Nightmares & Dreams

Eagles
To see an eagle in your dream, symbolizes nobility, pride, fierceness, freedom, superiority, courage, and powerful intellectual ability. Eagles also indicate self-renewal. You will struggle fiercely and courageously to realize your highest ambitions and greatest desires To see a nest of young eagles in your dream, signifies your advancement up to the top of the social ladder. To dream that you killed an eagle, signifies your ruthlessness. You will let nothing stand in your way of ambitions and obtaining your goals, even if it means hurting those around you. If someone else kills an eagle, then it indicates that your fame, fortune and power will be ruthlessly taken from you. To dream that you eat the flesh of an eagle, shows that you're strong and powerful character will lead you to great wealth and influence.

Earphones
*Please see Headphones.

Ears
To see ears in your dreams, suggests that you need to be more responsive or receptive to guidance and assistance from others. You may be relying too much on your own judgment and intuition. You need to listen more closely to what you are being told. Alternatively, it signifies your immaturity and lack of experience. To dream that you are cleaning wax from your ears, suggests that you are not listening to those around you. There may be something that you are refusing to hear. Are you turning a deaf ear? To dream of pain in your ear, indicates that you will be receiving some bad or offensive news.

Earrings
To dream that you or someone is wearing earrings, suggests that you need to listen more carefully and pay attention. To see broken earrings in your dreams, suggests that you are being talked about. To dream that you are buying earrings, represents your desire for acceptance and affection.

Earth
To see the earth in your dream, signifies wholeness and global consciousness. It may also symbolize the sense of being "grounded" and your need to be realistic.

Earthquake
To dream of an earthquake, suggests that you are experiencing a major "shake-up" that is threatening your stability and foundation. The dream highlights you insecurity, fears and sense of helplessness. If you find cover from the quake, you will overcome these challenges. If you become trapped or injured during the quake, you will suffer loss of your business and assets.

Earwig
To see an earwig in your dream, signifies unpleasant news that will affect you and your business and family relations.

East
To dream that you are headed east, represents inner wisdom and spiritual enlightenment. You need to devote or dedicate yourself to your goals, family, career, etc. The direction east also symbolizes the sun. Since east is related to the direction right, it can suggest that you are headed in the right direction.

Easter
To dream about Easter, suggests that the worst of your problems are over. You will experience joy again after a period of darkness and sadness. You need to walk with your head held high and stop being ashamed. Alternatively, the dream symbolizes resurrection.

Eating
To dream that you are eating alone, signifies loss, loneliness, and depression. You may feel rejected, excluded, and cut off from social/family ties. Eating may be a replacement for companionship and provide comfort for you. Alternatively, eating alone may reflect independent needs. Also consider the pun, "what's eating you up?" in reference to anxiety that you may be feeling. To dream that you are eating with others, denotes prosperous undertakings, personal gain, and joyous spirits. To dream that you are over eating or not eating enough, signifies your need and lack of spirituality and fulfilment in your waking life. Food can represent love, friendship, ambition, sex or pleasure in your life. Thus, food is seen as a metaphor to fulfil and gratify our hunger of love and desires. To dream that someone clears away the food before you finish eating, foretells that you will have problems and issues from those beneath you or dependent upon you.

Ebony
To dream of ebony furniture or other articles of ebony, signifies distressing disputes, grievances and quarrels at home. To dream of ebony nights, signifies despair and sadness.
Echo
To hear or make an echo in your dream, symbolizes your need to repeat yourself in order to be heard and for others to believe you. You should also pay attention to the power and impact of your own words. You are waiting and hoping for a reaction from those around you. It is also symbolic of the soul.

Eclipse
To dream of an eclipse of the sun, forewarns of enjoying life in excess. Too much partying and too much drinking will lead to major health problems. You will experience temporary failure in business. To dream of an eclipse of the moon, signifies that some hidden aspect of your self is coming to the surface.

Ecstasy
To dream of feeling ecstasy, signifies happiness and much joy with friends and family. To dream of feeling ecstasy in the wake a disturbing dream, signifies much sorrow and disappointments. You may be on the mend from a broken heart.

