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Your dream body represents your dream ego and your conscious identity. Specific body parts are only significant if they are different than usual. In some cases, your dream may forewarn of health problems/concerns of that particular body part.

Abdomen

To see your abdomen in a dream, refers to your natural instincts and repressed emotions. This symbol may also have a strictly physiological factor where you may be experiencing constipation or indigestion. Emotionally, seeing your abdomen in your dream may imply something in your real life that you "cannot stomach" or have difficulties accepting You want to get it out of your system.

To dream that you abdomen is exposed, signifies trust and vulnerability. You may be expressing a desire to express your primal emotions/instincts. TOP

Ankle

To dream about your ankles, indicates that you are seeking support and direction in your life. Ask yourself where you want to be headed. TOP

Anus

To see your anus in your dream, signifies negative emotions that you may be holding in and repressing. It represents feelings of guilt, shame, and self-worth. Alternatively, the anus is associated with your generosity or stinginess. Consider also you or someone in your life who may be anal retentive and perhaps need to loosen up a bit. TOP

Arm

To see your arms as the emphasis in your dream, indicates your nurturance side and your ability to reach out and care for people. Alternatively, it may represent the struggles and challenges in your life. Consider the pun "arm yourself" which implies that you need to protect yourself, be more aggressive and take a firmer stance on things.

To dream that your arm has been injured, signifies your inability to care for yourself or your helplessness in reaching out to others. You may have been feeling limited and restricted in terms of your freedom or activities. The right arm signifies your outgoing nature and is associated with masculine energy, while your left arm signifies your supportive or nurturing nature and is associated with feminine qualities. Losing either arm may suggest that you are failing to recognize its respective characteristics.

To dream that you rip someone else's arms out, indicates that you are extremely upset with something that this person has done, but you have not been able to fully express your anger. Because you tend to keep your emotions inside, it is finding expression in your dreams in a violent way. TOP

Armpit

To see/notice your or someone else's armpit in your dream, represent your social connections and your relationships to others. It is the characteristics and personality that you chose to display to the public.

To smell your armpit in your dream, indicates that you are making some character adjustments in order to smooth over a situation or relationship. Alternatively, it suggests that you are looking for acceptance. TOP

Back

To dream of your back, represents your attitudes, strengths, burdens and stance in the world. It may also relate to stress and pressure that someone is putting on you.

To see a naked back in your dream, symbolizes secrets that you may have kept from others or aspects of yourself that you have kept hidden and shielded away. Consider the pun, "watch your back!"; this dream may be telling you to do just that. Traditionally, seeing a back in your dream, forewarns that you should not lend money to anyone. In particular, lending money to friends will cause a rift in your relationship.

To see a person turn their back on you, signifies that you will be deeply hurt as a result of envy and jealousy. TOP

Blood

To dream that you are bleeding or losing blood, signifies that you are suffering from exhaustion or that you are feeling emotionally drained. It may also denote bitter confrontations between you and your friends. Your past actions has come back to haunt you. Women often dream of blood or of someone bleeding shortly before or during their periods and when they are pregnant.

To dream that you are drinking blood, indicates that you have a fresh burst of vitality and power. TOP

**See The Meaning In Action: "Menstruation"

Body

To dream about your own body, signifies your level of self-worth and self-esteem. Often times, these qualities are dependent on your physical appearance or how your perceive yourself. The dream body also reflects your conscious identity. The body is also representative of your state of health. TOP

Bones

To see bones in your dream, suggests the discovery of your personal, family, or cultural secrets. It is also symbolic of your underlying strengths that you have not yet recognized.

To dream of broken bones, signifies that you have discovered or realized that there is a weakness in your plans or in your thinking. Your dream may call for you immediate attention to a particular situation or relationship. TOP

Brain

To see your brain in your dream, suggests that you are under severe intellectual stress. It may also symbolize your problem-solving abilities and that you need to put those abilities to use. Alternatively, it may imply that your ideas are not receiving enough attention and validation. You are concerned that your knowledge and teachings are not be transmitted clearly. TOP

Breasts

To see breasts in your dream, symbolizes primal nourishment and your need to be nursed and care for. It represent motherhood, nurturance, and infantile dependency. Alternatively, breasts represents sexual arousal and raw energy.

Seeing naked breasts can also denote a feeling of exposure and invasion of privacy. In particular, for a woman, the dream may indicate anxieties about becoming a woman/mother. TOP

Buttocks

To see your buttocks in your dream, represents your instincts and urges. It may also indicate feelings of insecurity and reveals your struggles with some situation.

To dream that your buttocks are misshaped, suggests undeveloped or wounded aspects of your psyche. TOP

Calves

To see your calves in your dream, symbolizes movement and your ability to jump from situation to situation.

To dream that you are admiring your own calves, foretells that you will soon enter into a love relationship with someone who may be too needy and dependent on you. TOP

Cheeks

To see your cheeks in your dream, symbolizes commitment, intimacy, and closeness. It also reveals your strength of character and your opinions. Alternatively, cheeks can also be a slang for the buttocks.

To see rosy-colored cheeks in your dream, signifies life energy, enthusiasm and vitality.

To dream that your checks are painted, represents your attitudes of courage and violence/passivity. TOP

Chest

To see your chest in your dream, signifies confidence, conquest and vitality. Alternatively, it represents feelings of being overwhelmed and being dangerously confronted by something. Consider also if the dream is telling you that there is something that you need to "get off your chest".

To dream that you are beating on your chest, indicates triumph and a great accomplishment. TOP

Ears

To see ears in your dreams, suggests that you need to be more responsive or receptive to guidance and assistance from others. You may be relying too much on your own judgment and intuition. You need to listen more closely to what you are being told. Alternatively, it signifies your immaturity and lack of experience.

