Odd dream.

I was at my home in the living room.  A man was with me, possibly my husband.  He had dark hair.  We were working on something when there was a knock on the door.  I went to the door and looked through the peephole to see who it was, as I wasn’t expecting anyone.  A man and a giraffe stood there.  I didn’t know the man.  I looked at the giraffe and was immediately terrified.  He was covered in blood and deep gashes and bruises.  He looked like he was dead and yet walking around. And he was looking at the door in an intelligent manner, an equal to the man.  I stepped away from the door quickly and signaled to the man in the house to be quiet.  I ran to the kitchen and looked carefully through the window to see if they were still there.  The giraffe stepped towards the window and looked in. I ducked behind the wall and crouched on the floor.  The giraffe dipped his head and looked directly at me, as if he could see me through the wall.  This scared me even more. I didn’t want anything to do with him.

SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS:

Home- one’s personality or current situation or experience. The status of one’s state of consciousness.  For example, type of home or whose home can be a more clear indicator of what exactly is being addressed.   A friend’s home could indicate you are experiencing a current situation very similar to how you view your friend as living or thinking.  A haunted house adventure would indicate travelling through an experience which can be scary but is controlled.  An actual haunted house would indicate a state of consciousness filled with fears, thoughts, the past or that which keeps haunting one’s self.

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

Man-corresponds to the masculine side of one’s nature.  Masculine traits-strength, courage, determination, virility.  Independence.

Black-knowledge associated with the unknown, the unconsciousness, or the suppressed. Mystery.  The unknown or unconscious knowledge we have which is being brought to our awareness.

Hair-Ideas, thoughts, creativity, intellect, state of mind, mental processes.  The thinking that one has.

Work-One’s present occupation and/or one’s duty or obligation.  One’s feelings about work or what is going on there.

Door-an opportunity, experience, idea or new pathways to personal expression.  Unexplored regions of the self.  Front door, what is coming next.

Giraffe- ability to see from above. Something that is out of reach.  The will. Might have a great distance between one’s thoughts (head) and one’s emotions ( heart).

Blood- represents the physical forces of life itself. Can correspond to the ideas and ideals flowing through a person’s body. Bleeding in a dream might indicate you are pouring too much of yourself into whatever you are doing. Symbolic of the sacrifice of Christ.

Cuts/Gashes- the opening of something. Limitations that have been held in. Something that effects or hurts deeply.

Dead-Dead (death)-the end of an idea, an experience, a project or relationship.  Symbolic of a transition or change.

Kitchen-where one is fed or nurtured physically, mentally, spiritually.

Window-associated with sight, awareness, attitudes, or that which is presented to the world.

In this dream, I am using a particular way of thinking (home) in my daily activities (living room). This particular way of thinking includes a masculine energy (man) that exhibits an understanding of the unknown or unconscious (black hair).  There is an opportunity, experience or idea ready to enter my life (door), but I am afraid of it. It is another masculine energy (man) with the ability to view a problem or situation in its entirety while remaining emotionally distanced (giraffe).  This ability frightens me as it requires a commitment to be open (cuts/gashes) to self-sacrifice (blood) to use it. It is a change (dead) coming to my particular way of thinking, and I am very scared of what will be asked of me.  I try to use my awareness to understand what is coming (window), and then to hide away from it using thinking that has nurtured me before (kitchen). But I cannot stay hidden from this (the giraffe looking at me).

I am afraid of the change that is coming.  Change might involve living in a slightly different way than I have before, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t like the change once I get used to it.  Hopefully, it is not the kind of change that completely turns one’s life upside down in a bad way.