Cables
(See Energy)
Cables can help you to understand how well energy connects to where it is needed; they carry an energy source and so can be symbolic for the energy transference required either between people or from yourself to the thing that you want to do. Important symbolism will come from what energy type the cables are carrying and if there are breakages or notable damage because this will help to explain your own energy conversion or your ability to convert your own energy into action. If the cables are computer cables or telephone wires for example, then the problem will link with communication. The quality of connections with other people.The transference of your energy to where it is needed for success.
Cactus
A cactus can symbolise a prickly natured person not given to emotional expression, it can survive for a lengthy period of time without water and could symbolise a person’s ability to cope well in harsh conditions.
Café
(See Eating/Food/Restaurant)
A Café represents the feeling of needing to be looked after or taken care of; we seek food when we crave fulfilment. You are seeking fulfilment from other sources in your life, not always from a person though, because sometimes we need a new job or hobby to help create that satisfaction.
Cage
Dreams where you are locked in somehow and can't get out simply show that you feel confined within your present situation, it is self-explanatory. If you are locked in an animal cage then this would suggest that you are being treated unfairly or that someone’s personality is keeping you enslaved, you feel as though you have lost your personal freedom. If someone else is in a cage then this helps you to understand how they feel, perhaps they feel trapped by circumstance.
- Someone being cagey.
- Feeling trapped.
Cake
(See Food)
The pleasant things in life can be described to you in this way but also to bring your awareness to the fact that the ingredients you try to mix together can create something that is pleasant and fulfilling. This will help you to understand more about what you are trying to create in your life, anything from a satisfying relationship to a fortuitous business. It can also represent the pleasure that you try to create for other people.
If you are baking a cake it will depend on how the cake turns out because the symbolism can be trying to explain your attempts at being creative, practise makes perfect. Your skills and talents will help towards creating a better future, one which will bring contentment, what goes into or on the cake are the raw ingredients that you possess and must be channelled to be of use.
A birthday cake foretells a time of celebration and is used to mark a happy memorable time or a personal milestone.
· Having your cake and eating it.
· Use your skills and a combination of talents to create a pleasurable future.
· Are you looking for enjoyable experiences to help you feel more contented?
Calculator
(See Abacus)
· Work out how much something means to you.
· Calculate the risks.
· Add up the pros and cons of an offer.
· Work out a way to balance your finances.
· You do the math.
Calendar
If a calendar shows up in your dream it is likely that your attention is being pointed towards significant dates or notable events, either from the past or that are coming up. Time moves on regardless and you should appreciate the present.
Callus
- Hardwork is having an effect on your mood and well being.
- Hard skin can symbolise that you have hardened to circumstance.
- Someone is being callus or unkind.
Camel
(See Animals)
Ironically this is probably symbolic for someone who has the hump, but self-preservation could be an appropriate translation depending on other symbols in the dream.
Camera
(See Photographs/Film)
Cameras usually symbolise remembering specific times or people from a certain period in your life, there may be information from that time that you need now. If you are taking photographs with a camera then you are trying to capture a specific moment in time and this helps you to take a closer look at a situation and see it with m ore clarity. Sometimes you are shown a snap shot of the future in this way.
Cameras usually symbolise remembering specific times or people from a certain period in your life, there may be information from that time that you need now. If you are taking photographs with a camera then you are trying to capture a specific moment in time and this helps you to take a closer look at a situation and see it with m ore clarity. Sometimes you are shown a snap shot of the future in this way.
- Snap decisions.
- A snappy person
Camouflage
Camouflage provides a self-explanatory symbol, you are either hiding behind it, using it as a form of protection or something is being hidden from you.
Camouflage provides a self-explanatory symbol, you are either hiding behind it, using it as a form of protection or something is being hidden from you.
Canal
(See Loch/Water)
The emotional routes that people take to get to where they want to be, note any obstacles on the canal or your method of transport to help with your translation and gain a better understanding of the emotional journey that you are currently on. Certain restrictions apply.
Cancer
(SeeIllness)
People generally panic if they dream of cancer, but it could symbolise anything that is draining you of vital energy. It is rarely used in dreams as there are many other ways to show those types of situations and it could be easily misunderstood. On the other hand, it will be used when there is a real risk of your life being affected by a particularly difficult battle. As a rule, cancer will symbolise any negative force that can take control of your life. You need to fight and use your inner strength to win the battle that cancer represents. If you dream of someone else with cancer the translation might apply to them, maybe they need your help to win a personal battle.