Education
To dream you are anxious to obtain an education, symbolizes your desire for knowledge will put you on a higher level than your associates. You will be distinguished amongst your peers. *Please also see School.

Eel
To dream that you cannot hold onto a slippery eel, foretells that your fortunes will slip away from you. To dream that you can maintain your grip on an eel, signifies good fortune. To see a dead eel, signifies that you will overcome and defeat your enemies.

Eggs
To see or eat eggs in your dream, symbolizes fertility, birth and your creative potential. It indicates that something new is about to happen. To find a nest filled with eggs in your dream, signifies some financial gain; the more abundant and bigger the eggs, the more significant the gain. To see cracked or broken eggs in your dream, denotes that you will suffer from many disappointments and misfortunes. It is indicative of a fragile state in your life and feelings of vulnerability. Alternatively, you may be breaking out of your shell and being comfortable with who you are. To see bright coloured eggs in your dream, symbolizes celebration of a happy event. To dream of rotten eggs, signifies loss. You may have allowed some situation to take a turn for the worse. To see fish eggs in your dream, represents an idea that has emerged from your unconscious.

Egypt
To dream of Egypt, indicates the roots and core of your own emotions and spirituality. It suggests of a time in life where things may have been simpler.

Elbows
To see your own elbows in your dream, indicates that you need to make a space for yourself. Your dream may express hesitance or fear in creating your own space for fear of being scrutinized. To dream that your elbow is wounded, suggests your inability to function in some waking situation. It may also refer to some sexual anxiety. The right elbow relate to moral and ethical issues while the left elbow represents passiveness and your undeveloped characteristics.

Elderberries
To see elderberries in your dream, symbolizes domestic bliss and comfort.

Elderly
To see an elderly person in your dream, represents wisdom or spiritual power. Pay attention to the message or advise that they are conveying you. They help provide life answers and solutions to your problems and try to guide you toward the right direction.

Election
To dream that you are at an election, foretells that you will engage in some controversy which will adversely affect your social or financial standing.

Electricity
To dream of electricity, signifies a sudden change to your personality will not afford you either advancement or pleasure. To dream that you are shocked by electricity, forewarns of danger. To see live electrical wire in your dream, signifies that enemies will interrupt your plans giving you much anxiety.

Electrocution
To dream of an electrocution, signifies that the current course of your actions will lead to disaster, even death.

Elephant
To see an elephant in your dream, signifies that you are laying a solid groundwork for wealth and success. You hold a position of honour and dignity. If the elephant was wild or untamed, than it indicates tyranny and uncontrollable forces. To see many elephants in your dream, symbolizes tremendous prosperity, strength, power, memory, and intellect. Elephants also possess an introverted nature which may describe your personality. To dream that you are feeding an elephant, denotes that you will elevate yourself in your community through your kindness. To dream that you are riding on the elephant, signifies good news from afar and your future travel plans will be fruitful. But to dream that you fell off while riding it, signifies that enemies are looking to harm you.

Elevator
To dream that you are ascending in an elevator, signifies that you will quickly rise to status and wealth. You may have risen to a higher level of consciousness and are looking at the world from an elevated viewpoint. Descending in an elevator, denotes that misfortunes will crush and discourage you. The up and down action of the elevator may represent the ups and downs of your life go emerging out of and submerging into your subconscious. To dream that the elevator is out of order or that it is not letting you off, symbolizes that your emotions have gotten out of control.

Eleventh Hour
To dream of the eleventh hour, signifies that time is running out for you. This may be an approaching deadline for a project or a decision that needs to be made by you.

Elf
To see an elf in your dream, refers to some imbalance and disharmony in your life. The elf often serves as a guide of the soul. Alternatively, it suggests that you need to be more carefree, worry-free, and light-hearted.

Elk
To see an elk in your dream, symbolizes strength and endurance. It is an indication that you need to spend more time with friends and eat healthier.

