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Heart
The literal centre
What it often means
Hearts in dreams reflect the state of your emotional centre — its capacity to feel, give, receive. A heart that hurts in a dream often points to a feeling-task in waking life.
When it tends to appear
- During seasons of emotional work
- When love — given or received — is in flux
- When you have been intellectualising your feelings
Sit with these questions
- 1
How was your heart faring in the dream?
- 2
What feeling is asking to be felt all the way through?
- 3
How could you tend your heart this week, without performance?
Did this symbol visit your dream?
Decode the whole dream