elements, landscape
Dreaming of fire
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of Fire upon a hearth signifies the household alive and well; small flames in a lamp are auspicious news.
Drawn down, it warns of Fire devouring the house warns of conflict or loss, anger badly used.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of Fire is transformation, the alchemical process. The controlled fire in the hearth is integrated passion.
Drawn down, it warns of Fire raging is destructive emotion the ego has not contained, anger, desire, righteousness unchecked.
When it appears with another
Fire in company
fire + house
Passion arriving in the structure of the self. If welcomed, transformation of the deepest patterns. If feared, an old form of self resisting its own ending.
fire + water
The classic alchemical opposition. Both elements present means a true transformation is on the table, neither dominates; the work is the marriage.
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