One of the questions that kept many people troubled after a good night's sleep was: what does my dream mean? There can be many interpretations and each is unique for the individual, not most of the times there is a simple explanation to many of the dreams and a set of common dreams with its own explanation. Some of the most common dreams and their explanations are listed below!
Some of the more Common Dream Symbols
Eggs – These represent rebirth and new beginnings
Fog - Usually means confusion and stepping into the unknown, but also means the discovery of new parts of one's personality.
Gate - Gates represent the beginning or end of a stage in life
Keys - Dreaming about keys can mean that you are holding a secret of some sort
School related dreams - This kind of dream is common amongst young people and is linked to the fear of going to school, to the fear getting low grades, the fear of a test etc. In a much older person it might mean the fear of failing at work or in the personal life.
Car related dreams - These dreams usually\ express a wish to escape, especially if you are dreaming of driving fast. Accidents and near misses mean that you feel out of control in your life, the same can be applied if you dream yourself as the passenger.
Telephones - One of the most important types of dreams a person can have, it is important to remember what was happening in the dream, who was calling you, if the voice was calm or threatening, if you were calling or someone was calling you
Angels - These are a symbol of the divine, a higher spiritual plain and represent the quest one has for religion and cleansing of the soul
Tornadoes - These dreams usually symbolize a fight within, an unstable period of your life and a strive for freedom, but if you are a person who has been affected by a tornado the dream is most certainly linked to that
Animals - There represent the primal instincts of man, different animals mean different things so it is important to think of the natural traits of the animals to find the features it represents
Color Black – The color black is often seen to represent dark and evil things in the West where it is closely associated with death. Dreaming of black figures and apparitions may hint at your fear of the unknown. The only way to dispell any negativity associated with the color is to focus your consciousness and you will soon see it for what it really is - an illusion.
Blood - Dreams about blood are liked to vitality and the power to control something, bloody hands usually indicate guilt and violent dreams indicate emotional turmoil
Dancing - Dancing can symbolize a lot of things, from marriage to relationships to sex. You have to pay attention to the meaning of the dance and how it is performed.
Underground - The dreams about the underground mean a trip is being made in the subcontinent mind and that the person that is dreaming is dealing with some unresolved issues in his life and may also mean that a person is ready to deal with unresolved issues in one's life
House dreams - These dreams usually occur at certain stages in life, and may be about going back to the house you grew up in, meaning the desire to go back to childhood. Dreams about foreign and dangerous houses mean the fear of the unknown.
More information on Dream Symbols
New Age Directory Dream Symbols
Myths - Dreams - Symbols
My Dream Visions
Wispy's Guide to Dream Symbols
Freud and Jung on Dream Interpretation
Guideline to Dream Interpretation
Psychic Guild - Dream Interpretation