Dagger
Daggers, knives, and swords could represent significant feelings of anger toward yourself and others. If you kill or wound a perceived enemy in your dream, your unconscious mind may be encouraging you to conquer your fears. Freud thought that all such objects were phallic symbols.

Dam
To dream of a dam may mean that you have some pent-up emotions that need to be released. If you dream of a dam bursting, it shows that you have lost control. Your anger may have gone beyond the point of self-control. You may feel overwhelmed with emotion. There is more than one way to deal with frustrations. Be kinder to yourself and others and honestly express your feelings in a controlled and gentle way.
Mystical Meaning - Victorian dream books interpret blockages, impediments, and obstacles as prophecies forecasting problems ahead that must be overcome. Dams fall into this category.

Dance
This may be a happy dream which suggests that on some level you feel joy, happiness, and a sense of victory. If you are not in a good mood, and don't feel very joyful, this dream may be compensatory in nature. It may be trying to balance negativity and stress that you feel in daily life. Superstition-based dream interpretation says that dreaming of dancing predicts happy times ahead. Depending on the content of this dream, it may have some sexual connotations.
Mystical Meaing - To dream of dancing can be a mystical symbol. It can, for example, represent the eternal dance of the Hindu god Shiva, who symbolizes the eternal movement of time and the powers of creation and destruction.

Danger
If you are in a dangerous situation in your dream, you may consider this a sign from your unconscious. Take the hint and pay closer attention to your finances, business matters, health, and things in general. If you faced the danger in your dream, it may be a positive sign and an indication that you are capable of overcoming current obstacles.

Darkness
Light is a symbol of awareness. Darkness is the absence of light and therefore is a symbol of the unconscious. If you react with fear, you may fear the unconscious, but if the darkness is comforting, you accept this unknown part of yourself. If you dream of being lost in darkness it may represent you feelings of desperation, depression, or insecurity. If you see light, it may show that you are being guided toward wholeness and understanding.
Mystical Meaning - The Chinese oracle of the I Ching used by Carl Jung as an aid to interpreting dreams says of darkness: "In the end it perishes of its own darkness, for evil must itself fall at the very moment when it has wholly overcome the good, and thus consumed the energy to which it owed its duration." In other words, things can only get better.

Dawn
The dawn brings with it a new beginning. A period of inner darkness is replaced by the light of realization and consciousness. At last you have hope and optimism in your heart.
Mystical Meaning - The ancient Egyptians identified dawn with New Year's Day and the beginning of the world, when the eye of Atum searched the great primeval ocean. Since the earliest times humanity has worshiped the rising sun as a symbol of God, hope, and rebirth.

Death
Dreaming about death is very common and it can be interpreted in many different ways. Death is usually a symbol of some type of closure or end. It implies an end to one thing and a beginning of another. Death dreams usually have positive symbolism. If you are the dead person in your dream, it could imply that you would like to leave all of your worries and struggles behind and begin anew. Dreaming about someone that you care about may express your fear about losing them. Dreaming that one of your parents died may express fear of loss, but it also may be an unconscious valve through which you release anger and other negative feelings. In some cultures dreaming about death and dying is a very good omen that represents longevity and prosperity.
Mystical Meaning - To dream of meeting dead people you once knew is part of the grieving process. Sometimes the feelings of loss is symbolized by being rejected, divorced, or attacked by the person you loved. You may dream that they ignore you or have traveled far away. This is all part of the process of coming to terms with the death of a loved one. However, there are some dreams that cannot be explained as symbolism, allegory, or metaphor.

Decapitation
This dream suggests that the dreamer is losing control. In a decapitation there is a dramatic and violent separation of the head from the body. Under normal circumstances the mind controls and directs the body. This dream suggests that the dreamer may be under the control of his bodily drives and may be separated from rational thoughts and feelings. Disassociation may be occurring in regard to some behavior or issue in life. However, this dream may have other meanings. This includes excessive concern about punishment and indicates that there may be severe pressure and anxiety in the dreamer's life.

Defecation
Dreams which include excretory functions usually represent cleansing and emotional release. Look at all of the details of the dream in order to obtain meaning. Ask yourself which emotions you may be releasing: anxiety, anger, mockery, annoyance, etc. Some very old folklore interpretations suggest that dreaming of feces is a good omen which suggests a financial gain.