Cane
(See Whip)
In dreams a walking stick simply supplies the help and support you need to journey onwards when your strength is low. To be whipped with a cane in a dream symbolises being tortured or cut up by events that unfold around you.
- A cane can symbolise someone to lean on.
- Available support.
Candle
(SeeWax)
A lit candle can symbolise the light within your soul or the light that shines within someone else. A candle is also used in dream language as a symbol of time, because a candle burns down and disappears in the same way that time and opportunities can diminish. Therefore, a candle that has burned down in your dream could be warning you that time is running out for you to take action. If the flame is distinguished on a candle it means you feel like you have lost your sparkle or direction or that the light has gone out of a relationship, it can of course be re-ignited with effort, unless the wax is all gone in your dream. Lighting a candle can also be used as a symbol of remembrance and love, for someone that we cannot be with, but equally as an idea or notion that we have. Wax itself symbolises being able to model and create your own outcomes.
(See Zombies)
These flesh eaters will symbolise people or personal situations that drain you of vital resources and energy, they wish to consume the real you.
Canoe
(See Boats/Journey/Raft/Transport)
Battling those emotions and learning to ride the waves of life, like an emotional roller-coaster. A rough ride in a canoe could be mimicking a turbulent affair emotionally, or simply a rough ride to endure in the next part of your journey through life. Remember that a boat offers you the ability to stay afloat in emotional waters. Use your own available energy to get where you want to be emotionally.
- Spiritual enlightenment.
- Molding thoughts into actions before the time elapses.
(See Zombies)
These flesh eaters will symbolise people or personal situations that drain you of vital resources and energy, they wish to consume the real you.
Canoe
(See Boats/Journey/Raft/Transport)
Battling those emotions and learning to ride the waves of life, like an emotional roller-coaster. A rough ride in a canoe could be mimicking a turbulent affair emotionally, or simply a rough ride to endure in the next part of your journey through life. Remember that a boat offers you the ability to stay afloat in emotional waters. Use your own available energy to get where you want to be emotionally.
Canopy
(See Cover)
A canopy offers you protection from the elements, usually extreme environments that you find yourself in. This usually symbolises the strength of your own demeanour or your own ability to withstand emotional situations.
Cape
Needing to play the superhero for the other people around you. Wanting a superhero to rescue you?
Needing to play the superhero for the other people around you. Wanting a superhero to rescue you?
Capsizing
(See Boats/Raft/Water)
Everything being turned upside down and needing your strength to make things right again.
- Emotional upheaval.
Car
(See Destination/Journey/Road/Transport)
A car symbolises the resources we have at hand to move along the road that is life. It can also be used as a substitution for our physical body in dream language and can translate messages about your internal drives and your motivations. The condition of the car should be noted as if there is something wrong with it then this can highlight the way the physical body is ticking over, sometimes we need an MOT in the same way that our cars do.
Petrol symbolises our available energy, drive and motivation. The brakes of a vehicle represent our stopping ability; being able to stop something if it isn't good for us etc. The engine is symbolic for our mind and its motivation, energy and drive; if it isn't working properly we are tired and worn out mentally. The exhaust literally symbolises exhaustion and the need to release the pent up negative energy that clogs up the system. The car is an object that symbolises the freedom to get along or to get where you want to be, therefore for a car to be damaged or not working will typically symbolise a loss of freedom or ability to make progress on the current chosen route. Obstacles in the road are symbols of external things that hinder your progress.
Caravan
(See Destination/Journey/Transport)
A caravan in your dream represents being able to go with the flow, this is probably referring to your home life. We don’t always know where our chosen road is taking us, and we have no choice but to carry on the way we are being pulled. A caravan being a temporary structure reminds us that our current situation is temporary and should change eventually. A caravan can also show us that we need to take a break from the current situation. Although these translations differ slightly when you think about it, it shows how your current situation is getting you down and you need a rest from it. The wanderer and not wanting to settle down.
Cards
Birthday Cards
In dreams these link with remembrance of milestones or happy times and bringing this into the present. Spirit have been known to send birthday cards through your dreams. If you dream of a birthday card and it isn’t your birthday perhaps your dream is prompting you to remember someone else’s birthday or remember how old you are, it might be reminding you to recognise that you are only young once.
