From a Freudian view a wall may represent feelings of being excluded from the parents bedroom and the sexual activity or secrets that occur there. Walls separate and organize functions (thinking from emotions). Restrict or set limits. Create privacy or isolation. Have you walled off your emotions or put a barrier or distance between yourself […]

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An opening or entryway, and therefore, entry into a new stage or way of life; the threshold between conscious or unconscious material. If you are able to open the gate and enter, it suggests readiness and success, perhaps the end of a crisis time. If you have difficulty opening it, where are you stuck? If […]

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Being trapped suggests coming up against your own boundaries or limitations. Rigid ways of thinking by which you have boxed yourself in or limited your choices. Consider the symbolism of what or who is trapping you. Being trapped in an abyss suggests attitudes toward mother or women. Trapped or surrounded by mountains may refer to […]

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Teeth are one of the most common dream symbols.
In dreams teeth can represent one or more of the following:

strength and aggressiveness
youth, vitality
greed or devouring instincts, envy
your self-confidence or estimation of your abilities

Dreams involving the loss, breakage, yellowing of teeth are extremely common and are most often regarded by psychologists as signs that the dreamer […]

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Snakes have quite complicated and varied symbolism, depending on personal experience. How is it moving, is it threatening? How many snakes? Snakes like on the medical emblem, can signal an especially healing dream. Since snakes are found in dark places and water, dream about snakes can represent magical forces, our own primal energies or instincts, […]

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Blank paper may refer to unexpressed feelings; the moment of opportunity; the creative moment before expression occurs; inability or lack of desire to communicate. Consider any decorations on the paper, its condition. Decorative wrapping paper may refer to the facade you present to others; anxiety about a gift you owe. A plain brown wrapper may […]

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A concern with taking care of some aspect of yourself, or another; nurturing; getting well physically or psychologically; a situation that’s left a bad taste in your mouth; the need to face to or accept certain situations or consequences that may ultimately lead to more positive results. It may be related to fear about getting, […]

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Hunting or searching for something or someone is related to the symbolism of the specific thing that cannot be found. For instance, lost objects or persons may relate to lost values, aspects of your identity (wallet, credit cards), unfinished business. You may have lost sight of your goals or direction.
See hunter, lost.

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How does your garden grow? If flowering and well cared for, it may symbolize fertility; creativity; ideas you are cultivating; the flourishing of your inner life. If not, it may represent an aspect of yourself that needs to be cultivated or fertilized or tended to. What do you need to weed out?
A formal garden may […]

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For Jung, fish were symbols of some content from the unconscious, emotions, or life energy that is been stirring around in the unconscious from the beginning of our life. Therefore, fishing represents the search for, or process of becoming aware of, material from the unconscious. In this way fish can also symbolize the Self, or […]

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If choking on something, what is hard to swallow? Is someone trying to stuff something down your throat? You may be trying to cut off the expression of emotions, especially anger or sadness (all choked up). Choking someone else suggests feelings of aggression or, more benevolently, perhaps you are just trying to stop a […]

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With its moat and towers, a castle can symbolize an aspect of yourself that’s walled off or on the watch for attack; your psychological defenses (is it strong or crumbling?). How limited is your psychological or emotional movement, your choice of direction? How powerful or vulnerable do you feel; are you secure or under […]

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Fertility; female genitals; the depth of the unconscious, especially if there is a stream flowing in the canyon; the passage of time; inner nature or history revealed. Negatively it can convey being walled in, stuck. Grand Canyon is an archetypal expression of Mother Earth, and the aspect of mothering that can be overwhelming.

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