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Authors: Phyllis R. Koch-Sheras
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as a dream symbol can reflect your own caregiving instincts. You no doubt have particular feelings about your own mother, and if she appears in your dream, you should take those into account as you make your interpretation: Do you see your mother as loving? Critical? Controlling? Is there a part of yourself that exhibits those qualities? Because mothers are givers of birth, the mother in your dream may represent a creator or giver of life. Even if you are a man, you have a part of yourself that is nurturing and that gives life.
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Father: Fathers are considered typically to be authority figures. Again, your relationship with your own father and your attitude about it bear looking at when he, or another father, or yourself as a father, appears in a dream. Is the father in your dream an authority? A judge? A protector? Even if you are a woman, you do have a fathering/authoritative part of yourself that may be surfacing in a dream about a father or about your own father.
Baby or child: A child is an innocent person in need of nurturing or care. The child in the dream may be your own child, some other child, or the child part of you. Do you have a need you are not addressing? Is there something you should protect the child part of you from? If the child in the dream is your own child, ask yourself whether this is a signal to pay attention to some need or quality you may have been ignoring in your child. Is there some unresolved conflict to deal with? If your child appears ill, hurt, or in danger in your dream, you may be questioning your adequacy as a parent to take care of your child, or yourself.
Lover: When your lover appears in a dream, the dream not only represents the actual person, but may also symbolize the acceptance, appreciation, and integration of masculine or feminine traits of the lover into yourself. In other words, a dream of a lover may indicate your feeling whole or complete, with all aspects of your personality expressed.
Boss: Your employer has authority over you, gives you directions, and provides you with your livelihood. In addition to pointing out something about your relationship with your boss, a dream that features your boss can spotlight the issues you have surrounding this kind of authority and control. What does it say about the boss part of you? Are you the authority in your life? Or is someone else ''bossing you around"?
Teacher or therapist: When an influential person appears in
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a dream who gives you guidance or instruction in your waking life, it may symbolize some inner knowledge or information about yourself. Listen or ask for the message this guide has for you, and remember that this person also represents the expert or guru part of yourself that has the information you need.
Casual acquaintances: ''What was he doing there?" How many times have you dreamed about someone you barely know, only to wake up and wonder how in the world your dreaming mind dragged that person out of the back room and into your dream. Casual acquaintances are part of our life experiences, part of ourselves, in that they may symbolize particular events or times in our lives (our third grade teacher, our doctor's receptionist, a fellow car pool driver), or particular messages you need to receive. When trying to make sense of their special appearance in your dream, consider not just who these characters are but what they represent to you in context. Here are a few examples.
Mail carrier: A mail carrier can be a symbol of communication. If a character of this type appears in your dream, ask yourself how you are communicating with others in your life. Whom do you need to carry a message to? Whom do you wish to hear from? What information do you need to receive?
Builder, architect, interior designer: Someone who constructs a house is creating, giving form to, adding on. Is there a builder part of you in action now? What are you creating, giving structure to? Or failing to?
Animals: As dream characters,
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Father: Fathers are considered typically to be authority figures. Again, your relationship with your own father and your attitude about it bear looking at when he, or another father, or yourself as a father, appears in a dream. Is the father in your dream an authority? A judge? A protector? Even if you are a woman, you do have a fathering/authoritative part of yourself that may be surfacing in a dream about a father or about your own father.
Baby or child: A child is an innocent person in need of nurturing or care. The child in the dream may be your own child, some other child, or the child part of you. Do you have a need you are not addressing? Is there something you should protect the child part of you from? If the child in the dream is your own child, ask yourself whether this is a signal to pay attention to some need or quality you may have been ignoring in your child. Is there some unresolved conflict to deal with? If your child appears ill, hurt, or in danger in your dream, you may be questioning your adequacy as a parent to take care of your child, or yourself.
Lover: When your lover appears in a dream, the dream not only represents the actual person, but may also symbolize the acceptance, appreciation, and integration of masculine or feminine traits of the lover into yourself. In other words, a dream of a lover may indicate your feeling whole or complete, with all aspects of your personality expressed.
Boss: Your employer has authority over you, gives you directions, and provides you with your livelihood. In addition to pointing out something about your relationship with your boss, a dream that features your boss can spotlight the issues you have surrounding this kind of authority and control. What does it say about the boss part of you? Are you the authority in your life? Or is someone else ''bossing you around"?
Teacher or therapist: When an influential person appears in
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a dream who gives you guidance or instruction in your waking life, it may symbolize some inner knowledge or information about yourself. Listen or ask for the message this guide has for you, and remember that this person also represents the expert or guru part of yourself that has the information you need.
Casual acquaintances: ''What was he doing there?" How many times have you dreamed about someone you barely know, only to wake up and wonder how in the world your dreaming mind dragged that person out of the back room and into your dream. Casual acquaintances are part of our life experiences, part of ourselves, in that they may symbolize particular events or times in our lives (our third grade teacher, our doctor's receptionist, a fellow car pool driver), or particular messages you need to receive. When trying to make sense of their special appearance in your dream, consider not just who these characters are but what they represent to you in context. Here are a few examples.
Mail carrier: A mail carrier can be a symbol of communication. If a character of this type appears in your dream, ask yourself how you are communicating with others in your life. Whom do you need to carry a message to? Whom do you wish to hear from? What information do you need to receive?
Builder, architect, interior designer: Someone who constructs a house is creating, giving form to, adding on. Is there a builder part of you in action now? What are you creating, giving structure to? Or failing to?
Animals: As dream characters,
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