Ear
Ears are all about listening, perhaps you are not listening to advice or to your own intuition, you are being warned to listen carefully to information that you are given. You are not hearing what is being said and this is hindering your full understanding of a situation. If there is something wrong with your ears in your dream, then this will back up the dream interpretation even further.
Ear muffs symbolise that you wish to protect yourself from hearing what cold people say about you. Likewise ear phones help you to distract yourself from other peoples opinions. Having something else in your ear will link to an issue with you listening or hearing what people are saying.
Earth
The mother earth might be used as a symbol of creation, reminding us that we are all united in our continued existence on earth. The whole consciousness!
· Our natural resourcefulness.
· Someone would give you the earth.
· See the whole picture instead of individual pieces of a situation.
· Completeness!
Earthquake
Occasionally some people dream about earthquakes and can predict their occurrence.
· Something will shake your world.
· Disruption and destructiveness often brings a shift of consciousness.
Easter
(See Egg/Jesus)
The Easter symbolism might come from the resurrection of Christ and help to explain the rebirth process. You start again when you have let go of the pain and hurt from the past.
· Easter eggs can symbolise fertility.
· Putting all your eggs in one basket.
Eating
(See Dining/Café/Food/Restaurant)
In dreams eating symbolises the things that we have on offer which provide towards our satisfaction and contentment, the quality of the food can explain the value of the people around you who contribute to your happiness. The type of food will always be important to help you with the translation.
Trying to eat in a dream can represent a hunger for something, you could be hungry for success or fame, but equally it could just be your basic requirements that need taking care of. If the food, you are eating is not very nice or tasteless it can show that you are not content with your lot in life and that your situation does not provide the right kind of sustenance which your soul desires. If you are hungry but cannot find food, it shows that you do not really know what you want in life or how to find it if you did. It can also provide a symbol for when you hunger for something, the food just symbolises your need to feel satisfied in your life. Looking for food is a way for you to look for what is going to make you happy. If you are preparing food for other people in your dream then you are trying to cater for their needs before your own, this can mean that you become discontented. Food will symbolise what you are being dished up in the way of circumstance in your life now or what you are dishing up for the people around you.
Echo
If you happen to dream of an echo then it represents a repeated pattern that you are caught up in, you may be saying the same thing over and over to no avail or you are dealing with the same problem yet again. Maybe you are not listening to advice that is given to you or you are repeating the same advice to someone else.
· A repeated pattern of actions and words.
· A cycle of events.
Eclipse
(See Energy/Moon/Sun)
An eclipse symbolises the joining together of emotions and creative energy to form the mix needed for a project or for the next phase of your life. The time has arrived for change and an exceptional set of circumstances can be used to your advantage. The sun is at the center of our solar system and all other planets and moons revolve around it, when there is an alignment it marks an important event and therefore will mark a time when the planets have aligned to create balance between people as well as planets, you should use this time to bring balance and harmony in your relationships. The power of the eclipse will provide energy for anything that needs to be completed or brought to conclusion.
Education
(See Essays/Exams/School)
Educational institutions remind us of the need to acknowledge the things that we must do to make progress. Life's lessons can be hard to learn at times, but it is how we come through and get over the obstacles that it presents us with that will count towards complete understanding of life itself and of the people who journey through it with us. Life is an education!
Infant/Junior School
· Regressing towards infant behaviour and the need to grow up.
Secondary School
· Stuck in a phase of life that you should be able to move on from.
· There is still more you need to learn about life.
· You do not have all the information which would help you to make progress.
· Wanting to stay in the past because it feels safe.
University
· You have moved on to the next phase of life's learning.
· Hard work but also a time of enjoying your freedom.
· Spiritual graduation.
Eel
(See Animals)
A slippery person.
A slippery person.
Egg
(See Easter)
Eating eggs in a dream can symbolise fertility and taking on new responsibilities. The cycle of life incorporating beginnings and endings.
Eiffel Tower
This will link with romance and the structure will symbolise strength and longevity for a relationship.
Eiffel Tower
This will link with romance and the structure will symbolise strength and longevity for a relationship.
Elastic
Elastic symbolises something that will spring back; this could be a quality that you should try to adopt. Elastic can also represent a relationship that expands or has the benefit of falling back into place no matter how much it is stretched. Elastic could also symbolise money that returns to you, or perhaps money is tight, and the elastic could symbolise how finances are over-stretched. Therefore, you will need to consider other symbols in your dream to gain a true understanding of elasticity.
Electricity (See Energy/Gas/Lightning/Petrol)
A creative energy source that is at your disposal, but it can be destructive if it isn’t harnessed correctly. If you are electrocuted in your dream it can show how you could get your fingers burned if you play with forces that you do not understand.
· Spiritual power.
· Harnessing available energy.
· Physical chemistry.