Descent
In many dreams this may represent descending into the unconscious. In particular, cave entrances, wells, tombs, and cellars can represent entrance to the netherworld of the unconscious. Alternatively, you may interpret this as a downward phase in your life; you may feel "down." On the other hand, perhaps you are over the worst and everything is downhill from now on.
Mystical Meaning - Legend has it that the people of ancient Crete built temples in underground caves. Here they helf their strange rituals and bull-dancing ceremonies. Since the earliest times, the descent into the underground world has been a symbol of man's search for divinity and spiritual empowerment.

Desert
At times a desert in a dream symbolizes the unconscious and represents the dreamer's sense of separation from it. Deserts are generally barren with little vegetation or animal life. The desert in your dreams could be bringing up issues of stagnation and periods of little growth in your life. Also, the desert could represent your loneliness and feelings of isolation. However, if you live close to the desert or love the desert, this may be a positive symbol. For some the desert may be a place where they can commune with nature and feel a sense of peace.

Detective
In real life, detectives seek out hidden truths. During sleep, you may be trying to resolve a problem and may want to know the truth about an issue that worries you. Perhaps you detect that something is wrong or that someone has been less that honest with you.
Mystical Meaning - To dream of being dalsely accused of a crime by a detective is a dream prophecy that fortune and honor are coming your way.

Devil
Dreaming about devils and demons is usually very frightening and you may awake from fear. The devil does not generally represent something outside of yourself. It usually symbolizes the most negative and least developed part of you. It may be that part of you that is ignorant and destructive. You can determine the meaning and message in your dream by looking at all of the details carefully. All dreams are good dreams in that they bring unconscious materials to the conscious mind. Only then can you begin to effectively cope with the more unpleasant sides of your personality. Carl Jung called this negative side the "shadow." The devils in your dreams could be representations of your personal shadow or they could be a glance at the collective shadow.
Mystical Meaning - The figure of Satan occurs in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamis traditions. Originally Satan represented fertility and the powers of Nature. Similarly, the cloven-footed god Pan of the ancient Greeks was a god of the abundance of nature. These ancient symbols of fertility are sometimes used by the unconscious to show the inauguration of a new phase of psychological grwoth.

Diamond
Diamond are valuable, timeless, and very precious. Dreaming about diamonds may have several different meanings. It could represent love and money, as well as universal truths and spiritual consciousness. The diamond is an object of desire and symbolizes those thing that are most valuable to you. We are all constantly in pursuit of those things that we have not obtained but want and need in order to feel complete. Your dream may help you to decipher what is most valuable and then give you clues where to find it.

Digging
The interpretation of this behavior in a dream depends on your circumstances and on the details This is true for all dreams. Digging is generally considered to be difficult work or hard labor. You could be "digging" around for the truth or trying to get to the bottom of things. Alternately, you could be "digging your own grave." Therefore, consider your feelings in the dream and what you were digging. Were you working a difficult area, or digging in fertile soil?

Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs are always fascinating, sometimes lovable, mostly dangerous, and they are alive only in our imaginations. Consider all of the details of the dream and try to tie these ideas to some aspect of your life. The dinosaur, whether you have given it a positive or negative connotation, represents something from your past or an aspect of your personality that you have altered over time. Dinosaurs may represent old issues that have not been properly addressed and that continue to have the power to effect your life in the present.

Dirt/Earth
Dreaming about dirt, as in something dirty, could represent your state of mind or a situation from your daily life. It could symbolize a relationship, a business venture, or any other part of your life where you, or someone else has been less than honest and honorable. Dirt in your dreams could also represent your unwholesome attitudes and a devious state of mind. This dream, depending on its details, may be encouraging you to clean up "your act" inside and out. Dreaming about soil and the earth usually symbolizes fertility and the potential to grow. Rich soil may be an indication that the time is right for work and new beginnings. Dreaming about dry, barren soil may be a reflection of your negative mood. It may include feelings of depression or general feelings of boredom and emptiness.
Mystical Meaning - Earth and soil can represent the alchemists' prima materia, the unconscious content worked with in order to become enlightened.

Disasters
Dreaming about natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods, is not that uncommon. People usually have these dreams at a time of many changes in their lives. Most people have ambivalent feelings about change and some resist even positive changes. Therefore, quick shifts in life style or some type of crisis may bring about dreams of natural disasters. Please look up a specific disaster by name.

