Dream Dictionary Unconscious

May symbolize something of value with regard to your personal development. May symbolize the feminine (silver has associations with the moon) which would represent intuition; or the unconscious.

You may not be seeing things fully, only dimly. This could be representative of the unconscious, or it could be telling you that you have a limited or one-sided point of view on some matter. May be a reference to your Shadow

Freud theorized that there were two types of dream content manifest and latent.

Manifest (superficial) content, he believed, had no significance because it was a mask for underlying (unconscious) issues of the dream. He believed the latent content contained unconscious wishes or fantasies. He also postulated that dreams originated either from the id or the ego. If it originated from the ego-it satisfied an instinct, according to Freud. If it originated from the id, it solved a conflict.

New life, rejuvenation, healing. The snake/serpent sheds its skin and grows new skin; shedding the old, new growth. In Western societies the snake is seen as evil. In Eastern mythologies the snake (or serpent) is a symbol for healing, new life.

A snake/serpent may symbolize sexuality; psychic energy, or the power of Nature; intuitive wisdom; the unconscious.

Is the snake/serpent guarding something? If so, it may symbolize either your true and total self or something you need for the next stage of personal development.

Basic meaning: things are falling apart, some aspect in your life is on unsound footing.

(1) What is quaking, or in danger of falling apart, may be you or your life. Is your marriage breaking up, or your business? Or do you need to look below the surface of yourself, into the depths of your unconscious, to see what is threatening to explode? Violence is usually caused by frustration. What part of you have you buried in the unconscious and robbed of its right to a place in your life?

(2) Since earth may represent mother, an earthquake could mean the breaking-up of your mother-attachment; or possibly the death of your mother (not a prediction of her death).

(3) Since earth may represent the unconscious, an earthquake may represent your fear of being swallowed up by your mother or mother-attachment, or some other unconscious complex.

Reference: Eric Ackroyd

falling apart; conflict with your mother (is your mother in the dream?); a sudden change in your daily life (something is upsetting your life).

Treachery, deceit and danger. Power of expression. Fear of misusing verbal expression. The power of the unconscious mind needing to express itself {repressed emotions}. Dangerous unconscious motivations that need controlling.

May symbolize something of value with regard to your personal development. Silver has associations with the moon, and may therefore symbolize the feminine; intuition; or the unconscious.

Your unconscious or subconscious. walled in with no escape. Backing into a situation.

Dreams of a spouse having an affair with no real reason to be suspicious should be seen as your own possible insecurities. Look to the possibility of the unconscious mind wanting/needing to expose itself in a manner that uses an affair as a way to inform the conscious mind. If you dream that you are cheating, then perhaps it is a feeling of being sexually unsatisfied, or unappreciated.

Seeking an appropriate course of action. The unconscious {through the dream} providing answers to conscious problems. Deliberate action; knowledge.

Information available from the deeper layers of the unconscious {your wise self}. Past experiences that are of great value.

The unconscious, where true aspects of the self reside. Confinement to unconscious attitudes/emotions that need to be brought to consciousness.

In a woman's dream it may represent the animus. The bull may refer to your masculinity (whether you are male or female).The taming of a bull may signify the harmonious integration of your animality, especially your sexuality, or the whole of the hidden, unconscious part of your psyche. The bull may symbolize fertility, as in mythology. Your unconscious has the power to bring about new life if you allow it to penetrate your conscious mind. May represent your true nature - as seen when one practices self exploration of the psyche. May symbolize stubbornness, strong will, strength, and power. Bulls are also symbolic of repressed sexual energies, fertility and virility. Dreaming of an untamed, raging bull represents that your passions may be out of control.

Where unconscious and conscious meet, offering vital information about some "foreign" or unknown aspects about yourself. May represent a transition to a new phase in your life. The conversion of two states of mind or attitudes that may have been in conflict but are now coming together.

The beach is the meeting place of two worlds, land and sea, which may symbolize the conscious and unconscious realms of the human psyche. Perhaps there is something within your unconscious that the conscious mind needs to acknowledge. Dreaming that you are looking toward the beach, suggests that you are returning to what is familiar to you. Alternatively, you may be adapting or accepting to the changes and circumstances in your life.

Bridging the unconscious and conscious. The unconscious seeking conduit to the conscious mind.

Unconscious knowledge or information about some aspect within yourself; a person with whom you are acquainted. A reunion with someone or something.

Basic meaning: Older, wiser, more experienced part of feminine self aspect; the unconscious; intuition; natural and instinctive life; your relationship with your mother.

(1) A dream about your mother may be telling you something about your relationship with your mother. Mother-attachment may be so strong that the development of your own individuality has been prevented. Inner independence of mother is the first great step towards realizing your true self.

(2) In a mansdream, mother may symbolize the feminine side of his psyche.

(3) Mother may symbolize the unconscious; intuitive self; natural instinctive life; the source of nourishment and growth for the psyche.

(1) This may be a sexual symbol, representing male genitals. As such it would appear in a woman's dreams and might express a fear of sex, or an ambivalent fear - fascination feeling towards it.

(2) The frog may symbolize the unconscious, or some part or function of the psyche that still lies buried in your unconscious, perhaps something that you find horrifying or disgusting because of some traumatic experiences that gave rise to anxiety and/or guilt feelings.

{3} Perhaps the frog in your dream comes from the story of the Frog-Prince. In the story a young woman is visited in her bed by a frog. At first, the girl is horrified and pushes the frog away. On the third night, however, she relents, and in the ensuing embrace the frog is transformed into a handsome prince.

Ernest Jones, a follower and biographer of Freud, says this is a story of a virgin overcoming her sexual fear.

For Joseph Campbell, an authority on mythology and a Jungian, the frog in the story symbolizes the unconscious, which at first sight is frightening but, when assimilated by the conscious ego, reveals itself for what it is - the total psyche, beautiful and true.

One might add that in both these interpretations what brings about the psyches transformation is a sexual embrace, but in the second interpretation it is an inner embrace, an intermingling and mutual penetration of the masculine and feminine sides of the psyche.

Note

Jung tells us that there are at least two interpretations to every dream. Both the interpretations, Jones and Campbell, could very well be applicable to the dream. One is a need to overcome an outward personal fear, and at the same time a need to delve into the unconscious and overcome the frightening aspects that unconsciously controls one's life.

Reference: Eric Ackroyd

{1} A head may be a symbol of intellect: rational as distinct from intuitive thought {see Personality Types}.

{2} It may symbolize the conscious ego as distinct from the unconscious {which might be represented by the abdomen or solar plexus}.

{3} It may be a symbol of masculinity.

{4} A monstrous, horrifying head probably represents negative - because repressed - drives or processes in your unconscious. Try to follow Perseus" example. The Gorgons" eyes turned to stone anyone they looked at; but when Perseus succeeded in cutting off Medusa's head, the winged horse Pegasus sprang from her body. This may be seen as symbolizing the psychic or spiritual development that results from facing up to whatever is fearsome in one's unconscious.

{5} A two-headed creature may symbolize either duality, antagonistic opposites in your psyche or the {needed} union, or bringing together, of opposing psychic qualities/functions/forces - for example, masculine and feminine; conscious and unconscious.

Reference: Eric Ackroyd