Dreamcatcher: Black Dahlia Flowers

Black Dahlia Flowers

I am in the back field/lot beyond the trees in my dad's back yard with my mom and my little cousin Shelby. Everything has a grey hue, like it's cold and over cast. Shelby wants to run into the right area of the field, up a little weed-covered incline to find the black flowers beyond, but we stop her because there could be snakes. To make it safe, we go inside and get in tall boots, jeans, and winter coats. I find a paper towel cardboard roll, and thing about cutting it in half and slicing down one side to make leg protectors for Shelby but my mom says that it's not necessary, that her boots will work just fine. My other young cousin, Johnathan, insists that everyone wears bug spray to keep the mosquitoes off. By the fire place near the back door, I use a can of bug spray that's almost empty, so what comes out is wet and concentrated. I don't get an even spray. My dad stands nearby, also getting ready I think. Johnathan, who sits on the red bricks of the fireplaces, sprays me with his can secretly and playfully, but I tell him to stop because he almost gets it in my eyes. He continues anyways, and I have to get really serious to get him to stop. Then, it's time to head outside. I look out, and see that it's pouring rain. I get excited and head out first, because I love the rain. I lead everyone into the back yard, down the path that leads to the back field. I look at the rain drops hitting against the puddles collected on the ground as we go, admiring their beauty. There is a fence that has no gate but a split that works like a gate, but my dad has locked it up with rusty chains wrapped around a bucket. I undo it half way, but it becomes a pain and I don't want to upset my dad because he will have to be the one to put it back. I put what I undid inside the horizontal bucket stuck on the top of the flimsy wire fence, and decide the easiest way is to either go to the other gate which I know is also going to be no fun to unlock, or just jump over. Jump over I do. But, when I look backwards, everyone is gone. All I see is fog all around me in this back field, suffocating the trees and myself. It gets so thick I can't see the road across the way nor the neighbors. I see the "black dahlia flowers" that we were going to pick are starting to bloom. I start to panic, feeling isolated and in danger. I jump back over the fence, but still, I am alone. Going back over didn't take me out of this Silent Hill-like place. I run down to the other gate, thinking maybe I can figure my way out using that gate instead, but it seems to be welded shut. [End]

Relative to Real Life~
Night of July 21st, 2013
Real-life characters: Mom, Shelby, Johnathan, Dad.
Dream-created characters: None.
Real-life places: Dad's back yard, Dad's back field, living room near fire place.
Dream-created places: None.
Different than real life: There is now a huge garage in the back field instead of it being open like it was before and in my dream, where there was an incline in my dream there is actually a fence with a gate now and before the fence was there there was no incline, there are no black flowers in the back field but I have seen snakes there, Johnathan and Shelby have never been to my Dad's place, my mom hasn't been to that house in over two years now, I haven't been in the back field in at least a year or two, where I dreamed there was the first gate I come to is actually where the back yard fence meets the new garage, and the second weak gate in the fence is where the real gate is, the fence is more sturdy than I dreamt, I've never seen it as foggy there as I dreamt.
Precognitive: (7-23-13) I had no idea that a Dahlia was an actual flower until after this dream. I knew who Black Dahlia was because of a song that I listen to is titled My Black Dahlia and I did some research onto the meaning of the title and, unfortunately, found the crime photos. DO NOT SEARCH BLACK DAHLIA unless real life gore doesn't unsettle you. But, back on the topic of the flower, my dream translated Dahlia into a flower in this dream before I even knew that a Dahlia was a flower. It doesn't come in black and the real Dahlia flowers don't look like what I saw in my dream, but none the less I saw "black Dahlia flowers" in my dream.
Reoccurring: No.

To see a fence in your dream, signifies an obstacle or barrier that may be standing on your path. You may feel confined and restricted in expressing yourself. Are you feeling fenced in some situation or confined in some relationship? Alternatively, it may symbolize a need for privacy. You may want to shut off the rest of the world.

To dream that you are climbing to the top of a fence, denotes success. If you climb over the fence, then it indicates that you will accomplish your desires via not so legitimate means. If you dream that you are on the fence, then the dream may be a metaphor indicating that you undecided about something.

To dream that you are building a fence, suggests that you are building a solid foundation for success. Alternatively, it indicates that you are blocking something out or you are shutting yourself out.

To dream that you fall from a fence, denotes that you are in way over your head in regards to some project which you are dealing with.

10,000 Dreams Interpreted

To dream of climbing to the top of a fence, denotes that success will crown your efforts.

To fall from a fence, signifies that you will undertake a project for which you are incapable, and you will see your efforts come to naught.

To be seated on a fence with others, and have it fall under you, denotes an accident in which some person will be badly injured.

To dream that you climb through a fence, signifies that you will use means not altogether legitimate to reach your desires.

To throw the fence down and walk into the other side, indicates that you will, by enterprise and energy, overcome the stubbornest barriers between you and success.

To see stock jumping a fence, if into your enclosure, you will receive aid from unexpected sources; if out of your lot, loss in trade and other affairs may follow.

To dream of building a fence, denotes that you are, by economy and industry, laying a foundation for future wealth. For a young woman, this dream denotes success in love affairs; or the reverse, if she dreams of the fence falling, or that she falls from it.

