posted April 07, 2005 04:13 AM
Hello AAG 
I didn't mean to take so long.
The colours in this dream compel me to view it alchemically (in a 4 stage representation of the alchemical process, the symbolic colours are black, green, white, red), which means I am looking at this as a transformative process, an internal transformation. The symbology seems to support this. There are different levels of meaning in this dream, and I'll try to explain what I see as directly and simply as I can.
I love the fact that in your dream you, "felt as though they were from my unconscious" ... that is exactly where the woman and the baby are from, they are unconscious projections of self. And the unconscious is alchemically related to the colour black, the beginning, the raw material or source for the transformation.
A blond woman and a talking baby are both archetypal or 'universal' symbols ... the blond woman reflects your higher self, or a message from the divine, and the talking baby a message from the collective unconscious, a healing energy that conveys a striving for wholeness. They also represent the beginning (baby) and the desired end (woman) of an issue/situation or aspect of self. Or we can see them as the past (baby) and the future (blond woman). The baby could suggest that your relationship problems/issues are rooted in early childhood, while the woman could represent the way you wish to be - free.
So, this dream indicates that you are moving into a "higher" level of living (mansion), one which is full of life and new (red and white), and one which may bring out in you certain instinctual, feminine, possibly sexual energies (cat/made love).
But before these aspects of self can truly manifest, the illusion of the relationship you are in must be broken, you must see the truth and act upon it ... according to your other posts, this you have already done. You have listened to yourself (woman and baby) and taken the advice - good for you! 
What awaits you is peace and happiness. You are free to grow (old west/green fields), to be the woman you want (beautiful dress). I dare say that the "white beautiful big horse" symbolizes a new man in your life, one which will lead you into your personal "heaven". Getting rid of the old relationship has opened the door for the new one. Things are good for you!
Now, as I said, this dream can be seen alchemically, as a distinct process of internal, and external, transformation. Beginning with the first stage - black (the unconscious) - we also have colours symbolizing the second (green), third (white), and final stages (red). The goal, alchemically, is to obtain "gold", or enlightenment/completion, which we find in your "golden retriever", and perhaps even in the beautiful flowers themselves ... because "flowering" is just what you are doing. So we have the full complement of alchemical stages represented in the dream. To me, this means you have done what is necessary to begin transforming yourself.
Does this make sense?
