Radio
A radio or transmitter can symbolise transmissions from normally unheard sources, maybe your own subconscious or from people who are not around anymore. Spiritually you are receiving messages, it is difficult to understand in dreams exactly what message is being put over to you, but there is certainly a message of needing to listen, you may need to listen to your own inner voice or to sensible advice from the people around you.
A radio or transmitter can symbolise transmissions from normally unheard sources, maybe your own subconscious or from people who are not around anymore. Spiritually you are receiving messages, it is difficult to understand in dreams exactly what message is being put over to you, but there is certainly a message of needing to listen, you may need to listen to your own inner voice or to sensible advice from the people around you.
If the radio is transmitting music or a song this may have a significant meaning because the words of a song can carry a message that you need to hear. Communication.
Raffle
(See Jackpot/Lottery/Prize)
Pot luck and random chances, they say we cannot always choose what we get. Hopefully you won the raffle and can translate the prize as well.
Raft
(See Boat/Destination/Journey)
If you have built any kind of raft in your dream it will represent the strength of your own ability to keep things together when emotions run high. If the raft you have built breaks up and isn't water worthy, then it helps you to understand that you need to work on your own coping mechanisms and find strength from the people around you.
Generally, any water raft is a symbol an aid to help you make progress emotionally, and the condition of the raft gives you clues to your own ability to propel yourself forward and cope. More symbolism can be gained from the water conditions as well.
Railway
(See Journey/Transport)
Railways provide a common dream scenario because there is so much dream symbolism available which is appropriate to help explain everyone’s journey through life. In spiritual terms we are all here to experience and learn new things, we are training if you like and the first symbolism can be taken from this expression, trains relate to what we are learning as we move forward on the journey through life. It is a shared experience and in dream language the people we meet on a train or who share our journey are the people who we share life changing or important experiences with.
The rail tracks help to explain that some parts of your life are predestined and planned that way but if the train comes off the tracks in a dream it can be because you have de-railed, missed an opportunity or gone off the rails.
The carriages of a train symbolise the different sections of your life and how they all link together. Moving through the trains carriages in a dream happens because you are trying to move away from the current section of your life and find a new one that is more to your liking. You want to move on and make changes and are attempting to do this by closing the door on one section of train and opening the door to another. You have experienced or learned enough and want to move forward.
Trains stop at stations and this offers you another chance to change direction, but these chances do not come along often enough, if you miss a stop then this symbolises how you missed a chance to change direction, the opportunity has now passed. If the train stops before it reaches the station and you can’t get off it is because the time isn’t right for you to change your direction, even though you feel ready for change circumstances are such that it just can’t happen at this precise moment in time.
Not having a ticket to ride the train you are on is simple to translate because it means you are trying to get a free ride and want to make progress without having to pay, this links with karma and that for you to make real progress you will have to work hard and pay your dues like everyone else. For balance you must give as much as you take.
If you have a ticket to ride your dream train but can’t find it at the appropriate time, then this is because you feel that the work you do is wasted and you feel as if life is unjustified and takes more from you than you get back. There are always times in your life that you feel this way, but in actual fact this is when you are making real progress because you are learning that life isn’t fair, it seems unbalanced most of the time, because examining small sections of your life doesn’t give you the bigger picture, the life you are living now may seem heavily weighted against you but eventually the balance will be redressed.
The carriages of a train can also symbolise your past lives and resemble how they link together and how you move through the whole process from the past and into the future.
Rain
(See Weather)
Rain in dreams is often used in dream language to represent tears falling, it could symbolise tears that have been shed in the past, sometimes it is a reminder of the cycle that you are caught up in and the dream is a prompt for you to change the current cycle. You do not want to re-live the same experiences that have caused you pain, therefore you need a more head strong approach to relationships which have caused tears previously.
If it is raining but you do not get wet, then this could show how the tears you have shed previously or the experience that caused those tears no longer affect you and you are unlikely to make the same mistakes again. An emotional downpour.
Rainbow
(See Color)
More often than not people who dream of rainbows have had a good outcome, so I tend to view rainbows positively. Rainbows are visible when there is rain and sun together and emotionally they tell us to take the good along with the bad.
