Dreaming in Color?

Over the last year I have introduced different concepts, theories and meanings that can come from your dreams. One we’ve not covered is decoding the meaning of colors in your dreams; that is, understanding some basic color indicators can help you delve deeper into the meaning of your dream and how it applies to you.

Colors have a lot of symbolic and hidden meanings; if a particular color stands out in your dream, it means your subconscious is trying to communicate an important message. The following is a list of some of the most common colors and their general interpretations.

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Animals and Dreams

As a third segment in our dream blogs sequence, we want to focus on animals and how they impact our dreams as well as their possible interpretations. Animals play a large role in our lives. Whether they are pets or visit us from the wild, seeing animals in our dreams is nothing unusual; in fact, almost all of us have animal dreams at some point or the other. While some dreams focus on a single animal, there are others in which animals make a sort of “guest appearance.” Regardless of which animals appear in our dreams, they carry messages. To decode the message you need to remember the animal you saw, what it was doing in your dream and the context of its appearance.

The Animal
Animals in our dreams are actually symbols of the characteristics we associate with them. For instance, the fox generally stands for cunning and stealth, lions for ferocity and bravery, dogs for loyalty and faithfulness, etc.

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The Dreaded “Falling” Dreams

Do you have dreams where you see yourself falling off a cliff or building? Are you often awakened by a sudden sensation of falling, only to realize you are comfortably snuggled in your bed? Do you have falling dreams? These types of dreams can have us breaking out in a cold sweat very quickly—and then there is the old wives tale that if you actually hit the bottom of your fall you can die. The myth is enough to make our hearts stop. But what does it all mean?

As with all dream interpretations, their meanings are different for every person who experiences them. The symbols will have one interpretation one night and a very different interpretation the very next. But why? The interpretation of dreams can be generalized, which our past dream interpretation blogs have provided. The specific interpretation depends on the other symbols or underlying theme of the dream. So getting back to our “falling” interpretation, in general when we experience these types of falling dreams it can represent a feeling of insecurity, anxiousness or being overwhelmed with some situations in your waking life.

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Dreams of Being Chased

Do you ever dream you are being chased by a dark, shadowy figure or an animal? Do these dreams leave you feeling restless and agitated? If yes, then it is possible your subconscious mind is telling you to acknowledge and deal with your insecurity, fears and/or lack of confidence.

Chase dreams are like a metaphor for running away from something. Adults who have recurring chase dreams generally have some hidden fears they are unwilling to acknowledge: it could be fear of failure, of a person or of an adverse circumstance. Chase dreams also occur when people feel threatened by someone or some situation in their life. The person/object/animal chasing them in the dream is a symbolic depiction of the threat in their waking lives.

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Dreams: Flying and Personal Power

Dreams are usually specific to each individual encountering them. It is quite uncommon for two people to have an almost exact same dream, but it is also true that there are some common themes connecting different dreams that people have.

The fact that people from entirely different backgrounds and age groups can have dreams of a similar theme or nature seems to imply that we are perhaps not all that different from one another even if we are separated by continents and customs. Psychologists believe these similar dream themes serve to connect us as a human race. It means when the conscious mind stops working, we share the same concerns, hopes and fears.

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