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.
A tool is a skill, or a job that needs doing. What you build, break, or cannot find the right tool for is the part of life asking for work.
A
Anvil
An anvil means the key to success is yours, though the work will be hard. Broken, it means a promising chance has passed for good.
Auger
An auger is hard work and struggle. The tool can also carry a sexual meaning.
Ax
An ax is heavy control and a grievance you still carry, or readiness to make peace. Splitting wood with it means break the problem into pieces small enough to handle.
C
Cleaver
A cleaver marks a bond or a job tie that needs severing. It is also anger, or a problem broken into pieces you can handle.
Compass
A compass is a correction to the direction of your life. A drafting compass is a path you refuse to leave, and a drive to get things exact.
Crowbar
A crowbar is a forced entry into feelings you may not be ready to face. Being struck with one means someone is making you confront an issue before you can.
D
Drill
A drill means you are opening a new direction and letting new experience in.
F
Flashlight
A flashlight means you are examining your own thoughts and can find the way. It can also hint at sex.
G
Grindstone
Turning a grindstone is steady, well-aimed energy that leads to prosperity. Sharpening tools on it means friends will help when you need them.
H
Hammer
A hammer is power, building, and a masculine drive. It can pun on being drunk, and using one is determination aimed at a goal.
J
Jackhammer
A jackhammer says stale views and worn-out habits need to be broken apart so a different way can start.
L
Leveler
A leveler is balance, with things lined up as they should be. It can also say a different height of view is needed before a new angle appears.
M
Measuring Tape
A measuring tape is comparison with other people, and doubt that you are enough. It can also be the practical steps you are taking to get something done.
N
Nail
Driving a nail shows persistence and a bargain you will not soften. Pulling nails free means the commitment is one you still refuse.
See also Fingernails.
Nails
Nails stand for grinding work that pays poorly, or for a force that will not yield. Hurting yourself on one warns you to watch what you say.
P
Pickaxe
A pickaxe is sexual tension or aggression that needs loosening.
Pliers
Pliers say pull out the details before you decide. They can also mean something in your life needs to be removed.
Protractor
A protractor is an attempt to see from someone else's angle. It can also pun on wanting more time.
R
Ruler
A ruler is worry that you do not measure up to other people's standards. It can also warn you to judge with care.
S
Saw
A saw says stop doing something. It can also pun on a thing you noticed.
Scissors
Scissors are decisive control, and the power to cut a person or a habit out of your life.
Screw
A screw is the feeling of being used, or of messing a thing up. It can also be a blunt stand-in for sex.
Screwdriver
A screwdriver is the need to hold a situation or a bond together. It may also point to someone whose life is in pieces, or to pressure you want to apply.
Scythe
A scythe says cut the excess out of your life, including a habit that has grown too large.
Shovel
A shovel is a search for insight. It can also mean you are trying too hard to dig up the truth.
T
Tacks
Small sharp pins stand for petty annoyances and a quarrelsome mood. Driving one in can also mean a task you are pinning onto an already full day.
Tool Belt
A loaded belt asks you to rethink a direction that may be wrong, or it shows confidence that tips into boasting. The tools themselves add detail.
Toolbox
A toolbox means a situation that needs repair.
Tools
Tools are skill and the resources you already have, and sometimes a masculine or sexual image. They can also mean a situation needs mending, or that you are being used.
Trowel
A trowel spreads kindness and affection.
W
Wrench
A wrench is the wish to repair a situation or a relationship and put it back in order.
Y
Yardstick
A measuring stick is a rigid personality, or sound judgment and acceptance.