Dreams & Astrology

[admin]

First of all it should be said that 'symbols' in dreams, aren't as easy to interpret as basic dream symbolism in many references suggest. Archetypes/mythological symbols can't of course be ignored. However, these must be seen in the context of the deeply personal significance. And this 'personal' significance can be the result of a myriad of factors. Of, not only an individual's life experiences, but also including recent matters - something that just happened, or someone who figures strongly in your life right now - which/who can trigger something from the past; and perhaps it's even something that's just been watched on tv, or just read about. All of which may also possibly include or be a part of, a 'genetic knowledge' and which again can produce certain images or people - current, past - or even those who feel like 'strangers'. (This is why the quick and easy 'lists' may not be relevant).

The planetary symbolism, at least at a supeficial level, is - relatively -straightforward. However, and inevitably, when there are long and ongoing periods of transits by such planets as Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, dreams may become not only more invasive (ie. leave you with the 'feeling' of the dream all day), but also keep repeating sometimes over many days, months or even years - in various ways.

It is helpful is to write down the dreams (keep pen and pad handy next to bed), so you can check later which planets are in which houses and aspecting other planets at the time. (If you're not in the habit of remembering your dreams, once you start attempting to do this, it gets easier).

I would add here that I'm just investigating - I have no 'credentials' in psychology. However, am a 'dreamer' and have kept records of my dreams for many years, and to that end have looked at them very much from not only a personal meaning, but also from an astrological viewpoint.

If you have dreams that you would like to post, and which you may feel are relevant to any current transit, please do so.

NB: Sorry, but no graphically sexual or physically violent descriptions can be allowed here - they'll be deleted.

[admin]

If anyone would like to explore their dreams from an astrological viewpoint, please go to:
http://dreamsandastrology.ning.com/

[abigail]

I'd like to suggest that perhaps dreams as symbols doesn't adequately explain them. I can only access my own, but why are, for instance, dream ciies, as I call thm, the same from dream to dream, but not at all like the same cities in real life.

[admin]

I'd like to suggest that perhaps dreams as symbols doesn't adequately explain them. I can only access my own, but why are, for instance, dream ciies, as I call thm, the same from dream to dream, but not at all like the same cities in real life.

Hi abigail: Ahhh...you see, that is why we started the http://dreamsandastrology.ning.com/ site. To explore and attempt to understand and answer matters such as this. And actually, this was 'timely' as was about to post a dream on that site from last night which was about 'a city' that appeared as (and included) a city I ('sort of knew') but had never 'seen'/been to. I have those dreams constantly, as we probably all do.

So, please, do tell us over on that site !

[admin]

I'd like to suggest that perhaps dreams as symbols doesn't adequately explain them. I can only access my own, but why are, for instance, dream ciies, as I call thm, the same from dream to dream, but not at all like the same cities in real life.

Further to this it occurred to me that perhaps what you think of as 'symbols' is not exactly what is meant here by 'symbols in dreams'. It is the feeling surounding the dream.

'Symbols' in dreams can be expressed by/relevant to a place/town/city/landscape, a particular building or type of building; or by a particular person - who may appear in a dream as a relative or a friend or a celebrity; or by an animal or other creature, etc. ... Each of which has a relevance/connection to something, somewhere, sometime in either one's personal life, or at a much deeper level, to some 'genetic' issue; or to the wider 'collective unconscious', that massive subterranean realm which has much to do with the 'outer' planets (Neptune, Uranus, Pluto and beyond) and which includes 'mythological' elements.

Basically, these 'symbols' or images in dreams are attempting to tell us ...something that our conscious minds are ignoring, or not recognising/understanding (and in this instance, using astrology - transits and such) what one's 'unconscious' is grappling with...matters and issues that the conscious mind can't see. Energies that are working away in the patterns of energies with which we are born: that moment of birth (Birthchart) which contains not only our current personal issues, but also everything from our ancestors, and from the stamp of the pattern of the time in which we are born.

(Quote from: http://www.guidetopsychology.com/dreams.htm )

"...Third, you have to discover the links between all these associations. This process is a bit like those “connect the dots” puzzles that reveal a hidden picture. Psychologically, you simply need to understand what this net of associations from the dream is telling you specifically, at this precise time of your life, about your current problems and conflicts. Quite often, these associations are purely emotional; that is, you can take a particularly graphic dream image, examine your emotional reactions to it, look back into your past for times when you felt the same emotions, and then ask yourself in what way those situations from the past have any bearing on what is happening in your life now."

[scorpio]

I agree with admin on this. Our dreams are a clearing house for our subconscious. That means that there are solutions to our current problems in dreams and, sometimes, knowledge of the future. But the majority of symbols we use in our dreams have meaning only to our own lives. For instance, dreaming of our own individual grandparents may alert us to the fact that we are feeling insecure in our lives. It is only by a study of our dreams that we can learn to interpret what these symbols mean to us individually. That does not mean, however, that there are not universal symbols that seem common to all humans. But we still seem to give them our own personal slant.

[joymarco]

Dreams and astrology both are different, and if you want to know anythings about your career, relationship or other problems in your life, you can concern with an astrologer. For an Indian astrologer i suggest you astrovalley.com an Indian astrology website, where you can concern with an astrologer.

[admin]

Hi joymarco,

Thanks for posting here.

Scorpio said it precisely.

Will add that, the time/date a particular dream occurs/occurred can (sometimes, at least) be translated with the knowledge of current planetary configurations. Each dream, and the transits occurring at those times, can help to give some idea (sometimes) about what the 'subconscious/unconscious' is trying to tell us about our current situation, and what we need to recognise in our current life situations.