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| BABY | A new idea or activity / Immature behaviors or emotions; gullibility / Helplessness; vulnerability; needing emotional nourishment or attention; innocence / Fear of responsibility / If old head on baby body: Immature sexuality and emotions |
| BACK | Strength, particularly moral fiber / Something you've banished to the 'back of your mind' / Feeling unsupported; retreating; reverting to an old behavior; feeling criticized; delaying, hindering, or reversing a decision; damaging someone's reputation / If attached to your back: Feeling dominated by someone or something / (see BEHIND) |
| BACKGROUND | Something that is not prominent or obvious to you yet; things you take for granted / Surrounding circumstances that help explain a current situation; past experience |
| BAG | Unnecessary or excessive emotional clutter / Possessiveness; material responsibilities / Being held responsible for something; letting a secret out / Skills, methods, plans, devices or responsibilities you carry / (see LUGGAGE) |
| BALCONY | Your public persona; being seen for what you really are; wanting to be noticed / Romance; social positioning |
| BALLGAMES | Interaction (attention and response) between people; cooperation / Challenges; overcoming obstacles; staying focused (keeping your eye on the ball); making a decision (ball's in your court) / Neglecting your responsibilities (dropping the ball) / Competition; prowess; playfulness; sex / (see SPORTS) |
| BALLET | Something that requires precision, cooperation, or balance; staying alert (being 'on your toes'); wanting to be graceful or poised / Self-expression; feeling unrestricted; ability to move through life's obstacles with ease and grace |
| BALLOON | Feeling free or unrestricted, in a party mood / Exaggerating or inflating something; full of hot air / Emotions that are about to burst; feeling deflated / If floating: Feeling out of control or at the mercy of prevailing conditions |
| BAND | Having a strong attachment to something (a person, emotion, idea, etc.); something that you feel is 'bound' to happen; wanting to repair something / Your sense of belonging; fellowship; inner harmony |
| BANK | Investing your resources in something; depending, trusting, or counting on something you've invested time or energy on (could be a person); withdrawing; feeling tapped out or robbed of energy / Financial anxieties or insecurities; solvency |
| BANNER | Making a statement; publicly declaring your beliefs |
| BAR | Your aspirations; strength; libido; how you relate to groups; social influences / Something 'barring' you from success; avoiding confrontation with loneliness, anxiety, sense of failure, etc.; escaping the pressures of daily life |
| BAROQUE | Having a dynamic, sensuous, theatrical, brilliant, versatile or passionate style / In art, it is the Age of Expansion following the Age of Discovery |
| BASEMENT | Repressed emotional issues; the root (or basis) of a problem or situation / Your subconscious mind; intuition |
| BATHING | The need for relaxation / Cleansing old feelings; wanting to ‘come clean’ or be rid of guilt / Immersing yourself in something, becoming deeply involved or engrossed |
| BATHROOM | Purification; release of tension; letting go of emotions, fantasies or desires which you need to discharge / Wasting your energy on something / Privacy |
| BATTERY | Your personal energy. If charged, feeling fired up or enthusiastic. If dead, feeling tapped out or exhibiting negative energy / Feeling assaulted or beaten down |
| BEACH | On the brink of change or understanding / Seeking clarity, emotional boundaries / Feeling stranded |
| BEADS | Feeling disconnected or connected to others; isolation or inclusion |
| BEAR | Feeling threatened, overwhelmed or vulnerable; feeling burdened; not wanting to disturb emotional issues that may be sleeping within you; feeling lost (losing your bearings) / Hibernation; introspection; seeking support or strength / Wordplay on ‘bare’ |
| BEARD | Creating or camouflaging your identity / A barrier to intimacy; opposing something boldly / If long: Insight; spiritual wisdom / If fake: Concealing something; not expressing yourself truthfully / If dreamer is male: Maturity; initiation into manhood / (see HAIR) |
| BED | Depending on the dream context, a bed can represent sex, rest, passivity, privacy, intimacy, secrets, renewal of energy, or illness / A situation, comfortable or otherwise, you have created in life / Putting something to rest / May expose what you are doing in the subtle areas of relationship (condition of the bed offers further clues) / (see SHEETS) |
