In this dream, I am shown that I have a new ability or quality available to myself, but I want to keep it to myself.

My husband and I were outside of our home, in the front yard.  As we stood there, a baby deer walked up to me and stood quite close.  We had never seen him before and didn’t know anything about him.  We stepped into our house to the living room and left the front door open.  The baby deer followed us in.  He lay down at my feet as if he belonged to me.  I liked him but didn’t want him in the house because of the mess he would make, being a wild animal. I picked him up and held him.  He did not resist or fight but lay calmly in my arms.   I took him to my fenced-in backyard and laid him on the ground.  I told my husband he would be safe there and wouldn’t make a mess in the house.

Husband-my actual husband or what he represents to me

Front yard-what we show the world.  Awaiting what comes next in life.

Baby-new beginning/idea/or possibility

Deer-independence/nature/wild or gentleness/kindness

Front door-opportunity/idea/experience

Home-one’s personality or current situation or experience

Living room-associated with one’s state of mind or environment.  Could correspond to one’s daily activities or a more formal and public life

Backyard-What we keep to ourselves (secrets from the outside world)

Fence-confining oneself through the limits of emotions, beliefs, or circumstances

In this dream, I have an idea of myself that I show to the world (front yard).  I try to use logic (my husband) to do this. I find a new possibility/idea (baby) comes to me of being more gentle and kind (deer).  This is a new opportunity/idea/experience (front door) that I allow to enter into my current personality/situation/experience (house) and into my daily activities and/or even my public life (living room).  But I am worried this new gentleness/kindness will make a mess of my daily activities/public life, and try to keep it to myself (backyard).  It is indicated that I am confining myself due to limitations of my emotions, beliefs, or circumstances (fence).l

The message of the dream is that I have a new aspect of myself which can be a blessing  and quite wonderful in its effect, but I am limiting myself to its possibilites.  I have personal beliefs/emotions/circumstances which make it difficult to accept this new aspect of myself and allow it to be a part of my daily activities and/or public life. This can be true of anyone when experiencing something new which they didn’t expect.  Even when we develop some new aspect of ourselves which is better, sometimes it takes us a long time to allow it to show through in all areas of our life. My logical mind (and personal limitations) are keeping me from allowing this new aspect of myself to show to others.  But if this is a permanent change within myself, it will eventually show through whether I want it to or not.  I must learn to accept it and let it shine through without causing any harm (messing in my living room).  This is difficult for me, as I have tried other changes that didn’t seem to work well.  This causes me to try and control  this new aspect of myself (fenced in back yard).  Again, even if I resist, as long as I accept this new aspect of myself, I will be unable to confine it permanently.  It will eventually show itself in areas of my behavior and life that I wasn’t planning on.