or for a force that will not yield. Hurting yourself on one warns you to watch what you say.
Naive
Feeling naive is a warning that you are trusting faster than you are judging.
Naked
Nakedness is the fear of being found out, or of standing exposed where you cannot cover yourself. If everyone else is bare and you are not, you are the one still hiding something.
Name
Forgetting a name means you are overloaded, or out of touch with who you are. Hearing your own name is a nudge toward a message you keep ignoring.
Name Badge
A name badge makes identity visible and shows a wish to be known. If the name is not yours, you have stepped outside your own character.
Nanny
A nanny appears when you feel swamped and some part of you is going untended.
Nap
A nap is permission to stop. Take a short rest instead of pushing straight through.
Napkin
A napkin points to neatness, or to pleasant news on the way. A soiled one marks serious strain between partners.
Narcissus
A narcissus flower marks vanity, or someone nearby who can see only themselves. It can also stand for a devotion that feels more than ordinary.
Narcoleptic
Narcolepsy means you are missing a situation you refuse to face. If someone else has it, you feel they are not answering you.
Narcosis
Narcosis is feeling dulled on purpose so you can avoid a problem, or dodge blame that already belongs to you.
Narcotics
See also Drugs.
Narrow
A narrow space is a stretch of life where you feel boxed in. It can also name a mind that refuses to widen.
NASA
Work at NASA is the wish to test what lies past familiar limits. Borders do not stop you.
Nasturtiums
Nasturtiums stand for patriotic feeling and a plain attachment to your homeland.
National Anthem
Your national anthem is pride in where you belong, and a spirit that expects to come out ahead.
Native American
A Native American figure points to a freer, less guarded side of you, and a wish to live with fewer social restraints.
Native Country
Your native country brings you back to origins and to the choices that carried you this far.
Nativity
The nativity scene marks a sudden find of what you can do, and a turn toward inner strength rather than belongings.
Nature
Nature here is open air, quiet repair, and a return to instinct.
Nausea
Nausea means a situation has become intolerable and you are looking for a way out of it.
Nautilus
A nautilus shows a hold you will not release, and a situation you already know how to manage. One in your mouth tells you to keep quiet.
Nazi
A Nazi figure is cruelty that will not hear you, and the sense that others are pressing you down. If you side with that figure, read the image the other way.
Near Death Experience
A near-death passage means you have slipped back into an old pattern. It can also be a second chance.
Nearsighted
Nearsight shows effort spent on what is close, while the longer future stays unprepared.
Neat
A neat, tidy scene asks you to clear your mind and set the past down.
Nebula
A nebula is a sudden flare of creative energy and open possibility.
Neck
The neck joins thought to the body and shows how hard you hold feeling back. Injury or soreness there splits what you think from what you feel.
Neck Brace
A neck brace is an effort to join feeling back to reason. On someone else, it points to the people who support you.
Necklace
A necklace marks wants still unmet, and a wish for more sway over others. Broken or lost, it means head and heart now agree, so follow the gut sense.
Necktie
A necktie is duty and a bond, sometimes the feeling of being fastened in place. Loose, unfinished business remains; too tight, you feel trapped.
Necromancer
See also Hypnotist.
Nectar
Nectar is sweetness and a stretch of life that is going well.
Nectarine
Eating a nectarine means you are content with simple, ordinary pleasures.
Need
Being in need mirrors a real lack while you are awake. Someone else in need asks for more kindness, and for gratitude toward what you already hold.
Needle
A needle asks you to repair a relationship or a mess that has gotten away from you, and it can also mark a sharp hurt. Hunting for one is worry spent on a trifle.
Needlepoint
See also Knitting or Sewing.
Negatives
Photo negatives show a bond or situation still forming, or a sour influence you can name. Reversed images can also be memories arriving without their feeling attached.
Neglect
Feeling neglected points to a part of you left untended, or to a real slight you still carry. A neglected child is the playful side ignored under daily duties.
Negligee
A negligee suggests you feel seen through, or fear a secret will show. The word can also pun on carelessness about a matter you have let slide.
