Dreams: Universal Symbols

The following list provides the basics and gives you an idea of their function. From this you can begin to
develop your own list.

UNIVERSAL SYMBOLS

Abundance: Desire for independence.
Accident: Something unplanned.
Actor/Actress: Desire for recognition.
Adultery: Guilt.
Airplane: See Transportation.
Altar: Self sacrifice.
Anchor: Stability. Sometimes a desire for a permanent home.
Aniffifl.^The feminine aspect of the individual. Guide to the inner world.
Animal: Depends on your feelings for the particular animal (for typical meaning see the specific type). A helpful animal normally represents the instinctive self.
Animus: The masculine aspect of the individual. Uncompromising conviction. Force. The God.
Apple: Desire.
Arrow: Pleasure; festivity.
Auction: Promise of abundance.
Automobile: See Transportation.
Baby: Crying: frustrated plans. Laughing: plans fulfilled. Sleeping: Waiting period; patience.
Ballon: Frustration.
Basement: A place of refuge or retreat.
Battle: Internal conflict. Bells: Fulfillment of plans; joy.
Bicycle: Hard work will bring plans to fruition; also see Transportation.
Birds: Usually transcendence from one state of being to another.
Birth: Transition to new phase, or new aspect, of self.
Bridge: Overcoming difficulties; a change.
Broom: The ability to sweep or clean up.
Bull: Animal nature; stubbornness.
Burial: End of a phase; time to take a new direction.
Candle: Constancy.
Cane or Crutch: The need of support.
Capital (City or Town): The center. Also see Cities.
Castle: Ambition.
Cave: A place of retreat or refuge; a need for time to think and meditate.
Circle: Totality; perfection; infinity; the All; the Collective Unconsciousness.
Cities: Gatherings of consciousness. If significantly placed, it can represent the Anima.
Climbing: The self-mastery process; raising consciousness.
Clock: The passage of time; the need to take action.
Clothes: Attitudes; personality.
Coffin: See Burial.

Colors: The symbolic meaning of color is a fascinating study in its own right. I only wish to touch lightly on the subject here, to give you the basic idea of the meanings of individual colors in your dreams.

The following list is not inclusive but will give you the primary colors:— 

RED—strength, health, vigor, sexual, love, danger, charity
ORANGE—encouragement, adaptability, stimulation, attraction, plenty, kindness
YELLOW—persuasion, charm, confidence, jealousy, joy, comfort
GREEN—finance, fertility, luck, energy, charity, growth
BLUE—tranquility, understanding, patience, health, truth, devotion, sincerity
INDIGO—changeability, impulsiveness, depression, ambition, dignity
VIOLET—tension, power, sadness, piety, sentimentality
Cradle: Potential for advancement.
Crossing the River: A fundamental change of attitude.
Crying: Emotion; usually a sad event.
Crystal: Union of matter and spirit.
Curtains: Concealment; adornment.
Darkness:  The spirit world; the subconscious; turning inward.
Death: The end of something; opportunity for new beginnings.

Dog: Loyalty; laziness; anger.
Eating: Need for new interests; stimulation.
Evening: Descending into the subconscious world.
Eye: Perception; self-examination.

Falling: Failing to live up to expectations.
Fish: Transcendence from one state of being to another.
Fire: Anger; purification; abundance of energy.
Flowers: Contentment; pleasure.
Flying: See Transportation.
Girl: Immature feminine aspect.
Glass: Perception; being able to see (sometimes into the future).
Graduation: Initiation; completing a phase.
Hair: Thought Grey or Silver hair indicates wise thought.
Hammer: Power to drive forward.
Helpful Animal: The instinctive self.
Highway: The path; the way ahead.

Horse:

WHITE HORSE—Symbol of life (the Keltic Goddess Epona was often depicted on a white mare); prosperity.
BLACK HORSE—Change of fortunes.
WILD HORSE—uncontrolled instinctive urges.
WINGED HORSE—transcendence from one state of being to another.

House:

The symbol of personality and conscious interest from the spiritual view. The particular room represents particular interest:— 

BATHROOM—Cleansing; elimination of the undesired. 

BASEMENT—place of refuge, retreat, concealment. 

BEDROOM—place of rest and recovery. 

DINING ROOM—place of sustenance; refortification. 

KITCHEN—a place to prepare the sustenance. 

LIVING ROOM—place of socializing. 

Ice: Coldness of character; frigidity; rigidity.

Illness: Boredom, delay.