To dream that you are cleaning wax from your ears, suggests that you are not listening to those around you. There may be something that you are refusing to hear. Are you turning a deaf ear?

To dream of pain in your ear, indicates that you will be receive some bad or offensive news. . TOP

Elbows

To see your own elbows in your dream, indicates that you need to make a space for yourself. Your dream may express hesitance or fear in creating your own space for fear of being scrutinized.

To dream that your elbow is wounded, suggests your inability to function in some waking situation. It may also refer to some sexual anxiety. The right elbow relate to moral and ethical issues while the left elbow represents passiveness and your undeveloped characteristics. TOP

Entrails

To dream of human entrails (your own or another's), signifies horrible misery and despair and little hope for happiness.

To dream of the entrails of a wild animal or beast, denotes the defeat of your enemy.

To dream that you tear the entrails of another, signifies your own cruel intents to further your own interest and gain. TOP

*Please see Intestines.

Eyes

To see your own eyes in your dream, represents enlightenment, knowledge, comprehension, understanding, and intellectual awareness. Unconscious thoughts may be coming onto the surface. The left eye is symbolic of the moon, while the right eye represents the sun. It may also be a pun on "I" or the self. If you dream that your eyes have turned inside your head and you can now see the inside of your head, then it symbolizes insight and something that you need to be aware of. This dream may be literally telling you that you need to look within your self. Trust your intuition and instincts.

To dream that you have something in your eye, represents obstacles in your path. Alternatively, it may represent your critical view and how you tend to see faults in others.

To dream that you have one eye, indicates your refusal to accept another viewpoint. It suggests that you are one-sided in your ways of thinking.

To dream that you have a third eye, symbolizes inner vision and insight. You need to start looking within yourself.

To dream that your eyes are injured or closed, suggests your refusal to see the truth about something or the avoidance of intimacy. You may be expressing feelings of hurt, pain or sympathy.

To dream that you have crossed eyes, denotes that you are not seeing straight with regards to some situation. You may be getting your facts mixed up. TOP

**See The Meaning In Action: "Red Eyes"

Eyebrows

To notice eyebrows in your dream, represents expressions of amazement, disbelief, surprise, or doubt. It may also indicate concern or disapproval. TOP

Eyelashes

To dream that you eyelashes are growing, signifies that good health and fortunes will be with you. TOP

Face

To see your own face in your dream, denotes the persona you choose to show to the world as oppose to the real you. It may refer to confrontations and your willingness to deal with problems and issues in your life.

To dream that you face is flawed or pimply, represents erupting emotions. You may have suffered an attack on your persona or your reputation. TOP

Feet

To see your own feet in your dream, symbolizes your foundation, stability and sense of understanding. It signifies your need to be more practical and sensible. Keep both feet on the ground. Alternatively, it represents mobility, independence and freedom. Perhaps you have taken a step in the right direction and are contemplating your goals or your next step. The sole of the foot may be a pun of being or feeling like the only support of some person/situation.

Consider also the pun of "putting your foot in your mouth".

To dream that you are washing your feet, indicates that others can easily take advantage of you.

In particular for the people of India, to dream of the feet may symbolize divine qualities since the feet are considered the holiest part of the body. TOP

Fingers

To see your fingers in you dream, symbolizes physical and mental dexterity. They indicate manipulation, action and non-verbal communication.

To dream that your fingers are injured or have been chopped off, denotes your anxieties about your ability to accomplish some demanding task or perform in some waking situation.

To dream of a finger pointing at you, signifies self-blame. TOP

Fingernails

To see clean, well-kept fingernails, denotes that you are well cultured and have a high literary mind.

To see dirty fingernails, signifies disgrace amongst your family.

To dream that you fingernails break, suggests that you are trying to avoid some situation or trying to get out of a responsibility.

To dream that you are polishing your fingernails, represents glamour. TOP

Forehead

To see a fine and smooth forehead in your dream, signifies your good judgment and fairness. It is also indicative of your intellectual capacities.

To see a wrinkled forehead, symbolizes worries and burdens. You may be deep in thought.

To dream that you feel the forehead of your child, denotes sincere praises. TOP

Genitals

To dream of your genitals, represents your feelings toward sex/sexuality and your attitudes toward masculinity/femininity. It also relates to issues of commitment and pleasure. TOP

*Please see also Penis and Vagina.

Hand

To dream of your hands, represents your relationship to those around you and how you connect with the world. Hands serve as a form of communication. A fist is symbolic of aggression and power. Generally, left hands symbolize feminine, receptive qualities, while right hands symbolize masculine, active attributes.

To dream that you hands are injured, denotes an attack on your ego.

To dream that your hands are clasped, signifies unity, completeness, acceptance or agreement.

To dream that you have unusually large hands, denotes much success in achieving your goals.

To dream that your hands are hairy, denotes that you will play a part in falsely incriminating someone.

To see blood on your hands, signifies that you are experiencing some sort of guilt.

To dream that you are washing your hands, represents a worrisome issue that you need to work through. TOP

Head

To see a head in your dream, signifies wisdom, intellect, understanding and rationality. It may also represent your accomplishments, self-image, and perception of the world. TOP

Heart

To see your heart in your dream, signifies truth, courage, love, and romance. It is representative of how you are currently dealing with your feelings and expressing your emotions. Also consider the saying "the heart of the matter" which implies that you may need to get down to the core of a situation before proceeding. TOP

Intestines

To see intestines in your dream, signifies evil, disaster, and extreme misfortune

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