I dreamed about 4 nights ago that my husband and I were fighting so bad that I hit him in the head with a plate. We were yelling and yelling and he was so unreasonable and was saying such mean things that I felt like I had to just shut him up. I am not a violent person and actually don’t even fight with people that much. I argue with my husband sometimes but all marriages have that. But I never hit him with plates. Why would I be so violent in my dream? It is really troubling me. I can’t get the image of the plate and his cut head bleeding so much blood out of my mind. It makes me sick and I don’t know what to do. Is it a bad omen for something happening to one of us or to a big fight. As you can see I am really a wreck over this. Please help me.

First of all, rest assured that there is no omen involved. People often think that, but dreams can’t tell the future. They do, however, often indicate something that is currently going on or something that has gone on. A dream such as this one indicates that there is something “below the surface.” More times than not, if we dream about an open wound (or surgery, pulling teeth… that sort of thing) – our mind is trying to “dig” beneath the surface for something.

In this case, I would be willing to bet that you have been trying to get something across to your husband for a while – something that he either isn’t accepting or simply isn’t “catching.” It could be hints you’ve been dropping for a new sofa, something around the house that you want him to take care of, or something on a grander scale. It could even be a case of wanting him to listen to you or pay more attention to you.

The hit in the head with the plate was pretty much your subconscious mind’s way of saying, “Now I’ve got your attention!!!”

As far as dream symbolisms go, I think that the fact that “so much blood” came out of the wound indicates that you fully expect to be able to get through to him – in your heart you believe that you’ll get to the source of the problem. If, in your dream, you had hit him on the head and nothing had come out, I’d worry that you might be fighting a losing battle and that (down inside) you knew it.

Think about how this relates to your situation. I’d be willing to bet that a light bulb has already appeared!

Again, this is absolutely not an omen for anything. If, by coincidence, he cuts himself shaving or you have an argument about what movie to see Friday night – know this: The dream did not predict or cause either one. Dreams rely on what happened yesterday, not tomorrow.

Sweet dreams!

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Why should you keep a dream journal?

Trying to “master” your dreams without a dream journal is like trying to cook without a cookbook.  It’s like trying to remember a month of appointments and special dates without writing them down.  Most of us are simply too busy and have far too many things going on not to benefit from putting them in writing.  The same is true of our dreams, we have them each and every night – if we don’t write them down, we’ll soon forget the details and often the dream, itself.

However, if we write down the most important things about each dream, including the dream symbols, colors, people, and emotions – we’ll have an accurate account of the dream.  Then, we can look back over the dreams we’ve been having and see a pattern develop.

You should write down a brief explanation of what’s going on in your life as well – either in a different color of ink from the ink you use for dream description – or in a place where you can tell definitely where the real world ends and the dream world begins!

The importance of recording what’s going on in your life (such as if you’re feeling happy, sad, lonely, guilty…) is this:  In the future, if you have a series of nightmares, you can look back in your dream journal and find a time when you had similar dreams.  You’ll probably see that what you’re feeling in your day to day life is similar to what you felt then.

Dreams are extremely fascinating and extremely insightful.  Having a Dream Journal will help you both enjoy and benefit from your dreams more than ever.

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i am —— years old (dreamprophesy.com isn’t comfy cozy about giving out ages) and my cousin dreams about goin to a funeral with our grandma and she is in pjs and my grandma is in all black so she wants to go home to change and she wants me to drive the truck back well the truck breaks down so i drive the four wheeler and we end up at her old house with screens on all of the windows cause someone keeps tryin to break in then the guy gets in and she hears me scream so she runs out to the tree house and he gets to her and tries to kill her but it doesnt work so we are frekin out wat does my —— year old (dreamprophesy.com still isn’t comfy cozy about giving out ages) cousins dream mean PLS help me figure it out

Crazy dream, right?  I’d say that at some point in the past (right before your cousin had the dream) he/she was worried about someone getting hurt (either physically hurt or even just getting their feelings hurt),  This person could have been you, but it didn’t necessarily have to be.  Your cousin isn’t sure what she can do – if anything – to protect this person and feels kind of helpless.  This helplessness is what lead to the crazy dream.

There isn’t anything, of course, to worry about.  Sometimes our emotions cause us to have bizarre dreams, but they don’t mean anything dark or dangerous.

Thanks for submitting your cousin’s wild dream!