Elements
The essentials for life and the way we mix the different elements to create something else of value. They can help you understand that new beginnings come from challenging the different elements involved in a situation and help you to create new dimensions to a relationship or an idea that you are working on.
Elevator
(See Energy/Equipment/Lift)
The way in which the elevator performs in your dream will simply represent the way you are feeling now, up, down, stuck etc.
· Going up in the world.
· The ups and downs that you experience throughout your life. .
Email
(See Computer/Letter/Telephone)
(See Computer/Letter/Telephone)
This will link with communication and has replaced sending a letter for the most part. It will be important to look at all the symbols that you get in your dream regarding the email as this could be used to explain complications with communications. Not being able to send an email highlights an inability to communicate what you want to say, or the person you wish to communicate with is unresponsive.This is very similar to not being able to talk on the telephone. Dreams use new versions of technology to get a message across because they are more appropriate for the dreamer. When you dream of trying to communicate using old fashioned methods like an old-fashioned telephone switchboard or telegram it is to help you understand that your communication methods are outdated and that if you wish to be understood you will have to develop new and interesting ways of getting your message across. Perhaps you are trying to communicate to the younger generation using outdated methods and you must get on their wavelength to be understood by them.
Receiving an email in a dream represents receiving information, you may or may not want this information, but get it you will! Sometimes we get too much information and it clogs up our mind, in the same way that the inbox of email gets clogged with junk mail. Junk mail can also help you understand when you are hearing rubbish from someone, when they are talking crap so to speak.
Embroidery
(See Darn/Knitting/Wool)
Embroidery represents creation in the making; it can express the vibrational pattern that you are creating with love, patience and hard work. Embroidery symbolises how the finer details combine and build a bigger picture for you to understand.
(See Bare/Hole)
If something is empty in a dream it usually represents how you feel inside or your own lack of energy stores. Empty purses obviously symbolise no money etc so always translate what is empty in your dream for a better translation.
Energy
(See Aura/Bank/Cables)
To understand energy in its many forms you must first consider that the whole universe is devised from energy. Vibration creates energy in its many forms and it is carried in waves throughout the universe, as the energy vibrates it becomes a self-creating energy source. This vibration is balanced and gives rise to the creation of life itself, from the smallest minute forms of life to the greater more complex life forms.
Humans can create positive and negative energy by the way that they think and react, the environment or the people around you also create a negative/positive vibration which models surroundings. Because we draw our energy from the environment it depends on what we have put in as to what we will get back. This is where the belief comes from that what you give out is what you get back. If you create a positive energy by being positive and doing positive things then the energy you get back is restorative, it recharges and re-energises you with positive energy. Thinking negatively and doing negative things creates a negative vibration that absorbs the same from the environment and from the energy stores of the people who are in your vicinity.
Most people balance precariously between the two states of vibration and swing naturally too and throw between being positive and negatively inclined. This information is important when you translate your dreams because the energy that you have available to you at any given time will depend on your own state of mind and the way you allow negativity to overpower the positive energy vibration. If for example you wanted to make progress with a work project, its success will be dependent on the available energy stores from yourself and the people who are there to help you, the energy would need to be a positive one to be creative. Negative vibrational energy does not produce positive creativity or positive outcomes.
Your dreams can help to explain this process and let you know if the correct energy is available for you to use for the things that you want to do. You are the creator of the energy source and you can make adjustments at any time to address an imbalance, but it will mean changing the way that you think, and this is not always possible because of everything else that goes on around you, or because of the energy created by other people. Therefore, the project you wanted to start might have to wait until such times that the energy needed for it to be successful is balanced or draws from a more positive vibration.
In dream language there are many symbols that can be used to represent your own energy levels and the energy that you attract back to yourself. The symbols used to express energy are ones which you will recognise, for example petrol and diesel are the energy sources used as symbols when you wish to make progress, the real energy source is you of course.
Gas and electricity provide a symbol for the energy needed for your home life, your home comforts, and your right to feel loved, which is often symbolised in dream language by warmth, which of course is also provided by these types of energy sources. Incidentally light is seen as a source of positive energy and a dream where there is a problem with electricity or light is often trying to tell you about an imbalance which has been created. The sun provides another energy source that revitalises and instigates growth, it is often used in dreams to help you understand what you need to do to feel happy and content. Nuclear energy is powerful but it comes with the negative consequence of leaving waste so it can symbolise when power and energy have consequences that will stay around for a very long time.
Your own aura can help to describe your own energy levels and the colours and vibrancy give you information about your spiritual and physical wellbeing, as well as your moods and feelings. Unseen energy forces literally help you to understand the hidden forces that can have power over you, even though you can’t see them, things like attitudes, thoughts and ideas which have been developed from your culture, religion, class or family upbringing. All these types of invisible forces have power over the way that you think and the current choices you make, these things affect you even though you cannot physically see them.
