How important are dream symbols?

Our dreams are not just random sets or sequences of events occurring during sleep. They have a discernable connection to reality, whether such a relation is rooted in our past, a reflection of our present or a prediction of our future. Dreams are rife with symbolism and symbolic images, or things which speak about us - and more aptly, to us - through the deepest recesses of our subconscious. These symbols take the form of living or nonliving things, sounds, visions, our own and other people’s actions which appear in our dreams as a mirror of our innermost thoughts and feelings, or a parallel conscience to guide us through life’s journey. Therefore, it is imperative that we uncover the meaning of our dreams so that our awareness could help us act accordingly and use our knowledge for our own good.

Our ancestors had a very careful approach to interpreting dreams. To wake up and remember a particular symbol or sign was always considered as something connected to future events. The earliest notions of people analyzing their dream symbols date back to 3000 to 4000 BC. In those days, people went as far as believing that dreams were a result of physiological or bodily changes. During the Hellenistic period, dream interpreters often assisted medical practitioners to help heal a person suffering from a disease. Even today, many cultures have individuals (healers, fortune-tellers, shamans. etc.) capable of deciphering coded messages contained in dreams which they refer to as something that has important consequences to a person's present or future life.


How can dream interpretation be influenced by dream symbols?

Using its dream interpretation library, can provide readers with practical commonly-interpreted meanings for a wide variety of symbols. These interpretations include specific details which are contextual dream descriptions. By combining particular symbols with their matching context experienced in a dream, visitors have a better chance at finding interpretations based on trusted and popular sources and analyzing dreams they had experienced.


Dreamers must pay special attention to all notable attributes of the dream as these may help reveal, modify or put specific symbolic representations in their proper context and, therefore, provide more relevant interpretation. For example, snow by itself seen in a dream, may indicate that the dreamer is a casual observer to people’s hardships and difficulties, regardless of his or her reactions to such situations. However, “melting snow” has an entirely different symbolic meaning. On account of an additional context describing the symbol, in this case the modifier “melting”, the symbolic meaning of “snow” is completely altered. According to our sources, melting snow could be indicative of the dreamer’s unreasonable anxieties and fears which, quite ironically, would result in relief and self-assurance.

This is what puts in a league of its own. Its extensive collection of dream symbols accompanied by specific descriptions allows readers to narrow down their search for more relevant meaning of their dreams. It implicitly tells readers to not just take symbols at face value, but to look deeper for something which may significantly affect, if not altogether change, the overall meaning of a given symbol.


For this reason, readers need to understand that additional details associated with specific dream visions or dream stories can aid in context-specific dream interpretation. For example, eating an apple and seeing a rotten apple, although bearing the same object considered as a symbol, i.e. apple, in the world of dreams, are obviously two different dream events which will have separate context-specific interpretations. Similarly, dreaming about a river, as described by the dreamer in more than one setting or scenario, could represent a number of things. According to our library of meanings, “watching flowing river water” in a dream could indicate wealth and prosperity, while “wading across a shallow river” could foretell possible health problems and other adversities.

As for dreams which involve recurring symbols, readers may be wondering why such visions keep appearing like pesky flies in the subconscious state. In most cases, they symbolize problematic events which have gone unresolved, or tumultuous phases in their lives which have not been accorded a proper closure. Otherwise, these reminders might just be another collection of unaccomplished plans or unfulfilled dreams waiting to be realized. However, these are but a few commonly-accepted interpretations for recurring dream visions. Depending on the context in which these images keep returning in dreams, they may take on an entirely different meaning. provides some of the most practical explanations for recurring dream symbols in different contexts and under a multitude of possible scenarios.

How different is the real world from the symbolic world of dreams?



In any case, the wealth of practical knowledge accumulated to date and included in our online dream interpretation library can help readers better understand the differences and similarities between the real world and the world conjured up in dreams, and give them the peace of mind that they need in times when they may harbor doubts or seek assurance with regard to symbolic meanings of their dreams. Its alphabetized and categorized collection of dream interpretations is easy to navigate and offers different angles and vantage points from which to look at “what dreams may come,” to borrow a line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

How do symbolic meanings vary?

As readers may note, most dream interpretations offered by are presented as short and concise descriptions while quite often people expect more comprehensive and detailed answers relative to the length and complexity of their dreams. As in all forms of literature, a dream can be summarized and shortened by determining the “crux of the matter,” or the central theme of the dream from which its meaning can be deduced. The gist of a particular dream, no matter how complex it may seem, can manifest in the most vivid recollections of symbols taken out of the dream and have a profound significance to dreamers that only dreamers can determine for themselves. To reiterate, paying close attention to the context in which these symbols are seen in the dream will help dreamers arrive at the closest and most commonly-assigned meanings and interpretations as provided by both traditional and modern dream interpretation sources.


Going back to the third dream sample, let’s assume that one dreamer decides with great conviction that the central part of the dream is the image of “cuddling a crying baby,” overpowering all other symbolic attributes of the dream.’s library of dream interpretations will tell the dreamer that the vision may be seen as a sign of an upcoming period of deep sadness or emotional turmoil which would result in many days of tears.

Taking the third dream sample a bit further, it is possible that such a complex dream vision could only be the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. For the sake of argument, and knowing that it would bring readers to a better understanding of symbolism and symbolic meaning, let us assume that one dreamer dreams of “cuddling a crying baby in a room full of countless other people who are doing exactly the same thing, i.e., each cuddling a crying baby, and all seem to be working in a collective effort to calm all the babies down, to no avail.” This may sound completely far-fetched but not entirely impossible, as many dream visions or stories behind symbols can be very complex and descriptive.

In analyzing this rather convoluted dream vision, dreamers will be guided by their own conscience, that is, an inner awareness of what part of the vision truly strikes a chord with them in order for them to decide that it is indeed the symbolic image they are seeking a specific answer for. The possibilities to narrow their inquiry to a searchable dream description are as divergent as "many babies," "strangers taking care of babies," “baby tantrums,” “room full of crying babies,” “room full of people cuddling crying babies,” and so on.

When using, readers can follow this simple method to properly analyze, break down, and sum up their dreams in search of the most common and readily-available symbolic meanings in the website’s dream interpretation library. This is what we are trying to achieve. We are a work in progress and still in the process of carefully and meticulously selecting and adopting all of the existing variations to an endless list of symbolic images based on how they appear in dreams.

We want to come up with dream interpretations which will provide a universal set of possible meanings requested or searched through online channels. Our growing collection of dream symbols as they are reported to us in varying degrees of frequency in our search box and in various other major search engines is updated on a regular basis as we continue to conduct further research and combine these bodies of knowledge under one roof for the benefit of all.

There is no denying that enormous efforts are placed in creating and maintaining an online dream interpretation source which is able to respond to the signs of the times. Admittedly, the answers found on are mere guideposts. They are there only to give directions, or to light the way. Ultimately, it is the dreamer who creates his own destiny. Using this online resource as a tool, only he can unlock the most relevant meanings of his own dreams.

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