Dreaming of being a successful professional or dreaming of being in a profession that does not match with what we actually do in real life, indicates that there is something in the symbolism of that profession that is important to us. All professions are related with an area of our consciousness and we should take this into consideration when interpreting the dream. For example, professions such as fisherman are referring to pulling out products from the sea, and trying to interpret this can translate schematically with the extraction of contents of the unconscious.
Dream dictionary: Professions dream meanings
When a professional appears in our dreams, that reveals that something exists in the profession or in its symbolism that has a special importance for us and we can unravel it meaning by paying special attention to their level. The lowest level corresponds to sailors and fishermen because they work at sea level. It also symbolizes the removal of the contents of the unconscious, we must confront the forces of the unconscious and passion. A higher level corresponds to the farmers, gardeners and other workers in the fields and valleys. These workers symbolize the same as the sea ones, but with some more intellect. The shepherds and farmers work on the slopes of the mountain and symbolize the same. The miners extract the treasures within. The blacksmiths and potters are shapers of our inner raw material. The top corresponds to the ascetics and sages who lead their lives…
When you receive a love-letter avowing a passion for you, lay it full open, then fold it into nine, fix it near or next your heart, wear it thus till you are going to bed, put it in the glove belonging to your left hand, and then them both under your head. If your dreams are of costly gems, such as diamonds, gold, etc., rest assured that your lover is true to you, and you may rely upon his promises and professions of love for you.
…attack. To drop a lighted lamp, your plans and hopes will abruptly turn into failure. If it explodes, former friends will unite with enemies in damaging your interests. Broken lamps, indicate the death of relatives or friends. To light a lamp, denotes that you will soon make a change in your affairs, which will lead to profit. To carry a lamp, portends that you will be independent and self-sustaining, preferring your own convictions above others. If the light fails, you will meet with unfortunate conclusions, and perhaps the death of friends or relatives. If you are much affrighted, and throw a bewildering light from your window, enemies will ensnare you with professions of friendship and interest in your achievements. To ignite your apparel from a lamp, you will sustain humiliation from sources from which you expected encouragement and sympathy, and your business will not be fraught with much good….
…the company of righteous people and saints from whom he will learn about the inner spiritual knowledge, or that he will find a good companion for a journey he intends. If one eats a fish without cleaning or cooking it in a dream, it means that he will speak ill of his own friends, slander his associates, commit adultery, acquire money from trickery and falsehood, or become inflicted with a dangerous disease or suffer from a stroke. If one sees fish on the shore rather than in the water in a dream, it means that he may change his profession. The different types of fish in a dream represent human beings and their professions. A fish in a dream also could mean that death will take place where it is found, because of the departure of its soul, its stench, weight and one’s responsibility to bury the deceased. Eating a…