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.
Clothes are the face you show. What you wear, lose, or feel ashamed of tells how you want to be seen.
A
Apron
An apron is a commitment to family work, or protection and secrecy. Wearing one puts you in a yielding role where others give the orders.
B
Baby Clothes
Tiny garments mean you are speaking more quietly than usual. They can also be habits you have already outgrown.
Ballet Shoes
These shoes ask you to handle a problem with care and a clear decision. They can also mean you are level-headed.
Bandana
The cloth asks you to look at the problem more coolly and think the options through.
Bathing Suit
Swimwear leaves you feeling exposed. Comfort in it is ease; discomfort is shaky confidence, much like being caught undressed at the wrong time.
Bathrobe
The robe after washing is privacy and personal need. It also touches intimate situations and whether you can face them.
Blouse
The shirt is an attempt to express feeling. Color, fit, and style show the mood more precisely.
Bodice
The fitted bodice means feeling is held in and not fully said.
Bonnet
The old-fashioned cap is sheltered ideals that narrow your view and your plans.
Bra
The support garment is protection and a need to have your spirits lifted, or a nurturing feeling. Going without it is a lack of discipline, or your sexual nature.
Bulletproof Vest
The vest that stops a shot is overprotection against emotional hurt, especially from a bond that already wounded you.
Burqa
Wearing the full covering means sexual expression feels shut down and you cannot be fully yourself. On someone else, a matter is being kept from you.
C
Cap
A cap is ease and informality. It also asks you to be more tolerant of other people.
Cap And Gown
Cap and gown means you are stepping into a higher stage. Seeing someone else in them is your own success recognized.
Chicken Suit
A chicken suit is your own mind calling you afraid. Confidence is what is missing.
Cincher
A waist cincher is the effort to fit someone else's ideal by changing yourself.
Clothing
Clothes are the self you show in public, and whether it fits the life you are in. Too tight is restriction; too loose is low esteem; torn cloth is a flaw in your reasoning; new clothes are a new way of presenting yourself.
D
E
Evening Gown
An evening gown means social pleasure and the image you project. Ornate means luxury, plain means a simpler life, and wearing one can mean you are reaching for happiness.
F
Fedora
A fedora means you stay cool under pressure. On someone else it means mystery, or something hidden.
Fishnet Stockings
Fishnet stockings mean allure, and a nudge to be more daring.
Flannel
Flannel means comfort and warmth, and a life that feels easy. Color adds detail.
Furs
Furs mean prosperity and protection from hardship, though they can also mean cruelty or an instinctive side of you. Wearing them against your principles means shame about an act.
G
Garter
A garter is flirtation and the wish to be more sexually daring.
Ghillie Suit
A ghillie suit is the wish to blend in and not be noticed, sometimes to hide. It can also be a wish to belong to the natural world.
Girdle
A girdle is expression squeezed tight. It can also mean you put up with discomfort in order to please other people.
Glass Slipper
Glass slippers are truth and a change of state.
Gloves
Gloves are how you handle a problem, sometimes with extra caution. Taking them off can be respect; boxing gloves mean a conflict you are already in.
H
Hard Hat
A hard hat says protect your ideas; someone may try to take credit. It can also mean you are being hard-headed.
Hat
A hat hides part of you or covers something up. It is also the role you are wearing, and several hats are several responsibilities.
Hawaiian Shirt
A Hawaiian shirt is a relaxed, warm manner that other people find easy to approach.
Headband
A headband means you are holding back information or a secret. It can also be a problem that needs careful thought.
Helmet
A helmet is protection, and a reminder to keep your ideas guarded.
High Heels
High heels are feminine confidence and glamour. They can also be a role that pinches and will not let you move freely.
Hoodie
A hoodie is warmth and comfort, or a cover over what you really feel.
Hula Skirt
A hula skirt is the need for leisure and escape, a vacation in spirit if not in fact.
J
Jacket
A jacket is the face you want the world to see, and the shell you use to keep feeling at a distance. Color, cut, and wear add the detail.
Jeans
Jeans that draw your notice ask for an easier approach to the situation. Tight or torn pairs mean you feel hemmed in, or too careless about a problem that deserves more care.
Jockstrap
A jockstrap means you feel exposed in a sexual situation. It can also mean your guard is up so you will not be hurt in a relationship.
K
Kimono
A kimono points toward Japan and whatever tie you feel to that place. It also carries elegance, beauty, and a yielding manner.
L
Lab Coat
A lab coat is a protective stance, or the wish to scrub a situation clean and even hide it.