Elopement
To dream of eloping is generally unfavourable and signifies disappointments in love. To dream that your lover has eloped with someone else, symbolizes their unfaithfulness and infidelity. For the married, to dream of an elopement signifies that you hold positions that you are unworthy of.

Eloquent
To dream that you are giving an eloquent speech, signifies pleasant news.

Email
To dream about email, indicates that you need to reach out to people who may not necessarily always physically be around. It could also very well mean that you have been spending too much time in front of the computer and this has carried over into your dreams.

Embankment
To dream that you are driving along an embankment, signifies the threat of trouble and unhappiness. To dream that you are riding a horse along an embankment, denotes that you will fearlessly meet and overcome all obstacles in your road to wealth and happiness. To dream that you are walking along an embankment, signifies your weary struggle for elevation and higher status.

Embarrassment
To dream that you are embarrassed, signifies hidden weaknesses, fears and lack of self-confidence. This dream also suggests of insecurities about your sexuality.

Embrace
To dream that you are embracing your lover, foretells of quarrels, disagreements, and accusations arising from infidelity. To dream that you embrace a stranger, signifies of an unwelcome guest. To dream that you are embracing relatives, signifies their sickness and unhappiness.

Embroidery
To dream that you are embroidering, symbolizes your ability to make the best of everything that comes your way.

Embryo
To dream of an embryo, symbolizes the emergence of a fresh idea. Also, your unconscious feelings may be surfacing. Alternatively, it may refer to your feelings of vulnerability and your need to be protected. However if you are pregnant, it is quite common to see the embryo in your dream.

Emerald
To see an emerald in your dream, signifies that you will inherit some property that will cause problems with others.

Emotionless
To dream that you are emotionless, suggests that you are closing yourself off from those around you. You may be neglecting your own feelings and should start paying more attention to them.

Emotions
Emotions expressed in dreams are a way for people to act out their feelings which they would not normally express if they were awake. This provides a "safe" outlet for these emotions instead of letting them be pent up.

Emperor
To see an emperor in your dream, represents completion and creativity.

Employment
To dream of losing your employment, denotes that you will have no fear of losing your job for you are a much desired help. To dream that you are giving employment to others, signifies loss for yourself.

Empress
To see an empress in your dream, signifies that you will be honoured highly, but your pride will make you very unpopular.

Emptiness
To dream of emptiness, signifies fruitless labour or that something is missing in your life. There is nothing to show for all the effort that you have dedicated to a project or development.

Enchantment
To dream that you are under the spell of enchantment, forewarns that you will be exposed to some evil in the form of pleasure if you are not careful. To dream that your are trying to enchant others, foretells that you will fall into evil. To resist enchantment, signifies that your good advice and counsel will be much sought after.

Enclosure
To dream that you are in an enclosure, indicates that you are in defensive mode. Some situation in your waking life has put you on guard and arouses the need to protect/defend yourself. To dream that you are in an enclosure that is shrinking, indicates that you feel restrained and confined in some circumstance. It represents actual or perceived limitations. You need to start testing out your boundaries in order to grow. To dream that you are in an enclosure made of glass, suggests that you are too critical about a person or situation.

Encyclopaedia
To dream of seeing or searching through encyclopaedias, symbolizes your pursuit for literary knowledge and the fine arts. Although these pursuits may not be financially beneficial, you are enriching you mind.

Enemy
To see your enemy in your dream, represents opposing ideas and contradictory attitudes. It also indicates something that you are in denial about or someone whom you are rejecting. Enemies may also represent the enemies within and your inner conflict with yourself. To dream that you are dealing with the enemies, represents a resolution to some inner conflict or waking life problem.

Engagement
To dream that you are engaged to be married, represents sexual or relationship needs. You may be trying to resolve your feelings of loneliness. To dream that you break an engagement, denotes a hasty and unwise decision in some important matter. To dream of a business engagement, signifies concern and worries in an area of your work.

Engine
To see an engine in your dream, represents your heart and its power. To dream that you engine is blown or disabled, indicates that you have been betrayed.

Engineer
To see an engineer in your dream, signifies weary journeys and joyous reunions.

