Sunday, February 11, 2001		Dream theme

Black dark mines, but underneath they shine — Unknown

A woman often had a dream of going deep into the earth in search of something, she did not know what, and came out with hands full of jewellery. But it did not make her feeleither happy or satisfied.

Such a dream is a presentation of according importance to wrong things in life. When the realisation dawns on a person, also come with it regret and dissatisfaction. The entering into the ground is to enter your subconscious.

In a similar manner, the act of mining is generally related to the act of going through or unveiling your subconscious and unconscious. The various metals that one would find through the act of mining would carry their individual meanings as per the character of the metal.

For instance, iron is a metal which characterises sturdiness but also rustiness. Gold is precious but its show is limited to the exterior, diamond on the contrary, besides being precious also carries the character of toughness and immunity to emotions, thus the quote of ‘a heart of diamond’ for an unemotional person. If a man should dream of mining for iron, then you can be sure of himpossessing a hard-working nature with a steady personality.

If we move from the psychological aspect of interpretation to the western ideology, then we would find again individual metals to carry separate references. For instance, dreaming of brass denotes that you shall rise rapidly in your profession, but at the same time carry fears of a downfall of fortune.

Copper, on the other hand, denotes oppression from those above you in station. Iron is a harsh omen of distress. To see an iron weight bear you down with its weight, signifies mental perplexities and distress. To strike with iron, denotes selfishness and cruelty to those dependent on you. To see old and rusty iron signifies poverty and disappointment.

In dreams to see or work with zinc indicates substantial and energetic success. Business will assume a brisk tone in its varying spheres.

To handle gold in your dreams foretells that you shall be unusually successful in all enterprises. To find gold indicates that your superior abilities will place you easily ahead in the race for honour and wealth.

If you lose gold you shall miss the greatest opportunity of your life. On the other hand, dreaming of silver is a warning against depending too much on money for happiness and contentment. Dreaming of silverware denotes worries and unsatisfied desires.

As per Indian theology, seeing gold is a forerunner of a lot of problems, sickness and loss of wealth. Silver on the other hand shall get you dissatisfaction and betrayals. Iron, if seen in dreams is prognostic of gains through hard work. This interpretation is as per Yog Shastra.

To conclude, metals in dreams basically present the restrictions of the real world. It can represent basic abilities and attributes, and also hardness of feeling or emotional rigidity.

Spiritually, metals also are connected to various planets. Sun is represented by gold, the moon by silver, Venus by copper, Mars by iron, Jupiter by tin, Saturn by lead.