Playing Cards
There are a few different translations of playing cards depending on the dream scenario, but to dream of playing a game of cards with someone else could show how you are trying to beat them at their own game; you are pitting yourself against them. If you are playing a card game like patience I would suggest that you must learn patience as an attribute, you might have to play the waiting game.
The different suits of cards can have their own translations, the red suits being positive and the black suits being more negative. In dreams the deck of cards could be giving you a message about the hand you're being dealt in your life at the present time and also about how you play that hand forward.
· Balance is needed in all things.
· Hearts relate to your emotional self, your love life perhaps.
· Diamonds symbolise positivity and quality.
· Spades represent the negative aspects that you have buried in the past.
· Clubs will symbolise the outside world and the effect it has upon you.
· Jokers symbolise someone who plays no real part in your life now or a joker.
Carrousels
(See Fairground)
Repeated patterns underline the fact that we go over and over or round and round the same ground and changes need to be made.
· Doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result.
· The good times will eventually come along again.
· Appreciate that all learning is good learning.
· Just go along for the ride.
· What comes around goes around.
Catch
(See Ball)
Playing catch can sometimes symbolise that you need to catch up with other people or get yourself up to speed their people’s expectations of you. You want to balance the responsibilities you are trying to negotiate. Catching a ball successfully is a symbol of accomplishment and of achieving success. To catch a fish will literally show that you have managed to land yourself a worthy partner.
Cats
(See Animals)
Cats usually link with the feminine and industrious side of a person’s nature. To see a black cat is very lucky and not unlucky like some people think.
· Being independent.
· Use your psychic abilities.
· A woman who only shares affection when she wants to.
Cave
You are trying to protect yourself from the outside world and do not wish to acknowledge exactly what is going on around you. Perhaps the caveman mindset is what is being highlighted to you, outdated views or ways of doing things and you need to remedy this before you can break down the barriers that stand in your way. Rocks and boulders often represent stubborn barriers which you yourself help to create.
· Withdrawn.
· Out-dated values and thoughts.
Cement
This often links with bricks in dreams: Cement symbolises the material that helps secure the bonds needed for security. This type of dream is bringing your attention to the strength of the bonds that you have with other people. The cement can also represent how you are stuck in the past and this will also link with how your life is structured now. To be stuck in hard cement represents how you feel confined or restricted by circumstance, the need to chip away at a situation to gain freedom from it.
Cellar
(See Basement/Dungeon)
A cellar will be where secrets are held and where you store the things that you do not wish to deal with yet. This dream might be nudging you that now is the time to bring out hidden aspects of yourself.
Cemetery
(See Grave/Death)
If you are in a cemetery that you know and visit in your waking life it can denote the refusal or inability to move on from something or someone that you love. Death in dreams becomes more apparent when a phase in our life is coming to an end, but something new will inevitably begin, but only if you accept the past and allow yourself to move forward.
Sometimes we visit a graveyard because we wish to converse with people who have passed away and visiting a graveyard is also done to evaluate our feelings about death and our own ability to move forwards when something has ended.
Chain
Chains and links can represent our own family and the links that we have with them, we can feel bound to them at times. Sometimes we need to break a chain of events or feel like we are chained up to duty. A broken chain will obviously symbolise a break in the links that you have made either to people or events, as in a break from the past, or from situations that cause restrictions to your freedom. Mankind itself is interlinked.
Chains and links can represent our own family and the links that we have with them, we can feel bound to them at times. Sometimes we need to break a chain of events or feel like we are chained up to duty. A broken chain will obviously symbolise a break in the links that you have made either to people or events, as in a break from the past, or from situations that cause restrictions to your freedom. Mankind itself is interlinked.
Chainsaw
(See Tools)
A chainsaw is used to break negative connections or ties to things that need disconnecting in a forceful way, you might need to disconnect from the past, or from people who have no more to really offer you. Cutting trees with a chainsaw means that you are bringing an end to growth. Cutting wood into smaller pieces can symbolise the act of cutting things into smaller chunks so that you can deal with them. A chainsaw is needed when the links are deep set or upheld by other people.
Champagne
(See Drink)
· A toast to success.
· Festivities and celebrations.
