DREAM SYMBOLS LETTER K
kaleidoscope confusion; too much information at once; pieces are beginning to fall together; missing some important information. How does the dream point to a feeling that started in your childhood when you had a kaleidoscope?
kangaroo motherhood is indicated; working hard for children and others who depend on you; determination and strength; protecting your pouch. How does Australia relate to your waking life concerns?
karate self-protection; you don’t need weapons; fast on your feet; physically fit. Who are you fighting with your bare hands?
keepsake memories of that special person and place may be significant now; feelings and thoughts related to aging. What is your dream saying will be important to you in the future?
keg drinking alcohol suppresses dreaming; good times may be distracting you from difficulties but also keeping you from noticing the wonderful things in your life. Who’s about to explode?
kelp seaweed which is good for a number of ailments (see a herbal remedy book for more information which your dreaming mind may already be knowledgeable about); a part of your unconscious, represented indirectly by the ocean; indicates growing hopefulness, new possibilities and positive change. Who is interested in the plant of the sea?
kennel someone is “in the dog house”; listen to your natural inclinations. Who needs to be cared for while you are away?
kerchief hiding your thoughts and thereby hiding your power; feeling defensive and self conscious; needing protection from the outside world. Who is hiding their ambition behind feminine wiles?
kettle feeling pressured, boiling mad; needing to “blow off steam”; someone is always blaming others for their problems; needing to relax and think things over before taking any action. Who needs to put their feet up and have a nice, hot cup of tea?
key you have all the tools you need to unlock the truth; finding the central piece of the issue; gaining access to the complete solution; hitting the right key; being well prepared. Who is the key player in this life dilemma?
keyboard pay attention to what you write with your keyboard; spending too much time at the computer; neglecting other important areas of your life. Who do you know who plays a keyboard?
kick giving someone a good “kick in the pants”; feeling abused; not being open and honest about your feelings; someone giving you a kickback; lying around doing nothing; a big start off. Who is getting a kick out of someone, or something?
kid memories of being treated unfairly as a child; being a concerned parent about your child; treating someone with “kid gloves”; kidding around. How are you neglecting to listen to the kid in you?
kidnap someone taking all the credit for work you have been doing; feeling held hostage by someone who is bullying you and “has something” on you; making sure your kids are getting enough rest. How have you been kidnapped by a dark force within?
kidney health issue related to urination may be indicated; suppressed anger; eating too much organ meat. Who are you “pissed off” with?
kill shame, embarrassment and humiliation indicated; you are angry at someone for everything you hate in yourself; cutting off a supply or your energy; aggression. (See murder) What part of yourself are you prepared to “kill off”?
kiln creating things with heat; someone is getting “all fired up”. Who is the potter you know?
kilt Scotland indicated; family traditions; freedom from oppression and rebellion; pride of country; keeping the secret of what’s under the kilt. Who do you know who wears a kilt?
kimono sitting around the house too much; covering up your sleeping identity; Japanese association. Who’s the geisha?
kindergarten starting all over again; returning to school; feelings you had on your first day of school are surfacing; feeling like the new “kid on the block”; inexperienced and scared. Where are you beginning all over again?
king someone in authority; having power and financial security; the head, the leader; father is indicated. Who’s approval do you seek that reminds you of dear old dad?
kiosk feeling cramped; not enough space; a shelter. What are you trying to sell yourself on?
kiss time to wake up; sexuality indicated; wanting to connect with another to compensate for qualities you lack in yourself. Who’s waiting for Prince or Princess Charming to make their life worthwhile?
kit small and vulnerable; get the right equipment. What pieces can you put together to make one neat package?
kitchen place of transformation; life is changing due to a new job or relationship; associated with mother’s role; nurturance, food and warmth; all the parts of your life that make it whole; don’t throw away the pieces that you treasure. Who can you turn to for support?
kite leisure and childlike joy is indicated; needing to relax, smell the roses and fly a kite; needing to escape from realities of adult responsibilities; suppressed anger. Who would you like to tell to “go fly a kite”?