Neighbor
A friendly neighbor is ease at home. An angry one is a dispute that needs a direct word, or a hint that you want to live somewhere else.
Neighborhood
Your neighborhood is the wish for community and new ties. An unknown one is unfamiliar ground that leaves you uneasy; a poor one is emotional depletion, or a call to help someone with less.
Neon Light
Neon is the wish to be noticed, especially when your name is the thing that glows. Read the lit words; they carry the point.
Nephew
Your nephew stands for a trait in yourself that you still need to admit.
Neptune
The planet Neptune brings imagination, inspiration, and a need for kinder understanding. The sea god of that name is a surge of temper you still have to steady.
Nerd
Being a nerd, or seeing one, is the sense that you have been overlooked and do not count.
Nervous
Nervousness here is self-doubt and a shaky sense of your own footing.
Nervous Breakdown
A nervous breakdown means you have lost your bearings in a relationship or a situation, and you no longer trust your own decisions.
Nest
A nest is comfort, safety, and a fresh chance. Eggs inside point to money set aside; spoiled or broken eggs are letdowns, or someone else's quarrel dragging you in.
Nesting Doll
See also Matryoshka Doll.
Net
A net is a complicated spot you feel caught in. It can also be the moment to reach farther and see what answers, including the people already linked to you.
Netflix
Browsing Netflix is a recap of what your days currently look like. Notice the titles, and choosing one means you are taking charge of some part of life.
Nettles
Nettles mark a painful spot to avoid, and trouble getting words out. The sting may be a mean, tight-fisted exchange.
New
What is new matches what feels unfamiliar while you are awake. A new house is a sturdier self; a new school is the sense of not belonging yet, or a lesson still ahead.
New Year
The New Year is hope, a clean start, and the opening of a project. On a quieter level it is understanding you did not have before.
New York
New York, when you do not live there, is a pace you cannot match, or a hunger for more excitement and career height.
Newborn
See also Baby.
News
News is an important message from deeper in you, or a call to stay objective. Good news in the dream often flips toward a downturn; bad news often means the real matter is milder than you feared.
Newspaper
A newspaper throws new light on a problem that will not leave your mind. If you cannot read it, your standing is in doubt; if you sell papers, you have something others need to hear.
Newspaper Reporter
Working as a newspaper reporter is you watching your own life with a cooler, more exact eye.
Newt
A newt warns of misfortune and of harm you should not brush aside.
Newton's Cradle
Newton's cradle shows effort spent on motion that never leaves the same small arc.
Niche
A niche is the need to belong somewhere sheltered, and a steer toward a safer place.
Nickel
A nickel ties to the number five and a shift of course, or to money you ought to keep. Counting every coin is fuss over trifles that can grow into a real problem.
Nickname
A nickname carries the feeling you attach to that person. If one is aimed at you, the aim is a revised self-image, both for you and for other people.
Niece
Your niece stands for a quality in yourself that still needs recognizing.
Night
Night brings setbacks and a problem that will not come clear, so set it aside and return later. It can also be an ending that opens a beginning; if the dark is bright as day, what was hidden is now visible.
See also Darkness.
Nightclub
A nightclub is your social life and whether you feel you belong. It may be commenting that your nights need to settle down.
Nightgown
A nightgown means you are finally showing a side of yourself that used to feel unsafe to reveal.
Nightingale
Seeing a nightingale is love that does not come back, with the longing that follows. Hearing one is a beginning and a clearer inner light.
Nightlight
A nightlight is a search for guidance in a matter you cannot yet see. Like any small lamp, it can also be a new idea arriving.
Nightmare
Finding yourself inside a nightmare points to excess that needs cutting back so you can recover. It can also be a setback you are meant to turn toward something better.
Nightstand
A nightstand holds the matters you are ready to set down and stop carrying.
Nike
The Nike mark tells you to move instead of waiting, and it stands for speed and athletic drive.
Nimbus
A glowing halo on you or on another person marks deep spiritual growth.
Ninepins
Ninepins show energy wasted while chances slip off. Be careful whom you trust.
Ninja
A ninja is someone whose intentions you cannot read, and whose skill leaves you uneasy. Being one is defiance that avoids an open fight.
