There was a lake

[DebiAnn]

My husbands family had gotten together for a day at the lake. My sister-in-law drove up in a 641/2 Mustang that she had rented. There were 2 other cars inside the Mustang. The Mustang was rusted on the outside with bondo, etc. My husbands dad was interested in the car. I went upon the hill to check out the view and realized I had sat down next to a little snake. I was trying to determine if it was a viper, it had irregular round patterns on it's skin. I realized I was going to have to move out of the way and fast. As I moved it struck but missed. I managed to get up and out of the way. I went back to the gathering. I became aware that I had an infant sister. She was a newborn. I began to stroke her head and look upon her. I felt such strong love toward her. I awoke. So, what do you think this means? __________________

[Burned up]

The first thing that strikes me is the contrast between the snake and the baby. One is totally repulsive, venomous and untrustworthy and the other totally attractive, vulnerable and dependent. In one dream you have been shown two parts of you which you are not generally aware of.

[DebiAnn]

Interesting take. My feeling toward the snake in the dream was not one of replusion or fear, more the reality that I HAD TO MOVE out of the way. The baby appearing as my "sister" is also interesting. My parents have been long deceased and I do not have a biological sister. I have been struggling with forgiveness issues in my waking life. As hard as I try, I find it hard to forgive my Mother for mistakes she made in my upbringing. Nothing as drastic as sexual abuse but corporal pumishment was the rule with her. The funny thing is I can forgive her for that. It is things like "not believing in me" or not encouraging me. She was killed in an auto accident when I was 19, so there were a lot of issues that we never got to resolve. I am taking this dream to mean that I am making progress in my efforts to forgive and moving toward pure love. The innocent baby represents a new start via my Mother. Although my Mom didn't show up in my dream, when ever I do dream of her...there is ALWAYS water. Thanks for the assist! Deb

[unclesirbob]

Well the trick is with dreas is to recognise the various symbolic meanings and to see if you can weave them together toi form conceptual feelings that right now are in your mind. SNAKE: bad and negative emotions. Hate ,jealousy etc MUSTANG: Not sure if this is a good car but it sounds like onbe. Therefor it could symbolise some status symbol. It could be linked to some from of brash brehavior.. showing off.. does your siuster in law try to show off BABY:Someone totally dependant. Obviously all these symbols have lots of meanings. Too many to list here. Yet we can often link dreams to relationships. Does your sister in law like to show off.. do you make bitchy comments about people? Did you make any bitchy commetns about anyone the day before. Maybe the dream shows some way in which you realise you need to become less bitter and see people in a more positive way. Also have you noticed any change in your relationbship with your sister in law. Do you feel the need to stop making snide remarks with each other and to start to develope the relationship in some new way. More like a sister.. more like family ------------------------ Often one symbol in a dream will seemingly have no relationship to any other. Totally bizarre things happen and there seems to be no sense to the dreams meaning. Thats because some symbols have a very cryptic meaning. A parachute may simply express the need to escape from a very difficult relationship. The need to land safely is a direct comparison to the need to land safely in an emotional sense. Yet within the context of the dream it makes no sense. It seems confusing and funny when we describe a moment when our granny gets hit by a parachutist. But dreams are like that. One portion of the dream makes no real sense within the story of the dream. Yet its meaning is there. The trick is to weave together various symbols. So see how that parachutist links within your own real life thoughts. So if you woke up that morning and felt "Yesterday I started to realise that I need to get out of my relationship with my boyfriend. He is being totally abusive. Right now I just need to escape with as little fuss as possible". Its likely that this dream about a parachutist is directly linked to those real life thoughts. Then start to piece together a wider meaning to the dream. Look at the possible symbolic meanings to the other symbols and try to see what the dream is saying overall. These pages are especially helpful in showing you how to interpret dreams http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessayhowtopost.php Interpreting dreams http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessayhowto.php Triggers for dreams http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessay.php Dream dictionary ------------- http://www.scarboroughphotos.org.uk/...s/surfcity.php

[Burned up]

Interesting take. My feeling toward the snake in the dream was not one of replusion or fear, more the reality that I HAD TO MOVE out of the way. The baby appearing as my "sister" is also interesting. My parents have been long deceased and I do not have a biological sister. I have been struggling with forgiveness issues in my waking life. As hard as I try, I find it hard to forgive my Mother for mistakes she made in my upbringing. Nothing as drastic as sexual abuse but corporal pumishment was the rule with her. The funny thing is I can forgive her for that. It is things like "not believing in me" or not encouraging me. She was killed in an auto accident when I was 19, so there were a lot of issues that we never got to resolve. I am taking this dream to mean that I am making progress in my efforts to forgive and moving toward pure love. The innocent baby represents a new start via my Mother. Although my Mom didn't show up in my dream, when ever I do dream of her...there is ALWAYS water. Thanks for the assist! Deb Well the dream my have some link to what you say, and my advice is that if it feels right for you then run with it until a better hypothesis comes along. Water - especially expanses of it like the sea and lakes where you can't see the bottom - often refers to unresolved emotions. Lots and lots of them. And it sounds like you're still working out how you feel about your mother, her treatment of you and her death. Snake - as Uncle says, it could also be an emotional symbol. It will be an emotion which you want to get out of the way of because it bites, hurts and poisons you (metaphorically). Baby - yes, new birth. Not of a person particularly but of a part of you that's just forming. Perhaps a new turn in life that yields different emotional experiences and behaviour patterns. Your reaction to this baby suggests hope. Look after it!