Dream Dictionary

Q

• Q

  The letter Q puns on a cue: the signal you need before you move.

  Alphabet

• Quack

  A quack is an idea that is not original, or someone passing another's thought off as their own.

• Quack Doctor

  A quack doctor warns you to doubt people who claim a skill they do not have. Someone near you may be inflating their own importance.

• Quack Medicine

  Quack medicine means the remedy you chose is the wrong one, and the problem needs a different approach.

• Quadrille

  Dancing a quadrille points to a relationship you do not want to lock down.

• Quadruplets

  Quadruplets stand for wholeness, and for coming close to the person you mean to be. Calm follows a long noisy stretch.

• Quagmire

  A quagmire is obligations you cannot meet and goals you cannot reach. You are stuck in a rut.

  Places

• Quail

  A quail mixes desire and love with the promise that you can outlast the hardship around you.

  Birds

• Quake

  See also Earthquake.

• Quaker

  A Quaker stands for conviction, spiritual belief, and a quiet peace. Being one is a search for solitude and for a life that supports itself.

• Quarantine

  Quarantine means you need distance from people or from a situation before someone is hurt. If someone else is isolated, they need help and are afraid to ask.

• Quarrel

  A quarrel exposes hostility you have not been willing to say. Overhearing one is dissatisfaction with a waking situation that will not settle.

• Quarry

  A quarry is an emotional hole you dug yourself, often after a bond ends and you try to fill the gap.

• Quarter

  A quarter means you feel incomplete, not yet whole.

• Quartet

  A quartet is practical teamwork and a wish to work in harmony with others. One you cannot join is a job beyond what you can carry.

• Quartz

  Quartz is rigidity, a personality that will not bend. It can also be feminine and masculine energies joined.

• Quay

  Ships at a quay mean wishes coming true. Standing on the quay yourself is a move into a new phase.

• Queen

  A queen stands for intuition, growth, and influence, and often for your mother. If you are a woman, the crown can be a wish for higher standing.

• Queen of Hearts

  The queen of hearts points to a manner that has grown pompous and arrogant.

• Quest

  A quest is your path and the aims along it. Obstacles and questions are part of how you grow.

• Question

  Questioning something is self-doubt, and it can also open a higher kind of understanding. Someone questioning you means knowledge you are meant to share.

• Queue

  See also Line.

• Quicksand

  Sinking in quicksand is insecurity, a foundation you trusted more than it deserved. It can also be a slide back into what lies under conscious life.

• Quicksilver

  Quicksilver is swift, unpredictable movement, and a temper that flares the same way.

• Quiet

  Unusual quiet asks you to stop and look at your life. You need a stretch of solitude to restore balance.

• Quill

  A quill denotes success, status, and care with words, because writing can cut. It can also be a sexual image, or, tucked in a hat, a flirtatious streak.

• Quilts

  A quilt is warmth, protection, and a life stitched from many pieces into one picture. A soiled quilt is carelessness in dress and manner.

• Quinine

  Quinine means a situation has you too tense and you need to ease off. It can also mean you feel charged again.

• Quinsy

  Quinsy means you cannot get your feelings into words. Some circumstance is stifling your voice.

• Quintuplets

  Quintuplets stand for the five senses, and for what is basic in a human being.

• Quiver

  A quiver asks you to aim more carefully at your goals. The word can also mean you are nervous.

• Quiz

  See also Exam.

• Quoits

  Quoits ask you to set your sights and stay on the target. The game can also stand for sexual pursuit.

• Quota

  A quota is the weight of other people's demands, and the fear you will miss what they expect.

• Quote

  A price quote is the value you put on your own talents. Quoting someone else means the words carry a message you should heed.