DREAM SYMBOLS LETTER Z
zebra sadness and repression; someone in jail; something associated with Africa may be indicated; a visit to the zoo; feeling as if you live in a zoo; be careful crossing the street in Britain. What is black and white to you, in relationship to your body?
zero emptiness; the beginning; anything is possible; a need to zero in on something; at the beginning or end of something; a zero-hour approaching; holding a space. What is adding up to a big fat zero?
Zeus in Greek mythology; the supreme god; he dethroned his father Chronus; son of Rhea and husband of Hera; identified with the Roman god Jupiter; ruler and protector of humankind, god of the weather, often called the Thunder God; fond of throwing lightning bolts around.. Who is throwing their weight around and trying to be boss?
zigzag taking the straight and narrow path; too narrow and confining; sewing; rick rack trim. How are you having trouble deciding on this way or that way?
zip racing around; keeping your mouth zipped, check the postal code; compacting information. What are you in a hurry to do?
zipper finishing a relationship or job; closing something up; being careful about what you say; talking too much, something about a Zip Code. What do you need to put away for a while?
zodiac being overly dependent on what others tell you; you are more than just your star sign; a rescue boat. How can you use astrology in a positive way?
zombie emotional shutdown; doing what others tell you without thought; fear of the unknown. How can you bring more enthusiasm into your life?
zoo containing and observing instincts; trapped; disorganized; under criticism; pay attention to your instincts; living in a zoo. How are you being restrained from expressing yourself openly and naturally?
zucchini feeling squashed; abundant growth; male sexual symbol. Who is the great cook?
“Just as your body mobilizes its healing abilities to combat disease, your dream mind, during stressful times, can give you images of great beauty and restorative power.”
Letter Z
I am at a large zoo looking at various animals. I see a Camosen dragon and am delighted that I arrived just in time to watch it feeding. Then I go inside a conservatory building, where there are hundreds of beautiful butterflies flying inside the dome and alighting on the branches. Suddenly, I am in an area of fish tanks. I see one huge tank with angel fish in one side and piranhas in the other, separated by glass. I just hope the inner glass barrier doesn’t break. Across the aisle from the tanks is a huge earthen mound with burrows and trails. On the sign I read moles. I wait to see one, but none appear. 
I first look up zoo and read that this is a symbol for containing and observing instincts. Next I look up dragon. It is interesting to see that dragons signify good luck for the East, but bad luck for the West. I am struck by these opposites and as I relate them to my instincts, I realize that perhaps I need to look at my bad, or dark, thoughts and feelings as well as the good ones. Under butterfly, the meaning that best fits this time in my life is transformation. Maybe as we observe and experience our dark side it can be transformed. Just before I look up fish I realize that my dream has all four primary elements: fire = dragon, air = butterfly, water = fish, and earth = mole. Under fish, I read that this signifies emotion or the unconscious. . Since I am in a zoo where instincts are housed and controlled, this must be a dream about looking at my unconscious , both dark and light aspects especially considering there were angel fish (good) and piranhas (bad). The last is the mole. Moles are blind; it’s ironic that I didn’t see it. What have I been blind to?
I prepare a small private space in the corner of my bedroom where I place an overturned box covered with a beautiful cloth. On this I place a rock that I picked up on my morning walk; it represents Earth. The next day on my walk I found a feather; it symbolizes air. Then I add a beeswax candle for fire and a small oriental dish filled with water for the water element, as well as to invoke the beneficial Eastern dragon. Each morning for five minutes or so, I sit in front of my little “shrine” and contemplate these primary elements of life as I attempt to see with spiritual eyes and learn from my dream.
Over the past several weeks I find I am better able to acknowledge my anger. I make a deliberate effort not to push my anger down into my body. My anger, symbolized by the Western dragon or separated piranha in my dream, can be allowed to mingle with the other aspects of my character. As a result, these aspects are transformed, as symbolized by my dream butterflies.
When I think about this dream and its interpretation, I am awed by the powerful examples of opposites. I learned I don’t have to be perfectly good all the time and that there is only a thin partition between my “angel” part and my “piranha” part and that both are rightful inhabitants of my personal zoo. I think the central message is that we don’t need to be so determined to separate good emotions from those we perceive as bad ones. Awareness and acceptance of all my emotions will transform and heal my body, as well as give me a greater sense of overall mastery in my emotional life.