Engine
(See Cars/Energy/Machinery/Transport)
Any kind of engine provides the energy to move forward on life's roads or on your personal journey towards growth. The engine keeps us ticking over and ensures we have the power to do the things we need to do or get to where we want to be. It will therefore often symbolise the advancement that can be made. If there is a problem with the engine in your dream or it isn't working properly then there is an issue with the energy you have available to make progress on your present chosen course. The mind, body, or spirit is lacking in motivation or physical energy, maintenance needs to be done before you can move forward.
Equipment
(See Elevators/Lifts/Machinery)
Any type of equipment in your dream will possibly link with equipment that you use in your everyday life; dreams deliver symbols that we recognise to help us understand a meaning better. For example, if you are using sports equipment in a dream and you do this regularly in the waking state think about what the equipment is used for to help yourself understand what the dream is trying to say. A running machine would be showing you that with all the effort you are putting into something you are not really making any progress. You are however building up your stamina which will pay dividends when you do eventually choose a path to take.
Lifting weights requires energy and hard work and might represent the effort you must put into projects or relationships before they will pay dividends. Weights can also symbolise the weight or the pressure that you are under.
Machinery requires an input of energy and action, we ourselves are working machines especially our working selves, so consider your own energy, drive and motivation and if or not you are getting the results that you want, in contrast to the effort you are putting in. Any problems with the equipment you are using in your dream might suggest that there are other obstacles besides yourself that are getting in the way of progress.
Eruptions
(See Volcano)
Eruptions quite simply translate as heated outbursts of anger or frustration. There is a need to release pent up anger or overwhelming feelings that can cause outbursts and can change the way your life structured.
Escalator
Elevators/Energy/Equipment/Lifts/Machinery
Escalators carry us up towards our destination and down again so therefore symbolise the ups and downs of trying to progress with the current course of action. This type of dream usually links with the journey dream and simply plays out how you feel your current journey is progressing. Most machinery requires an energy source to work and this type of dream can relate to your own energy stores and if or not they are sufficient for you to make progress.
- A situation that escalates.
- Help is available for your current journey.
- The ups and downs of life.
Escape
Making an escape in a dream represents your own need to escape or break free from the problems that your life presents you with. Managing to escape whatever is trapping you in a dream just shows you that there is a way out for you, if you are prepared to put in the effort.
Essay
(See Exams/School/Tests/Writing)
Trying to write an essay in your dreams links with acknowledging what you have learned so far and getting it out there for other people to share. This is more of a spiritual dream and relates to your own understanding of the whole point of life. You are here to experience and pass on what you have learned from that experience. Perhaps you feel as though life is just a big test of your endurance, or that you are being tested to see if you are good enough to move on to the next experience.
· The need to express yourself freely.
· Testing times?
Evergreens
Evil
- Everlasting spiritual growth.
- Lasting love.
(See Devil)
When evil presents itself in a dream by any means it usually symbolises an attack on the good things you have built up around you. An evil force attacking you can represent how your endurance is tested along with your ability to overcome negativity.
· There is a need to protect yourself sufficiently against negative forces.
· The fight of good against evil goes on inside everyone at one time or another.
Exams
(See Accomplish/Education/Essay/Tests/Writing)
In dream language exams tell us how we are dealing with life and its trials and tribulations up to the present time. Not being able to do the exam or overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of completion provides an effortless way for you to acknowledge that you are finding it difficult to be successful, or to get over obstacles when they arrive in your life. You feel hindered against progress because you haven’t recognised the fact that life isn’t a test, failure is equally important as success, failure is what leads to success. Sometimes it is hard to make sense of the test or exam you are trying to complete in a dream and this explains how you find life difficult to understand. Your successes can be felt and experienced by tests and exam dreams, you may not be completely aware of the skills that you have which are positive attributes.
· Live to experience and learn to love!
· Tests of endurance.
· Examine yourself before passing judgement.
Exercise
(See Energy)
You may need to work out which translation fits better with your current situation but doing exercises can represent the effort you put into being attractive and fit, but you can also use the power that you create for your self-improvement in a spiritual way and not just for the physical benefits, exercise the mind as well as the body. Doing exercises can also be used as a way to help you understand obstacles and illustrate how the energy you put into something isn't always equal to the success you get out, treadmills are an obvious example of this, this happens because even though you have a good store of positive energy it is being transferred onto people or things that do not give it back, they become a drain on your energy.
· Exercise your rights as a person.
· Exercise your mind.
· Use energy wisely.
· Exercise your rights.
Exit
To see an exit sign in a dream should bring your attention to the fact that it is time to get out of a situation. There is a way out available to you you just need to look for it.
Exorcist/Exorcism
(See Energy)
· Trying to release negativity.
· Getting rid of someone negative from your life.
· The expelling of negative influences.
Explosions
Bombs symbolise explosive situations that have probably developed from a build-up of negative energy, the situation is volatile and can have a devastating effect on the layout of your life unless action is taken to defuse a situation.