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States & actions

Searching

Looking for what you almost remember

What it often means

Searching in dreams suggests an inner question that has not yet found its answer. Often what is being looked for in the dream is a stand-in for a feeling, a knowing, or a missing part of self.

When it tends to appear

  • When something inner has been misplaced
  • During life-direction questioning
  • When you have outgrown an old wanting

Sit with these questions

  1. 1

    What were you looking for?

  2. 2

    When did you last have it?

  3. 3

    Are you searching for the thing — or for the feeling it once gave you?

Did this symbol visit your dream?

Decode the whole dream