The colours are important to this translation because a rainbow contains every colour to some degree, which helps you to understand the theory of everything in its own time, the complete experience must contain everything. Rainbows are used as symbol to remind you that after an emotional out pour a new phase of peace will begin.
· There is gold at the end of a rainbow.
· Chasing rainbows?
Rake
This is often used to symbolise the help that you have at hand to prepare the ground work for a new project. It helps you to remove obstacles and instigate growth.
Razor
· Cutting remarks from someone around you if you cut yourself.
· A razor-sharp tongue.
· Cutbacks are needed if you are shaving.
· Cleaning up a messy situation.
Reading
(See Books/Library)
Quite often in dreams we cannot understand what we are trying to read, this is the point because it helps to explain that you are not really understanding the message that you are being given. It could be written in black and white, but you would still miss the point. When you are reading in a dream you are trying to understand information that you already have available, making sense of it all is what you should concentrate on.
Reflection
(See House of Mirrors/Mirror)
To see your own reflection in a mirror reminds you to take a good look at yourself, do you like what you see? If you see your reflection in water then you are attempting to understand yourself on an emotional level, the reflection will be distorted so it can help you understand that you have a distorted view of your emotions.
Reptile
The thick skin and cold bloodiness of a personality might be indicated by any type of reptile. Untrustworthy character.
Restaurant
(See Café/Eating/Dining)
If you go to a restaurant in your dream then perhaps you need to go outside of your usual circle of friends to find people that can provide you with the things that you need to feel confident and content, usually friendship, companionship and new ventures. You may well be fed up with having to provide emotional nourishment for everyone else and need or want someone to look after you for a change.
Ribbon
Ribbons can symbolise how you are putting your mark on something, the colour will be important in your translation as will the object that the ribbon is tied to.
· Tying up loose ends in the best way you can.
· They say when delivering a difficult message that you should put a ribbon on it.
Rice
(See Food)
The many different particles of rice can symbolise the many blessings you have to give or will receive, people used to throw rice at newly married couples for this reason.
· Plenty and fulfilment.
Rings
Rings usually symbolise commitment to another person and in dreams represent this same idea. The spherical shape symbolises feeling whole or complete.
· Full circle.
· Wholeness.
(See Lakes/Water)
Rivers represent the flow and ebb of your own or other people’s emotions and how they change the overall experience and the layout of your life, for yourself and for the people around you. Rivers connect to larger sources of water and this symbol helps to explain that everyone’s feelings are interconnected and are drawn from each other’s responses. Over spills change the layout of one’s life, the way your life is mapped out will change because of your own or other peoples emotional input.
Roads
(See Cars/Crossroad/Journey/Path)
In dream language roads help to give you details about the choices that you have previously made, and they lay out the consequences of those choices, roads represent the current road you are on and where it could lead you.
It is common to dream of being on a road that you have travelled before, this is a simple way to understand that you have been down that road before and here you are again making the same choices but expecting different results. Some aspects of the road might change in your dream but there hasn’t been enough effort made to change the overall direction you are taking. Often people say that they are unable to make changes in their life because circumstance won’t let them, and this is when this type of dream is experienced. It serves as a reminder that you can change things but often fear of the unknown holds you back from doing so.
Obstacles on your dream road will help you to understand the things that prevent you from making changes and in many ways, they also serve to help you see if it is possible for you to make change happen. Anything that makes a road impassable tells you that the current route you want to take is blocked, and this blockage will need translating, water for example tells you that it is your own emotional mindset that is stopping you from making progress. Trees that have fallen in the road represent dead wood or past traumas that still prevent you from moving forward. Disassembling the obstacle will therefore take time and a lot of effort.
Robot
(See Machines)
This symbol is sometimes used in a dream to remind you that you are not a robot and you have human needs that require attention and care. Alternatively, you are trying to deal with someone who lacks an emotional grasp on reality.
Rocket
(See Energy)
The power and energy that is available for you to reach the heights that you want to achieve in any of your endeavours, but you will have to move out of your usual comfort zone.
· You will visit territories previously unknown to you.
· Your destiny.
· Moving up fast.
Rocks
(See Obstacle Dreams)
Rocks can be used to represent stubborn obstacles in dreams, the size will relate to the stubbornness of something that is standing in your way. Rocks can also symbolise the hardness of someone’s personality and they can also stand to show you that you feel caught between a rock and a hard place. Solid as a rock.