Entertainment
To dream of an entertainment filled with music and dancing, denotes health, prosperity, and pleasant tidings of the absent.

Entrails
To dream of human entrails (your own or another's), signifies horrible misery and despair and little hope for happiness. To dream of the entrails of a wild animal or beast, denotes the defeat of your enemy. To dream that you tear the entrails of another, signifies your own cruel intents to further your own interest and gain. *Please see also Intestines.

Envelope
To see envelopes in your dream, signifies anticipation or opportunity. To see unopened envelopes, indicates sorrow news and missed opportunities.

Envy
To dream that you are envious of others, signifies that you will make warm friends by your unselfish deference to the wishes of others. To dream that you are being envied by others, denotes inconveniences from friends who are over anxious to please you.

Epaulet
To dream that you meet a person wearing epaulets, signifies unwise attachments that may result in scandal. To dream that you are wearing epaulets, signifies temporary disfavour, but will eventually be acknowledged for your honours.

Epicure
To dream that you are an epicure, signifies that you will cultivate your taste to the finest and highest potential. To dream that you are sitting at the table at epicure, signifies that you will enjoy some fine distinction, but will be surrounded by people of selfish means. To dream that you are trying to satisfy an epicure, signifies that you will have a distinguished but tyrannical lover.

Epidemic
To dream of an epidemic, signifies worries of bothersome tasks.

Eraser
To see or use an eraser in your dream, suggests that you need to clear up some mistakes that you have made.

Ermine
To dream that you are wearing an ermine, signifies your quest for wealth and wants will lead to misery. To see others wearing ermine, denotes that you will be associated with wealthy people who have a distinct taste for art and literature.

Errands
To dream that you are running errands, signifies harmony and mutual understanding in your domestic sphere. To dream that you are sending someone on an errand, signifies that you will lose your lover through your indifference.

Eruption
To see an eruption in your dream, signifies a forceful and jolting outpour of repressed thoughts or urges. You may also be experiencing an upheaval in your life.

Escalator
To see an escalator in your dream, indicates movement between various levels of consciousness. If you are moving up in the escalator, then it suggests that you are addressing and confronting emotional issues. You are moving through your spiritual journey with great progress and ease. If you are going down the escalator, then it implies repression and descent back into your unconscious. It may be indication of a setback.

Escape
To dream that you escape from jail or some place of confinement, signifies your need to escape from a restrictive situation or attitude. On the other hand, it may mean that you are taking an escapist attitude and are refusing to face up to problems that are not going away. To dream that you escape from injury, from an animal, or from any situation, signifies your good health and prosperity. You will experience a favourable turn of events.

Estate
To dream that you become an owner of an estate, signifies that your inheritance will be disappointing and not as you expected.

Eucalyptus
To see a eucalyptus in your dream, represents protection and the need to feel protected.

Europe
To dream of travelling to Europe, signifies a long journey which will give you some financial gain. Alternatively, it indicates original thought or old ways of thinking.

Evacuation
To dream of an evacuation, suggests that you are isolating yourself and holding back your emotions. To dream that you are in a town that has been evacuated, indicates that you are feeling rejected by those around you. You are feeling unaccepted.

Eve
To see Eve in your dream, symbolizes your hesitance in accepting this biblical story as authentic and you will encounter opposition in your social and business circles. To dream that you impersonate Eve, forewarns you to be careful when it comes to the persuasions of the opposites sex.

Evening
To dream that evening has arrived, denotes the end of a cycle, aging or death. It may also be symbolic of unrealized hopes.

Evening Gown
To see or wear an evening gown in your dream, represents enjoyment, social pleasures, grace and culture. Alternatively, it suggests that you are seeking or trying to attain some sense of happiness. Consider the colour of the gown for additional significance.

Evergreen
To see evergreen in your dream, signifies wealth, happiness, immortality and knowledge. Additionally, it may also mean that you will find hope in the midst of despair.

Eviction
To dream that you are being evicted, suggests that a present situation or relationship is making you feel helpless and powerless. You feel that you cannot fend for yourself and have a sense of not belonging. Alternatively, you believe that you are being unfairly treated.

