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.
Pregnancy is something growing: a plan, a talent, a change. If you are pregnant in waking life, the dream is often the worry and hope of that fact.
A
Abortion
Ending a pregnancy here means fear or duty is blocking your next step. It can also echo a real loss you are still making peace with.
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.
Baby Bottle
This bottle is reliance on other people. Drinking from it means you are still emotionally young.
Baby Carriage
A carriage for an infant is a wish for family. Empty, it is sadness, an unmet goal, or the younger self that still needs tending.
Baby Clothes
Tiny garments mean you are speaking more quietly than usual. They can also be habits you have already outgrown.
Baby Food
Food made for an infant means a situation needs care. Being fed it means you are pushed to learn again what you already know.
Baby Shower
A gathering for a new child welcomes a chance to begin again, with more trust in life.
Babysitter
Watching a child, or calling someone else to do it, means the younger part of you needs attention.
Birth
Bringing a child into the world is a new idea, attitude, or event, and it can echo real hope or worry about labor. Too soon, the project went out unfinished; a death in the scene is one chapter closing as another opens.
See also Pregnant.
Breast Feeding
Nursing is tenderness and care, with good things within reach, though you should be careful whom you confide in. Seeing it done for someone else means you are tending a hidden part of yourself.
See also Lactating.
Breast Pump
The pump is your ability to give care and love.
C
Caesarian Section
A caesarian birth means a plan or idea will not launch unless someone helps you. It can also mirror real worry about that kind of delivery.
D
Diaper
A diaper points to childish dependence. Changing one means it is time to clean up that behavior or change how you approach a new idea.
F
Fetus
A fetus means a relationship or an idea just starting to form. It can also mean a situation feels difficult.
G
Gynecologist
A gynecologist is something you dread finding out, or worry about a health visit, fertility, or sexual health.
I
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.
Infertile
Infertility is creativity that will not take, a plan that is not working. It can also reflect a real struggle to conceive.
L
Labor
Labor means the goal will cost real work. For a woman it can be the wish to carry a child and begin a family; if you are already pregnant, the dream is practice for the birth.
Lactating
Lactating is a strong mothering instinct. Milk that spills is eagerness to be a mother, or the sense that someone is failing you.
See also Breast Feeding.
M
Midwife
A midwife is your part in bringing a new project into the world. The role matters.
Miscarriage
A miscarriage, read as a symbol, means a plan did not land as hoped, and the current course may cost you something you value. It can also be the sense of having been wronged; in an actual pregnancy such dreams are common and need not be taken as prediction.
P
Pacifier
A pacifier is a wish to be soothed and to step away from adult demands. Sucking on one can mean flattery toward someone, or a manner that is still immature.
Placenta
A placenta is dependence on other people, and something in your life you no longer need to carry.
Pregnancy Test
A pregnancy test is a new phase, such as work or a relationship, checking whether you are ready. It can also be literal fear of conceiving.
Pregnant
Pregnancy is something in you still growing: an idea, a project, or a direction you are not yet willing to act on. If you are not seeking a child, it can be fear of new responsibility.
See also Birth or Belly.
R
Reproductive System
The reproductive system is the early stage of a project or a bond, including the wish or the worry around becoming pregnant.
S
U
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.
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.
W
Wet Nurse
Needing one means you feel unable to provide for your family. Being one says be careful whom you trust with confidences.