DREAM SYMBOLS LETTER Y
yacht ready for a holiday; luxury. (See sale and sail) Who is cruisin’ for a bruisin’?
yak talking a lot; working hard. Who is fed up with idle chatter?
yam get to the root of the problem; laziness and excuses; wild yam is an herbal remedy. What might be buried within you that is ready to be harvested and enjoyed?
yard pay attention to issues that are your own business; being nosey and intrusive; making headway; you’re three feet away; having a lawn sale. What is right in front of you that you are neglecting?
yarn lies; telling stories to get out of something. Who has been spinning yarns, or playing with the cat?
yeast feeling tired; low energy; food allergy may be indicated. What is brewing beneath the surface?
yell needing attention; your inner self needs to get an important message across to you. Who is not hearing you?
yellow fear; flu virus or melancholy may be indicated. What is so bright, you have to squint to look at it?
yoga give serious thought to exercise and meditation. How is this dream experience speaking to your spiritual growth?
yogurt relationship going sour; rage; difficulties digesting milk products. Who is the sour puss?
yoke entrapment; unfairly judged; a need to break free. (See yolk) Who has you on a collar?
yolk nutritious food; a new beginning has been cracked; high cholesterol. (See yoke) What is at the center of your world?
young reminds you of the past; feeling inexperienced and inferior; patterns formed in childhood. What unresolved issues from your childhood is your dream pointing to?
youth a new beginning; new job; new relationship; inexperienced. Why are you mourning your lost youth, and are you using that for an excuse?
yo-yo up and down; childlike fun and challenge; playful. Who has you on a string?
“The experience of dreaming is not ‘rational’, but this does not mean that it is not meaningful.”
Letter Y
I am sitting on the floor in the corner. I have a four-year-old boy behind me whom I’m protecting from a lioness that is stretched out in front of us. She is chewing on my hand lightly and playfully, but it hurts. I know that if I show fear the lioness will get violent. My older brother enters the room and I realize the lioness is his house pet. I’m angry at him for having such a dangerous pet.” 
corner: boxed into a corner; feeling there is no where to turn. Who has backed you into a corner?
My older brother had always picked on me when I was a child and now his wife was doing the same thing. Now I had both of them to deal with, but it felt especially hard to confront my sister-in-law. I was caught between having to act nice, as I had been told by my parents, or as I really felt. I would smile politely when she pointed out my mistakes or criticized my clothes, but what I wanted to do was scratch her eyes out. (So there’s the lioness part of me coming out. ) I decided to call my sister-in-law and invite her to lunch to talk things over in private. I told her how I felt when she and my brother ganged up on me at family gatherings and how I felt backed into a corner and not able to be honest about my feelings. I was afraid of offending her and making my brother angry, as well as not living up to my mother’s expectations. 
My sister-in-law happily accepted my invitation and she apologized for upsetting me. She said she had no idea she was doing this. She said she thought I was taking it in fun because I would just laugh (letting the lioness chew on my hand even though it hurt!). She had no idea that I was so upset and offended by the joking. She also suggested I discuss this with my brother because he loves me and wouldn’t hurt me for the world. She was positive he had no idea how much the joking around had hurt me and caused me to dread getting together with them.
My sister-in-law helped me to understand that family relationships look and feel very different from one sibling to another. I told my brother about my dream and we had a long telephone conversation about our childhood experiences. He never knew that his teasing bothered me and had never given it a second thought. He said he was interested in dreams and their meanings and he wanted to do this more often with me. He also had dreams of the family and he wanted us to work through them together. Doing this has brought us closer than we’ve ever been. I am closer to my sister-in-law also and thank her for her understanding and help in getting me out the corner. I’ve often wondered what the lioness would have done in my dream if I had just said, “Excuse me!”