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People who look at the world with laughter love funny, cartoonish calendars.

Dreamers love to let everyone know that they not only believe in their own dreams – they embrace them! The two 2010 calendars below will allow you to express yourself and keep up with every wonderful day of the year as well.

May your 2010 be the best year you’ve ever had!

Enchanted Dreams 2010 Wall Calendar

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A Troubling Dream From a Reader:

I sit up out of the bed with a strange feeling. I look at the clock and its 3:10 still early in the morning. My throat is dry so i get some ice like i always do and try to turn on the kitchen light, but it doesn’t turn on. My mind makes me turn to the door as i feel something there. I see a shadow with a short height as i peer at the dark blue curtains. I walked over to the curtains and opened them up to see my son of 6 years standing outside with a blank expression on his face. I opened the door in a rush and asked him why he was outside at 3 in the morning. He didn’t answer me. When I went to reach for him something gave me a small cut on my hand. I thought nothing of it as I brought him inside. I took off his brown coat and something swiped across my hand again. when I looked at his hand he held up a gold screw about the size of my pinky and I could see the extra sharp point on it. I watched him take his hand across his chest and felt the point swipe across me again. I jumped up out of my bed to notice everything was like my dream. My house was dark, it was 3:10, the only difference was that my light turned on in the kitchen, and my son was peacefully sleeping on the couch. My body was cold and tingling and on my hand were 3 small cuts. They weren’t random as they are above each other…my hand was really scratched..maybe you could help me and tell me what this means or what’s happening to me. I remember dreams often some more than others and I have some dreams repeatedly altho this is the first time I ever had this….thank you.

It’s really a wonder that this sort of thing doesn’t happen more often. While we’re asleep, sometimes we’ll scratch ourselves, get our limbs twisted around, or just find ourselves in some sort of uncomfortable position – then, our mind will work this into our dream. Some people dream that their finger is bitten by an animal only to wake up with their finger in their own mouth!

More likely than not, you somehow managed to scratch yourself while sleeping (it’d be much easier to explain if you had a pet!) – then your mind sort of inserted the experience into your dream.

Many times when we dream of a loved one in this sort of dream, it’s an indication that we were thinking about them right before we drifted off to sleep. I guess that’s why parents so frequently dream of their children.  The dream also seems to indicate that you’ve been somewhat worried about “getting through” to someone recently.  This person could or could not be your son.

It appears that you know what is best for someone else but are having a little trouble helping them to see.  It could be something like trying to convince a friend that she’s wrong about a certain guy or it could be a case of trying to get your son to pick up his toys – it honestly could be just about anything.  However, the intensity of the dream suggests that it’s something you feel very strongly about and that has been worrying you more than you really realize.

As for the clock reading the same time, that can be chalked up to crazy luck.  The fact that you were cold and tingly can be attributed to the fact that you are a mother who was dreaming about her young child.  Lots of emotions are involved there, and your body registered each one.  Also, the fact that this dream seems very much like a lucid dream would explain its extreme effects on you.

Thanks for sharing your dream and I hope your scratches heal soon.

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From I Hate Snakes in Virginia!

I had a dream three nights ago that I can’t shake.  I was in the yard, at a picnic or something like that.  I looked down and saw a snake coming toward me in the grass.  No matter where I tried to run, there he was following me.  I felt so scared and helpless because no matter where I went, he came.

I ran into a circus type tent and thought I was safe.  But then the ring leader, who looked more like a talk show host, held the snake up in the air and started walking toward me with it. The snake still had grass on it and was, at first, playing dead.  Then he reared up and looked really angry.  I knew he was mad that I had tried to get away from him.  Thankfully I woke up before the ringleader and the snake got to me.

I can’t get this dream out of my head and keep expecting a snake to be everywhere.  I hate snakes anyway, so this is a really horrible deal for me.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  It may sound silly, but I don’t even want to go outside.

I can totally relate to you – snakes are one of my own biggest fears, so I don’t think it sounds silly.  You will get over this feeling in a few days, though, so don’t worry about it too much.

A few things strike me about your dream.

