These symbols and meanings are taken from a variety of sources but primarily from my own dreams and the dreams of associates. You must take into account the probability that some of these might be my own personal symbols which have been substituted for the universal or cultural symbols. This is caused by having a life experience with something which becomes more powerful in your subconscious memory banks than the universal symbol being given it by the superconscious. I have tried my best to sort my symbols into universal and personal symbols and hope that I have made at least a good start on it. But you must test them on your own dreams to see if they make natural common sense in the context of the dream. My advice is to never accept an interpretation...even from yourself...until you are sure that you have arrived at the correct meaning.

Therefore you should use this symbol dictionary only as a guide to help get you started.

Universal Symbols
Colors and Shapes as Dream Symbols

COLORS

White = Purity. It is made up of all color therefore is complete.

Black = The Hidden. Ignorance. Absence of white. Mystery.

Red = The most physical or active of color _ slowest frequency of the visible light spectrum. Life force, power, anger, violence, stimulant, danger, stop. Full of life. Relating to conscious existence. Hot.

Yellow = Sunshine. Bright and cheery. Caution. Coward (yellow). Associated with fear. Creativity from intuitive forces or illumination. Warm.

Blue = Spiritual, calm, moody (feeling blue), tranquilizer. Associated with will power or control of self. Cool to cold.

Orange = Combination of red and yellow. Active and creative. Frenzy of activity. Sour and sweet combined as in the taste of the fruit of the orange. Warm to hot.

Green = Blue combined with yellow. The tranquil spirit of blue with the cheery creativity of yellow. A balanced color denoting health. The color of regeneration and growth. Harmony. Ugly shades of green which almost make you sick are the opposite and can indicate pessimism and deceit. Cool and warm depending on hue.

Purple = Combination of red and blue. The highest vibration (fastest frequency) of the visible light spectrum. Denotes knowledge of the spiritual in conscious existence. The color of earthly rule - royalty. Cool and warm depending on hue.

Silver = Spiritual truths. Intuitive from the superconscious. The moon relating to the subconscious reflecting the light of the superconscious. Often associated with nautical things in my dreams which also are spiritual truths. Cool.

Gold = The overcomer of the earth. The crown. The superconscious spiritual truths brought into reality of conscious life in the earth. Symbol of the higher self. Sun's direct illumination. Superconscious spiritual truths coming unfiltered and unreflected by subconscious directly into consciousness. "Fruits of the spirit" manifesting on earth. Warm.

Brown = Fertile, organic, practical. That which is not pretty in itself but out of which beauty can grow.

Pink = Joy, Love. Warm.


SHAPES

Square = representing the earthy or conscious aspect of existence. Four winds. Four corners of heaven. Also represents going nowhere. Like a baseball field, it starts and ends at the same place. In my dreams it represents a seeming waste of time but one that leads to a rounding of the square which is a symbol of perfection.. In other words by completing the square the imperfect is perfected. There is pessimism and boredom associated with the endeavor. Colloquialism: "filling squares"

Circle = see zero under numbers

Triangle = The whole of the 3 part self. Trinity.

Straight line = movement in time and space.

Cross = The descent of the superconscious into matter or the conscious world. Spirit becoming matter. Vertical line is Infinite spirit and horizontal line is finite consciousness in the world of physical matter

Star with 5 points = The five senses, five being the number of man's consciousness. Alchemist used it as fire, air, earth and water ruled by mind (the top point). Jesus hanging on the cross is another representation of the five....four directions of the cross, plus the physical body of man...to signify "overcoming" of earthly influence. The star partakes of this "overcoming" or "becoming-fully-knowledgeable-about-materiality" symbol.

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