Leather
Leather is toughness and a thick skin, or shelter from what is outside. It can also be instinct, with a sexual edge.
Leg Warmers
Leg warmers mean you are headed the right way.
Leggings
Leggings mean you bend easily and can adjust when a situation changes.
Lingerie
Lingerie is sexual identity and how you feel in your body. Shopping for it can fill an emptiness, or mark a wish to change the face you show.
See also Underwear.
Loincloth
A loincloth is unrefined male sexuality.
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P
Pajamas
Pajamas say you need rest. Wearing them in public means you are missing something important that is right in front of you.
Panties
Panties reflect a feminine point of view. Taking them off is your idea of sexuality, or a wish to reach what is actually underneath.
Petticoat
A petticoat is reluctance to reveal something, a modest or conservative cover.
Platform Shoe
Platform shoes say stand tall and aim higher. They can pun on a political platform, or recall an easy, party-minded era.
R
Raincoat
A raincoat is a cover against feelings you do not want to meet. It can also mark a gloomy outlook.
S
Sandals
Sandals are comfort and ease. They can also mean step carefully around certain people or you will offend them.
Scarf
A scarf is a limit you placed on yourself, or the sense that nobody can hear what you are trying to say.
Shirt
A shirt is an emotional situation. A sleeveless one says meet the problem with more force.
Shoes
Shoes are the way you approach life. Wearing them means you are grounded and practical.
Short
Someone shorter than you means you are looking down on that person and feeling above them.
Shorts
Shorts mean you are ready to show a little more of your inner self. They can also be youth and play.
Ski Mask
A ski mask is a dark secret, or the wish to stay unnamed in a situation.
Skirt
A skirt is the signal you are sending, along with femininity and sexual feeling.
Skirts
Skirts carry the same point as one skirt: a signal you send, plus femininity and sexual feeling.
Slippers
Slippers are sluggishness and insecurity, or ease and comfort at home.
Sneakers
Sneakers are an easy path with few obstacles, and comfort with who you are.
Snowsuit
A snowsuit is protection against negativity, or a reminder of physical limits.
Socks
Socks are warmth and comfort, or the habit of giving in to what other people want.
Stiletto
Stilettos are female sexuality and a dominating stance.
Stockings
Stockings are understanding. Torn or run, they are a drop in confidence.
Strait Jacket
A straitjacket is a life that feels tightly limited.
Suit
A suit is the wish to be recognized for your skill.
Suspenders
Suspenders are the effort to hold yourself up. They can also pun on being left hanging.
Sweater
A sweater is warmth and love. It can also be innocence or naive thinking.
Sweatshirt
A sweatshirt is the need to relax and step away from work or school.
Swimsuit
A swimsuit is feeling exposed and emotionally unprotected. How you feel in it tells the rest.
T
T-Shirt
A plain shirt asks you to slow down and be straight with people close to you. Notice any picture or slogan on it.
Thong
Wearing one shows comfort with your body and with sexuality, or a willingness to show a private side. If it shows above your clothes, the picture is a lapse of judgment.
See also Underwear.
Tie
A necktie is duty and the bonds that hold you, or a feeling of being tied down. Too tight means you feel trapped; tying a knot can be family ties.
Tie Dye
This bright cloth is a light, happy mood and an opening to love.
Top Hat
A top hat is formal male elegance, a flamboyant note, or a wish for wealth and status.
Trousers
Trousers suggest sexual allure or a question about your role. Putting them on the wrong way is a pull toward the odd.
Turban
A turban means you feel confined by what society calls normal.
Tutu
A ballet skirt is femininity and a struggle with gender roles. It can also pun on the number two.
Tuxedo
Formal evening wear is culture, grace, and a taste for finer things, or a wish to build a reputation.
U
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.
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.
V
Veil
A veil hides something; appearances mislead. On a man it can be a feminine side to acknowledge.
Velvet
Velvet is distinction, honor, and sensual feeling. Velvet pants emphasize the sensual side.
Vest
A vest is compassion for others, or a play on having a stake in a person or a cause.
Viking Hat
The horned hat is a wish to stand out, or to break out of a shell.
W
Wedding Dress
The dress means you are assessing a personal bond. Worn in the wrong setting, it is a feeling of being unworthy.
Wet Suit
A suit for the water means you are exploring inner feeling at a pace that feels safe. The same picture can shade into fear of what you do not yet know.
Wig
A wig is deception and other people's ideas passed off as yours. Think for yourself.
Wingsuit
A flying suit is high ambition and a carefree willingness to be carried.
Wooden Shoe
A wooden shoe stands for solitude and unfaithfulness.