Two traditions of dream reading
Dream Journal
Write what you remember of a dream below. We will pull out the symbols we recognize, read each one in the tradition you choose, and surface any pairings the tradition has notes on. For a full written interpretation by Dylan, see the instant interpretation.
The 2nd-century Greek master of dream interpretation. Artemidorus collected thousands of dreams and tracked which ones came true under which circumstances. His rule: a symbol's meaning depends on who is dreaming it, what they hope for, and what is happening in their waking life.
Or tap symbols — pick as many as you like
When these meet
death × house
An ending in the structure of the self. A whole way of being is closing. Watch the rooms of the dream — which ones are losing their door, which ones are being painted.
Each symbol — Artemidorus
death
the dreamer's condition
If favorable: To dream of your own death often foretells liberation from an old role and the beginning of a new one.
If shadowed: The death of a beloved in a dream is sometimes a literal warning; the augur Artemidorus advised the dreamer to write to that person at once.
house
where the dream is set
If favorable: Your own house in good order is the augury of inner balance.
If shadowed: A ruined or unfamiliar house warns of trouble at the foundation of your affairs.
flying
what's happening
If favorable: Flying low and easily over the land is the dream of success and rising station.
If shadowed: Flying too high or near the sun is the old warning of Icarus — you have set your aim above your strength.
Go deeper
For an interpretation that ties these symbols together into a single woven reading, written for you — drawing from both Artemidorus and the Jungian frame — let the dream be read whole.
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