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.
People in a dream are often a piece of you, or a conversation you have not finished. Ask what quality that person is carrying.
A
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.
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.
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.
Admiral
An admiral is calm command when trouble arrives, and can also stand for a father or another authority.
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.
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.
Apprentice
An apprentice must prove themselves before colleagues will accept them.
Archbishop
An archbishop is someone with power pressing you into unwanted acts, or a confined feeling. Obstacles come before any prestige.
Architect
Meeting an architect means inventive skill is going into a new project. Being one is a hunger for things you can look at.
Artist
Painting as an artist is the creative, intuitive side of you. The picture may be how you currently see a waking situation.
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.
Attorney
An attorney means you are looking for guidance.
B
Baby
A baby is innocence and a beginning, or a tender part of you that needs care. Neglected, weeping, or no longer alive, it means potential is ignored or something that was yours has ended.
Bachelor
An unmarried man is a search for freedom in love. Being one points to a shaky sense of self inside a bond, or to your masculine side.
Bailiff
This officer means you crossed a line and must answer for it. An arrest by one questions your ethics at work.
Ballerina
Dancing on pointe, you move through obstacles with ease, though the image also holds frailty and a harsh standard of beauty. Someone you know in the role is avoiding a direct talk.
Bartender
Serving drinks means you want out from under daily demands. The role can also mean you are barring yourself from something.
Bookkeeper
Keeping the ledgers means life needs balance. You may also need to answer for a circumstance.
Boss
The person in charge is your own authoritative side, or work that has crowded out freedom, and fear of them is fear of authority while sex with them is a wish for control. If you are not one while awake, the role says take charge of where you are headed.
Boy Scout
If you never were one, the uniform is commitment, community, and helpfulness. Seeing one means exemplary conduct and the ranks you still mean to earn.
Bride
The woman in white is a union. Fleeing the ceremony means the coming commitment still feels impossible; if you are single, the role is a wish to marry or the most feminine part of you.
Brother
He stands for the bond you have with him, or for traits you share with a close friend. Anger you will not say while awake can surface here, and the phrase about being watched names issues of authority.
Bus Driver
The person at the wheel is leadership of a group idea, or motion that circles without progress. Being that person means you are moving fast and need more patience.
C
Cartoon Character
People drawn as cartoons are ones you are not taking seriously. A particular character brings the trait you already link with them into a current situation.
Celebrities
Being famous in a dream is an aim set higher than you can reach yet, and a friend's fame is fear of losing them. A star you desire stands for the success you want, more than for the person.
Celebrity
Fame here is ambition that may outrun what you can do right now, or fear of losing someone who becomes distant. Kissing or dating a star is the drive to succeed in whatever that person represents, or a fascination you already carry.
See also Actor.
Children
Children are your own youthful qualities, innocence, or someone acting younger than they are. Grown children still small means you want to be needed; children harmed stand for a younger part of you that still has no voice.
Christ
Christ is the wish to become more whole, and spiritual truth reached through love. The figure also carries whatever your own belief already gives it.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra is the danger of being swept by a force you cannot steer. Being her is recognition of your own beauty and appeal.
Clown
A clown is play, absurdity, and a childish side, and the face matches your mood. It can also be insincerity, or someone hiding behind a mask.
See also Jester.
Coworker
Coworkers bring the real mix of support and friction from work, plus ambition and competition. Training your replacement is inner growth, old attitudes left as you look ahead.
See also Office.
D
Daughter
Your daughter reflects a better version of you, or the bond you actually have with her. If you have no daughter, she stands for the receptive side of your character.
Daughter-In-Law
Your daughter-in-law signals a surprise ahead. Her manner tells you whether it will cheer you or trouble you.
Dead
Speaking with someone who has died can mean you are keeping their company in order to finish goodbye, or that a current tie resembles them and needs to end. It can also warn that the people around you are a poor influence.
See also Death.
Demons
Demons stand for fear, a habit that harms you, or a secret that still follows you. Feeling possessed by them means you feel helpless.
Dentist
The dentist mirrors worry about how you look, or doubt about whether someone is sincere. The discomfort passes and leaves you steadier.
Detective
A detective means you are hunting for a hidden talent or for the truth of a worry. Being followed by one points to guilt and a character under question.
Devil
The devil stands for guilt, a limit you have accepted, or a clever temptation. Talking with him means you know the offer is unwise and still feel its pull.
Doctor
Seeing a doctor means you need emotional or physical care. Being one means you can patch a wound, in yourself or for someone else.
Dominatrix
A dominatrix shows a wish for power and control. The same figure can mark a sharpened sense of purpose.
Dwarf
A dwarf means you are grounded, or that some part of you is undeveloped and you feel small.
See also Troll.
E
Enemy
An enemy stands for opposing ideas, or for a part of you that works against you. Dealing with the enemy can settle that inner fight.
