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.
U
U
The letter U puns on you: how you act and how you feel. It can also mean start a task over.
U-Turn
Turning the car around means you are changing the course of your life. It can also mean a choice was wrong.
U.S. Mailbox
See also Mailbox.
U.S. Visa
Being granted this visa follows what the country means to you. If that meaning is freedom, the picture is a new freedom and a period of looking at yourself.
UFO
A craft from elsewhere is a search for spiritual purpose, or a feeling of being alien among people around you. It can also mean you are spaced out and need to come back to earth.
See also Spaceship.
Ugly
Ugliness, in you or in someone else, is a trait that disgusts you and that you have pushed away.
Ukulele
This small guitar is a laid-back mood. It is time to relax.
Ulcer
An ulcer is an emotional difficulty that hurts on the way through, a passage you have to make. It can also mean worry over things you cannot control.
Ultrasound
A scan marks a new phase: a relationship, a job, or a move. It can also echo real worry about a pregnancy, or a wish for children.
Ultraviolet Light
Black light shows what you have been refusing to see around you. It can also be intuition.
Umbilical Cord
The cord is thin individuality and anxiety about supporting yourself, or a tie to your mother that is too tight. Cutting it means stand on your own.
Umbrella
An umbrella shields you from feeling. A broken one means you are unready for the problem.
Umpire
An umpire means you are playing unfairly and have crossed a line. Being called out is guilt.
Uncle
An uncle is family heritage and a new idea coming into view. The phrase about saying uncle means surrender.
Unconscious
Blacking out means you cannot function in a situation and are unready for change around you. It can also mean you are oblivious, or it puns on material stored underneath awareness.
Undead
The undead are fears and rejected parts of you. Being surrounded by them means issues you thought were finished have returned.
Under
Being underneath something is low regard for yourself. Objects found below are material rising from underneath; what you find is the clue.
Underarm
See also Armpit.
Undercover
Working in disguise means you are hiding your real nature. As a police role, it means conscience and the job are at odds.
Underground
Going below ground means you are forcing thoughts down when you should explore them, or you want to lie low. An underground train is anxiety from an odd situation.
Understudy
Standing in for the lead is ambition and imitation of someone you admire. Eventually you have to be yourself.
Undertaker
This figure says seize the duties of your own life. It can also mark a new beginning.
Undertow
Being pulled under means feeling is overwhelming you and dragging you toward issues you have suppressed.
Underwater
Being under the surface means emotion has you in over your head. Breathing there is a wish to return to a dependent safety, or to stay inside your own feelings.
Underwear
Being seen in underwear is a loss of respect, or a private part of you. Shame means you hesitate to show real feelings; ease means you are ready to reveal them.
See also Panties.
Undress
Taking clothes off means say what you feel, and it shows how at ease you are with sexuality. Undressing someone else is an attempt to understand them.
Unemployed
Having no work is thin self-worth or unused potential. You feel you are not enough, and you are going nowhere.
Unfaithful
See also Cheating.
Unfortunate
Feeling unlucky can reverse into good luck on the way. It can also mean you blame others too fast for your own shortfalls.
Unhappy
See also Sad.
Unibrow
A joined brow is insecurity about how you look, or feelings you are hiding.
Unicorn
A unicorn is high ideals, hope, and a mix of power with gentleness. It can also be a one-sided view.
Unicycle
Riding on one wheel means you are in control and using authority in both private and business matters.
Uniform
A uniform is a wish to belong, or too much conformity. A nurse's uniform is care and propriety; a school uniform points to school life.
Union
A union is collective action that benefits everybody.
United Nations
This body stands for peace, wide issues, and a wish for harmony in your own surroundings.
Universe
The universe is open possibility and the wide view. It also reminds you that lives connect.
University
See also College.
Unknown
A stranger is a hidden part of you, or a helper offering advice. An unfamiliar place is change: fear means the past still holds you; excitement means you can leave it.
Unmarried
See also Single.
Unprepared
Being unready is anxiety about a coming task and fear you will miss what others expect.
Unwrap
Opening a gift means you recognize talent you have not used. Finding it already open means someone is taking advantage of those gifts.
Up
Moving upward means you are leaving a low mood, or your ego is inflated, or you are rising toward a goal. It can also be repressed material coming up.
UPC Barcode
A barcode is automation and ease, or a relationship that feels impersonal and leaves you alienated.
Upholstery
Recovering furniture is a renewed self-image, or a cover over something you do not want seen.
Uproot
Plants torn from the ground mean you are off balance and distant from others, or that family ties have broken.
Upside Down
Being inverted means a problem needs to be set straight, or your first assumption was the opposite of the truth.
Upstairs
The upper floor is clearer, more rational thought. It can also mean your opinion of yourself sits high.
Uranium
This element is potential you can use to succeed, or anger you keep locked away from other people.
Uranus
This planet is originality, independence, and a rebel streak. It can also mean something unexpected is about to happen.
Urban
See also City.
Urinal
A urinal points to disorder in personal relationships.
See also Toilet.
Urination
Urine is feeling you have rejected, or a sour attitude. Relieving yourself is a cleansing of what you held in, and a question of how much control you have.
Urn
An urn is feeling that has burned out, or you yourself exhausted, and it also holds the past.
USB Drive
A small drive holds ideas you should bring into a waking situation. Using one means you can pass feelings and beliefs along easily.
Usher
An usher means you need guidance.
Utensils
Utensils stand for invention and a willingness to help.
Uterus
The womb is a wish for children or nerves about a birth ahead. As a metaphor, it is a creative project forming.
Utopia
A perfect place is your ideals, and a warning against goals no one can reach. It can also be a wish that difficulties would simply vanish.