posted August 07, 2005 06:58 PM         

I was wondering about colours and how important they are. In my dream I was walking out of an old stone house into a patio with a garden. But the weird thing was that the sky was a dusty grey colour..not oppresive but more like before a storm. A charcol grey I guess and the sky and ground was this colour.

I also had a guy in the dream who I care about but who hurt me too. He was sweeping of all things. The ground and he was dismissive of me. The air felt expectant, calm before/after a storm.

I know it's not a major dream but I keep remembering it though.

posted August 08, 2005 02:54 PM         

Sweeping ?? cleaning, moving dirt?

Was the house solid ?? In need of repair, I usually interpret a house as myself.

I think gardens could mean growth, Was the garden full of flowers or were there trees etc. I think flowers can mean spiritual growth

what emotions were you aware of in the dream.

A grey sky, the calm before/after the storm ? was your relationship stormy or could there be a situation coming between you and this guy that could be stormy?

I pay careful attention to dreams that have storms in them

posted August 08, 2005 04:43 PM         

Okay, in my dream the garden was bare apart from grass - no flowers, no bright colours at all. A fence I think.

The emotion was strained...I was wanting to hear something from the guy and all he was doing was sweeping dirt away and saying
'You okay?'. I remember the atmosphere more than anything...It was like something had just happened or was about to.

The house was stone...solid, in contrast to the weather. Even if there was a storm, the house would survive.

It was an interesting dream...after my arguement with my mum about him, I told her she had really hurt me with her words. (Maybe a grain of truth in them?) and so I had a photo of the guy that I liked a lot which made me smile so I tore it up. It was a good thing to do though, closure of sorts I guess. But then I had this dream.

posted August 10, 2005 04:26 AM         

Cathy made all the right points.

The dream suggests that you are being held up emotionally by the issue with this guy. Colours can be very important, and in your case the grey colours indicate "grey" emotions and uncertainty. The bareness of the garden and the fence surrounding it indicate that you are "fenced in" by this situation and are unable to grow emotionally because of it. It could also suggest that this "garden", your place which includes him, is bare and grey. It seems that you need to clear away all of this emotional "dirt" concerning him (he is sweeping) so that you can move on.

As Cathy said, the house is you, and you will survive this grey emotional weather.

It is difficult to let go, but who knows what will happen when you do ... your garden will grow, that's for sure, with or without him.

What do you think?

posted August 10, 2005 07:33 AM         

It was an important dream for the reasons you have both highlighted. I'm finding it difficult to let go of him and the hurt. But it is making me unhappy so I think it is best that I do it. The garden is not a happy, joyful place, so what have I got to lose by freeing myself? I would like a garden full of yellow and orange, not grey and miserable!

I think he wants the same thing as he is sweeping the dirt away.

A positive thing is that my house (and me) is strong and I will get through this. And you are right....who knows what is around the corner.