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The dream dictionary

Every symbol here is read three ways: what the old dream traditions say (with sources), what psychologists notice, and one question worth sitting with. No fortune-telling — dreams reflect the dreamer, not the future.

Dreams about a car crash: what they meanWhat dreaming about a car crash means — disrupted plans in the old readings, what psychologists notice, and variants: driving, walking away, witnessing a crash. Dreams about a dead loved one: what they meanWhat dreaming of a dead loved one means — the traditions' tender readings, the continuing-bonds view, and the variants: seeming well, speaking, giving a gift. Dreams about a flood: what they meanWhat a flood dream means — the folk, tabir, and sennik readings of being overwhelmed, plus the variants: swept away, reaching higher ground, waters receding. Dreams about a tsunami: what they meanWhat a tsunami dream means — the great-wave readings of the traditions, plus the variants: the sea pulling back, reaching high ground, and being overtaken. Dreams about a wedding dress: what they meanWhat a wedding dress dream means — the folk and tabir readings, the sennik's warning, and the variants: a torn dress, no wedding, a dress that doesn't fit. Dreams about airplanes: what they meanWhat airplane dreams mean — the traditions on flight and trust, psychology on big transitions, plus the plane crash, turbulence, missed flights, and landing. Dreams about an old house: what they meanWhat dreaming about an old house means — the folk, tabir, and sennik readings of the returning past, plus variants: ruins, standing firm, changed rooms. Dreams about babies: what they meanWhat dreaming about a baby means — the folk, tabir, and sennik readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: a calm baby, a crying baby, a lost baby. Dreams about bears: what they meanWhat dreaming about bears means — the folk books' two-way reading, what psychologists notice, and the variants: a charging bear, a sleeping bear, a cub. Dreams about being chased: what they meanWhat dreams about being chased mean — the old traditions, what psychologists notice, and the variants: chased but unable to run, an unknown figure, an animal. Dreams about being late: what they meanWhat dreams about being late mean — the traditions, the psychologists' overload reading, and the variants: the train that left, running and never arriving. Dreams about being lost: what they meanWhat dreams about being lost mean — folk, tabir, and sennik readings, what psychologists notice, and variants: finding your way, staying lost, panic. Dreams about being naked: what they meanWhat dreams about being naked mean — tradition and psychology, plus the variants: nobody noticed, searching for clothes, and feeling fine about it. Dreams about being pregnant: what they meanWhat dreaming of being pregnant means when you're not — the traditional and psychological readings, plus giving birth and dreams where someone else is pregnant. Dreams about being shot: what they meanWhat being shot in a dream means — the traditions' reading of harm from a distance, the spiritual meaning people search for, and what psychologists notice. Dreams about birds: what they meanWhat dreaming about birds means — the messenger readings of the old dream books, plus the variants: the caged bird, birdsong, a bird at the window, dark birds. Dreams about blood: what they meanWhat dreaming about blood means — kinship and vitality in the old dream books, the tabir reading of blood on clothing, and what a situation may be costing you. Dreams about cars: what they meanWhat dreaming about a car means — folk, tabir, and sennik readings, psychology, and the variants: brakes failing, being a passenger, a car that won't start. Dreams about cats: what they meanWhat dreaming about cats means — why the old dream books distrusted them, what psychologists notice, and the variants: a scratch, a kitten, a black cat. Dreams about crocodiles and alligators: what they meanWhat a crocodile or alligator dream means — Artemidorus, tabir, and sennik readings, and the variants: the attack, crocodile tears, the sleeping crocodile. Dreams about crying: what they meanWhat crying in a dream means — the old books' reversal reading tears as relief, what psychologists notice, and the variants: sobbing, silent tears, no tears. Dreams about death: what they meanWhat dreaming about death means — the mild classical readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: your own death, a loved one dying, a peaceful death. Dreams about dogs: what they meanWhat dreaming about dogs means — the warm readings of the folk books and the tabir tradition, plus a friendly dog, a growling dog, and a dog bite. Dreams about drowning: what they meanWhat dreaming of drowning means — the traditions' hopeful readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: reaching shore, rescue, someone else drowning. Dreams about earthquakes: what they meanWhat dreaming about an earthquake means — folk, tabir, and sennik readings, what psychologists notice, and variants: surviving, buried, watching from afar. Dreams about exams and failing tests: what they meanWhat exam dreams mean — why the dream test is unpassable by design, what the old judgment-scene readings say, and why it returns decades after school. Dreams about falling: what they meanWhat dreams about falling mean — the old dream-book readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: waking with a jolt, falling from a height, landing. Dreams about fire: what they meanWhat dreaming about fire means — the folk and tabir readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: hearth, spreading fire, a burning house, smoke. Dreams about fish: what they meanWhat dreaming about fish means — the tabir tradition's provision reading, the sennik's 'profit, or tears', and the variants: caught, escaped, spoiled. Dreams about flying: