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| TABLE | Delaying a decision; making an offer or proposing something; gathering information / Social and family connections; communal activity; loyalty / If dressed: Needing to address something; attempting to create a good social image / If bare: Not giving much of yourself / If broken: Dissension; something you cannot hold inside any longer |
| TAIL | A form of self- expression. Consider the animal and what the tail is doing for further clues / Following or being followed; a choice (heads or tails); running away (hightailing it); sexual excitement (chasing tail); a situation where the minority controls the majority (tail wagging the dog); a short period of time / Wordplay on ‘tale’ |
| TALKING | Self-expression; a need for communication; coming in contact with whatever is depicted |
| TALL | Feeling proud or superior / Feeling overshadowed or overwhelmed / Exaggerating something |
| TAME | Controlling your natural drives or instincts; being docile; feeling sluggish; curbing wild behavior; acting insipidly |
| TAN | Something or someone absorbing your energy; needing to change your ‘tone,’ or look beyond the surface / Vanity |
| TANGLED | Feeling confused, overwhelmed, or trapped |
| TANK | Defensive aggression; protecting yourself against verbal or emotional assaults / If a water tank: The womb; satisfaction; wanting to protect or contain your emotions |
| TAPE | Feeling restricted or bound by something; wanting to mend something / Putting the pieces together; putting yourself on record / Bureaucracy (red tape) |
| TASTE | Developing a liking for something; wanting something very badly / Operating in a socially acceptable manner; having good taste / Something you disapprove of; giving somebody a taste of their own medicine, etc. |
| TEA | Relaxing, taking a break; feeling satisfied; taking your time with something / Wanting good fortune to come your way; feeling fortunate |
| TEACHER | Imparting knowledge, guidance, or advice / A source of superior knowledge or wisdom; learning by example / Seeking approval; issues with authority; self-punishment |
| TEAR | Feeling sad, torn apart, or ripped off / Severing ties to something / Rushing into something without thinking / Scolding or lecturing somebody |
| TEENAGER | Adolescent behavior; growing pains / A time of uncertainty; something that is about to spring into maturity; struggling for autonomy |
| TEETH | Your level of maturity; inner wisdom; ability to make decisions / Being well prepared (armed to the teeth); aggression (baring teeth); experiencing stress or anxiety (gritting teeth); accomplishing something by a narrow margin (by the skin of your teeth); approaching something with ferocity and force (fighting tooth and nail); extreme discomfort (setting your teeth on edge); moving into a new phase of life (teething); gossip / If teeth are falling out: Apprehension about maturing, facing independence or responsibilities / If false teeth: Lies told; not keeping spoken promises |
| TELEPHONE | A need to communicate with others or other parts of yourself; getting messages that you need to listen to; trying to attract someone’s attention, or someone who is trying to get your attention |
| TELEVISION | A reflection of your inner drama; attempting to view life objectively; broadcasting your feelings / Something that is distracting you; being passive, not getting involved / What is playing on the television offers further clues |
| TEN | Completion of a cycle; perfection; wholeness / Being extreme, ignoring the middle ground |
| TENNIS | Witnessing cause and effect; going back and forth on an issue; needing to assert yourself more strongly / Scoring at love; courting someone; having your needs served; taking advantage of something or someone; acing a situation, etc. / (see SPORTS) |
| TEST | Self-assessment; testing your will, endurance, or capability; being challenged or pushed to the limit; evaluating something (testing it out); wanting to establish credibility (acid test); feeling ‘testy’ / Fear of being examined too closely |
| THANKS | If thanking someone: Acknowledging and accepting some aspect of that person within your own self |
| THEATER | Observing how your thoughts, feelings, hopes, fears, and fantasies ‘play a part’ in your life; being theatrical or overly dramatizing a situation; being emotionally caught up in something / If looking at a stage: What is claiming your attention at present; assessing a new role or idea / If on stage: Going through a stage in life; wanting to be noticed or feeling publicly scrutinized |
| THIEF | Fear that you might lose something, or that what you already have will be taken away (self-esteem, options, a lover, wealth, etc.) / Fear of being taken advantage of; feeling invaded; being too attached to material possessions / If you are the thief: Capitalizing on someone’s vulnerability; leeching off others; being an opportunist; guilt over being ‘needy’ |
| THORN | An irritating; a difficult or unpleasant situation; something to be avoided, or protected from |
| THREAD | Commonality; continuity; feeling connected to something / Close calls; opportunities that may pass if not seized upon quickly |
| THREE | A triangle (love triangle, mother/father/child, holy trinity, etc.) / Synthesis; movement; candidness; truth; a creative solution; balancing both good and bad |
| THROAT | Self-expression; communication / ‘Cutthroat’ behavior; being reactive or critical; being forced to do something; stifled anger or creativity; fear of expressing your true thoughts or feelings; inability to accept or ‘swallow’ something |
