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Places
Cave
The dark interior
What it often means
Caves are the inward places — primal, hidden, unmapped. To enter one in a dream is to descend into a part of yourself that has been guarded, often from yourself.
When it tends to appear
- During inner-shadow work
- When something repressed is starting to surface
- When ancestral or ancient parts of you are stirring
Sit with these questions
- 1
What did you find inside?
- 2
Was the cave protective or threatening?
- 3
What part of yourself have you not visited in a long time?
Did this symbol visit your dream?
Decode the whole dream