Dream
Hi Ian
I have been having a dream where I seem to be a flying fish. I feel myself swimming along just below the surface and then suddenly I am flying through the air above the waves. I dive back into the sea and start swimming again. For some reason I start going deeper but it begins to feel really uncomfortable. It’s like the whole ocean is oppressively weighing down on me. There is a small treasure chest lying on the sea floor, like you would find in a goldfish bowl. It has a key in the lock and when I open it up, it’s full of gold coins.
Thanks, Debbi

Meaning
When you dream of flying, it often indicates that you are experiencing a sense of freedom and exhilaration in your waking life. Dreaming of being a fish shows that you are reflecting on your instincts and how easily you find it to navigate your feelings. This suggests that you are currently  feeling liberated and excited, as if you are falling in love.

You are anxious to know how long this exciting period will last so you start to explore your feelings more deeply. Although you are happy to experience your emotions as they rise up to the surface, it makes you feel really uncomfortable when you examine them in more depth. As well as symbolising feelings, water often represents past experiences and memories.

You feel as if the past is weighing down oppressively on you and preventing your continued contentment. However, the small treasure chest represents a valuable emotional experience that has made a deep impression on you and holds the key to future happiness. This experience shows that you will find it valuable to really open up your emotions and get them off your chest, rather than just skimming along the surface and hoping that everything will be alright.

Dream
Hello Ian
I don’t know if it’s because of the recent earthquake in Chile and the volcano in Iceland, but I keep having a dream where I am just walking down the street and suddenly everything starts to shake. Big gaps start appearing in the roads and hot gases start erupting out of a big hole that has opened up in front of me. A big flow of boiling lava is heading towards me but instead of running away, I manage to arrange some uprooted paving slabs into a channel and direct the lava into the hole to fill it up and smooth it over.
James

Meaning
Our dreams use our past and present experiences to express thoughts and feelings that we find difficult to articulate in waking life, so we often incorporate current events into them. Dreaming of walking down the street indicates that your life seems to have been proceeding quite routinely. However, something has happened recently that has shaken you up a bit and you are trying to navigate your way through all the disruptions.

Earthquakes occur when two apparently stable areas collide and this suggests that one area of your life is beginning to severely impact another area. This might be that your work life is starting to affect your home life and is causing a lot of friction. This conflict is creating a lot of unseen tension under the surface and starts to erupt as you feel the need to vent your frustrations.

Although this situation is potentially quite destructive, you have the presence of mind to try and make the most of this frustrating experience. Rather than trying to run away from the situation and avoid it, you are channelling your energies into finding a way to patch things up. This will help to resolve these underlying tensions in your life.

Dream
Hi Ian
I have been having this dream where I am living in a tiny gloomy boxroom. My bed and all my stuff is in there and feels really cramped and crammed. I hear someone knocking at the door and I am really frightened to open it. Whoever is knocking at the door really starts pushing at it and it starts to shake and shine brightly. I pluck up courage and open the door and am amazed to see that I am standing inside a huge mansion and it’s expanding out in front of me. Even more amazing is the fact that I know that I own the mansion. What does this mean?
Thanks, Kayla

Meaning
Dreaming of a small boxroom suggests that you are in a situation in waking life where you are feeling a bit boxed in. It may seem as if your potential opportunities for happiness are limited and this is making you feel gloomy. This is probably the result of a recent disappointment in a romantic relationship that has caused you to retreat from the outside world.

Although you may think that your choices seem limited and are cramping your style, there is a major opportunity for happiness knocking at your door. However, you are frightened to open yourself up to this new possibility because of your recent experiences. Even though you try to ignore this opportunity, it won’t go away and you realise that you really need to shake things up and allow yourself to shine again.

The door symbolises a threshold of confidence that you need to reach but you are frightened to make yourself vulnerable in case you are hurt again. When you do pluck up the courage and step out of your comfort zone, you are amazed at the possibilities. The more you open up to your future, the more you can step into it and own it.

Dream
Hi Ian
I have this dream where I am being chased by this armed Mafia gang. They are waving shotguns at me and I know that they also have concealed knives in their chest pockets. They chase me into a cul de sac full of derelict shops and tell me that I have to join them or they will kill me. However, they keep calling me Agnes and I keep saying that this is a mix up and they have got the wrong person.
Cheers, Nadzirah

Meaning
Dreaming of being chased indicates that there is some situation in your waking life where you feel under a lot of pressure to take some action or commit to a particular decision. Being pursued by an armed gang from the Mafia implies that this involves members of your family and you feel that they are trying to force you into making a decision.

The guns suggest that these family members are male and that they are being quite aggressive towards you. The concealed knives show that they are trying to convince you that they have your best interests at heart but you are worried that their actions will wound you emotionally. The decision they are forcing you to take is about committing to a particular job or profession.

However, you feel that the career path that they want you to take is a professional dead end. The derelict shops symbolise outdated values and beliefs and you can see nothing in this career that will make you feel needed or valuable. The fact that your pursuers are calling you Agnes shows that they do not understand you as an individual and show no real interest in what you want from life.

