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Smaller, Getting Dream Interpretation

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Something or someone getting smaller or shrinking can represent: A perception of that person or thing having less power, strength, influence, importance, or presence in the world.

A matter that has become less important or less prominent within your mind.

The idea of “less of” whatever the thing or person represents.

See Also: Small, Size, Deflating, Decreasing

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  1. The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary by [Back to dream]

63 Symbols and Dream Interpretations about smaller related.

also see Analyst1- In dreams, to shrink is to have a desire to return to childhood, or to a smaller space in order to be looked after. In everyday life we may be aware of losing fa...

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1- To be conscious of size in a dream highlights how we feel in relation to a person, project or object. Big might suggest important or threatening, whereas small might indicate vu...

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Depth Psychology: Seeing yourself as small is a sign of your inferiority feelings.If other things or people appear small: you did not make a great impression on them.See Tall, Big...

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A frequent symbol when the dreamer is feeling inferior. As in the story of Alice in Wonderland, shrinking means entering a new reality.A suggestion to become smaller, more childlik...

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(Balance; Beauty; Capital; Craft; Death; Father; Knowledge; Life; Measuring cup, Oven, Parents, Teacher, Tent) In a dream, the head represents leadership, presidency, or one’s...

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To dream of crying babies, is indicative of ill health and disappointments.A bright, clean baby, denotes love requited, and many warm friends. Walking alone, it is a sure sign of i...

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If you see beautiful hands in your dream, you will enjoy great distinction, and rise rapidly in your calling; but ugly and malformed hands point to disappointments and poverty.To s...

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To see your own nose, indicates force of character, and consciousness of your ability to accomplish whatever enterprise you may choose to undertake.If your nose looks smaller than ...

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To dream that a phantom pursues you, foretells strange and disquieting experiences.To see a phantom fleeing from you, foretells that trouble will assume smaller proportions.See Gho...

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(Awareness, Deafness, Hearing, Stability) One’s ear in a dream represents his hearing, the point of his awareness, his rank, child, property or his status.The ear in a dream al...

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This symbolises a person’s assets and his sons.To see one’ stomach smaller than its normal size suggest that his wealth will increase....

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A dream denoting wickedness on the part of the dreamer (Gypsy); the symbolism here is probably derived from the well-known destructiveness of these birds among the fish and smaller...

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1- When animals appear in a dream they usually represent an aspect of the personality which cannot be properly understood except on an instinctive level. Animal with a cub This w...

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1- To be suffering from indigestion in a dream shows that there is something in our lives which is not being tolerated very well. Equally, it may indicate that we are actually suff...

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also see Water and Pool1- A puddle, being a smaller amount of liquid than either a pool or lake, can nevertheless have the same significance. When one appears in a dream we arc bec...

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(Build, Contour, Frame, Profile) Having a tall figure in a dream signifies pride, arrogance, stinginess, ostentatiousness or pretending to be tall.(See Tallness).If one sees his ...

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(Cellar) In a dream, one’s mouth represents his life from inception to completion. One’s mouth in a dream also represents the course of one’s livelihood and the source of his...

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To be sweeping with a broom means that you need to clear out all the smaller, accumulated bits and pieces of your life and concentrate on the more important things, claim Gypsies i...

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(see Ascent, Circle)A reason for celebration.In a bundle: An image of childhood joys and blessings.Being lifted away by: Detachment; a type of ascent dream. Alternatively, burdens ...

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(see Animals, Diit)An alternative emblem for dragons and serpents, but on a smaller scale.Because the worm has no eyes, an alternative type of blindness dream in which you navigate...

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(Wrap) Ashroud in a dream means coveringone’s private parts, or it could mean having a secret affair, concealing one’s action while displaying a deceptive appearance, or it cou...

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The defences we use, such as pnde, beliefs, anger, to protect ourselves from deeply feeling the impact of the world, relationships, love, anxiety or pain. These are often felt as t...

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Vision: Seeing a pair of binoculars, or looking through them: a satisfactory and secure future. Seeing a pair of broken binoculars: an unstable financial situation in the near fut...

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Vision: Seeing somebody behind a bush: be careful about people who gossip.If the bush is Full of green leaves: good news and great joy in your house. Looking at a bush that is lea...

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Depth Psychology: Everything that appears to be very tall and very big has made an extraordinary impression on you. Are you feeling small in comparison to what you see? Are you ma...

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To dream of participating in bestiality with an animal larger than yourself indicates a feeling of powerlessness within a sexual relationship, and an unconscious desire to dominate...

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This is another form of the Water dream, and the meaning depends upon whether the water is smooth and your voyage pleasant.If not, then expect trouble and worry, according to the s...

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Dreams of a buzzard symbolize that you or someone in your life is preying on those who are energetically weaker and smaller.The buzzard is an ominous symbol for death, decay, destr...

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Vision: If your nose in the dream is bigger dian in real life: you have an excellent chance of becoming influential and wealthy. But the dream is also a warning: don’t stick you...

