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.
School returns when you feel tested, unready, or late to a lesson. It can also be an old classroom feeling that never quite graduated.
A
Auditorium
An auditorium means there is something to learn from the people around you.
B
Backpack
A pack on your shoulders is decisions and duties that have grown heavy.
C
Cheerleader
A cheerleader is competition, triumph, and encouragement you could offer others. Being one is confidence, and a call to show up with more energy and a brighter stance.
Classmates
Old classmates bring a lesson from that time into a relationship you are in now.
Classroom
A classroom is an important lesson, or growth in self-knowledge. Searching for one means you need to learn more; an outdoor one asks you to be freer and more adaptable.
College
College is social change and a good time to try something new. It can also be stress, and a goal that will take persistence.
Computer
A computer is information and new opportunity, or a life of going along without feeling or a voice of your own. One that crashes or acts alone is loss of control; strange images it makes can be old regret.
D
Desk
A desk means you are sorting a problem and learning something about yourself. Clutter says you need a clearer order of tasks, and an empty desk says you need a better use of your time.
E
Exam
An exam means fear of failing other people's expectations and of failing your own.
F
Fraternity
A fraternity means brotherhood and growth. If you already belong to one, it may simply reflect that life, and the members can mean you should be more open.
G
Grade
A grade is how you are doing at life's lessons. The letter may also be someone's initials.
Graduation
Graduation is a real achievement and a move to a higher level. Too few credits means you are not giving yourself credit; forgetting the ceremony means you are not ready for the next phase and are holding yourself back.
Grammar
Studying grammar means you are having trouble getting your point across.
Gymnasium
A gymnasium says use what you have learned in daily life. It can also be a plain reminder that your body needs more exercise.
H
High School
High school is old friendships and the lessons of that time, or a prompt to prepare for the adult world. Repeating it means you doubt achievements you have already earned.
See also School.
Highlighter
A highlighter marks something you need to look at more closely. Notice what was marked.
Homecoming
A homecoming says acknowledge the past relationships that got you here, and thank the people who helped. It can also pun on coming home.
Homeschool
Homeschooling is a lesson only home, or your parents, can teach. It can also be an area where your attention is too scattered.
Homework
Homework is a lesson you are learning, and the assignment shows where it applies. It can also be anxiety about whether you are performing well enough.
Hookie
Playing hooky means you are ditching a duty and feel guilty about it.
L
Laptop
A laptop is the need to reach people wherever you are. Missing or stolen, it means you lean too hard on a social circle and should trust your own merit.
Late
Being late is fear of change and mixed feelings about a chance. You may feel unready, or that time is running short; it can also say that arriving late is still enough.
Learn
Learning is hunger for knowledge and a deeper grasp of yourself. A place of learning is success and a rise in standing.
Lecture
Giving a lecture means you are becoming dull and your way of speaking needs work. Listening to one means you should look harder before you decide.
Letter
A letter you receive is a new chance, or a message from deeper in you. Sending one is something important that needs to be heard; tearing it up is regret, and an unopened letter is news you are refusing.
Letters
Letters of the alphabet point toward an object, creature, or place that shares that letter. They can also be an idea or a feeling still too early to name.
Library
A library is hunger for ideas, and the need to study a situation before you act. A disordered one means too much information at once; a book you cannot find is a part of you still undeveloped.
Locker Room
A locker room is time to cool down after hard competition. You may also be pursuing a romantic interest.
Lunch Box
A lunch box is energy saved for an important event, or the support you use each day. Empty, that deeper nourishment is missing.
M
Mathematics
Mathematics is a situation that needs cooler, more rational thought. A problem you cannot solve mirrors a waking confusion, and the sense that something does not add up.
Monkey Bars
Monkey bars are the carefree feeling of childhood. They are also strength and the refusal to quit.
Mortarboard
A mortarboard is learning and achievement. A lesson may still be waiting.
N
P
Pen
A pen is self-expression and communication, and a reminder that words can outweigh force.
Pencil
A pencil is a mark that may not last, including a relationship that feels temporary. Sharpening one asks for more flexible thinking, or for your best offer in a deal.
Popular
Being popular is the wish to be liked and looked up to, or insecurity hunting for approval.
Professor
A professor is higher learning and wisdom, and prominence in some field.
Prom
A prom is an ending that opens something else, a turn in the cycle of time. It may also be ordinary anticipation if a real prom is coming.
R
Report Card
A report card is how you are doing at work or in life, or school worry if you are still a student. The marks themselves matter.
S
Schedule
A schedule says your days need clearer planning.
School
School brings old feelings of not being enough, often left over from childhood. It can also be the lessons waking life is teaching now.
See also Teacher.
School Bag
See also Knapsack.
School Bus
A school bus is an important journey you are about to take for your own growth.
Score
A score shows success or failure according to which side won.
Scoreboard
A scoreboard is how you are doing, and how you stack up against other people. The digits on it matter.
Sorority
A sorority is personal growth and a social change, and the bond of sisterhood.
Spelling
Spelling a word is an attempt to grasp a hard idea by breaking it into smaller pieces.
Student
Being a student means you need a clearer understanding before you can get ahead.
Studying
Studying means knowledge can carry you toward success. It can also mean you need to know yourself better.
T
Teacher
A teacher, past or present, means you want guidance as you enter a new path, or that you feel graded by someone in authority. A harsh teacher often mirrors pressure you put on yourself.
See also School.
Test
Sitting an exam means you feel scrutinized. Failure matches insecurity; a high score means you are ready.
See also Exam.
Tutor
Being a tutor means share what you know. Having one means you still need advice.
V
Valedictorian
Standing first in the class is accomplishment and the high bar you set, looking back on success.
W
Writing
Putting words down is a message to someone or to your own mind. It can be a bad judgment, a pun on being right, or ancient script that asks you to learn from the past.
Y
Yearbook
A yearbook is old friends or old flames you lost, or a return to a lighter time. Messages written in it can be advice.