Dreaming of cave

Artemidorus · Oneirocritica

Drawn up, it speaks of To shelter in a cave from storm denotes timely refuge and the protection of humble means. To find treasure or a spring within foretells hidden resources coming to light.

Drawn down, it warns of To be shut in a cave warns of concealment working against you, schemes made in the dark, or a retreat that costs your standing. Long dwelling in caves signals affairs gone secret that ought to be in the open.

Jungian · the collective unconscious

Drawn up, it speaks of The cave is the entrance to the deep unconscious, the underworld door in the hillside of you. To enter carrying a light is the descent taken willingly, and what you find there, bones, paintings, a spring, is old material ready to be brought up.

Drawn down, it warns of A cave you're trapped in is a retreat the psyche mistook for shelter, the womb-dark that stopped being rest and became hiding. Something growling from the back of it is shadow asking to be met, not walled in.