Interpretation: If you should dream of winning a wager fortune smiles on you but if you dream that you lose one or you are unable to put the wager up then you will find yourself railing against misfortunes and losses. Making a wager denotes a dishonest turn of mind.

Interpretation: In some instances, dreaming about death may mean that someone in the family would soon be wed and the wedding would be beautiful. In some instances, it means a birth, the opposite of death. To be unable to identify the dead person means a windfall of money for you, To talk to a dead relative is a sign of good luck.

Interpretation: To see the army in your dream, symbolizes you may feel outnumbered or pressured and unable to deal in a situation. If you dream that you join the army, you feel strong, like no one is any match for you. Also see "Boot Camp."

Interpretation: To dream of a power outage (a "blackout") represents your feelings of powerlessness in real life. There is some situation in which you felt unable to do anything. If you walked a long way in the dark during this dream, there is hope of recovering something that you had given up for lost. If you managed to get the power turned back on, or if you found your way to the light, you will conquer your obstacles and achieve great success.

Interpretation: To see a convict in your dream indicates that an aspect of yourself is unable to freely express itself. If you dreamed that you were a convict, some situation or relationship is making you feel restricted. You may be experiencing a loss of freedom in some area of your life. Alternatively, the dream may represent feelings of shame and guilt - and the message is, stop punishing yourself!

Interpretation: A dream of standing on a diving board, symbolizes a serious temptation or ordeal with which you are or will soon be faced. If you were unable to jump, you are not yet ready to deal with your feelings about a situation. You are repressing strong emotions.

Interpretation: If you are unable to find the exit in a dream, this symbolizes that you're on a "road to nowhere" in some aspect of your life - you must make changes in the direction your life is heading.

Interpretation: If you dream of having more than two legs, you are full of ideas and imagination, but they won't all come true - you need to focus on what's most important. If you are unable to move your legs in your dream, you may have financial troubles. To dream of having only one leg, or having an artifical leg, it means you are representing yourself falsely to friends. If your dream strongly features someone else's leg, you are envious of a friend in some way. If you dream of having hairy legs, it's time for you to reshape your thinking or change your goals. You need to eliminate unwanted thoughts and habits that are holding you back.

Interpretation: To dream that you have a mole on your face or body suggests that something is interfering with your self-esteem or that you are unable to win the approval of others. If you dream of getting a mole removed, you are feeling more confident about your abilities to make friends, or not worry unnecessarily about what people think.

Interpretation: To dream of feeling panicked, indicates a lack of control in your life. You may be feeling powerless in some situation or unable to make a clear decision.

Interpretation: If you dream that you are paralyzed and cannot move, you may feel unable to deal with a situation in real life. You could be frustrated that you can't change anything, or you are having troubles expressing your feelings. To dream that someone else is paralyzed, means you feel that someone you know is letting you down by not helping you in some situation, or by not taking charge of their own affairs.

Interpretation: To dream of an open portal symbolizes a new opportunity. If you walked through, you will take the opportunity. If you have a choice of many portals in your dream, this represents a difficult decision you must make in real life. If you are unable to find the portal to get out of someplace, your dream is telling you that you're on a "road to nowhere" in your life - you must make changes in the direction your life is heading.

Interpretation: A dream about a promise is related to friends, and its meaning depends whether you gave or received the promise. If you gave it, you are likely to forgive an enemy and gain a friend. If you were unable to keep a promise you gave, you are not ready to forgive somebody, even though you might want to. If someone made you a promise, an unexpected event will reveal that a so-called friend is really an enemy.

Interpretation: Recurring dreams can be extremely informative and important to decipher. Your subconscious mind has gone to a great deal of trouble to send the same "dream telegram" several times, and it will generally continue to do so until you recognize the insight being offered, or outgrow the issue being addressed. Often these dreams recur for a discrete period of time, such as during childhood, adolescence, college years, or during a specific relationship or period of employment. If you outgrow or move away from a certain lifestyle you may stop having the recurring dream, unless something in your current situation strikes a similar emotional chord from your past; then the dream may resurface, like an emotional "home movie" of certain feelings and moods.

Recurring dreams often come about for one of two reasons:

First, the dreamer has a recurring pattern in waking life that has not been consciously recognized. These dreams replay an objectively honest, though highly dramatized picture of some behavior or tendency that has an ongoing impact on current circumstances. A woman who chronically gave too much of herself dreamed repeatedly that she was a caterer, although she had never worked in the hospitality field. A man with an uncontrolled temper dreamed he carried a sword with which he beheaded anyone who crossed him. A woman who married into a rigid, old-fashioned family and tried to accommodate their restrictions had a series of dreams set in Nazi concentration camps. Like many recurring themes, these dreams reflected current conditions waking life, and illustrated the ways in which these people contributed to the very things that troubled them.

A second common connection with recurring dreams is a cyclical area of unresolved feelings or concern for the dreamer. People who have suffered abuse, trauma, injury or loss will frequently have recurring dreams about their painful experience which lessen in frequency and intensity over time. Any type of personal grief, loss, or anxiety can have a ripple effect that makes us feel vulnerable, and unable to adequately control the elements of life. When faced with any experience similar to the area of loss or threat from the past, we may dream again of the lover who left us at the alter, the teacher who ridiculed our speech, or the childhood friend we haven't seen in years.

Recurring Dreams Try to Problem-Solve: In many recurring dreams we are attempting to resolve a problem; these attempts may help slightly, be laughably ineffectual, or make matters worse. These attempted solutions often reflect the manner in which we are trying to go about matters in waking life. It is important to identify the part of your life that is being reviewed in the dreams, but it is also important to examine the way you respond during the dream action. You may notice that you are waiting in a line where you will never be served, or that you are zealously trying to chop wood with a butter knife. Recurring dreams shed light on things we're missing while we are awake; sometimes we can see we are barking up the wrong tree, and other times we are given clues toward a more workable solution.

You Are the Authority on Your Dreams: Whatever your recurring dream, you can assume it is reflecting something in your current life situation, even if the dream takes you back in time. Presuppose there is something useful and constructive within your recurring dreams, and examine the action and setting from a metaphorical perspective. These dreams can reflect the pieces of your life in a more meaningful whole, so sort through their action carefully. Examine the common dream themes to stimulate your personal associations to dream imagery, but remember, these descriptions are strong probabilities, not rules. You are the best judge of what your dreams reveal.

Interpretation: To dream that you are screaming, symbolizes anger and fear. It is an expression of your powerful emotions which you have kept pent up inside. If you try to scream, but no sound comes out, it means that you need to immediately confront some situation. Perhaps you are unable to pinpoint your fears or feelings. To hear the screaming of others indicates that you are likely to hear distressing news.