| BEDROOM | Areas of your life that relate to privacy, sex, intimacy, or rest |
| BEES | Painful emotions; feeling ‘stung’ by remarks; having issues with your ‘honey’ / Being a follower or busybody / If unafraid of bees: Hard work, cooperation; becoming organized; feeling energized or upbeat (buzzed) |
| BEHIND | The past; what you have left behind / What you have chosen to, or want to, forget / Secrets; things you are not aware of / If behind something: Repressed urges; feeling inferior / If in back of a house: Need for privacy; intimacy; surreptitious behaviors / (see BACK) |
| BEIGE | Neutrality; detachment / Weak communication |
| BELL | Reaching a point of clarity / A warning signal that something needs your attention / (see ALARM) |
| BELOW | Something you feel is ‘beneath you’; being judgmental / The nonintellectual parts of self; feeling inferior / Something you can now look back on from a detached viewpoint / (see UNDER) |
| BELT | Tightly restrained sexuality or emotions; feeling squeezed or insecure / Protectiveness |
| BIBLE | Traditional moral standards; a belief system set by one’s religion / Spiritual lessons, inspiration, or awareness / Seeking comfort |
| BICYCLE | Personal effort or motivation that gets you somewhere; needing to strike a balance (work vs. pleasure, intellect vs. emotions, etc.) / Wanting freedom without responsibilities; revisiting adolescent behaviors; backpedaling / Cycles within your life; getting back to basics |
| BIG | Feeling overwhelmed by something or someone; inflating a situation or issue beyond its actual significance; something that is dominating your attention / Being egotistical; wanting to dominate or control others |
| BIRD | Seeking freedom; abandoning psychological or physical realities / Changing your perspective; rising above a situation |
| BIRTH | New beginnings; an opportunity for dramatic personal growth or transcendence; a spiritual awakening; experiencing a breakthrough; conceiving something new / Anxiety regarding a commitment; concerns involving an actual pregnancy |
| BITE | Aggression; putting undue pressure on a situation or person / Feeling attacked by anxieties or your own urges / Feeling unprepared, unwilling or unable to communicate ideas, feelings |
| BLACK | The unconscious, unknown, hidden, or avoided parts of self / Depression, fear, despair, mourning, guilt, confusion / An unwillingness to relinquish control over things / If wearing black: Hidden feelings / If black animal: Unconscious drives or urges / (see DARK) |
| BLACK & WHITE | Potential merging of conscious (white) and unconscious (black) material to form a greater self ; an internal change / Stubbornness; not allowing variables to color your perspective / (see PATTERN) |
| BLANK | Emptiness; lack of interest or results; void of ideas; wanting to blot something out / Something that requires further information; starting fresh |
| BLANKET | Hiding, concealing, or protecting something; feeling smothered / An all-encompassing feeling or belief; uniform thinking; unwillingness to make exceptions |
| BLINDNESS | Unwillingness to ‘see’ something, such as inner traits you don’t like; losing sight of something / Feeling directionless |
| BLOOD | Your energy and sense of existence; your life force and power; feeling invigorated / Feeling emotionally drained / Anger, cruelty, ruthlessness, hatred, pain, suffering, or hardship |
| BLUE | Your intuition; having a wide awareness of life / Spirituality; inspiration; inner peace; contentment; truth; understanding; sincerity; humility / If dark tone: Coolness of nature; negative thoughts or depression (as in ‘feeling blue’) |
| BOAT | (see SHIP) |
| BODY | Your identity; the external form of your internal nature / Physical life; material existence / Self-esteem, self-worth / If naked: Feeling vulnerable or exposed; shyness / If dead: Personality traits or attitudes that have been denied expression / (see individual body parts) |
| BOMB | Explosive situations; sudden, anxiety-producing events / Something that might ‘blow up’ in your face if followed through / Your own aggression |
| BONES | Unsupported feelings or rigid beliefs; feeling tired or overworked; issues that remain from a dead relationship or previous way of life; having grounds for complaint (a bone to pick) or disputing something (bone of contention); wanting to be appeased (thrown a bone) / Moral strength (backbone); building yourself back up; starting something from scratch; getting to the core of something; sharpening your knowledge (boning up), etc. / (see SKELETON) |