Engineer
An engineer means you are taking charge and seeing how the pieces of a situation fit.
F
Fairy
A fairy means you want help but hesitate to ask. An evil one means a part of you needs to be set free.
Family
Your family means security and love, or rivalry, depending on the real bond. Someone else's family means togetherness, or a picture of family life you wish you had.
Father
Your father means authority and protection, and a call to rely more on yourself. His anger can be disapproval or your own unfinished anger, and striking him means you want closeness he is not giving.
Father-In-Law
Your father-in-law stands for conscience and the rational side. Yield a little in your decisions.
Fiend
A fiend means face your own dark history. Fear and anger are in the figure.
Fire Fighter
A firefighter stands for the steadier part of you and a cleansing. Being one means cool a heated situation before it spreads.
Firefighters
Firefighters stand for the steadier part of you, hope, and a cleansing. Being one means stay level while a situation runs hot.
Fisherman
A fisherman means you are trying to catch an answer.
Foreigner
A foreigner stands for a part of you that feels strange, a feeling or talent you have been ignoring.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein means you feel rejected and not understood. The figure can also be a fear you have no skill for facing.
Friend
A friend stands for a quality of yours that you are ready to claim. A childhood friend can mean a wish for a simpler time, and a new friend means self-acceptance.
G
Gang
Joining a gang means you want results through pressure and intimidation, the unruly side of you. Being menaced by one means waking circumstances are piling on and you feel outnumbered.
Gargoyle
A gargoyle is an embarrassing fear tied to a secret you have told no one.
Genie
A genie is creativity and the force of your own mind. It can also mean you started something you can no longer stuff back into the bottle.
Ghost
A ghost is something you can no longer reach, or an old way of living that needs to be left. Your own ghost is a feared part of you: guilt, a painful memory, or dread of dying.
Giant
A giant is an obstacle or a person who dwarfs you. Becoming one can still be the feeling of being small, played at a huge scale.
Girl Scout
A Girl Scout is camaraderie and a standard you mean to live up to. Seeing one can mean you need more dedication, or that you are copying a model of good behavior.
Glassblower
A glassblower is your ability to shape the lives around you.
Gnome
A gnome is the playful inner child and its fantasies. It can also be protection, luck, and fruitfulness.
God
God here is your sense of the divine, and a perfect standard you cannot reach. Worship can be regret; being a god yourself is unused talent, or a habit of looking down.
Godmother
A godmother means you are looking for direction. A fairy godmother is the wish to feel protected while a decision stays uncertain.
Godzilla
Godzilla is a situation that has gotten out of your control and is getting the better of you.
Grandparents
Grandparents are love, safety, and protection. Searching for them is a search for that care, and their house is solid, old-fashioned values you can build on.
Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper is a rejected part of your character, or the end of a habit, situation, or relationship. A friend who becomes him means you no longer recognize who they are.
Groups
A group is scattered parts of your character coming together.
Guardian
A guardian means your friends will treat you with care.
Guest
A guest is a new interest and a readiness for adventure. Being a guest yourself means the current problem is temporary.
Gymnast
A gymnast is agility, strength, and grace.
Gynecologist
A gynecologist is something you dread finding out, or worry about a health visit, fertility, or sexual health.
Gypsy
A gypsy is the wish to roam without duties. The figure can also tell you to look ahead.
H
Hag
A hag can be the wise older woman who looks after you, or a mother figure who swallows your independence.
Hero
Being a hero is inner strength and the confidence to face what you have avoided.
Hitler
Hitler is oppression, fear, and control so complete that you feel less than human. The pressure may be a person who will not loosen their grip.
Husband
Your husband here is the waking bond and feelings you have not said aloud. If you have no husband, the figure is the wish for partnership or for steady masculine support.
I
Idiot
Calling yourself or someone else an idiot means you are making a situation harder than it is. The thinking is muddy.
Infant
An infant is a brand-new project, full of possibility.
See also Baby.
Infants
Infants are new work just starting, and the potential still folded inside it.
Intruder
An intruder is guilt, or an unfamiliar thought breaking your peace. It can also be self-indulgence or sexual attention you do not want.
Inventor
An inventor is achievement and a wish to rise. Being one is your creative side and its ambitions.
J
Jailer
A jailer is a limit, whether it comes from your own rules or from another person. It can also be your wish to run other people's choices.
Janitor
A janitor means some corner of your life needs a thorough cleanup before you can move on.
Jester
A jester means small amusements are pulling you off work that matters more. It can also be embarrassment in a particular scene.
Jesus
Jesus in a dream is encouragement that a hard stretch can be gotten through and a deep wish can still be met. If he speaks with you, the dream is about peace of mind; calling his name is a plea for guidance.
Jockey
A jockey means you sit in a high place and trust the skill you have.