elements, landscape
Dreaming of forest
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of An open grove is the place of contemplation; nymphs and the gods of place favor it.
Drawn down, it warns of A dark woods you cannot find your way out of warns of confusion in counsel.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of The forest is the unconscious in its mysterious, generative aspect. Entering it consciously is brave psychic work.
Drawn down, it warns of Lost in the forest is the ego dissociated from its own depths.
When it appears with another
Forest in company
forest + chase
The shadow pursuing through the unconscious. Whatever is chasing you in the dream is in the same psychic territory as you; you can turn there.
Did you dream this?
Keep it before it fades
Write the dream down in your journal and the cards will name its symbols for you, or have the whole dream read in full.