Oak
(See Trees)
An oak tree represents strength, growth and longevity relating to affairs of the heart, or family affairs.
Oar
(See Boat/Water)
An oar provides a symbol of your using your own strength to propel yourself forward, even when you are challenged by your emotions, perhaps you do not usually let your emotions stand in the way of making progress but losing or breaking an oar whilst you are rowing can symbolise the loss of this coping technique.
· Someone putting their ore in?
Obese
· Too much of something.
· Baggage is weighing you down and holding you back.
Object
Objects of any kind usually refer to the objects of your desire, so translate the actual object, but if it is a composite object made up from different things so that you can't really tell what it is then this shows your own confusion about what you really want.
Obscure
If something is obscured in your dream it is because you do not have the complete picture or all the information to make a clear judgement.
· Things that are out of reach.
Obstacle
(See Accomplish/Danger/Obstacle Dreams)
Any type of obstacles that appear in your dream represent opposition, obstructions and delays on your chosen path, you need to find a way to negotiate these obstacles in any way that you can, going over, under and around these obstacles using the strength and skills that you have acquired from negotiating previous obstacles and hurdles. This is what helps you to progress and grow as an individual and become stronger in character.
· Get over it.
Occupation
(See Job/Sack and Redundancy/Work)
If your own occupation filters into your dream then the other dream symbols might refer to your working life rather than your personal life.
· The school of life.
Ocean
(See Journey/Sea/Water)
Water symbolises the emotions and therefore oceans can represent the vast emotional wilderness that you must navigate. The ocean is full of life and this helps you to understand that life is like an ocean, most of it goes on underneath the surface. Oceans can sometimes symbolise that there is an emotional distance between you and another person.
· Salty water represents mixed feelings.
Octopus
An Octopus will connect to the emotions because it is a water creature.
· Somebody with wandering hands?
· Someone who could lend a hand.
Odors
A bad smell in your dream can warn you that 'something' is going bad but it could also represent a person who you do not need in your life. A nice smell symbolises someone who is a breath of fresh air blowing into your life.
· Smells can link you with memories good or bad.
Office
Dreaming of an office probably relates to your working life or even the work that you do for other people in a spiritual way. What is going on in the office offers more symbolism and might be more important toward the translation. An office is considered a place of occupation and ordered responsibility. Being 'in office' shows that you are in charge and must dictate how things should go.
Officer
(See People in Dreams)
In dream language a police officer is viewed as a protector, someone to help you if you are in trouble but also someone to tell you to correct your behaviour.
Ogre
An Ogre will represent either an officious person or a situation that is difficult to put up with.
Oil
An obstacle dream if you are slipping in it but if you use the oil to lubricate something then it shows that you are attempting to make something work that has become rusty, maybe a relationship or something like this.
· A slippery person.
Old
Something being old usually links with the past, old problems or memories that haven’t completely gone away. Revisiting an old home, workplace or school in a dream represents the way in which you revisit past events or places that have been important to you and your learning, perhaps you have unfinished business to take care of, maybe you thought your work was finished but there is still more work to do.
· Your ideas are not current; they are outdated and need a revamp.
Olive Branch
· An apology.
· Forgiveness.
· Freedom and harmony.
Onion
The many layers of an onion can symbolise the different layers of a situation that when peeled back reveal yet more information, the spherical shape links this with the ‘whole’ or getting the complete picture.
· Sometimes onions symbolise tears from nowhere.
· Onions have healing properties because they absorb the negative.
Open
· Any opening suggests that a way forward is available.
· Being open to progress.
Opera
(See Music/Singing/Theater)
Take note of the theme of the opera to help in your translation.
· Life is an opera with all its theatricals.
· Watching events play out from afar.
Operation
· Drastic action is needed to bring about change and healing.
Optician
(See Glasses)
You are not seeing things as they really are and need to remedy this. Glasses or spectacles bring clarity to help you see things more clearly.
Opponent
(See Attack/Battle)
This type of dream represents an opposing force of some kind or other. The opposition symbolises forces that work against you and can represent anything negative that you must overcome.
Orchard
(See Garden/Trees)
· Spiritual growth and plenty of lasting reward for your efforts.
Orchestra
(See Music)
An Orchestra symbolises the music that we ‘create’ by the actions and deeds that we do. Music creates a vibration and in dream language it can represent the positive vibrations we create around us.The many accomplishments needed in order to produce balance and harmony.
Organ
(See Music/Piano)
A piano or an organ creates spiritual vibrations and this type of symbol can help you to understand the vibrations that are needed to produce harmony, this will link with your ability to get in tune with the other people around you or with those in the spirit world whichever is appropriate. Symbolism can also be taken from if or not you are able to create harmonic music in the dream, this will translate the notion that to create harmony you must first practise, and this takes time.
(See Sex)
There are too many people involved in the personal relationship part of your life, you cannot decide what you want or who.
· Experimenting with relationships.
· Testing the boundaries of a present relationship.
Ornaments
Ornaments symbolise what we think has significance in our life, what we value and its worth to us.The fragility of the things we hold dear.
Ostrich
(See Animals)
Ostriches are birds that are unable to fly and so can highlight the restrictions in your own ability to make progress, maybe you hold yourself back. Stick your neck out.
Otter
Water animals represent the ability to cope well in emotional situations, adopt their ability to adapt.
Ouija Board
This could be used as a symbol when you are trying to find out information from sources that you cannot necessarily trust. Messages from the spirit-world are sort when we do not know how to move on or we need help to see our future.
· Remember do not dabble with things that you don't understand.
· Tying to connect with the spiritual realms?
Oven
(See Energy/Cooking/Kitchen)
In dreams ovens can help to explain how you use your own energy to create sustenance for other people or how you need it for yourself and your own comfort. The warmth that is created by an oven symbolises your own warmth towards others or the warmth they have for you. If the oven is broken then there may be problems in your ability to give other people what they want from you or for them to give you what you need.
· Ovens also help to tell us if something is ready or not.
· A bun in the oven is usually symbolic for pregnancy.
Overcast
(See Weather)
Depression and feeling under the weather.
Depression and feeling under the weather.
Owl
(See Animals)
Use your inner wisdom and think about things carefully before making important decisions.
· Wisdom and the freedom to fly with your dreams.
Oysters
Oysters are an aphrodisiac and might represent a prelude to sex and spicing things up in a relationship especially if you are eating them in a dream.
Ozone
(See Sky)
The Ozone symbolises a protective shield around your private little world. Any holes in it symbolise outside circumstances penetrating the safety of your defensive barriers.