Charcoal
In the past charcoal was used as a good luck charm and can symbolise this for the dreamer, it symbolises plenty and warmth. In contrast to this charcoal can also be used to symbolise remnants from the past that still linger today.
Chase
Being chased in a dream is a way for you to understand that situations are catching up with you, or perhaps you are trying to escape from something, destiny catches up with you and as do responsibilities.
· Are you chasing your dreams?
· Chasing shadows?
· The thrill of the chase.
Checkout
(See Shops/Supermarket)
If you dream you are at a checkout of any kind, it can inform you that you are trying to ‘check out’ of a situation or check into a new one. You wish that this phase of life would hurry up and pass so that you can begin a new phase that is more to your satisfaction.
Paying money at a checkout for goods that you have bought in a dream helps you understand if you have the means available to start a new phase of life, not having the money to pay shows that you do not yet. If the goods come without having to pay for them, it explains how you can move easily into the next phase without much effort on your part. If you pay for the goods, then you will have to pay in some way to get the results that you want. Paying in dreams can symbolise keeping the karmic or spiritual levy balanced, or it helps us understand that we can only get out what we are able to put in. Consider what you were buying in your dream to help with the translation. Food symbolises fulfilment and nourishment. Clothes symbolise warmth and comfort, and drink links with your thirst for knowledge etc. Buying furniture or electrical items will link more with what you need to update to continue, individual items will help you discover what needs updating.
Cheese
(See Food)
· Cheese can symbolise a lesson to learn that is tough but needed.
· Maturing growth and progress is being made.
· Food for the soul.
Chemist
(See Doctor/Drugs/Medicine/Nurse)
Help is at hand for the problems that you encounter, you may need to seek help from someone who has the correct medicine for your problem.
Cheque
(See Bank/Energy/Money)
To see or write a cheque in a dream can symbolise that you do have the means to make changes for the better, you need to cash in but a small waiting period could help you to see more clearly what is needed and where your energy should be put to good use. Another translation could be that you need to keep yourself in check and watch your behaviour.
Paying in dreams can symbolise keeping the karmic or spiritual levy balanced in that we 'pay' for our actions. Receiving payment in a dream is usually a way to say thank you for good the work or deeds that you have done or for you to finally get your rewards. Cheques signify that there is a small waiting period before you can get what you are waiting for.
Paying in dreams can symbolise keeping the karmic or spiritual levy balanced in that we 'pay' for our actions. Receiving payment in a dream is usually a way to say thank you for good the work or deeds that you have done or for you to finally get your rewards. Cheques signify that there is a small waiting period before you can get what you are waiting for.
Chess
(See Games)
They say that life can be like a game of chess, consider your moves carefully. The black and white can symbolise the ups and downs or the positives and negatives. Being strategic in your endeavours and using your intelligence to win. Consider if someone is trying to outwit you or win you over?
Chest
(See Box)
A chest will hold within it your dreams, wishes and secrets from the past, it may be time to open the chest and establish if those dreams came true or are still valid today and if those secrets have held you back.
Chick
(See Animals)
Chicks nearly always represent new beginnings and fresh starts; they can also represent children and bring your attention to their vulnerability and innocence.
Chicken
(See Food)
To dream of a chicken could symbolise that you are wandering through life aimlessly, these creatures could also remind you of the chicken and the egg scenario in that you do not know where to begin to bring an end to a situation that just goes around and around.
Eating chicken in a dream could symbolise feeling fulfilled with work that you have done but under-cooked chicken symbolises that a project is not ready to bring you fulfilment and satisfaction yet. Pick at the bones of a problem?
China
China cups and plates symbolise how fragile the precious things in your life are, care must be taken to ensure longevity and any cracks china can represent the cracks in a relationship.
Christmas
Generally, if you dream it is Christmas then you are being shown that you have much to be grateful for. Gifts that you receive in a dream do not necessarily translate as gifts that you get in the material sense but gifts or talents that you should take more notice of. You have attributes that are worth much more than money and you should give these freely to others.
· Value what you have.
· You are making links with your spiritual self.
Angels
(See Angels)
Angels can show you that you have help at hand; unconditional love will surround and protect you. They bring you a unique message of love from someone who you cannot be, with especially at Christmas time.
Christmas Cards
· Blessings are being sent to you.
· Remembering those that you love and cherish and they you.
