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Step one - Identify the symbol

The first thing to do is identify the symbol and write it down. Don't have a discussion with yourself about why this symbol has appeared, just accept it!

A dream I interpreted recently featured a big, black bull. The client couldn't understand why the bull was there, so I asked the question - Why a bull, not a mouse, giraffe or duck billed platipus?

The reason is because the dream was about the clients' relationship to his personal power and no other symbol would have been right.

The symbol you want to understand will also be "just right" for your dream's message to you.

Step two - What words/adjectives come to mind when you think of the symbol?

If we stay with the symbol of a bull as an example. Words that may come to mind could range from strong, powerful and masculine to bullish, over confident and forceful.

The client used the word, "powerful" to describe what the bull symbolised for him.

Now write down a one or two words that come to mind when you think of your dream symbol.

Step three - What emotion/s do you feel when you think of this symbol?

The emotion will tell you a great deal about what the symbol means for you. Using the example of a bull again, you could feel reverence, admiration, submissive, indifferent, angry, awe, disgust...the list is almost endless.

The client felt extremely scared of the bull.

Now for your symbol. Write down the main emotions you feel toward the symbol. (If you find this part difficult here is a list of possible emotions.)

Bringing the elements together

This is what the man who had the dream with the symbol of a bull would have written down.

Big, black bull + powerful + scared = the bull represents my fear of being powerful.

The dream in it's entirety was about the client developing his own personal power, coming to terms with it and using it for his benefit in his life.

The reason feeling powerful was so fearful for the client was because he had grown up with a very powerful, scary and abusive father and had vowed to never be like him. Therefore, he had completely denied that he had a part of himself that was powerful.

Denying this part of himself had resulted in on-going feelings of impotence, despair and depression. So while the dream was unpleasant, his mind was using this symbol to let him know that he was causing himself harm and give him an opportunity to remedy this.

Now do the same "sum" for your dream symbol and find out what it means for you!

The main things to remember are that you can relate every adjective that you would use to descibe the symbol, to yourself, a part of yourself or a facet of your belief system. The feeling describes your emotion so accept it and own it.

By breaking down the symbol into it's component parts it becomes easy to understand the personal meaning it has for you.

I'm sure you will find this is a far more beneficial and accurate method of interpreting your dream symbols as compared to relying on a dream dictionary where the symbols have generalised, rather than personalised, meanings and the symbol descriptions are totally out of the context of dream story. Just an open mind and heart and a few easily learnt tools will enable you to interpret any of your dreams or nightmares accurately.

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