Dream Dictionary
Explore the meaning behind your dreams. Each symbol is analyzed through psychological, cultural, and personal lenses.
Actions
Dreaming about being chased typically represents avoidance — something in your waking life that you're running from rather than confronting. The identity of the chaser, the intensity of your fear, and whether you escape all reveal what you're avoiding and how urgent the situation has become.
Dreaming about death rarely predicts actual death. Instead, it typically symbolizes endings, major transitions, or the need to let go of something in your life. Death in dreams represents transformation — something old must die for something new to emerge.
Dreaming about falling typically represents a loss of control, anxiety about failure, or a situation in your life where you feel unsupported. The way you fall — and whether you land — reveals how you're coping with instability in your waking life.
Dreaming about flying typically represents freedom, ambition, or a desire to rise above your current circumstances. The ease or difficulty of your flight reveals how empowered or constrained you feel in your waking life.
Dreaming about a wedding typically represents commitment, transition, or the union of different aspects of yourself. Wedding dreams are rarely about literal marriage — they reflect major life changes, important decisions, and the merging of opposing forces within your psyche.
Animals
Dreaming about cats typically represents independence, intuition, femininity, or mystery. The specific meaning depends on the cat's behavior, color, and your personal feelings about cats.
Dreaming about dogs typically represents loyalty, friendship, protection, or your instinctual nature. The specific meaning depends on the dog's behavior, your relationship with dogs, and the emotional tone of the dream.
Dreaming about snakes typically represents transformation, hidden fears, or untapped energy. The specific meaning depends on the snake's behavior, your emotions during the dream, and your personal associations with snakes.
Dreaming about spiders usually points to hidden anxiety, complex relationship dynamics, or your own creative power to build something patiently. A spider can feel threatening, but it can also symbolize strategy, precision, and the ability to weave order out of chaos. The meaning depends on whether you felt trapped, fascinated, or in control.
Body
Dreaming about blood typically represents life force, deep emotions, sacrifice, or something that feels vitally important. Blood dreams often surface during intense emotional periods — they signal that something in your life is touching you at the deepest level.
Dreaming about hair usually reflects identity, self-image, personal power, and how exposed or in control you feel. Hair dreams often appear during transitions, relationship shifts, or periods where your confidence and public image are being renegotiated.
Dreaming about pregnancy typically represents creativity, growth, development, or something new gestating in your life. The specific meaning depends on who is pregnant, how you feel about it, and the stage of the pregnancy in the dream.
Dreaming about teeth falling out is one of the most common dreams worldwide. It typically represents anxiety about appearance, fear of powerlessness, concerns about communication, or a sense of losing control over something important in your life.
Nature
Dreaming about fire usually points to intense emotional energy: passion, anger, fear, desire, or transformation. Fire dreams often appear when something in your life is accelerating and can no longer stay contained. The tone of the dream depends on whether the fire is destructive, controlled, or being extinguished.
Dreaming about water almost always reflects your emotional state. Clear, calm water suggests emotional clarity and peace, while turbulent or murky water points to unresolved feelings, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm. The specific meaning depends on the type of water, what you're doing in it, and how you feel during the dream.
Objects
Dreaming about a car typically represents your drive, ambition, and the direction your life is taking. The condition of the car, who is driving, and how the journey feels all reveal how much control you feel over your own path.
Dreaming about money typically represents self-worth, power, confidence, or the energy you invest in life. Money dreams rarely predict financial outcomes — they reflect how valued, resourceful, or secure you feel in your waking life.
People
Dreaming about a baby typically represents new beginnings, vulnerability, innocence, or a part of yourself that needs nurturing. The specific meaning depends on the baby's condition, your actions in the dream, and your current life circumstances.
Dreaming about an ex-partner usually points to unfinished emotional material, not a literal sign you should reunite. These dreams often appear when old attachment patterns are being triggered by current relationships, stress, or transitions. Your mind is revisiting what that relationship taught you and what still needs closure.