Christmas Tree
Dreaming about a Christmas tree has a similar meaning to dreaming about Christmas and links to your spiritual growth and celebrating all the personal treasures you have. In dreams Christmas trees are used to highlight the fact that you have come full circle, the New Year would suggest starting again afresh.A Christmas tree has also been used to symbolise the way in which people recognise their own true worth, it is ordained and decorated with all the different attributes we have, and these personal qualities are what make us complete and unique.
· Evergreens can highlight the longevity of relationships or projects.
· Continued growth and strength.
Christmas pudding
· Lucky and fruitful for the dreamer, a wish coming true.
· Maturity.
Christmas Decorations
Decorations symbolise the effort we put into creating an aura or atmosphere around us for other people to appreciate, this also links with our spirituality because it is what we create for others that helps towards our spiritual growth. The decorations are a symbol of what we have achieved in the past and if the decorations are old or worn then it is time for a fresh approach, changes need to be made to the way you apply yourself to the new beginnings that are on offer. Baubles symbolise the whole picture, or the soul in its completion. Tinselcan symbolise that you are at a time of commemoration for all your hard work. An affirmation of your hard work.
Holly
Holly can be prickly and beautiful all at the same time and reminds you that beauty comes from dealing with the prickly things in life and that getting hurt comes with the territory. Real growth in your relationships requires you to deal with the whole person and not just the best bits.
Jesus
Religious imagery connects us with our spirituality and sometimes Jesus turns up in a dream to show us that we have help and healing available to us.
· Jesus always brings the highest help available.
· Unconditional love and support.
Lights
· Light provides a good pure source of energy to draw from.
· Enlightenment.
· A beacon to guide us on our way.
Presents and Gifts
Opening presents symbolises getting thanks for all the things that you do for others; you are receiving spiritual gifts and blessings.
You are being presented with something of greater value to you than material gifts.
· Rewards for honourable deeds.
· Live for the present.
Santa
A figure of wisdom that can help you to understand the need to pass your personal gifts and spiritual knowledge onto others.
· Christmas blessings are sent your way.
Snow
(See Ice)
Emotions go through stages and cycles from raw, as in rain, to cold and icy, as in snow, or melting away altogether. The cycles of the seasons help to remind you that situations change and for personal balance we must experience all of them. If everything is covered in snow then you might feel completely overcome by the lack of emotional warmth in your environment at this present time, it will change, as this phase is temporary and will pass into a new and warm cycle for you to enjoy, we need the quiet and still of the winter to ensure that we are rested enough for the summer.
· Hardening of emotions.
· Inflexible situations.
· Emotional sadness.
Stars
· Reach for the stars.
· A guiding light.
· A spiritual guide.
· You are a star.
Sweets
(See Food)
To be eating sweets can symbolise sweet memories and contented moments.
· Enjoy the sweet tender moments when they arise.
· The pleasant things in life.
Reindeer and Sleigh
These wonderful animals symbolise the help available to you on your spiritual journey, they provide the energy and magic needed to lift you up and carry you on your way. The sleigh will symbolise the physical help being offered to you to carry the baggage which has become a burden. The gift they bring is help for your own spiritual progression and a way forward.
Cleaning
(See Broom/Dirt/Dust/Washing)
The best translation will come from what it is you are cleaning in your dream but basically you are attempting to clean away negativity, you wish to get rid of anything that can cause you a problem or taint your own positivity. You could need to clean and polish your own skills or clean up your act and stop doing things that mess up or hinder your own plans. If you are a cleaning your home, then you are attempting to create order and help keep things running smoothly. To ‘clean up’ can sometimes mean that you are financially rewarded for your hard work, but to be taken to the cleaners means that you are at a financial loss.
Cliff
(See Balcony)
Being on a cliff edge highlights your fears of tipping over the edge, sometimes it is difficult to keep on the right path and at times we wander.A cliff is a typical symbol which is used to show you that you have reached the end of the road and need to do a turnaround because there is no way forward with the direction you are taking.
· Being kept waiting.
· The precipice of life requires a change of direction.
Climbing
(See Journey/Ladder/Destination)
If you are climbing in a dream it shows that you are attempting to move up at work or maybe climbing the property ladder. If in the dream you are trying to climb over obstacles it can explain how you need to clear certain obstacles out of the way before real progress can be made.Often in dreams we do not know the outcome, like if we reach the top or manage to get over our obstacles and this is because the outcome is not set in stone, you must decide how it ends. Trying to connect with the spirit world is also shown by climbing upwards.
