the body, parts of self
Dreaming of hands
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of Strong and beautiful hands signify prosperity earned by labor, and many hands at a task foretell helpers arriving for a venture.
Drawn down, it warns of To lose a hand predicts the loss of a worker or a brother, the one who does for you. Idle hands warn that a livelihood is stalling.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of Hands are agency, the psyche's capacity to shape what it touches. Hands that work well in a dream, kneading, planting, mending, mean the inner life is being made real, not just thought about.
Drawn down, it warns of Bound, dirty, or missing hands point to disowned capability, the dreamer believes the work is beyond them when really the will has gone underground. Ask what you have stopped reaching for.
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.