elements, landscape
Dreaming of island
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of To come safely to an island denotes rescue from a difficult passage, refuge and provision where they were doubted. For traders and travelers it foretells a safe harbor mid-venture.
Drawn down, it warns of To be marooned warns of abandonment by partners or exclusion from the common table. An island sinking or shrinking signals support you counted on giving way.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of The island is the Self as it appears in lonely seasons, solid ground surrounded by the deep, proof there is somewhere to stand in the middle of the unconscious. Reaching one after long swimming is the psyche consolidating, a piece of you made firm.
Drawn down, it warns of Being stranded on an island is an isolation the ego chose once for safety and now can't unchoose. The water all around it is everything you're not letting reach you.
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.