The Dream Dictionary

Our On-Line Dictionary is designed to be fun and user-friendly. By using the scroll bar in the bottom left frame you can search through the list of symbols for the one you want. When you select the word with your mouse, the area of the Dictionary containing the word will open in the right frame. The Dictionary also contains links to related words and topics. We are always adding symbols to our On-Line Dictionary, so if you do not find it today try again tomorrow.

Please remember that dream interpretation is very personal and the meaning of symbols for any individual may depend on his/hers life experiences and psychic needs.

In order to develop a better understanding of your dreams, make an effort to keep a dream journal. It does not have to be extensive. Upon awakening write down the most prevalent symbols, colors and events in your dream. Additionally, try to remember the mood of the dream or your feelings in it. As you are writing in your journal you can begin writing your own personal dream dictionary. In the back of the journal, you may keep a list of the most outstanding or powerful dream symbols.

What is a dream symbol?
A dream symbol is an image from the unconscious that is important for you to understand in the present moment. Symbols can be understood subjectively and personal associations can be made to understand the dream’s message. However, at times, the objective associations of the dream symbol may be more revealing and meaningful. For example, if dreaming about a ruby you may have personal associations such as: I inherited my grandmother’s ruby ring or the ruby is my birth stone. These associations may be important, but if you consider the objective definition of a ruby it may bring you closer to the essence of the dream’s message. Thus, a ruby is a precious stone harvested from deep within the earth. Historically, it represents healing and irrepressible light. With these associations, one may conclude that the dream has to do with inner wealth which may be harvested though introspection and that may bring about healing and enlightenment, or that the deepest level of healing is needed in the dreamer’s life.

Each dream symbol may have multiple meanings and can be applied to many aspects of the dreamer’s life. Thus, understanding the ruby dream with the use of subjective and personal associations may be meaningful and valuable on one level, but it may also have a wider and deeper meaning when looking at it with objective associations.

(Each symbol is hyperlinked to it’s meaning or the page on which you will find it; please use the back button to return to this page for more symbol definitions. P.S. Don’t forget to e-mail requests pertaining to what dream symbols should be added into the dictionary.)

A

Abandonment
Abdomen
Abortion
Actor
Adultery
Aging
Airplane
Alcohol
Alien
Alligator
Ambulance
Amputation
Amusement-park
Anchor
Angels
Anger
Animals
Anxiety
Apology
Apple
Aquarium
Argument
Armor
Arrow
Attack
Attic
Avalanche
Ax

B

Baby
Bake
Bald
Bananas
Bar/Pub
Basement
Bat
Bath
Bathroom
Beard
Bears
Beaver
Bed
Bees
Bicycle
Birds
Birth
Blindness
Blood
Boat
Body
Books
Box
Bread
Breasts/
Breast-Feeding
Bridge
Brown
Bull
Burial
Bus
Butterfly
Buttons

C

Cage
Cake
Cancer
Candles
Calculator
Cannibalism
Cat
Car
Carnival
Cartoons
Castle
Caterpillar
Cave
Celebrity
Cemetery
Chase
Chewing gum
Child
Chickens
Choking
Church
Cigarettes
Circle
Cliff
Climbing
Clock
Closet
Clouds
Clothing
Cockroaches
Coffin
Colors
Couch
Cow
Crab
Crown
Crucifix(cross)
Crying

D

Dagger
Dancing
Danger
Death
Defecation
Decapitation
Deceased relatives
Deer
Desert
Devil
Diamond
Digging
Dinosaur
Dirt/Earth
Disaster
Disease
Diving
Doctor
Dog
Doll
Dolphin
Donkey
Door
Dragon
Drowning
Drugs
Duck
Dwarf

E

Eagle
Ear
Earthquake
Eating
Eggs
Elephant
Elevator
Envelope
Ex-boy/girlfriend
Eyes
Eyeglasses

F

Faces
Fainting
Fairy
Falling
“Famous-people”
Father
Fear
Feces
Feet
Fences
Ferris wheel
Fighting
Fire
Fish
Floating
Flood
Flowers
Flies
Flying
Fog
Food
Forest
Friends
Frog
Fruit
Funeral

G

Game
Garage
Garbage
Garden
Genitals
Ghosts
Gift
Glass
Goat
God
Gold
Grave/Graveyard
Guns

H

Hair
Hands
Happiness
Hats
Heaven
Hide
Highway
Hole
Homosexuality
Honey
Horse
Hospital
Hostage
Hotel
House
Hug
Hurricane

I

Ice
“Ice-cream”
“Ice-skating”
Illness
Incest
Infidelity
Insect
Intercourse
Intruder
Iris
Island

J

Jail
Jealousy
Jesus
Jewelry
Journey
Jungle
Jupiter (Zeus)

K

Kangaroo
Key
Kidnapping
Killing
King
Kiss
Kitchen
Kite
Knife

L

Ladder
Lake
Lamb
Lateness
Leak
Leech
Letter
Library
Light
Lightning
Lion
Lips
Lock
Love

M

Man
Map
Marriage
Mars (Ares)
Masks
Maze
Medicine
Melody/song
Menstruation
Mercury (Hermes)
Milk
Mirror
Money
Monkey
Moon
Monster
Morning
Moth
Mother
Mountain
Music

N

Nails
Neptune (Poseidon)
Night
Nightmare
Nudity
Numbers

O

Obesity
Ocean
Octopus
Oil
Old Woman/Man
Orange(color)
Oven
Owl
Oyster

P

Packing
Pain
Panic
Pants
Paralysis
Parents
Parking Lot
Peacock
Pier
Pen/Pencil
Penguin
Penis
People
Phoenix
Photograph
Piano
Pig
Pink
Planets
Pluto (Hades)
Pockets
Police
Pool
Porcupine
Poverty
Pregnancy
Priest
Puppy
Purple
Pyramid

Q

Quarrel
Queen
Quicksand
Quilt

R

Rabbit
Race
Rain
Rainbow
Rape
Rats
Relationships
Resurrection
Right
Ring
River
Road
Rocks
Roller coaster
Roof
Rooster
Rosary
Rose
Running

S

Sacrifice
Saint
Salt
Satan
Saturn (Cronos)
School
Sharks
Ship
Shopping
Sibling
Skeleton
Smell
Smoking
Smothering
Snake
Snow
Soap
Spider
Sport
Stairs
Stalking
Stars
Stealing
Storm
Strangers
Submarine
Subway
Suicide
Sun
Swimming

T

Table
Tattoo
Teacher
Teeth
Telephone
Theater
Tidal wave
Tiger
Tongue
Tornado
Train
Travel
Tree
Tunnel
Turtle
Twins

U

Umbrella
Uniform
Uranus (Ouranos)
Urination

V

Vampire
Vase
Vegetables
Venus (Aphrodite)
Violence
Volcano
Vomit

W

Walk
Wall
War
Water
Waterfall
Waves
Wedding
Weeds
Werewolf
Whales
Wheat
Wind
Window
Wings
Witch
Wolves
Woman
Woods
Worms
Writing

X

X Ray
Xylophone

Y

Yard
Yellow

Z

Zero
Zombie