Trying to cling on to something literally means that you are trying to hold on to someone or something that you feel you cannot do without.
· Clinging on to the past.
· Barely coping.
Clock
(See Alarm Clock/Time/Watch)
If a clock stops it is warning you that something is coming to end, it has run out of time. If the hands are going backwards, you would like to turn the clock back and change the things that have happened. This can explain how you tend to look backwards and not forwards, maybe there is someone or something in your past that you have not let go of.
When we see a clock in our dreams we must remember that time changes everything and will move forward even if we are not ready.
· It is time!
· Movement and change.
Clothes (Common Dreams: Nakedness)
In dream Language clothes are used to symbolise the facade that we create for other people to see. If our clothes are old or tatty in a dream then our ideas and attitudes have become outdated, sometimes poverty can present this way but usually this will link with the fact that we have let some things become un-cared for, or we have neglected some aspect of our life. We can of course be spiritually poor meaning that we pay no attention to our spiritual well-being.
Wearing worn or torn clothes also links with the way in which life and its trials and tribulations can wear you down, it can therefore symbolise feeling worn out and tired of a current situation.
New clothes symbolise a new fresh approach and presenting ourselves in a positive way to the outside world, new clothes can also symbolise a new set of circumstances the dreamer is experiencing and wearing nice clothes can also show improvements in your finances.
If we smarten our appearance we are putting on a nice front for people to see and therefore create a new approach and reinvent ourselves for the new role we have to play. Beautiful clothes can also reflect the attention and care that is put into one’s own spiritual progression.In spiritual movements the physical body is referred to as an overcoat that we wear while living a physical life, when we pass into the spirit world we are said to shed the overcoat (the physical body) and swap it for a spiritual one that vibrates at a different energy level. Consider if the clothes you are wearing in a dream could be referring to your physical body or your spiritual one, as well as representing how you feel you are viewed by other people. The real you is the soul beneath the overcoat that you present to the world, the spiritual ‘you’ cannot be worn out. Clothes offer protection from being seen or understood and being naked in a dream brings forth your personal vulnerabilities for all to see. You are not prepared for what you are taking on.
Coat
A coat offers protection and warmth from the elements, maybe other people and their coldness or circumstances that bring about loneliness. Cold in dreams usually symbolises a time of inactivity or a phase in life that is lacking in love, so to be warmed by a coat could show that you are held in warm affection by someone around you. If you are not happy with the coat, then maybe you do not feel satisfied with the affection you get or unsure if the person offering the warmth is right for you. Basically, a coat is used to show how you feel about the protection and warmth you get from the people who are providing these things. Spiritually this could represent the protection you receive from the spirit world.
Dress
Very similar in meaning to a coat but the dress is used to reflect how you feel about yourself. If your attention is being drawn to the dress, you are wearing in a dream then the message being given is to take note of how you feel you are seen by the people around you as it might not match the way you feel about yourself. The condition and style of the dress will help to get the message across.If you are wearing an unusual dress it could mean that you are being shown various aspects of your own personality that you do not make good use of.
Wearing a dress that is shabby or worn out can be simply translated as it shows how you feel physically worn out and undervalued, you just can’t dress it up anymore.
Hat
Hats can protect the mind from negativity and help you to understand your own thoughts and feelings better by blocking negativity from other people, this will stop you being influenced by their opinions. Respect your own resourcefulness and have faith in your own abilities to work things out for yourself. A hat can also cover or hide the thoughts from other people. The type of hat you wear in a dream might give further explanations.
Cap
A cap will link with your social life and friends. Don’t cap your own potential.
Party Hat
A party hat refers to enjoying the present and ignoring people who wish to spoil your fun. Party time. Stop the negative thoughts and just have fun.
Woolly Hat
A wool hat helps to provide warmth and protection from negative influences or thoughts. Maybe you feel woolly headed and are not thinking clearly.
Nightclothes
Wanting or needing rest and comfort.
Wanting or needing rest and comfort.
Shirt and Tie
A shirt and tie can symbolise that you need to make more of an effort and put yourself over in a professional way; it can also show you that you need to be smart or clever, roll up those sleeves and get on with it, smarten up your act for success but formal occasions could also be highlighted this way.