what they meanWhat flying dreams mean — Artemidorus' readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: struggling to stay aloft, flying too high, familiar places below. Dreams about gold: what they meanWhat dreaming about gold means — finding it, losing it — and why traditions disagree: fortune in the folk books, a warning in tabir, self-worth in psychology. Dreams about hair falling out: what they meanWhat dreaming about hair falling out means — strength and standing in the old dream books, the tabir tradition's merciful turn, plus handfuls and cut hair. Dreams about horses: what they meanWhat dreaming about horses means — rank and honor in the tabir tradition, fortune in the folk books, drive in psychology — plus riding, bolting, falling. Dreams about houses: what they meanWhat dreaming about a house means — the folk and tabir readings, Jung's famous house dream, and the variants: new rooms, childhood home, a house falling apart. Dreams about keys: what they meanWhat dreaming about keys means — folk, tabir, and sennik readings, psychology, and the variants: lost keys, a found key, a key given, a broken key. Dreams about killing someone: what they meanWhat dreaming about killing someone means — the traditions' symbolic readings, what psychologists notice, and variants: self-defense, a stranger, no reason. Dreams about lice: what they meanWhat dreaming about lice means — money in the folk books, burdens in tabir — and the variants: many lice, combing them out, lice on someone else. Dreams about lions: what they meanWhat dreaming about a lion means — folk, tabir, and sennik readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: a lion attack, a calm lion, riding a lion. Dreams about money: what they meanWhat dreaming of money means — why every dream book distrusted found money, the tabir reading of coins as words, and the variants: counting, giving, coins. Dreams about owls: what they meanWhat dreaming about an owl means — omen readings, the tabir's solitary figure, and the variants: a hooting owl, a silent owl, an owl seen by day. Dreams about phones: what they meanWhat phone dreams mean — the folk, tabir, and sennik readings, and the variants: a phone that won't work, a missed call, a call from an unknown voice. Dreams about poop: what they meanWhat dreaming about poop means — why every tradition read feces as money, the spiritual and biblical questions answered honestly, and what psychologists notice. Dreams about rats: what they meanWhat dreaming about rats means — the dream books' hidden thief, what psychologists notice, and the variants: rats in the pantry, one bold rat, driving them out. Dreams about scorpions: what they meanWhat dreaming about scorpions means — the tabir reading of the slanderer, the folk and sennik canons, and the variants: stung, killed, carried unknowingly. Dreams about snakes: what they meanWhat dreaming about snakes means — the readings from Artemidorus and the folk dream books, plus the variants: snake bite, many snakes, a snake in the house. Dreams about spiders: what they meanWhat dreaming about spiders means — the folk books' money spider, the web's darker reading, and the variants: caught in a web, killing the spider, many spiders. Dreams about storms: what they meanWhat dreaming about a storm means — folk, tabir, and sennik readings, plus the variants: shelter, caught in the open, lightning, and the calm after. Dreams about teeth falling out: what they meanWhy the teeth-falling-out dream is so common — the family readings of the old dream books, the confidence reading psychologists prefer, and what details change. Dreams about the sea: what they meanWhat dreaming about the sea means — the folk books on fate, the tabir tradition on power, Jung on the deep — plus calm seas, storms, and sailing far from shore. Dreams about tigers: what they meanWhat dreaming about a tiger means — folk, tabir, and sennik readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: being stalked, a caged tiger, facing it down. Dreams about toilets: what they meanWhat dreaming about toilets means — the search for a usable one, the doorless stall, the overflowing mess, and why the old books read filth as money. Dreams about tornadoes: what they meanWhat a tornado dream means — the whirlwind readings of the old books, the spiritual question answered honestly, plus watching from a distance and being caught. Dreams about water: what they meanWhat dreaming about water means — the old dream books, the tabir tradition, and psychology on clear water, murky or rising water, and crossing a river. Dreams about weddings: what they meanWhat dreaming about a wedding means — the folk inversion superstition, the tabir contract reading, plus your own wedding, a stranger's, and one gone wrong. Dreams about wolves: what they meanWhat dreaming about wolves means — the old dream books' dark readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: a wolf attacking, howling, the lone wolf. Dreams about your ex: what they meanWhat dreaming about your ex means — why the old dream books have no entry, what psychologists notice, and the variants: reunion, arguing, recurring dreams. Dreams about your late father: what they meanWhat dreaming of your deceased father means — the traditions' gentle readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: at peace, silent, troubled. Dreams about your late mother: what they meanWhat dreaming of your deceased mother means — the traditions' tender readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: her embrace, her words, her tears. Dreams about your partner cheating: what they meanWhat a cheating-partner dream means — why no tradition reads it as evidence, what psychologists notice, and variants: caught in the act, recurring dreams. Dreams about zombies: what they meanWhat dreaming about zombies means — the newest folk readings, what psychologists notice, and the variants: apocalypse, a loved one turned, fleeing.