the dreamer's condition
Dreaming of silence
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of Silence in temples and holy places was read as favor, the gods attending. A quiet dream after a season of loud ones foretold peace in the house.
Drawn down, it warns of The silence of a friend, or a crowd that will not answer, warned of goodwill withdrawn, words being withheld in waking life. Ask directly, the old advice ran, before the quiet sets.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of Silence in a dream can be the deep layer of the psyche, beneath words, where symbols are formed. To stand in it without fear is a kind of arrival.
Drawn down, it warns of A silence where sound should be, a mouth that moves and says nothing, a scream that will not come, is expression cut at the root. Something in you was told to be quiet so long it complies even in sleep.
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.