The Dream Language, Symbols
This page could expand into an entire dream symbol dictionary. For now the first part of this page is for generally describing a few symbols and how and why they are interpreted as they are.
Dreams most frequently speak in symbols. One thing represents something else.
A car, motorcycle or personal sized boat or even a small airplane can represent a person's body or their life. Generally the dreamer will see things he's familiar with. A person who's never sat at the controls of an airplane will most likely not dream of flying an airplane. Ordinarily people dream about things they have some experience with. The exceptions to this rule will include the possibility the dream is not a personal dream, but may be a viewpoint dream experience or a night vision.
Another very common dream symbol is the symbol of the horse. The horse is a multifaceted symbol. This means it has more than one meaning depending on what part of the horse you see. The general meaning of the horse as a symbol is "power." From the very beginning the horse has been a beast of burden used by people for various load bearing tasks. Today we still use the term "Horse Power" and give it meaning by saying things like "235 HP." That HP stands for horse power.
The horse's mouth is a term that makes reference to the fact that looking into the horse's mouth is to know the truth about the horse. A person buying a horse who knows anything about horses knows the approximate age and condition of the horse by looking at the horse's teeth. If they are badly worn the horse is not young. If they are in good shape odds are good the horse is younger. Then the people may haggle over a price. A person buying a horse who doesn't look into the horse's mouth is not a wise person and may over-pay for the animal.
The horse's back. Seeing the horse carrying something refers to the load bearing message of the dream symbol. What does the horse carry? In the Bible we read of the four horses of the Apocalypse. We also read they carry the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. This is the load the horses carry. You will notice how the Bible names each of the riders according to their purpose. And the pale horse's rider is "death." Now death is seated upon a pale horse. The meaning of the symbol is simple. Death rides a pale horse. Death is the intention and purpose and the horse is the method by which death travels.
The horse's rear end is frequently a message about someone. We use the term "Horse's ass" for a reason. It means someone who's hard to deal with or someone who's being stupid.
The horse's feet are also a symbol that have meaning but usually the feet are mixed with other symbols and can have certain variations. The feet of the horse would generally refer to the ability to carry a message just as the feet of the prophets were directly related to the ability to carry God's message to the people. My foot prints on the Internet are these pages which you read. This page represents one foot print.
