In this dream, I am shown I have gained an unexpected benefit that I wasn’t expecting.

I was with my husband at a gathering outside.  There was a small crowd milling about, partaking in whatever it was we were there for.  My husband handed me a package I received through the mail.  I wasn’t expecting anything and hadn’t ordered anything.  I think he told me,  “It’s the gun you ordered.”  When he said it, I knew that this was right.  I opened the package and there was a small, very modern-looking handgun.  It was black, metallic, and had a very narrow nose.  I wondered if it even worked with such a narrow nose.  But I had no intention of returning it or exchanging it. We left together to place it in our home for safekeeping.

Significant Symbols:

Crowd-work or family life

Outside-what one is cultivating currently with those around them

Mail-receiving a message/idea/insight

Gun-one’s need to defend oneself with words/actions, etc.

Black-the unknown or unconscious knowledge we have which is being brought to our awareness through experience.

Nose-being “on the nose”.  Being specific about the subject and not speaking of anything else.

Home-current situation or experience.

The crowd represents my work or family life, and being outside indicates what I am cultivating currently with these people.  My receiving something in the mail is representative of my receiving a message/idea/or insight.  The gun represents my need to “defend myself”.  The color black represents the unknown or unconscious knowledge we have which is usually brought to our awareness through experience. The nose in this case is representative of being “on the nose”.  My home represents my current situation or experience and how I am thinking.

The message in this dream is about my current work/family situation and what I have been working on within those areas.  I am able to use the knowledge I have gained (from experience) to defend my point of view/ideas/choices, etc. I am able to do this in a very narrow and pointed way, without going beyond the actual subject or situation itself.  In other words, my arguments will be “on the nose”, and will not escalate into arguments about other subjects. For example, a slight that might have occurred before and was never addressed. In the dream I wonder if this will be effective, and believe it will be.  I bring this ability into my current experiences and psyche in a practical and logical manner.