| BOOK | Memories; things you have learned from past experience / Other people’s attitudes / Self-investigation; a learning curve |
| BOSS | What dictates you; issues related to authority or control; anxieties involving work or career; lack of self-confidence; wanting to take charge of a situation / Being bossy; feeling superior |
| BOTTLE | Concerned with affairs of the heart; receptivity / If empty: A part of your life which needs filling; ‘bottled up’ emotions; disengagement from a person or event / If full: An influence entering your life to change it; seeking union or emotional nourishment |
| BOX | Things you keep hidden from self or others / Feeling confined to a person, idea or emotion; wanting to break loose from a limitation / Seeking protection, insulation from unpleasant thoughts or emotions |
| BOY | Childhood feelings; your potential / If a male dreamer: The difficulties faced, habits acquired, or attitudes imprinted on you by experiences at that age / If female: Developing the ability to express your masculine side (being tougher, more action-oriented, etc.); feelings about a son |
| BOYFRIEND | (see MATE) |
| BRAKES | Feeling out of control; needing to stop or slow things down / Wordplay on ‘break’ |
| BREAD | Basic needs; what sustains you; shared experience or intimacy (as in ‘breaking bread’ with someone) / An idea or emotion that has given rise in you / Concern over pedigree or wealth (being ‘well-bred’, having ‘bread’) |
| BREAK | Shattered idealism, hope or faith (broken heart, promise, or spirit) / Changes; surpassing what has gone before (break with the past, break old habits, break new ground, break a record) / The need to relax a stance or ease an uncomfortable situation (give yourself a break, break the ice) / Figuring something out (break the code) or lessening the impact of something (break a fall) / Failing to honor a promise or agreement (break your word) |
| BREASTS | (see CHEST) |
| BRICK | Strength, protection, steadfastness / Something that is weighing you down or tough to handle / The need to construct more practical, solid solutions to a problem / Built up expectations |
| BRIDGE | A transition or transitional phase / Connection between yourself and a relationship, self and opportunity, etc.; striking a balance / Moving beyond something without getting emotionally involved; rising above a situation; pulling yourself together |
| BROTHER | (see SIBLING) |
| BROWN | Earthiness; feeling grounded; being practical; physical concerns / Dormancy; depression; dullness; being in a state of spiritual decline; materialism |
| BUBBLE | Daydreams, illusions; something delicate and easily lost / Feeling fragile or emotionally insulated / Taking yourself lightly; having a childlike spirit |
| BUG | Small annoyances / (see INSECT) |
| BUILDING | Your inner structure. Different rooms or areas depict different parts of your body and personality, and the functions they serve. If the building is recognized, then you also need to define what essential connections you may have to it / If a public building: Structures of thought and beliefs based on social conditioning / (see HOME, HOTEL, APARTMENT, CASTLE, OFFICE, MUSEUM, THEATER, ROOM) |
| BURGLAR | (see INTRUDER, THIEF) |
| BURN | Heated emotions; deeply felt urges; releasing emotional energy |
| BURY | Laying to rest a belief, feeling, or habit that is no longer useful or alive / Hiding something |
| BUS | Social conditioning; going along with the crowd rather than directing your own course; something you are doing in public / If missing the bus: Social opportunities you have missed out on; feeling left behind |
| BUTTERFLY | Cathartic change; evolution from one state of mind to another; learning to release the past and embrace something new; reinventing yourself / Nervousness, sensitivity; failure to invest time in something; ‘short-lived’ feelings, pursuits, etc. |
| BUTTON | Feeling insecure or emotionally exposed; someone who is ‘pushing your buttons’; acting irrationally; panicking; withholding your true feelings or opinions / Being sharp-witted, of sound mind (having all your buttons); being precise (on the button); punctuating something or completing final details / A cute or dainty person |
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