Ninja Star
See also Shuriken.
Nipples
Nipples point to a young need to be cared for. If they look damaged or stretched, you feel unwanted, or you are giving others more than you keep for yourself.
See also Breasts.
Nirvana
Nirvana is knowledge, completion, and peace. It can also be a retreat from unhappiness and from demands.
No
Saying no is you holding your belief against the crowd and deciding for yourself.
Noah's Ark
See also Ark.
Nobility
Company with nobility means you are all surface, tending the outside while the mind goes uncultivated.
Noise
A strange noise is the unknown calling for attention, often fear or confusion about a waking matter. It can also be a breakthrough, a moment to speak or to push past a barrier.
Nomad
Living as a nomad is a search for direction when motivation is thin. It can also mean a change already underway.
Noodles
Noodles suggest long life and plenty, or a search for real nourishment. The pun asks you to think hard about something that will not yield to a quick answer.
Noon
See also Afternoon.
Noose
A noose is lost independence and a voice that cannot get out. Around a neck, it is anger pressed down toward that person or that condition.
North
North stands for what is real, and for progress that is actually moving forward.
North Pole
The North Pole is completion: a journey, a situation, or a bond that has finished its change.
North Star
The north star is a guide that shows which way your life should point, and clarity inside a confusing matter.
Northern Lights
The northern lights bring renewed energy, awe, and a sudden clear view of a relationship or a spiritual question. You may already know the next move and still hesitate to make it.
Nose
The nose is drive, intuition, and the will to learn a situation properly. Growth there marks a lie; a blocked nose means you cannot speak freely; blood means your character is under attack.
Notary
A notary is the search for approval or for someone to validate you.
Notebook
A notebook holds tasks you must track, and feelings you skipped during the day. What is written in it matters.
Notes
Writing or reading a note means a message still needs to be delivered. Musical notes show accord or discord, depending on whether they sound raised or lowered.
Nothingness
Nothingness is a gap: fruitless work, an emotional hollow, or loneliness. It can also be a blackout, a stretch where you simply go blank.
Novel
A novel asks you to look at the same facts from another angle. The word can also pun on something genuinely new.
November
November marks indifference toward a problem you have stopped engaging.
Novocain
Novocain is numbness in some part of life: no feeling, no words, and no sure response.
Nuclear Bomb
A nuclear bomb is helplessness and rage large enough to wreck what it touches, with a change that cannot stay small. It can also mean something precious has already ended.
Nude
See also Naked.
Nugget
A gold nugget is a small valuable fact you overlooked, the core of an idea. Gathering several means you are finally using knowledge you had set aside.
Numbers
Numbers track belongings and a mind that measures everything, sometimes too coldly. A number that repeats is an urgent matter you keep missing; one you hear tells you to slow down.
Numbness
Numbness means fear is steering you. You expect to fail, so you refuse the chance.
Nun
A nun stands for purity, kept vows, and obedience, or for wealth crowding out a spiritual life. The word can pun on none; if you are a woman, the role may be unhappiness looking for a calmer refuge.
Nunchucks
Nunchucks show a defensive stance toward whatever you are facing.
Nuptial
Nuptials reaffirm a commitment and mark a life moving from one stage into another.
See also Marriage.
Nurse
Being a nurse asks you to show more compassion. Seeing one means you need time to heal in mind, body, and spirit.
Nursery
A baby's nursery is a caretaking instinct, sometimes a real new arrival and sometimes a wish to be looked after again. A plant nursery is growth you need to tend.
Nursing
See also Breast Feeding.
Nursing Home
See also Senior Home.
Nutcracker
A nutcracker is stamina enough to finish whatever you decide. It can also pun on a woman who is formidable.
Nutmeg
Nutmeg points to a household that feels affectionate and safe.
Nuts
Nuts can mean confusion, or a person who is unsettling you, and a hint that your approach is off. Eating them is prosperity and a wish to reach the center of a matter.
Nylons
See also Pantyhose.
Nymph
A nymph stands for feminine mystery, along with innocence, grace, and an unspoiled quality.