1. The fact that you said you couldn’t “shake” the dream and that it is affecting you so strongly that you expect a snake to be “everywhere” mean a great deal.  It takes a particularly powerful and vivid dream to stay with a dreamer like this.  This is almost always an indication that there are extremely strong emotions tied to the interpretation of this dream.
2. Most dreams involving snakes stay in our minds because of a snake’s symbolism.  We associate snakes with satan to a great extent, thanks to the Garden of Eden.  It’s hard to get any scarier than that, right?!   Even thought any animal could have been used to speak to Eve, the fact that satan chose a snake stays with us.
3. Your snake was so persistent!  This is another indication of the importance of this dream’s interpretation.
4. The fact that you said you were scared and felt helpless are huge.

This dream seems to indicate that you are feeling more helpless lately than you have ever felt before.  Because of the impact this dream is having on you, I’d say that feeling helpless is a feeling you aren’t at all familiar with.  The fact that your subconscious mind chose something you hate so passionately (snakes) is a clear indication of the inner turmoil you’re feeling.  You probably aren’t even fully aware of just how much stress you’ve been under or how helpless you’ve been made to feel.

Once you realize that the snake in the grass was merely symbolic for this emotion, you’ll realize that you don’t have anything to fear around the next corner – not even outside!  This snake in your dream only symbolizes whatever it is in your day to day life that you feel helpless against.

When you find a way to deal with this particular problem, you will have won the battle!

Until then, here’s something to keep in mind about snakes – so many  of us are afraid of them, but we can’t name one single person we know who has ever been bit by one.  Yet, most of us can name several people who’ve been bit by dogs or cats – yet we aren’t afraid of them in the least!  Or cars – most of us know of people who’ve been badly hurt in car wrecks, but we get into them every day without fear.  I, myself, have been in 3 car wrecks and have never been approached by a snake EVER, yet I’m terrified of one and can’t imagine life without the other.

Try to focus on solving whatever it is in your life that has made you feel helpless and overcome it.  Don’t dwell on the snake in your dream.  When you do think about it – be thankful!  He may have helped draw attention to something in your world that you need to address before it gets the better of you.

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A lot of people have the mistaken idea that dreaming of death foretells of a loved one dying.

First of all, dreams are a many things, but psychic they are not.  Our dreams reflect what is going on inside our minds and hearts.   They deal with (and sort out) things that we are currently experiencing or things that we have currently experienced.

Now having said that, we can take the information and symbolism found in our dreams to help us in the future.  So, in that regard, they can provide warnings and admonitions.  However, please don’t ever think they foretell bad omens or that dreaming of darkness is a prediction for upcoming  darkness.

If you have had a dream which involved death, rest assured that you are far from alone.  We’ve all had death dreams and, while troubling, we all know that they slink out of our lives just as fast as they slunk in.

Death dreams generally mean that you are anxious or worried.  You may not fully realize how much anxiety you’re actually feeling.  Many times, troubling dreams like this wave a flag for the individual and cause them to realize just how much stress they’ve been under.  The dreamer can then realize that they need to pull back a little bit – enjoy life more rather than just anxiously trying to get from point A to point B!

Almost all dreams of dying can be traced back to an overworked, overly anxious individual very much in need of some time off!

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When you combine the active imaginations of children with dreams, very disturbing nightmares can occur.  Adults often feel helpless when it comes to dealing with a child’s nightmares.  It helps to keep a few ideas in mind:

1. Never, ever brush off or dismiss a child’s fears.  When you say, “Oh, that’s nothing, you’re being silly,” you are insulting the child as well as diminishing their concerns.  If they are legitimately frightened, it’s far from “nothing” and they aren’t being “silly,” they’re being children.
2. You don’t want to blow the nightmare or the dream up larger than they should be, of course, but you should listen to the child as she or he tells you what happened in the dream.
3. Instead of saying, “Monsters don’t exist!” – ask the child if he/she has ever seen a monster.  Tell them that you haven’t either (which will carry a great deal of weight, since the child probably thinks you’re about as old as old gets!).  Allow them to come to the realization that it was just a dream and that monsters (or whatever) really don’t exist.  Stay calm, casual, and never tease or make fun of them.
4. Help them  understand that dreams are like little movies our brain creates to entertain itself while we’re asleep.  Tell them that, apparently, their mind thought it was time for a scary movie and that it will probably want to create a comedy next.  Let them know that watching several cartoons (lighthearted) before bedtime the next night will probably encourage their brain to keep things funny!
5. If the child is afraid to go back to sleep, ask yourself this question:  “If you were their age and felt totally afraid of your dreams and the dark, what would you want your mom or dad to do?”   You’d want them to let you stay awake for the time being – with the lights on!  If you try to force them to go back to a frightening place, you aren’t going to be much of a hero, are you?

