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| DANCING | Relishing life / Unity; sexual harmony; intimacy; romantic involvement / If awkward: Lack of harmony connected with what is depicted; ‘dancing around’ a problem |
| DANGER | An internal conflict; anxiety over something you fear / A sense of threatening change, afraid to lose something with the change |
| DARK | The unknown; something not defined by your intellect or conscious mind; not having enough information to make a clear decision / If frightening: Depression, confusion, secrets hidden from self or others, negative influences, feeling lost / (see NIGHT) |
| DAUGHTER | Your relationship with an actual daughter; emotional bonds; a need to be mothered / If dreamer is female: Yourself at that age / If dreamer is male: Your ‘feeling’ self as it attempts to mature |
| DAWN | A new or unexpected change on the horizon; a breaking situation or realization (something dawning on you); hope |
| DAY | Being conscious; the ability to ‘see’ yourself; your known aspects or traits; clarity of vision / Your mood (bright, sunny, overcast, etc.) |
| DEAF | Unwillingness to listen or hear something; refusal to allow something in / Feeling that others are not hearing what you have to say |
| DEATH | Wanting to rid yourself of something / The end of an aspect of your life (internal or external); killing off old patterns / Completion; finality; suppressed grief; retreating from the challenge of life |
| DECAY | A decline or deterioration in some area of your life; negligent behavior; something you feel ‘rotten’ about |
| DEFORMITY | Failure of expectation; disappointment; reviewing your own imperfections |
| DEMOLITION | Undergoing major changes; a breakdown of old attitudes and approaches |
| DEPARTING | Leaving a situation, such as a relationship or job; seeking independence / Wanting to get away from a responsibility or difficulty / Breaking off from habitual or old patterns of behavior |
| DEPRESSION | True depression in your waking life / Low energy; lack of options; self-punishment |
| DESCENDING | (see DOWN) |
| DESERT | Feeling abandoned, lost, or deserted; feeling emotionally barren or drained; fear that your resources have dried up / Holding onto illusions |
| DESK | Work; discipline |
| DEVIL | Repressed natural drives that have not been lived out; fear of releasing natural drives you deem evil or wicked / An arch rival; somebody who is malicious, mischievous, or daring / Facing the negative consequence of an action; being careless, reckless or cruel; causing a stir; choosing the lesser of two ‘evils’; adopting an unpopular or opposing view for the sake of argument / Adding spice or interest to something |
| DIARY | Your life through conscious expression / Secrets you have with yourself; memories / (see WRITING) |
| DIGGING | Working hard to expose or bury something; getting to the bottom of an issue / Making trouble for yourself; overextending yourself; cutting remarks |
| DINING ROOM | Social or family contact; the need for interaction / Your appetite for something |
| DIRECTION | Looking for or taking a course of action; seeking guidance / Taking charge; calling the shots |
| DIRT | Actions or feelings that you feel are grubby or immoral; letting yourself down / Inability to accept something as reality; needing to ground yourself / Defaming somebody |
| DISPLAY | An emotion, idea or situation that is becoming visible to you or is in public view |
| DISTANT | Something you are barely conscious of or do not identify with strongly / A long time off |
| DOCTOR | Attending to something that is in need of healing; self-diagnosis concerning your well-being / Dependence upon an authority figure for a sense of wholeness; seeking support or guidance / Possibly in need of actual medical attention |
| DOG | Dealing with faithfulness, loyalty, or companionship issues / Wanting unconditional love or friendship / Aggressive male sexuality; obedience, laziness, exhaustion; being a showoff; performing menial tasks for others; wanting protection; being on guard / If a puppy: An immaturity in any of the areas described above |
| DOLL | Feeling stiff, wooden, or ragged; acting fake / Playing around; childishness / Prettiness; girlishness |
| DOOR | If open: Discovering something new; an opportunity worth exploring; something welcomed; being open-minded / If closed: Something that should be left alone or untouched; inappropriate timing; something that is no longer accessible to you / If someone is at door: Allowing others into your space / If front door: Public self; your relationship with people in general / If back door: Private or secret activities / If shutting: Shutting yourself off from others; fear of intimate contact; ending a relationship or phase of life / (see OPEN, CLOSED) |
| DOWN | Willful exploration of the unconscious; meditating; going within; getting more down to earth / Regressing; lack of progress; feeling ‘down’; loss of status or prestige; setbacks |
| DRESS | Displaying your feminine side; your style in dealing with women (formal, casual, etc.) / Wordplay on ‘address’ |
| DRILL | Working through emotions that resist your insight; fear of being examined too closely / Being put through routines or instilling them in others / Sex without emotion; fears preventing intimacy |
| DRINK | Absorbing information about yourself; taking something in (feelings, surroundings, opinions, etc.) |
| DRIVING | Looking for a method to get to where you want to be; internal forces that drive you / Aiming at something, making your intentions clear; gaining momentum / Something or someone that is causing stress or ‘driving you nuts’ / (see VEHICLE) |
| DROWNING | Overwhelmed by unresolved feelings, old issues or a current crisis / Fear of going under emotionally; feeling helpless |
| DRUG | Escaping a problem or pain, wanting quick relief / Sedating a drive or impulse; poisoning yourself with negative thinking; being unable to think straight; refusing to face reality / (see PILL, MEDICINE, POISON) |
| DRUM | Keeping pace; finding a good rhythm; feeling beaten down / Goading yourself into action (e.g. drumming up enthusiasm) |
| DRUNK | Lack of self-control; wanting to be free of responsibilities; unable to cope / Feeling inarticulate; indulging in sloppy behavior or thinking |
| DUST | An aspect of your life or personality that has been neglected for a long period of time / Waiting for a situation to calm down before taking action |
| DWARF | An underdeveloped or malformed part of your personality / Having a diminished self-image; feeling belittled or belittling others / Making something out to be less than it really is |
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