Individual Self: The "real" you; the inner you; the all-wise, spiritual self. 

Jail:  Confinement; frustration; inability to act. 

Journey: See Transportation.

Judge or Jury: Your conscience.

Key: The answer to a problem.

Kiss: Satisfaction; completion. .

Ladder: Ability to climb (note the length of the ladder). 

Left  (as in side or direction): The subconscious side; sometimes the wrong side or direction; the logical side; the scientific side. 

Light: Hope. 

Lines: Broken lines represent the feminine aspect. Solid lines, the masculine 

aspect.

Lizard: Transcendence.  

Lock: Frustration; security.
Man or Male: Animus, the masculine aspect. The age indicates the maturity or lack of it in the individual.
Mask: Falsehood; deception; concealment
Mirror: Need to reconsider.
Mother: Haven; comfort.
Nakedness: Real; true; without false attitudes; exposed; natural.
Night (especially midnight): Greatest strength of the super-consciousness.
Noon: The greatest clarity of consciousness.

Number: 

In interpreting numbers you should first of all examine their
balance or lack of balance.
EVEN numbers signify balance and harmony.
ODD numbers signify imbalance and discord. In considering the following definitions, note that a larger number is made up of a combination of smaller numbers:
ONE—the beginning; the source; the ego.
TWO—duality; the male and female; positive and negative.
THREE—the trilogy: father, mother and child; past, present and future. Completion of the first plane.
FOUR—the material universe; consciousness, reality and law; physical power, initiative, religion and spiritual evolution .It is Three and
One.

FIVE—the number of Wo/Man. It represents materialism, expansion, change, understanding and justice.
It is Three and Two.
SIX—the number of cooperation and balance. It represents interaction between the material and the spiritual; mental and physical. It signifies psychism, peace and completion of the second plane. It is twice Three.
SEVEN—Completion; old age; endurance; evolution and wisdom. The seven stages of spiritual transformation. Four and Three.
EIGHT—the number of dissolution and separation.The law of cyclic evolution and invention. Five and Three.
NINE—rebirth and reformation. Intuition; travel; karma and completion of the third plane. Three times Three.
ZERO—the circle. Infinity; the universe; the All.
Ocean: Opportunity; spirituality.
Owl: Wisdom; need for further evaluation.
Pearl: Joy. Broken string of pearls—misunderstanding.
Pirate: Suspicion.
Prison: See Jail.

Pyramid: Thirst for knowledge; seeking.
Railroad: A set path to follow; see also Transportation.
Rainbow: Great happiness; opportunity.
Reading: Learning; gaining in knowledge; perceiving.
Riding: See Transportation.
Right: The conscious; correctness; the artistic side.
Ring: Completion; loyalty.
River: Spirituality; a boundary.
Rocket: See Transportation.
Rocks: The unchanging self.
Rodents: Transcendence or a less-than- nice person; distrust; betrayal.
Roller Skates: See Transportation.
Roses: See Flowers.
Ruins: Failure of plans.
Sacrifice: Overcoming pride.
School: A place of  learning; a need to learn.
Scissors: Distrust.
Sea: See Ocean.
Self-Image The inner or spiritual self. The age indicates maturity or the lack of it.
Sex: Union of opposites; union of male and female principles; satisfaction; completeness.
Shadow: The subconscious; insubstantiality.
Ship: See Transportation.

Skeleton: The basics; the root of a problem.
Snake:  Spiritual wisdom; transcendence into a state of wisdom.
Snake-bite:  Infusion of wisdom (bites are not usually painful in dreams).
Soldiers: Force; power; regimentation.
Spade:  Penetration; cutting; tough work lies ahead.
Sunrise:  Clearing of consciousness; awakening.
Sunset: Need to protect assets.
Swan: Beauty; comfort; satisfaction.
Sword: Penetrating and cutting; conflict.
Table: Support; a platform for presentation.
Telescope: Need to get closer to subject.
Thief: Loss or fear of loss; insecurity.
Thunder. Anger.
Towns: See Cities.
Touching: The manner of touch and your feeling about it is important.
Touching normally represents the laying-on of hands, usually healing. On rare occasions it may mean a curse.
Can be comfort; security.
Trains: See Transportation.
Transcendence: Achieving full realization of the individual self.
Transformation: See Transcendence.