Roof
(See Buildings/Structures)
The roof of your own house provides a protective barrier for you and your family from the environment outside (what’s happening outside of your personal space) this can be used to portray your own protective nature and its ability to withstand a symbolic battering.
Problems with a roof in a dream will help you to recognise your own weaknesses in being able to keep it together when other people or rising issues start to affect the way your present situation is structured. The roof being the very top part of a building can also be used to symbolise the mind and how your thoughts are influenced by outside circumstances.
Rooms
(See Buildings/Home/Structures)
The rooms of a building can symbolise the many different sections of your life and how you keep them all apart from each other or integrate the different sections successfully. For example, keeping your working life separate from your home life or finding a balance between the two.
The different rooms inside a house can also help to explain how you are feeling on the inside. Sometimes it is difficult to put your feelings in order and these types of dreams help you sort through and organise your thoughts and feelings about a current situation or issue.
To dream of an old house that you used to live in happens when there is a wish to return to a time that holds something important to you, perhaps you feel that there is something missing right now that you had back then, or you miss the people or the security that you had at that time. You might be looking for a part of yourself that you have lost, like youth, freedom or happiness.
Houses are a responsibility and sometimes we dream of them because we struggle daily to deal with the responsibilities of home or home life. Dreaming of a messy house is a common theme when you feel that everything is a mess in your personal life and no matter how quickly you tidy up one calamity surpasses another. An empty house will help you to understand how you feel un-cared for or lacking in all forms of comfort.
The rooms in the house can offer further information and symbolise specific areas within your life or within yourself. The bedroom will often link to your personal space or your love life whereas the kitchen relates to your family life and the care and work that goes in to nurturing your loved ones, this will of course link to your emotional attachments to them.
The bathroom and toilet are used to clean away negativity and get rid of all the waste that you no longer need in your life, a form of self-cleansing and rejuvenating so that you can carry on with your daily grind. The living room or dining room will often relate to family and the care and guidance they need from you, or what you need from them of course.
To dream of problems in any of these rooms helps you to understand the area or the section of your life that requires attention or remedy.
Rope
(See Rope Bridge in Bridge)
The entwining of a rope can help to make you aware of the strength there is to be gained from being linked with others; a family for example can be tight-knit as can groups of like minded people, strength comes from working together. Further symbolism can be gained from understanding what the rope is being used for in your dream, for example a rope that is tying up a boat will show the emotional ties that you have with someone who you rely on.
To be climbing up a rope will symbolise the climb upwards, the strength of the rope will always be important to help explain your own strength or the strength of the ties that you have made with other like minded people, this can help you progress or move upwards quickly.
This type of symbol could help explain any situation where you wish to move upwards, in a job, the housing market or spiritually. It is not always easy to climb ropes, and this is why they provide a good representation of how hard it can be to move up.
Ropes are also used to prevent progress and in this case, they would be used to tie you up or prevent you from moving on, perhaps you feel tied to responsibility or chained to duty.
Rotten
(See Bacteria/Bad/Pus)
Anything that is rotting away in a dream will bring your attention to the fact that decay is occurring in some aspect or section of your life, things rot away to make way for the new. Rotten food symbolises the rotten deal you seem to be getting lately and how discontented you feel. A personality that is bad for you.
Ruined
(See Bad)
· Ruins represent the base which you must build upon.
· Acknowledge that some things are beyond repair and start again.
Running
(See Journey/Walking)
This can be used as an obstacle dream because it is unusual to be able to run in a dream, more often than not we try to run but do not actually get anywhere, the reasoning behind this is so that you realise that you have to walk before you can run, therefore you need to slow down and take your time with a project or relationship. This type of dream helps you to come to terms with the frustration or anxiety that occurs when you want to make faster progress than you are able to.
If you are running to get away from someone or something then the symbolism will come from who or what it is you wish to escape from in your life, running simply means you need or want to do it very quickly. You could also be running away from responsibilities or problems that you have.
If you are running in your dream and managing it well it shows that you can run with your ideas or dreams as they are viable, and things will advance quickly.
Rust
(See Metal)
Translate what is rusty to help you understand what exactly is suffering from neglect, this type of symbol is often used to explain how things deteriorate and weaken. Time corrodes most things.