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.
Animals bring instinct up to the surface. The kind of animal, and whether it is wild, tame, or hurt, shows which appetite or fear is awake.
A
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Asp
An asp brings misfortune, lost respect, and hostility among people close to you.
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.
B
Baboon
A baboon asks you to say what you feel in a straight line. The manner may be off, and a white one means feeling has gone flat.
Badger
This animal is persistence and a final win over opponents. The name can also mean someone with power will not stop bothering you.
Bats
The night flier is annoyance, or unrealized potential and habits that no longer fit the direction you are growing. A pale one can mean a death in the family; one that drinks is a person draining your confidence.
Bear
The large animal is strength, renewal, and a season of looking inward. One that chases you is anger and a bond or obstacle that has you trapped; the word can also mean bare your feelings or simply endure.
Beaver
The dam-builder is energy and output. Ideas need work if they are going to become real.
Boar
The tusked animal says look inside for answers about yourself and the people near you. The word can mean someone is dull.
Buffalo
The great shaggy animal is survival and power, or a warning that you have left your path, and it can be heritage. A white one fulfills a wish; a herd is plenty and calm.
Bull
The horned animal is stubborn strength, a cue to take a stand or to compromise, and it can mean prosperity or something worthless. Raging, passion is out of control; a black one chasing you is stubbornness you will not admit.
See also Steer.
C
Calf
A calf is immaturity. Some quality in you still needs time to grow.
Camel
A camel is too many burdens piled on your back, and feelings you refuse to set down. It can also be stamina, and petting one means you are ready to drop some of that load.
Cat
A cat is independence, creativity, and a sharp feminine power, and it can also be deceit or bad luck. Aggression, a missing tail, or a dead cat points to that freedom being threatened or refused.
Cattle
Cattle say move carefully in a situation or a bond. A herd is lost individuality or prosperity; a stampede is something in your life running out of control.
Chinchilla
A chinchilla is emotional contentment and warmth, or a need for a lot of attention. It can also touch your view of the fur trade.
Chipmunk
A chipmunk is the past gripped too tightly. It is time to let some of it go.
Cow
A cow is a passive nature that obeys without question, or a motherly wish to be cared for and to nourish. Milking one is willingness to work hard for a later benefit; a skeleton is a mother figure who has gone emotionally cold.
Coyote
A coyote is deception and weakness. An attack by coyotes is a struggle with your own selfish needs.
Crab
A crab is perseverance that can turn into clinging to a hopeless bond. It is also avoidance, and an irritable mood.
Crocodile
A crocodile is hidden strength and hidden danger, often bad advice from someone close. It can be your own snappish temper, or false feeling; being chased or bitten is a painful inner truth you refuse to face.
D
Deer
A deer stands for gentleness, alertness, and a soft side you may be open to using. It can also name someone dear to you, or a tenderness other people could take advantage of.
Dinosaur
A dinosaur stands for an attitude that has gone out of date. Being chased by one means old trouble is back, or that you fear you are no longer useful.
Dog
A dog stands for loyalty, protection, and a skill you may have neglected. A vicious dog means conflict or a trust that has broken, and a sick one means a friendship left untended.
Dolphins
A dolphin means trust in your feelings and a mind you could use more fully. Riding one shows optimism, and a dying one means you feel cut off.
Donkey
A donkey means stubbornness and work that feels like a burden. Leading one shows you can bring people with you, and being thrown from one means trouble in love.
Dragon
A dragon means a strong will and a temper that can run ahead of you. Breathing fire means you use anger to get your way.
Dromedary
A dromedary means unexpected honor and a habit of helping.
E
Eel
An eel means trouble with commitment and with holding on. It can also carry a sexual meaning.
Elephant
An elephant asks for patience and for letting go of a memory you have carried too long. It also means strength, and a white one can mean royalty or a political loyalty you recognize.
F
Fawn
A fawn means faithful friends and faithful love. The color means kindness.
Ferret
A ferret means suspicion of other people, or a search. A white one amplifies a problem of trust.
Fish
Fish mean insight swimming below awareness, and catching one brings it up. Eating fish feeds spirit and luck, and a fish out of its element means you feel out of place.
Foal
A foal means a new undertaking and fresh energy.
Fox
A fox means cleverness you may need, or someone sly near you. It can also mean a lonely stretch for reflection, or a person you find attractive.
Frog
A frog means unexpected change and a possible transformation. Leaping frogs mean you jump from one commitment to another, and eating one means an unpleasant task you still have to do.
G
Giraffe
A giraffe asks for the wide view of where your life is headed. It can also mean you are taking a public risk for someone else, and riding one is the wish to stand out.
Goat
A goat is poor judgment, or sexual appetite. It can also mean you have been made the scapegoat for someone else's act.
Goldfish
A goldfish is wealth, success, and pleasant adventure. It can also be an emotional matter that carries real insight.
Gorilla
A gorilla means your behavior is too loud, often to cover stiffness in daily life. It can also be raw impulse and sexual energy you have held down.
Greyhound
A greyhound is the quiet, reserved side of you, along with speed and grace you could use.
H
Hare
A hare is speed, change, or a sacrifice you are making. It can also be rash cleverness.
See also Rabbit.
Hippopotamus
A hippopotamus is aggression and strength you have more of than you admit. It can also mean you are guarding territory because someone has crossed a line.
Horse
A horse is strength, stamina, and sexual energy you need to guide rather than let run. It can also pun on horsing around, and a dark horse is mystery and untamed feeling.
Hyena
A hyena is greed, or too many duties piled on you. It can also be someone with a harsh sense of humor, or someone laughing at you.