Transportation: 

Spiritual advancement. The more efficient the mode, the more effective and rapid is the advancement. The rocket would be the most rapid and the highest traveling. Crawling would be among the
least effective. A train is forceful and direct, but is confined by narrow tracks. A car is fairly efficient and maneuverable. The airplane is more efficient than the car or train and rises higher than any surface mode of transport. Roller skates are more effective (faster) than walking, but require a smoother surface and more effort; etc..
Traveling: The act of spiritual advancement.
Tree: The life principle; psychic growth and development; success.
Tunnel: Hiding; being afraid.
Turning: Changing or developing. See Left or Right. Turning in a circle represents lack of progress.
Twins: Ego and alter ego.
Umbrella: Shelter.
Veil: Insecurity.
Volcano: Sexual energy; emotions.
Wall: Frustration; inability.
Watch: See Clock.
Water: Spirituality; emotion.
Wedding:  Culmination of plans; happiness; success.
Witch: Supernatural ability; wisdom.
Woman:  The anima. Her age represents maturity Or lack of it.
Wreath: Self-pity.

Astral Travel.... Recalling Dream

1. Preparing for Bed  

Try to get the body as relaxed as you can. You can say your salah, Try experimenting with eating different foods before bedtime and see if you get any different results in the end. Make sure you have a pen and pad handy to write with next to the bed.

2. Programing 

This is the most important part. You’ve got a better chance of remembering your dreams if you really want to remember them. Assuming you do want to, tell yourself that you’re going to remember your dreams and conscientiously follow the steps to make your desire to remember your dreams come true.

3. Taking Notes

It’s best if it just has plain paper with no designs or other distractions. Use this pad only for recording your dreams. Before you go to sleep, make sure it is open to the next page on which you can write so you don’t have to search for a blank page when you wake up. Always put the pen in the same spot so that you don't have to search for that, either. An alternative to writing your dreams is to keep a tape recorder near your bed or under your pillow so that you can verbally recount what happened in your dream.

4. Reviewing the Night 

Jot down as much as possible about your dream, starting with a basic sketch that includes such things as the location of the dream, the basic plot, the characters, the overall emotion of the dream (i.e. were you scared or happy in the dream?), and any prominent images you can recall. If you can remember any dialogue, you may want to write it down first, as words in dreams are easily forgotten. Record everything you can, even if you can only remember one image. As you get the basics down, more of the dream may come to you.

Tips

Keep a table lamp on your nightstand. If you wake up in the middle of the night, you’ll need to turn on a light in order to record your dreams in your dream journal. As with the alarm clock, you want to be able to reach your lamp with as little movement as possible.
As an alternative, you can also use a small flashlight solely for recording dreams at night. Cover the lens with three layers of masking tape so you can still easily see your journal at night, but it's not so bright that it makes you want to close your eyes.
Better yet, don't use any light at all, as it can make it harder to remember your dreams. Just have your pen and paper where you can reach them easily, and you won't even have to open your eyes (be careful not to fall back asleep though). With practice you'll get better at writing without seeing the paper.
Some people keep a small voice recorder by the bed and talk into it instead of writing down the dream. It's easier to remember when you're only half-awake!
If you have the same dream the next day, or next week, jot that down also. A dream that repeats itself is a dream upon which we should all concentrate. It might have a special meaning.
When recording dreams, remember that the recording is personal. Don't write it to make sense for others because you may find yourself altering things to make it easier for outsiders to understand. Always write what you believe to be true, not what would make sense.
Record exactly what happened without necessarily trying to make sense of it yourself, either. For example, if your dream starts inside a house and you then find yourself in a forest, avoid the temptation to assume you walked out of the house. Dreams that are foreign to everyday experience could be lost by trying to apply waking logic to the events.
When recording the dream, it may be easier to remember if you write (or speak) it in present tense (i.e. "I am going to" instead of "I went to").
Some songs actually make the dream stick in your head for a little while longer. Try listening to some music before you hit the hay, and see what happens!
If you have a computer or mobile device nearby, try logging onto a dream publishing website like Uprophecy or Dream Moods that you can use to log your dreams and keep a record of them.
After you have managed to remember a few dreams think of them before going to sleep, It can help spark recall.
After you've remembered most of your dream, try and put it into the right order. This will help, because it's easier to memorize things if you know what happened first, and always write that down first.
If you have already dreamed a dream and want to remember it, don't worry. When you're dreaming, you are in an entirely different set of mind. Try lucid dreaming. When you are in this set of mind and you are lucid dreaming, sometimes you have the ability to recall your past dreams! Think of it like if you had a part of your brain that stores dreams that you have, and you can only access it by dreaming.