things in hand
Dreaming of knife
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of A clean blade in hand denotes a tool for decisive work; the surgeon's knife signals a cure on the way.
Drawn down, it warns of A bloody knife or one drawn against you signals quarrel and physical danger.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of A surgeon's knife in a dream is the discriminating function, the ability to cut between what should be kept and what released.
Drawn down, it warns of A weapon-knife threatening or threatened with is aggression turned outward or inward; ask which side of the blade you are on.
When it appears with another
Knife in company
knife + blood
Energy and the discriminating tool. A clean cut for the right reason; if the blood is yours, the cost is real. Make sure the cut is necessary.
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