Shoes
Shoes often symbolise the way we are getting along onour current chosen path. If the shoes we are wearing are inappropriate for the activity we are doing it can show that we do not have the correct ideas or attributes to succeed in a venture and must change some aspects to continue. It could be your attitude that needs adjusting.
In dream language wearing unusual shoes describes walking in a new role or treading a new path that hasn’t been experienced before and how you will feel having to do this.
If the shoes are too tight then the role you are playing is not particularly comfortable for you to be in, this can relate to home, work, money or relationships and to your current spiritual journey. Shoes that are not a good fit can also represent a couple that don’t fit well together making for an uncomfortable journey together.
Shoes are mostly used as a symbol in dreams to make you think about how grounded you are as a person and how you use your own circumstances to move forward on your present journey.
The type of shoes you are wearing, and their comfort give you clues to the attributes you have to move forwards regardless of the situations that you find yourself in.
The sole of the shoe can occasionally be used to symbolise the 'soul' and how you are spiritual, grounded and earthly all at the same time.
Wearing someone else's shoes in a dream simply reminds you to walk a mile in someone else's shoes before making judgements, it can literally be making you aware to consider other people and their chosen road in life in comparison to your own, they may also have attributes that you need to try and adopt.
Trainers or sports shoes relate to training that you need to do, this can link with the spiritual journey and developing that side of you. If you are comfortable in the trainers then you are comfortable with who you are and where you are going. Training.
Trousers
For a woman it can show that you need to wear the trousers and be a bit more forceful to get the things you need in life. For a man it can show the type of personality you need to adopt, i.e. cargo trousers would translate how you need to soldier on with demanding work and training. Smart trousers show that you need to smarten up your act and act more responsibly or maybe you need to be more informative and 'upfront'.
Clots
You must decide what is clogged in your life, perhaps information is not getting through, it could be a message or idea that isn’t getting through to someone, but it could also be a physical manifestation and your body or mind is not getting all that it needs to function happily.
Clouds
(See Weather)
Storm clouds warn of rain and rain symbolise tears falling whereas a few whispy clouds can symbolise passing thoughts and ideas that you have. A clouded judgement.
Clover
Lucky you.
Lucky you.
Coat Hanger
(See Clothes)
Clothes are the façade they we create for other people, they present a front that we wish to share with the people around us, we can change that image daily. A coat hanger will uphold or support the image that we present when we are not using it. Therefore, a coat hanger can symbolise how you are attempting to keep up appearances but this isn’t always possible to maintain. Just hang your coat up on people who judge you.
If there is a problem with a coat hanger in your dream, if it is broken or has no hanging ability then you are unable to find the real you in the façade that you have created. A coat is a symbol of warmth and protection, perhaps you do not feel particularly warm and protected. Get over your hang ups!
Cold
(See Weather)
A lack of warmth in your life will translate as cold in your dream. You must decide who is being cold? Winter is also a time of inactivity so consider what or who is inactive or not trying to show love. The good thing about the seasons is that they change and move into another phase or cycle so that the coldness and the loneliness that winter brings will pass into spring eventually.
Colour
(See Aura/Energy)
The use of colour in our dreams can give us more information about the symbolism that is being presented to us. You should use it to help you work out the meaning along with the other symbols that you remember.
Colours are universally recognised as having meaning attached to them, for example 'green with envy' or 'feeling blue' but spiritually the meanings are subtler and for dream analysis it is probably better to refer to and use the interpretations healers use.
Black
Black can be a negative colour and symbolise overwhelming negativity, but it is also a spiritual colour that offers within it a mix of all colours. It can therefore represent the ‘whole’ or completeness and progression from experience.
Blue
· Healing, sensitivity, peace and understanding.
· A spiritual colour.
Brown
· The earth, growth and nourishment.
· Hard work.
· Reward for effort.
· Nurture.
Green
· Mother Nature.
· Cultivation, potential and growth.
· Healing and understanding.
Grey
· Dull, confusion.
· Feeling here nor there.
· Moving from one phase into another.
Magenta
· Psychic and knowing.
Orange
A productive colour which helps you to be creative, often artists, writers, sculptors, dancers and singers are surrounded by their orange aura.
· Artistic and creative.
· Happiness and contentment.
· Productive.
Pink
· A happy loving colour.
· Good health and prosperity.
· In the pink.
· Tickled Pink.