kitten a young and quickly developing part of yourself needs care and support; vulnerability and nervousness; holding high stakes (kitty). Who is as playful as a kitten?
knapsack desire to travel light indicated; carrying your life around on your back; packing stress and resentment; time to take a nap. When in your life were a knapsack and a thumb all you needed to see the world?
knee automatically reacting to circumstances; prayer and meditation; feeling beaten and “put down”; knee-deep into something; someone only knee-high. What is bringing you to your knees?
knife a knife can harm or be a tool; cut away the excess and be your true self; getting stabbed in the heart; a “cutting remark”; an operation. What do you need to cut out of your life?
knight bravery; blind dedication to a cause; wanting someone to save you from the tyranny you are living under; old fashioned way of settling a score. (See night) Who acts like a knight in shining armour?
knit bringing two people together; staying warm; frowning in disapproval; someone is really invading your space. Who has “lost count” of the pattern?
knob on the threshold of a great opportunity; open the door with an open mind; someone is trying to communicate with you. Who is rattling the door- knob?
knock opportunity is waiting for your answer; feeling pushed around and abused. Who has heard opportunity’s “third knock” and is still hesitating to respond?
knot feelings of tension and stress; feeling frustrated and unable to move forward; needing to release pressure in your back and stomach; saying “no” too often. Whose jammies are in a knot?
“There are dreams and dreams, and we must get rid of the assumption that they all resemble each other”.
Mary Arnold-Forster
Letter K
Note: The following is an example of how to use the DreamQuest Dictionary of Dream Symbols for a daily life situation. A woman wanted more information about this waking life issue, so she used the dream dictionary and the 3 R’s to get more information and to help sort out what was going on in her unconscious mind. She wrote the incident out and entitled it as if it were a dream.
I look up Christmas and read “a time to give and receive gifts.” How can this incident be a gift, I wonder? Next I look up money. The question for this entry “How much money is enough?” is the perfect question for me. For as long time I have had huge issues around money. I have done a lot of personal work around this but still seem to be in a perpetual state of not having enough, no matter how much I earn. Just when I thought I had all my expenses covered, this happens. I was starting to feel victimized again. I also check out expensive and to the question, “What is too expensive?” I came up with the answer of “keeping a poverty consciousness”. I next look up entrance and read that this can be a beginning. I have had so many new beginnings with money and each time I think I’ve finally worked it out. Maybe the key is in this “waking dream”. Oh, I just realized I found two keys instead of the money. O.K. so what are the two keys I have not been seeing? I look up water and this means emotion and the unconscious. Maybe I am suppressing emotions related to poverty. Lastly I look up defrost, which asks, “What needs to be thawed out?” My spontaneous answer is: “the frozen part of myself”. I also think it is time to unplug myself from childhood beliefs about money and my worth.
When I found those keys instead of a cheque I felt like a victim. After I looked up the words in the dictionary I realized that I had been feeling victimized around money. I decided not to be a victim anymore and went to Small Claims Court to charge my ex-tenant with leaving without notice. After leaving the court office I went to a book store and on impulse bought Stuart Wilde’s book, “The little Money Bible” and began reading it. 
I was wondering how to find my ex-tenant in order to serve the papers on him, when his father phoned long distance. I told him what happened and he was shocked too. His son also owed for the phone bill; he told me to send it to him and he would pay it. I asked about the rent and he thought it was only proper that I legally pursue for it. I am continuing to do this. I do not feel vindictive, but I refuse to be a victim. Also “The Little Money Bible” is helping me to access deeper emotional reactions to money that have long been frozen in my unconscious. I feel a shift in my attitude towards money and have made some definite follow up plans. 
I had many intellectual answers to my money problems. Working with dreams, however, has taught me that you have to put insight into action in order to make lasting changes in your life. By pretending that this waking life incident was a dream and doing the 3 R’s to Dream Integration I discovered another key to my money problems. I have changed my self-defeating attitudes, and my financial situation is greatly improving. .