Dreaming of root

Artemidorus · Oneirocritica

Drawn up, it speaks of To dig and find sound roots foretells stability in the household, an old matter or inheritance turning to your good. Eating wholesome roots denotes plain sustenance that will not fail.

Drawn down, it warns of Withered roots warn of decay hidden at the base of prosperous-looking affairs, examine the foundation before you build higher. Roots that pull easily from the ground signal a position less secure than it appears.

Jungian · the collective unconscious

Drawn up, it speaks of The root is the unseen half of every visible thing in you, the ancestral, the bodily, the inherited ground the daylight self stands on without looking down. Dreaming of strong roots means the deep supply lines are intact, the psyche fed from below.

Drawn down, it warns of Torn or rotting roots point to a life cut off from its sources, family, body, place, still blooming up top on borrowed water. Tripping over roots is the buried past insisting on being walked with, not over.