Nightmares are a part of growing up, so are “monsters under the bed” and “creepers in the closet.”  Just try to be as calm and reassuring as you can and you’ll help them disappear soon.

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Naturally, Abraham Lincoln is someone I love reading about – the more, the better.  The dreamologist and the historian in me meet up each time I (we?) read about this prophetic dream he during his Presidency.

A few weeks before his tragic assassination, Abraham Lincoln dreamed that he saw someone lying in a coffin.  In the dream, he asked someon was in the coffin.

Their response?  “The President.”

It would be very easy to say that dreams are able to “predict” events based upon this example.  However, logic must prevail.  Many threats, at this time, were being made against President Abraham Lincoln’s life.  The people around him were constantly having to step up their security measures.  No doubt it was a frequent topic of conversation and, given the fact that Abraham Lincoln was (although a great hero) still a mere human, he probably thought about these threats a great deal.

Can you imagine?  Knowing that people want to kill you?!  OF COURSE his dreams were affected.  How could they not be?

Dreams are often our mind’s way of “dealing with” and “processing” information and situations.  Combine this with the fact that stress can greatly affect your dreams, I would imagine that Abraham Lincoln had a very disturbing dream life.

His dream is simply an example of how our fears and thoughts manifest themselves into our dreams.  It’s also a clear example of how we can use our dreams to help and, even, protect us.  If Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest men to ever live, had heeded his dream’s warning and taken extraordinairy securtiy measures, his life might not have ended as it did – or when it did.  If he had realized that the threat was still extremely high – then he could have stayed out of the public eye for a while longer.  OR, insist on much, much tighter security when he did make a public appearance.

Like most things in our lives, dreams can help us to achieve a better life.   And, yes, sometimes, even a longer life.

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln

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Here’s the first submitted dream we’ve received since the relaunch of Dream Prophesy:

“I have a recurring dream that I desperately need help understanding.  Each dream has knives in it.  In the first one, my son wanted to play his guitar but couldn’t find it.  He opened the closet and a huge knife fell on him.  Blood was everywhere and we were screaming.  Then I woke up.

In the second dream, I was cooking supper and cut my hand off with a butter knife!  The third dream was just about the same, except it was a steak knife and it cut off part of my plate.

These dreams are getting to me, especially the one about my son. I’m scared of what the next dream will be about and who will get hurt in it.  Please help and thank you.”

I can see how these dreams would trouble you. The first thing you need to do is to remind yourself that these dreams aren’t prophetic. They aren’t signaling an accident or anything bad ahead. Dreams deal with what HAS happened, what IS happening, and your emotions and feelings. Some of these emotions and feelings the dreamer is fully aware of. Others, the dreamer doesn’t seem to be aware of whatsoever.

When I hear about people dreaming of knives, my first reaction is this: There’s something in their life that they want to remove, or “cut out.” These could include:

• A bad habit.  Smokers who want to quit smoking often dream of knives.  Their desire to “cut out” this habit weighs on their mind and presents itself in their dream world.
• Wanting to lose weight.  Wanting to lose extra weight will also lead to knife dreams.
• Dislike of an annoying co-worker, fellow student, neighbor, or even family member.  The dreamer doesn’t (of course!) want to harm this annoying person – but they wouldn’t mind AT ALL if fate cut them out of their life and put them in someone else’s!
• A desire to leave your job, school, home, community, etc.  Wanting to separate yourself from a current situation or place can lead to knife dreams.
• A thought or feeling.  Sometimes we feel things we wish we didn’t feel or keep having thoughts we wish would go away.  We think, “Why don’t I just cut it out?! ” – But we seem unable to.

All of the above are instances that can lead to these types of dreams.  When it comes to recurring dreams, more times than not, fully realizing WHY you’re having the dreams is enough to send them packing.  Even if you haven’t arrived at the solution yet,  your subconscious mind seems perfectly content with you just knowing the situation exists.

I truly hope this helps!

Thanks so much for submitting your dream.  I’ve learned from experience (from the last time the site was up  BEFORE disaster struck!) that people are greatly helped when they read other people’s dreams.  So, know that you’ve helped others simply by sharing your dream.

“Dreams are road signs along the nighttime highway of sleep.” – Astrid Alauda

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