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| ABANDONED | The feeling of not being wanted, alone / Fear of losing something you value / Discarding a facade or persona that no longer suits you / Feeling guilt about neglecting somebody loved |
| ABDOMEN | Your inner core; gut instincts; natural drives (hunger, longing, desire, etc.) / Digesting information; your ability to ‘stomach’ something; feeling stress or tension; mustering courage |
| ABDUCTION | Lacking control in a situation, or feeling that someone else is in control / Being removed or separated from something against your will |
| ABNORMALITY | An internal sense of not having developed to your full potential, or that psychological hurts have distorted some aspect of your being |
| ABORTION | Failing to bring something to fruition; terminating something prematurely / Feeling disconnected from your inner child |
| ABOVE | Seeking a superior or wider perspective than your present standpoint allows / Feeling inferior in relationship to what is above you / What you strive for; looking for a higher purpose; acting above board / Something beyond your grasp of understanding / If you are standing above, high up: Having a wider viewpoint; being intellectual or aloof; feeling superior or in a position of advantage; wanting to rise above a situation |
| ABSORB | The taking in of ideas or feelings; integrating new information |
| ACCENT | Accentuating a ‘foreign’ thought or feeling, unfamiliar aspects of self being brought to your attention (your feelings about the language or country it’s spoken in will offer further clues) / (see RACE) |
| ACCIDENT | Moving too quickly through a process, lack of concentration / Anxiety, self-punishment, not believing in your abilities / Hidden aggression; rebelling against authority / Unexpected change |
| ACCUSATION | Distress; self doubt |
| ACID | Something burning away at you, or searing feelings toward someone else / Erosion of confidence |
| ACTOR/ ACTRESS | Roles you play; parts you’d like to act out / Desire for recognition or attention; wanting to impress others / Giving out false impressions of true self; indulging in fantasy / (see FAMOUS PEOPLE) |
| ADDRESS | Needing to address a situation or emotion / If the address is known to you, consider your association with or feelings about the place. If unknown, look for hidden meaning within the name of the street, numbers, etc. |
| ADVENTURE | Inner journey of discovery; actively exploring something new; taking risks |
| ADVERTISEMENT | Trying to sell yourself on an idea or plan; advertising your feelings or promoting yourself to others; attracting public attention (the product being advertised offers further clues) |
| ADVICE | Your conscience; what you desire to say or do but haven’t |
| AFFAIR | (see INFIDELITY) |
| AIRPLANE | Being daring in a new area, taking risks in life / Freedom and independence / An event, emotion, or person that is in the past or far away from you which has a long way to travel before getting back to conscious thoughts / If crashing: Feeling out of control; anxiety bringing down your ambitions or adventurousness / If grounded: Frustration at not getting anywhere |
| AIRPORT | Departures; changes; delays / Self-assessment in regard to independence and new opportunities |
| ALARM | Concerned with the timing of a situation; a sense of urgency in what you are doing / A feeling of shock or alarm / Fear of growing old or not having enough time to implement plans, achieve goals |
| ALCOHOL | Wanting to extract or separate yourself from a difficult emotion or situation; distilling information; trying to alter the way you feel, loosen up about something / Attempting to blot out feelings; an inability to accept reality as it is; feeling insecure |
| ALIEN | Urges or feelings you find hard to identify with or have never experienced / Feeling like an outsider in a group or society |
| ALLEY | A dark or secret area of self that needs to be confronted, cleaned up; limited options; being narrow-minded / Pursuing an interest (up your alley) |
| AMPUTATION | Loss of adequacy; feeling dysfunctional or poorly equipped / Loss of whatever the limb represents |
| ANGER | An actual emotion, which can be safely expressed in a dream |
| ANIMALS | Your biological needs and responses; instinctive drives, desires, behavioral patterns; sense of fate / The natural self tamed by civilized values / Predatory tendencies / If harming: Denying your primal nature / If eating: Integrating your natural wisdom and energy / The type of animal, what it is doing, and how you react to it offers further clues / (see individual animal types) |
| ANT | Perseverance; diligence; teamwork / Seeking safety in numbers, not acting independently; feeling small or insignificant; something pestering you / Wordplay on 'aunt' |
| ANTENNAE | Attempting to ‘hone in’ on an issue |
| ANTIQUE | Time-honored values and traditions; elements of past experience that might well be worth keeping; something that is capable of weathering time; proven wisdom; aging / Hanging onto the past; wanting to be unique or valued; antiquated beliefs or outdated ways of thinking / (see OLD) |
| ANXIETY | Reaction to facing your subconscious fears; suggests a great gap between the way things are and the way you’d like them to be |
| APARTMENT | Your inner complex; parts of self (emotions, thoughts, beliefs, etc.) that you need to ‘own up’ to / A complex situation that involves others or other parts of self; something you have not fully bought into / (see BUILDING) |
| APOLOGY | Issues related to friends / Something you regret; feeling misunderstood; accepting an error |
| AQUEDUCT | Attempting to channel emotions to a place where they can be safely addressed, controlled / Emotional health, level of contentment / Conventional ideals restricting your spiritual flow / (see WATER) |
| ARCH | Looking for protection, support / Concerned with ceremony or outer beauty / An internal battle which you feel you must triumph over / Superiority, dominance, rivalry |
| ARCHAEOLOGY | Digging up the past / Past experience that may benefit your current situation |
| ARENA | Your focus of attention or area of conflict / Your mental capacity to bring large amounts of information and experience together in considering something |
| ARM | Your ability to love, give, take, defend, reach out, persuade, etc. / If injured: Loss of confidence in abilities / Left arm: Supportive feelings / Right arm: Extroverted activity |
| ARMY | The need for order, discipline, or precision in overcoming a conflict; feeling that additional resources are needed to combat a problem / Feeling dominated, controlled, restricted or overwhelmed |
| ART | Your creative potential; the value you place on creativity; your ideals; seeking an improvement on reality / Restoration, renewal / Joy without profit |
| ARTIST | Self-expression; the desire or ability to create something / Finding creative solutions to a problem / Being in contact with your irrational, creative side; taking a right-brained approach to something / (see PAINTING) |
| ASCENDING | Growing self-awareness; rising feelings / Raising your standards; attaining a goal / (see STAIRCASE, LADDER, MOUNTAIN, ELEVATOR, etc.) |
| ASHTRAY | Wanting to rid yourself of old feelings, memories or habits; something in your life that has been extinguished / Wanting others to ‘butt out’ of your affairs |
| ASSEMBLY | Gathering information; pulling aspects of yourself together to form a cohesive whole; joining a common cause / Repetitious thinking or routines; being too predictable; achieving standard results; manufacturing or dismantling something |
| ATTACK | The release of negative feelings, frustrations you are unable to express in waking life / If being attacked: Feeling threatened by external events or internal emotions, impulses or ideas / If attacking: Defending yourself against something you feel threatened by; attempting to destroy some urge or feeling / (see FIGHT, WAR, STAB, etc.) |
| ATTIC | Past experience; memories; a mental approach to life |
| AUDIENCE | Witnessing an emotion or process in yourself; attempting to distance yourself from an aspect of your life; adopting a passive stance / Desire for attention; baring your soul; feeling judged |
| AUNT | Qualities or feelings you associate with an actual aunt that mirror aspects of yourself / Family connections; a mother substitute; developing patience / Wordplay on ‘ant’ |
| AUTUMN | Mellowing feelings; a falling out / Sensing that something has ended or is winding down |
| AWARD | Recognizing an achievement; showing appreciation / A sense of entitlement |
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