Dreaming of photograph

Artemidorus · Oneirocritica

Drawn up, it speaks of To look on a good likeness of a loved one foretells their remembrance of you, and news of them soon. A portrait given denotes affection that keeps.

Drawn down, it warns of A damaged or fading likeness warns of a friendship cooling at a distance, or a reputation altered while your back was turned.

Jungian · the collective unconscious

Drawn up, it speaks of The photograph is a moment the psyche has kept, held still so you can finally look at it. To study one in a dream is memory offering itself for review, an old self asking to be seen kindly.

Drawn down, it warns of A fading photograph, faces you can't make out, is a past edited until it no longer tells the truth. A photograph of yourself you don't recognize is the mask caught mid-slip.