Evil
To dream that someone or something is evil, denotes a repressed and/or forbidden aspect of your self. This part of your self may be seeking recognition and acknowledgment. Alternatively, evil may also be a reflection of your strong, negative emotions like hate, anger, etc.

Ex
To dream about your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend or ex-husband/wife, suggests that something or someone in your current life that is bringing out similar feelings you felt during the relationship with your ex. The dream may be a way of alerting you to the same or similar behaviour in a current relationship. What you learn from that previous relationship may need to be applied to the present one so that you do no repeat the same mistake. Alternatively, past lovers often highlight the positive experiences you had with that person. In particular, to see your ex-husband/wife in your dream, indicates that you are finding yourself in a situation that you do not want to be in. It suggests that you are experiencing a similar relationship or situation which makes you feel unhappy and uncomfortable. To see your ex in your dream also signifies aspects of yourself that you have crossed out or neglected.

Exam
To dream that you are taking an exam, signifies insecurities, fear of not meeting others' expectations, and fear of failure.

Exchange
To dream of an exchange of any sorts, signifies a profitable gain and is seen as favourable.

Excrement
*See Faeces.

Execution
To see an execution in your dream, denotes that you will suffer some misfortune from the carelessness of others. To dream that you miraculously escape your own execution, signifies that you will overcome your enemies and succeed in gaining wealth.

Exercise
To dream that you are exercising, signifies your worries about your health. You may be concerned about fitting into society's ideals of beauty. Alternatively, the dream may also indicate that you need to exercise your rights and power in some situation.

Exhausted
*Please See Tired.

Exile
To dream that you are exiled, signifies that your journey will interfere with some engagement and pleasure. *See Also Banishment.

Exorcism
To dream that you or others are being exorcised, symbolizes your initiative to regain control and take steps toward the direction of your goals. Alternatively, you may not be taking responsibility for your actions and are looking for a scapegoat.

Explosion
To see explosions in your dream, signifies a loss and displeasure in business. It may also mean that your repressed emotions and rage have come to the surface in a forceful and violent manner. To dream that your face becomes blackened or mutilated by the explosion, signifies that will be confronted with unjust accusations and may suffer the consequences. To dream that you are enveloped in flames or blown up into the air by an explosion, forewarns that unworthy friends will violate your rights and abuse your confidence. To hear the sound of a loud explosion, but you did not see it, signifies that your troubles will soon be replaced with tranquillity after you have overcome some small obstacle.

Eyebrows
To notice eyebrows in your dream, represents expressions of amazement, disbelief, surprise, or doubt. It may also indicate concern or disapproval.

Eyeglasses
To dream that you are wearing eyeglasses and you do not normally wear them, suggests that you need a clearer view on a situation. There may have been a misunderstanding or a situation was misperceived and needs to be seen more clearly. To see broken eyeglasses in your dream, indicates that your vision and perception is impaired. You are not seeing the facts correctly.

Eyelashes
To dream that you eyelashes are growing, signifies that good health and fortunes will be with you.

Eyes
To see your own eyes in your dream, represents enlightenment, knowledge, comprehension, understanding, and intellectual awareness. Unconscious thoughts may be coming onto the surface. The left eye is symbolic of the moon, while the right eye represents the sun. It may also be a pun on "I" or the self. To dream that you have something in your eye, represents obstacles in your path. Alternatively, it may represent your critical view and how you tend to see faults in others. To dream that you have one eye, indicates your refusal to accept another viewpoint. It suggests that you are one-sided in your ways of thinking. To dream that you have a third eye, symbolizes inner vision and insight. You need to start looking within yourself. To see floating, disembodied eyes in your dreams, foretells of good luck to come. To dream that your eyes are injured or closed, suggests your refusal to see the truth about something or the avoidance of intimacy. You may be expressing feelings of hurt, pain or sympathy. To dream that you have crossed eyes, denotes that you are not seeing straight with regards to some situation. You may be getting your facts mixed up. To dream of dark eyes, denotes the forthcoming of romance.