the night-mind
Keep your dreams.
A dream is a letter the night writes you in its own alphabet. Here is a whole room for reading it: a library of dream symbols in two old traditions, a guided journal to keep the ones you catch, a full interpretation when a dream won't let you go, and a gentle morning letter to help you remember.
free · no account
Look up a dream symbol
Paste your dream or pick the images, and read each symbol in both traditions, side by side.
Look up symbols →free · with an account
Keep a dream journal
Write the night down and the cards name its symbols for you, gathered in one quiet place over time.
Open your journal →a full reading
Have a dream interpreted
A long, woven reading of your specific dream, written just for you across both traditions.
Read my dream →two old ways of reading a dream
The dream-readers disagree, beautifully
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
The 2nd-century Greek master of dream interpretation. Artemidorus collected thousands of dreams and tracked which ones came true under which circumstances. His rule: a symbol's meaning depends on who is dreaming it, what they hope for, and what is happening in their waking life.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Carl Jung argued that dream symbols arise from a shared substrate, the collective unconscious, and recur across cultures because they are part of being human. His readings are less about prediction than about which part of the psyche is speaking.
the dream diary · free, every morning
Wake to a nudge to write it down
A short morning letter: a prompt to catch the night before it fades, one symbol to watch for, and a question to carry back into sleep. Free, and you can tend it any time.
The Dream Diary
A gentle morning nudge to write the night down before it fades, with one symbol to watch for and a prompt to carry into sleep.
Arrives every morning
the library
The dream symbol dictionary
From snakes and water to falling and flight, each image read in both traditions. Wander by what you saw in the night.
figures encountered
Questions
About dreaming, and keeping it
What does it mean to dream of something?
A dream symbol rarely means one fixed thing, it means something to you, in the life you're living now. We read each symbol two ways, the old Greek way of Artemidorus, which asks about your waking circumstances, and the Jungian way, which asks what part of you the image is wearing. The truth usually sits somewhere between them.
How do I keep a dream journal?
Keep paper by the bed and write the moment you wake, before your feet hit the floor, even three words. Don't tidy it into sense, catch the pieces. Our guided journal does the rest, it quietly names the symbols in what you wrote and reads them back to you. Sign in and it's free.
Why do I forget my dreams so fast?
Dreams live in a kind of memory that daylight overwrites quickly. The fix is gentle and reliable: set the intention before sleep that you'll remember, keep something to write with within reach, and catch the dream before you move or speak. It's a muscle, it strengthens with practice.
Is the dream journal and symbol lookup free?
Yes. The symbol library and the guided journal are free, and so is the daily Dream Diary letter. A full, woven interpretation of a specific dream, written just for you, is the one paid piece.