Dream dictionary: Latent dream meanings

(See Log)

Some authors interpret dream of wounds, as a warning of possible accident, so it is necessary to avoid risks. But taking into account the circumstances of the dreamer, this dream may be interpreted as the latent fear of hurting our dignity, self-esteem, etc. If for example we have recently begun a relationship, seeing yourself hurt in the dream may reveal your fear of getting your feelings hurt by the partner.

(Inactive | Latent | Languid) In a dream, a log represents a chronic illness, or paralysis. As for a butcher or a shoemaker, a log in a dream represents money and profits. (Also see Firewood)

…In these dreams it’s very important to remember and analyze the direction of our walk and if someone is with us. If we enter a forest we enter the realm of the unconscious. If the sky is covered with clouds there’s a latent threat that stops us from acting. If a rainbow appears that means everything is well. If a bifurcation appears that means we must choose where we’re going….

…Dreaming of scorpions suggests that the dreamer has one or more people around him interested in causing problems and make him have either material losses, or lose values or prestige. If you dream of killing the scorpions, it indicates triumphing over enemies. If you don’t kill the scorpions, it means that there are several risks you’ll have to face and fight. If you only see them and you don’t feel worried because they don’t attack you, it suggests that there are latent enmities that come from envy, or from selfish feelings that you must be aware of. Dreaming of being surrounded by scorpions is a warning of passive enemies, which means that they won’t attack from the front or violently, but with hypocrisy, pretending being friends with you and waiting for the opportunity to attack. The number of scorpions in the dream suggests the number of adversaries, or at…

…Dreaming of holding disputes over trifles, indicates bad health and unfairness in judging others. Dreaming of disputing with learned people, shows that you have some latent ability, but are a little sluggish in developing it….

…Dreaming that you are a genius, has the symbolic importance of your latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness. Alternatively, dreaming about genius, may show thinking of not being evaluated enough. Do you feel that you’re not good enough? It is not true. You must change your mind, because you are very bright and talented person….

If there are sexual implications in the dream, the meaning is clear, but otherwise it can be interpreted as the desire to be free from hypocrisy. If we are happy, as we are naked, it may be a way of escaping from social conditioning. But if we feel uncomfortable, it may reflect a latent helplessness.

The newborn child symbolizes the beginning, the genesis or birth. Dreaming of a newborn child reveals a spiritual or mental metamorphosis happening. If this dream we have in the childbearing age it usually refers to the desired motherhood. The child as a symbol of childhood is a dream of regression, of running away to the past, to a world without worries and with home protection. The dreams in which we see ourselves as adults but in the landscape of our childhood will give us information we had forgotten and will facilitate the understanding of tensions and latent complexes. This dream may indicate a victory over complexity and anxiety. It is a step in the conquest of inner peace and confidence in ourselves.

To have large, impressive house in the dream, means your big abilities, talents and skills. To see a mansion, when you are dreaming, has meaning of your latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness. Mansion is a symbol of potential growth. You may feel that your current position is in routine and you want to change this. Sometimes mansion represents a relationship, which is going to be changed.

…To dream that you’re anxious to have a superior school education symbolizes that such feeling is latent in you, and it also predicts that you’ll easily reach a significant level of culture, and as a result you’ll gain a considerable hierarchical and economic rise….