elements, landscape
Dreaming of Sea
Two traditional perspectives
These are symbolic interpretations from different traditions, not facts about your life or forecasts. Your associations may be different.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
A calm sea is the augury of safe ventures and good return.
A stormy sea foretells turmoil in affairs, particularly trade and travel.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
The vast ocean is the collective unconscious. To swim well in it is to have access to deep cultural and ancestral material.
Being tossed by waves is being acted on by archetypal forces you have not yet identified.
a few quiet questions
A gentle guided reflection
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When it appears with another image
- Sea + Bird
Spirit over the depths. The intuition is reading something the conscious mind hasn't named yet; trust the gut before the argument.
- Sea + Storm
Emotion meeting the unconscious at full force. A great feeling is breaking; let it pass through rather than damming it.
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