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States & actions
Waiting
The space between wanting and having
What it often means
Waiting in dreams is active, not passive — it reveals how you hold the gap between desire and arrival. Are you waiting with trust, with dread, with impatience? The quality of the wait says more than what you are waiting for.
When it tends to appear
- During periods of suspension, between chapters
- When something is coming but has not arrived yet
- When patience is being asked of you
Sit with these questions
- 1
What are you waiting for — and what is the quality of that wait?
- 2
Is this a waiting that feels like trust, or like powerlessness?
- 3
What could you do in this waiting that is not waiting?
Did this symbol visit your dream?
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