Objects

Money

The image before the interpretation.

Common Associations

Money in a dream is associated with worth, security, exchange, energy, and the question of what something — or someone — is valued at.

The Jungian Lens

Money often represents psychic value rather than literal wealth — what the dreamer considers worth spending their life on. Finding, losing, or being unable to hold money each describes a different relationship to one's own sense of worth and what it is being spent for.

The Shadow Lens

The shadow lens asks what you are trading. The image may invite you to examine what you have priced yourself at, what you are spending your life on, and what you have refused to value — including yourself.

But What Does It Mean to You?

No symbol carries one fixed meaning. Sit with these questions; let your own association rise before you reach for an answer.

◇Were you gaining money, losing it, or unable to reach it?
◇Was it yours, or someone else's?
◇What were you being asked to buy, sell, or trade?
◇What in your life are you spending your worth on?

Enter the Dream

Return to the money. Hold it in your hand. Ask it: 'What am I worth, and what am I buying?' Wait. Let it answer before you decide what to spend.

The imagery that arises does not have one objectively correct interpretation. Let it show itself before you name it.

Integration

Consider what the money is asking you to notice about what you value yourself at.

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