| TICKLE | Releasing tension; breaking down barriers of reserve; lightening up / Something delightful or titillating; sexual pleasure; playful teasing |
| TIME | A period of life (past, present, or future); a particularly formative or important moment; something that occurs with frequency; concern over the timing of a situation / Something that has expired; meeting a deadline; needing to wait; being punctual; having time on your hands; your window of opportunity; the duration or term of a commitment; staying in sync; being impatient, etc. / (see DAY, NIGHT, MORNING, EVENING) |
| TIN | Expanding your mind; ability to be flexible; opening up to new ideas / Containing yourself; not hearing what someone has to say (tin ear); being out of practice (rusty) |
| TIRES | Trying to re-align your energies or absorb a shock; feeling deflated or under pressure; something that is wearing you down; not getting any traction; a person or situation that is causing friction; needing to get a grip on yourself; feeling ‘tired’ |
| TOILET | Needing to relieve yourself of something; flushing unwanted aspects of self; wasted efforts / (see BATHROOM) |
| TONGUE | Speech; expression of how you truly feel / Fooling around or being playful (tongue in cheek); containing yourself or remaining quiet (holding your tongue); scolding someone (a tongue lashing); being surprised or aghast (cat got your tongue) |
| TOOLS | Practical abilities you have; suggestion of things you might need to work on (e.g. hammer out a problem, cut away old attitudes, drill down to your real feelings, etc.) / Male sexuality / (see HAMMER, DRILL, SAW) |
| TORPEDO | Unconscious aggression; destructive thoughts, emotions or behavior / Sexual release / Being jettisoned or shot down by someone |
| TORSO | Related to survival, emotions, reproduction, the heart and creative processes / Feeling incapacitated; losing your head over something |
| TOUCHING | Making contact; getting in touch with yourself or others; communicating your intentions or feelings; intimacy; something that rouses your emotions / Establishing a connection between two things; adding details (touching up); being sensitive (touchy); visiting an issue briefly (touching on it); grounding yourself (touching down); starting an argument or fight (touching off); being unsure of an outcome (touch and go); acting crazy (touched in the head), etc. |
| TOWEL | Recovering from an emotional upset; cleaning up a mess / Giving up, accepting defeat |
| TOWN | A way of life; a reflection of your personal development / Working fast and hard on something (going to town); abandoning something (ghost town); the only option currently available to you (only game in town); engaging in idle gossip or rumors (talk of the town); feeling small or unimportant (one-horse town); going on a spree (painting the town red); being socially sophisticated or fashionable (man about town), etc. / (see CITY, HOMETOWN) |
| TOYS | Childhood attitudes; wanting to add more fun in your life; feeling manipulated or ‘toyed’ with; not taking somebody or something seriously; contemplating an idea / If a cuddly toy: Desire for a non-threatening emotional or physical relationship / The type of toy seen and its condition provide further clues |
| TRAIN | Trying to reach a goal; the direction you are headed in (on track or going off track); what you are currently focused on; preparing yourself for something; increasing your level of skill; social conditioning / If going through a tunnel: Sexual intercourse; wanting to connect with someone of the opposite sex |
| TRANSFORMATION | A change in attitude about something or someone; gaining a new perspective |
| TRASH | Messing something up, being destructive; feeling trashed / Discarding things that are useless or not of service to you; somebody or something that does not measure up to your standards; trash-talk; negative emotions or thoughts piling up |
| TRAVELING | What you are doing with your life; an inner journey; moving out of a comfort zone to discover something new; broadening your horizons / (see AIRPLANE, SHIP, CAR) |
| TREASURE | The things you treasure in life and within yourself / Hidden abilities ready to unearth; something that is enormously valuable in bringing wholeness and health |
| TREE | You. The total living structure of your internal self and your potential for growth: The roots (your foundation, what grounds you and connects you with earth); the trunk (the way you direct your energies); the branches (areas of development and experience, the fruit of your endeavors, etc.); the top (ambitions, hopes) / Family lineage / If dead: A past way of life; investing in something that will not produce results / If falling: Something threatening your identity / If oak: Strength; wisdom / If flowering: Fertility; abundance / If willow: Flexibility; depression / If grouped: Your humanity; connectedness to others / If planting: Moving or laying down new roots |
| TRIANGLE | (see THREE) |
| TUNNEL | Pathways you have created into your subconscious; a breakthrough / Going within; burrowing; digging up dormant emotions or issues; memories of being in the womb; latent sexual feelings; taking shortcuts / If seeing light at the end: Hopefulness; a sign of progress |
| TURNING | A change; gaining a different perspective; moving in a new direction |
| TWIN | Your alter ego / Feeling polarized on an issue, or trapped in the middle / (see TWO) |
| TWO | Unity; balance; harmony / Duality; indecision; comparison; opposition |
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