Dream
Hey Ian
I keep dreaming that I am sitting in a big comfy chair at my desk in the office. Everything seems fine but I cannot get my iPhone to work properly – it just shows a big clock ticking away. I try to get my messages but the clock won’t go away. I suddenly think that it might be a bomb ticking away and it bursts into flames in my hand. I quickly let go of it and it sets fire to my desk and then the whole office. I manage to escape outside and am relieved to still be alive.
Michael

Meaning
When you dream of sitting at your desk in the office, it indicates that you are considering the various aspects of your career in waking life and the professional direction that you are taking. Although you seem to be very comfortable in your position and everything seems fine, there is something about your job that is unsettling you in some way.

Your iPhone is a device that you use to communicate with the world around you and it symbolises that you are trying to communicate an important message to yourself. For some reason, you feel that time is running out for you and this suggests that you have recently become aware of a potential opportunity and are scared that you will miss out on it.

The fact that you think that your phone might be a bomb shows that this opportunity has the potential to create a lot of power and energy for you. However, the flames in your hand suggest that you need to take immediate action to make the most of this chance. You know that if you let this opportunity go, it could affect your whole career and you might find yourself stuck in the same job forever.

Dream
Hello Ian
I just had a dream where there were lots of staples or clamps holding my skin together, all over my body, especially in my tummy area. I tried to remove them carefully to avoid any pain, but then realised they were holding together large wounds in my body, and if I removed them my insides would become exposed for everyone to see. In real life, I am only a size 8 and do not need my stomach stapling!
Thanks, Ciara

Meaning
When you dream of your skin, you are thinking about the boundary between your innermost feelings and the image that you present to others in the outside world. If you are thick skinned, you can take a lot of criticism and abuse from others without it affecting your feelings too much.

However, if you are feeling quite thin skinned, then it can be very easy for you to be wounded by the apparently thoughtless words and actions of other people. When this happens, you try to stop yourself falling apart by clamping down on how you show your true feelings to others. Even though you try and cover up your old wounds, they can still feel quite hurtful for you, so you carefully try to resolve any tensions as painlessly as possible.

Your sensitivity can make you feel vulnerable to being wounded by others but your gut instinct is to be as open with your feelings as possible. Although showing everyone how you really feel can make you feel very exposed, it also means that you are very honest and sensitive to the needs of other people. This can seem like a weakness but others see it as your greatest strength.

Dream
Hi Ian
I am sitting at a kitchen table in the middle of some dark woods. A lone black wolf is watching me from the trees and it looks like he wants me to follow him somewhere. I am scared of the wolf but he doesn’t seem aggressive so I get up from the table and start following him deep into the forest. He disappears from sight now and again and that makes me anxious but he always reappears and reassures me. Sometimes it seems as the tree trunks have faces as I stumble over the tree roots.
Thanks, Eddi

Meaning
Dreaming of sitting at a kitchen table indicates that you are thinking about your family and how you habitually relate to them. The dark woods suggest that you are experiencing some difficulties with  family members and you are unsure of the best way to deal with this. Although you are directly affected by these family tensions, you are just sitting tight in the hope that they will fade away.

Even though you are trying to remain loyal to your family, the appearance of the lone black wolf shows that you have been ignoring your own needs during this challenging time. The wolf represents your own independence and authority and the only way to claim this is to step back from your family situation and begin to explore your own power.

As you start to explore your own needs in more depth, you feel anxious now and again. However, your growing wisdom is becoming apparent and reassures you that you are on the right track. You sometimes feel that your progress is being hampered by your family roots but you manage to remain true to the path you have chosen. Your growing independence helps you to resolve your family tensions.

Dream
Hello Ian
I am having a recurrent dream about a white horse standing on layers of rock under water. The horse is standing on its back legs, rearing up as if to get attention. I am afraid the horse will drown so I pick up a child’s spade from the beach and start digging a hole in the water to get some air to the horse. The horse then jumps up the hole that I have created and I throw my arms around its neck. What does this mean?
Shelagh

Meaning
When you dream about a white horse, you are starting to become aware of the power of your own wisdom. This has probably been triggered by an emotional situation in your waking life that is bringing your wise judgment to the attention of others. You have accumulated a wealth of experience over a number of years but what you have learned seems to have sunk deep into your unconscious. You would like to use this powerful intuition but cannot think of an obvious way to harness it.

You often use your experience in quite an analytical manner and are concerned that your logical approach will be overwhelmed by the feelings involved in the current situation. You begin to look for ways to bring a breath of fresh air to these emotionally fraught circumstances. The child’s spade represents an innocent but practical approach where you dig down to the fundamental issues.

By opening up to your instincts and saying what you really feel, your unconscious insights really start to leap out at you. The horse’s neck symbolises the strong connection between your rational head and your emotional heart and as you embrace this power, your wisdom is apparent for all to see.