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Avalanche

Accumulation that lets go at once

What it often means

An avalanche in a dream is what happens when too much accumulates on an unstable slope and lets go all at once — pressure, emotion, or obligation that has built silently until a small trigger brings it all down. The snow was gathering long before it moved.

When it tends to appear

  • When pressure has been accumulating silently
  • When a small trigger threatens to bring everything down
  • When emotion or obligation has built past the slope's limit

Sit with these questions

  1. 1

    What has been quietly accumulating on an unstable slope?

  2. 2

    What small trigger are you afraid will set it all loose?

  3. 3

    What could you release in time, before it releases itself?

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