Red
This colour has more to do with the strength and depth of emotions.
· Passion, love.
· Intense deep-felt emotions.
· Anger.
White
· Potential.
· Purity.
· Spiritual.
Yellow
· Emotional.
· Sunny.
· Creative.
· Uplifting.
· Growth.
Comb
(See Brush/Tangle)
A situation needs untangling or straightening out.
A situation needs untangling or straightening out.
Compass
You need direction.
You need direction.
Computer
(See Books/Computer/Email/Library)
A computer nowadays often replaces a library in dream translation; it stores and shares information in the same way that books have always done. You can also accumulate, store and share experiences and the earth itself is considered a planetary library. In dreams the computer and library symbols are used to help us understand that we are all interlinked and connected to each other in a spiritual way and our experiences are stored by us to help us make progress, this knowledge should also be passed on to other people. If there is a problem with the computer in your dream then there is an issue with you understanding the knowledge that you have, there is a processing error.
Dreaming of the Internet sends you a strong message, that there is not one experience that hasn’t been experienced before by somebody else, if you are having trouble dealing with your own set of circumstances and you don’t know how to move forward or solve an issue, there is a huge collection of experiences that are very similar or the same as your own and a computer or library is the ideal place to search for answers or assistance.
· Interlinked.
· Processing information.
· You need to understand information that you have.
· A database can symbolise the store of knowledge that you can tap into.
· You are looking for answers and guidance.
Cooking
(See Eating/Food/Kitchen)
What you cook-up in a dream symbolises the nourishment that you give to others, if it is nice food then you do your best to create a satisfying home life for them. If you cook and it is ruined, it seems that no matter what you do other people are still not happy and therefore it is time that they find their own fulfilment or contribute more to help make improvements where they are needed.
Food is used to translate any situation that you are dished up, and how you might react to it. Under-cooked food means that you are not ready for certain experiences and overcooked food means something is past its best. (It has had its day) To overcook the pudding is to put way too much effort into something that was better off as it previously was.
· Spiritual nourishment.
· Sustenance comes from within.
· Cooking up a storm.
Cosmetics
Covering our own imperfections or trying to make an effort with oneself. Like clothes cosmetics help us to hide our true self or put on a front for others to see.
· Paint a smile on where there isn't one.
· A problem is only cosmetic, it is easily wiped away.
Counterfeit
(See Fake)
If you dream of fake money it shows that you or someone else is not getting the real deal. Something is worthless, or it has no real substantial value to you. Someones is fake.
Countries
Countries are used in dreams to describe new experiences or places in our life that we haven’t visited before; the idea is that a country can represent a situation or environment that is new or alien to you. You haven’t been in this situation before.If you dream of countries that you have visited previously consider if there are any other links that you can make with the place, for example is it hot, cold, faraway etc. This may be the symbolism that is being relayed to you. The place may simply hold happy memories which will be recreated for you now.
Cover
(SeeCanopy/Blanket)
A cover can symbolise a shield of protection, covers are also used to cover something up or hide it from view. Have you received information in the dream about what is going on under cover?
Cracks
Something needs repair; it could be relationships that need patching up or you may feel that cracks are developing in the security or set up of your life. What exactly is cracked in your dream will help with the translation. Cracking up mentally?
Crash
(See Accident)
A crash represents an occurrence that is waiting to happen; there is no way to avoid the outcome of a certain situation.
· A collision of different circumstances.
· A crash course in learning.
Cross
(See Jesus)
· Sacrifice.
· Support is given during testing times or demanding situations.
· Spiritual help, protection and awareness.
· Healing.
Crossroads
(See Destination/Journey/Road)
Different roads are available to you right now so try to choose the best one. Sometimes it doesn't matter which one you choose as all have equal opportunities. The dream scenario may be trying to show you the correct road to take and the ones to avoid but ultimately reminding you that the roads we choose to follow are what create the experience. Roads are all about the journey and not the destination. Take note of any obstacles in the way for help in choosing the correct path. Your Available choices.
Crowds
- Feeling overcrowded and needing some time alone.
- Too many people in a relationship, space is needed.
Crutch
Someone reliable to lean on, to help you along when you need support, this could be monetary support but any kind of aid or help that is available to you will be shown this way, all you need to do is enlist that help.
- Situations become crystal clear.
- Clarity of mind and purity of soul.