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.
Travel is the road toward a goal, or the wish to set a weight down. The destination matters as much as the way you get there.
A
Abroad
Being overseas shows your present days feel unsteady, and you want a sharp change of scene. Your view of the world, or of faith, may also need to widen.
Accent
Speaking with an accent means your thoughts are hard to get across, and the feeling it gives you shows either doubt or confidence. Hearing one means the message is familiar but still incomplete.
Africa
Africa is a wish to return to origins and learn your heritage. If a trip is already planned, the dream is anticipation; if you have lived there, it is memory.
Airplane
A plane means obstacles can be cleared and a plan is ready to lift, while one that never leaves the ground is a project that will not start. A crash means the goal was set too high, or you do not trust yourself to reach it.
Airport
An airport joins a beginning with an ending. Crowded, it is ambition about to depart; empty, it means plans are delayed.
America
If this is your own country, the image is liberty to live as you choose. From outside, it can mean commerce and plenty, colored by your politics.
Anchor
An anchor is stability and a search for firmer ground, or a person who will not budge from an opinion. It can also be the relationship or job that keeps you from moving.
Antarctica
Antarctica is hardship you are able to endure. Living there shows drive that holds even when the odds are poor.
Arctic
The Arctic is an emotional climate that has gone cold and rigid. It can also be isolation and loneliness.
Asia
This continent asks you to adjust, or reflects anticipation if a visit is already in mind. A person from there is an unknown part of you; an elder stands for tradition.
Astral Projection
Astral projection is a new way of looking, and a feeling of being free. It can also mean you are cut off from the people around you.
Australia
Australia pulls you in opposite directions, or invites exploration of a less inhibited self. As the land down under, it can stand for thoughts beneath the surface.
B
Baggage
Luggage is old feeling that holds you back. It can also stand for who you think you are.
Baggage Claim
The carousel where bags return is a loss of identity: you are unsure who you are or want to become.
Baggage Scanner
A scan of your luggage puts identity under inspection. You may also feel exposed, with little privacy left.
Bicycle
Two wheels ask for balance between work and pleasure. Trouble riding is anxiety about managing alone; a color you remember may belong to a childhood season.
Bus
Waiting for the shared ride is a temporary delay in a personal goal. Missing it, or boarding the wrong one, means life feels out of control or you fear the wrong path; riding along means you are following the crowd.
Bus Station
Arrival here is a new stage in emotional or physical life. Failing to arrive means you feel trapped or cut off from work, home, or a bond.
Bus Stop
Standing where the ride is boarded means a decision about the future is due.
Business Trip
Travel for work means rest is hard to find and you feel overwhelmed.
C
Cab
Hailing a cab means you need help before the next stretch of the road will open. Riding inside one can mean someone else is steering you for their own gain.
California
California is a hunger for fast wealth or fame. If you live there, the picture may simply be your ordinary surroundings.
Camper
Living in a camper means it is time to leave a situation you have been circling. It can also be a wish to stand on your own.
Canada
Canada takes its meaning from what the country already means to you. If you have never been, the dream uses your own picture of the place.
Chicago
Chicago is mainstream thinking, or a life blown toward a new direction with extra energy.
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.
Country
Another country is a change of life. Fear there means you are not ready to leave the past; happiness means you are. Your home country is unfinished feeling, or loyalty to family.
D
E
Egypt
Egypt means the root of your feeling and your spirit, and a time when life felt simpler.
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower means a strong, lasting support around you. It can also stand for romance.
See also Paris.
England
England means renewal, or a noble sense of yourself.
Europe
Europe, if it is not home, means be more expressive and make room for art and leisure. If it is home, it may simply be your landscape or your loyalty to it.
Explore
Exploring new land means self-discovery and a look at what actually drives you.
F
Flight
A flight means a project about to launch. A delay means you are unprepared, and a missed flight means you feel trapped or disconnected.
Flight Attendant
A flight attendant means travel ahead, or help wanted on a new project. Being one means that project needs your care.
Foreign Land
A foreign land means change. Fear means you are not ready to leave the past, and pleasure means you are.
Foreign Language
Hearing a language you do not speak means the deeper mind is sending news you cannot decode yet, or that other people cannot follow you.
Foreigner
A foreigner stands for a part of you that feels strange, a feeling or talent you have been ignoring.
G
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is your care about who gets in and who stays out.
I
India
India follows whatever that country already means to you. If you have never been there, it leans toward the determination to rise above a hard situation and defy expectations.
Interpreter
An interpreter means a problem you cannot understand alone. Ask for help.
Island
An island is ease and a need for solitude away from stress. Stranded, you are cut off, avoiding a problem, or stuck without a next step.
Israel
Going to Israel is personal spiritual unrest. You feel pulled in conflicting directions.
J
Japan
Japan follows whatever that country already means to you. If you have never been there, it leans toward a quiet mind and a dawning understanding.
L
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is excess, and a place where restraint is needed. It can also mean turmoil has clouded your judgment.
London
London is nobility and a high opinion of yourself.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is opportunity, and the lesson that success has to be made. As a city associated with angels, it can also be a spiritual search.
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R
Russia
Russia can mean a cold, hard season, colored by what that country already means to you. It may also pun on rush: move a decision along.
S
Safari
A safari is the wish to step outside ordinary rules and the tight feeling of ordinary life.
Seasick
Seasickness is emotion that drags and weighs on you. Those feelings need to be set down.
Shuffleboard
Shuffleboard is idling in some part of life. Playing it can be the wish to knock others aside so your own goal can move.
South America
South America is an attempt to settle a conflict or get past an obstacle. It can also be spontaneity.
T
Tourist
Meeting a visitor from away means you can offer help. Being one means you feel lost, or ready to explore a side of yourself you do not know yet.
V
Vacation
Time away means you need a break from routine, or you are rewarding yourself for work already done. A miserable trip means waking duties followed you and you are coping poorly.