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Emotions

Fear

A messenger asking for attention

What it often means

Fear in dreams is rarely a warning of harm — it is a sentinel asking you to look at something. Once you sit with it, fear tends to become considerably smaller.

When it tends to appear

  • When something unattended needs notice
  • During inner-shadow work
  • When old patterns are stirring

Sit with these questions

  1. 1

    What was the fear pointing toward?

  2. 2

    What does the part of you that fears need from you?

  3. 3

    How might you sit with it rather than outrun it?

Did this symbol visit your dream?

Decode the whole dream