SHE WISHES TO ADD VALUE TO HER LIFE

In reality, I was given a beautiful emerald ring surrounded by diamonds by my ex years ago, which I sold. I recently dreamed I found an emerald cut ruby ring surrounded by diamonds while on vacation. Then, in my hotel room, I found a box of precious jewelry. I heard voices from the next room and knew they were talking about the jewelry owners, but felt they weren’t good, honest people so I was conflicted about what to do with the jewelry I found. Please decode this dream.

Joyce M., Westport, CT

Whereas finding jewels signifies the need to connect with the psyche’s inner sparkle of creativity, finding engagement rings represents commitment. In this view, a bond is wished for: There may be the wish to recover that which you no longer have — a marital relationship. As such, there are profound feelings of self-worthiness. In another view, there is the wish to light up or enliven your world, to add value to your life.

SHE’S WORRIED SOMETHING’S ABOUT TO POP

I dreamed I went to buy tomatoes. I noticed one was extremely ripe and thought the outside skin would pop if I picked it up. Within its translucence, I saw what looked like tadpoles swimming inside. I went to cut it in a bowl in the bathroom, but the bowl disappeared, the tomato popped, juice flowed down the drain, but no tadpoles were seen. Leaving the bathroom, I felt something gooey under my foot and realized I was standing on the tadpoles. They had grown legs and hopped down the hallway into my coat closet. I realized they were dangerous parasites and worried about catching them and getting them out of my house. What does this mean?

Amy S., Brooklyn, NY

The feminine symbol of a ripe tomato about to pop signifies pregnancy. As such, the swimming tadpoles are the sperms. In this view, pregnancy fears must be worked through, squelched and/or closeted, for the need to abort or terminate is as strong as the wish for menstrual blood. When a fetus that lives off its mother is considered parasitic, one understands that the urge to conceive is null at this point in time.

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