Hyper Dictionary

Seeing a fence in your dream means an obstacle or barrier that may be standing on your path. You may feel confined and restricted in expressing yourself. Are you feeling fenced in? Alternatively, it may symbolize a need for privacy. You may want to shut off the rest of the world. Dreaming that you are climbing to the top of a fence indicates success. If you climb over the fence, then it indicates that you will accomplish your desires via not so legitimate means. Dreaming that you are building a fence means a solid foundation for future wealth through your economical and industrious character. Dreaming that you fall from a fence indicates that you are in way over your head in regards to some project which you are incapable of dealing with. Seeing animals jumping over a fence into an enclosure, foretells that you will receive assistance from an unexpected source. Seeing them jumping out means loss in trade.

The Dictionary of Symbols

Different flowers usually have separate meanings, but, as so often
happens, flower-symbolism is broadly characterized by two essentially different
considerations: the flower in its essence, and the flower in its shape. By its very
nature it is symbolic of transitoriness, of Spring and of beauty. The sixth of the
‘Eight Immortals’ of China, Lan Ts’ai-ho, is generally depicted clad in blue and
carrying a basket of flowers; it is said that he was given to singing of the brevity
of life and the ephemeral nature of pleasure (5). The Greeks and Romans, at all
their feasts, always wore crowns of flowers. And they would strew flowers over
the corpses as they bore them to the funeral pyre and over their graves (not so
much as an offering as an analogy) (8). We have, then, another example of an
antithetical symbol, like the skeleton which the Egyptians would bring to their
banquets, as a reminder of the reality of death and as a stimulus towards the
enjoyment of life. Now, because of its shape, the flower is an image of the
‘Centre’, and hence an archetypal image of the soul (56). ‘Celestial flower’ is the
name given to a meteorite or a shooting star by the alchemists (57), and the flower
was, for them, symbolic of the work of the sun (32). The significance would be
adapted according to the colour of the flower. So, for example, orange or yellowcoloured flowers represent a reinforcement of the basic sun-symbolism; red flowers emphasize the relationship with animal life, blood and passion. The ‘blue
flower’ is a legendary symbol of the impossible, and is probably an allusion to the
‘mystic Centre’ as represented by the Grail and other such symbols. The ‘golden
flower’ is a famous parallel in Chinese mysticism, a non-existent flower which is
also spoken of in alchemy; in the Epistola ad Hermannum Arch. Coloniensem
(Theatr. Chem. 1622) it is given the name of ‘the sapphire-blue flower of the
Hermaphrodite’ (32).

Dream Moods

To see colorful flowers in your dream, signify kindness, compassion, gentleness, pleasure, beauty, and gain. It is also symbolic of perfection and spirituality. Your dream may be an expression of love, joy and happiness. Alternatively, flowers in dream, especially if they are blooming, represent your hidden potential and latent talents. Flowers can also denote a particular time or season. If the flowers are white, then it symbolizes sadness. Consider the color of the flower and the type of flower for additional analysis.

To see withered or dead flowers in your dream, denotes disappointments and gloomy situations. It may signal an end to a love relationship. Or it could indicate that you may not be utilizing your full potential and talents and letting it go to waste.

To dream that you receive a bouquet of flowers, represents respect, approval, admiration, and rewards.

To see flowers blooming in barren soil, signify that energy and cheerful nature will enable you to overcome your grievances. If you are picking flowers, then the dream symbolizes blooming love or a new developing relationship.

10,000 Dreams Interpreted

To dream of seeing flowers blooming in gardens, signifies pleasure and gain, if bright-hued and fresh; white denotes sadness. Withered and dead flowers, signify disappointments and gloomy situations.

For a young woman to receive a bouquet of mixed flowers, foretells that she will have many admirers.

To see flowers blooming in barren soil without vestage of foliage, foretells you will have some grievous experience, but your energy and cheerfulness will enable you to climb through these to prominence and happiness.

``Held in slumber's soft embrace,
She enters realms of flowery grace,
Where tender love and fond caress,
Bids her awake to happiness.''

Hyper Dictionary

Seeing colorful flowers in your dream means kindness, compassion, gentleness, pleasure, beauty, and gain. It is also symbolic of perfection and spirituality. Your dream may be an expression of love, joy and happiness. Alternatively, flowers may denote a particular time or season. If the flowers are white, then it symbolizes sadness. Seeing withered or dead flowers in your dream indicates disappointments and gloomy situations. You may not be utilizing your full potential and talents. Dreaming that you receive a bouquet of flowers, represents respect, approval, admiration, and rewards. Seeing flowers blooming in barren soil means that energy and cheerful nature will enable you to overcome your grievances.

Meaning of Dreams

When we look at flowers, most of us feel some joy and vitality. At the very least, we appreciate their beauty and see their value. Flowers are beautiful and in our dreams they could represent the simplest feelings of contentment to the deepest feelings of spiritual completeness. A circular flower is a friendly sign that could be the symbol of wholeness that represents the "psychic centre of the personality." Additionally, the colours could symbolize the psychic centers in our bodies called chakras. Flowers also represent hope and positive growth, along with simplicity, innocence, and possibly virginity. A flower can also symbolize the vulva.

If you dream that you are arranging flowers, you could be trying to make improvements to your waking life. Dead or dried flowers in a dream can symbolize poor health or obstacles in your life. Flowers in a bouquet may symbolize a marriage.