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To dream of the upper part of the body links with the mind and the spiritual aspects of the character, while the lower part of the body represents the instincts and emotional aspec...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Often when we dream of childhood we are able to put ourselves in touch with the growth process, and can have a sense of growing, usually larg...

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Material aspects: Launching a project in a dream suggests the beginning of an exciting time.A launch was initially a smaller boat for use on a larger one, so therefore can suggest ...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: At times, our own inhibitions and anxieties cannot be faced unless they are first given tangible forms in dreams. In allowing ourselves a vis...

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Just as the human skeleton gives us an understanding of the ‘structure’ of our lives, animals with backbones often give an understanding of the organizational qualities associa...

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Pay attention to the other symbols in the dream.A dream of an angel almost always implies that the dream contains an important message that could have a major impact on your life.T...

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The meaning of the dream depends on its action, and all the details should be carefully thought about, but here are some general meanings: If you dreamed of being a hobo, you will ...

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To dream that someone or something is smaller than usual, represents the dreamer’s feelings of unworthiness or helplessness.If it’s a person who is miniaturized, you feel that ...

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If the coins were counterfeit, the dream foretells a minor illness; otherwise it is a fortunate omen of unexpected gain.However, this is, in a way, a peculiar dream of contrary in ...

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An obstacle dream of contrary.The bigger and more worrisome was your dreamed difficulty the smaller will be your real one....

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The meaning of the dream depends on its action, and all the details should be carefully correlated, but as a general guide: if you dreamed of being a tramp, you are likely to find ...

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Emotional reflection of self; quiet, not particularly ruffled by the winds of change, but boundaries are smaller.See Lake, Water....

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Time is an energy which enables us to experience and refine our creative power. All life is dependent upon cycles of time; everything has its own season. From birth to death is the...

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Your emotions are bubbling up in a controlled expression of joy and ebullience. Water in a dream is always connected to emotions, and a fountain carefully constructs the flow of wa...

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All cats relate to the power of the feminine principle.The larger the cat, the greater the power of this totem.The mountain lion is one of the smaller of the great cats, and the as...

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The cheerful yellow petals of the daffodil bring brightness to spring, when it is one of the first flowers to appear, showing that winter is over. Because of this it is a symbol of...

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Located to the southeast of Australia, New Zealand consists of two main islands and a number of smaller outlying islands so scattered that they range from the tropical to the polar...

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Quarter: Possible interpretations include: showing mercy or pity to a defeated opponent, giving quarter to them; dividing something into any number of smaller units, quartering it;...

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In Judeo-Christian belief, the apple denotes sin and temptation because of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden after the serpent tempted Eve to eat the apple grow...

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A branch, offshoot, or the branching out of something can represent: One portion of something larger (such as a branch of a company).A divergence or diversification.Proliferation o...

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Processing or breaking down something into smaller pieces, perhaps in an attempt to use or understand it better.Trying to “take in,” understand, or accept something.The process...

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The idea of less.Deterioration.Improving or worsening (depending on what is decreasing).Minimizing or downplaying.Becoming less urgent or less important in your mind.For more clues...

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Deflation (such as a deflating balloon, tire, or ball) could represent: The idea of “less than before.” The ending of a process or phase.A challenge or obstacle.A downturn in m...

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A resource being depleted can represent: A feeling or fear of something in your life being depleted (such as money, energy, health, free time, freedom, personal resources, or socia...

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Atrophy, corrosion, or other natural deterioration can represent: Neglect or inattention, or the result of it.The result of an active destructive force or adversarial action (such ...

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Something or someone who disappears can represent: A sudden lack of availability, accessibility, or understanding of whatever is represented by the thing that disappeared.A decreas...

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Drying due to evaporation can represent: Loss or disappearance.Shrinkage.Transformation.A process of reduction or a dwindling supply of something.Something that is dried up, or tha...

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Eroding, wearing off, or wearing away can represent: A process of loss or degradation of something tangible or intangible (such as of communication, a relationship, integrity, or r...

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A saw (or the act of sawing) could represent: Division, separation, or destruction.The process of dividing something into smaller pieces or sections (such as deconstructing a probl...

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The process of dividing something into smaller pieces (such as to understand it better or to separate it into more manageable pieces).Splitting something apart (such as two people ...

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A situation or problem that’s more complex than it first appears (as a strand of yarn is actually made of many smaller fibers).A ball of yarn coming unwound can represent: a situ...

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Universal Landscape: Ideas that swim in the unconscious.Dreaming Lens: What was the container for the water that housed the fish? Was it natural or man-made? Was it the ocean? Was ...

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lucky numbers: 22-25-28-34-35-42black: success in business is promised. brown: at the threshold of healing is sadness. combing your: your vanity is detectable to former companions....

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Nothing more demonstrates the events that are about to happen to you, than dreaming of wearing apparel; but almost every color has a different interpretation, and must depend on it...

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