Disease
The word disease literally means out of ease. Before you begin to interpret this dream on a psychological or metaphysical level, first check your health. The dream could refer to physical or emotional health.
Mystical Meaning - African superstition has simple interpretation to this one: see your witch doctor for a cure.

Disguise
It is likely that you're hiding from something in your waking life. You want to "dress up" an issue and turn it into something it's not. It's time to face reality and stop hiding behind the mask. Be yourself.
Mystical Meaning - Many myths and children's stories tell of people who wear masks but then to their horror realize that they can't remove them. This is a symbol that shows that you can sometimes become the person you pretend to be but forget who you really are.

Diving
Diving in a dream suggests that you are trying to "get to the bottom" of a current situation or feeling. Water symbolizes the unconscious. Thus, another interpretation for this dream may be that you are delving into your unconscious. Finally, Freud thought that diving may have sexual connotations and represents intercourse.
Mystical Meaning - There are many myths that tell of heros who dive to the bottom of the sea and bring up great treasure. In dreams, this represents the ego descending into the unconscious and finding the self.

Divorce
The dream may represent a hidden desire on your part to end a relationship. You may feel unhappy about your marriage or partner. Perhaps you should express your concerns and make your unhappiness known. A good relationship is both giving and taking, so don't just make demands. Look for solutions that bring happiness to both of you.
Mystical Meaning - The old dream oracles wisely advised that this dream was a warning and that you should sultivate a more congenial domestic atmosphere.

Doctor
Dreaming about a doctor may represent a need for physical, emotional, or spiritual healing. Doctors are respected authority figures and we usually follow their advice and guidance in regard to our well being. Depending on your belief system, the doctor in your dream could also represent your higher self or inner guidance. If you are currently experiencing a health problem and doctors are a part of your daily/weekly life, this dream may be symbolic of real life difficulties. However, the dream is most likely based on a past event, a memory, or refers to a current need for healing, rather than a prediction of the future.

Dog
Dogs in dreams could symbolize a large variety of ideas and concepts, but mostly they are symbolic of the dreamer's defensive structure and may represent personal boundary issues. Carefully consider all of the details and the mood in your dream. First, if you have a dog, it may be natural to dream about him. We become emotionally attached to our dogs and we dream about them just as we dream about anything else that is important to us. Otherwise, dogs could symbolize loyalty and hard work. If someone calls you a dog, it is a negative reflection on your personality. If you are being treated like a dog, you are most likely being abused in some way. On the metaphysical level, dogs are consider to be the guardians of the underworld. Finally, dogs could represent the more basic or "animal" parts of our nature and some think that they specifically represent male energy.
Mystical Meaning - One dream oracle warns that to dream of a bloodhound is an omen for your imminet downfall. You'd be barking mad to believe that.

Doll
Dolls in dreams are lifeless images of real people. They are suggestive of a person that is not genuine and does not express her feelings. Most dreams are about our personal issues and concerns and not about others. Therefore, think about yourself and try to see if you have been behaving in such ways that have been less than "real." Dolls as a dream symbol may represent the way you relate and interact with your internal and external environments. If feelings of detachment and phoniness prevail in your daily life, then they may be reflected in this dream.
Mystical Meaning - Tribal magicians use mannequins to inaugurate their sympathetic magic. Sticking pins into a voodoo doll of your enemy, telling your troubles to a worry doll, and worshiping the corn doll are rituals that express a multitude of needs, desires, fears, and hopes. Children will confess to a doll things they would never tell an adult. Similarly, you may tell the doll of your dream your most secret fears and wishes.

Dolphin
Dolphins represent friendliness, communal living, rescue, communication, and affection. They are water dwelling mammals and in our dreams they represent our willingness and ability to navigate through emotions. They represent positive messages from our unconscious minds. Dolphins could also represent a positive connection between our consciousness and to those parts of the psyche that is a mystery and largely unconscious.
Mystical Meaning - There will be a change of government.

Donkey
Dreaming about this interesting and amusing animal may have several different and opposing interpretations. Therefore, it is very important that you pay attention to the details and the emotional tone of the dream. A donkey may represent humility, honor, and "royalty" in disguise. On the opposite end of things, it may symbolize stubbornness and an unyielding personality. Also, it may represent a person who has many burdens and carries a "heavy load." Either way, the individual symbolized by the donkey has redeeming qualities which include ruggedness, endurance, and loyalty.

Door
Doors are passageways and in our dreams that is their symbolism. Going through a door may represent going from one state of consciousness to another, or from one inner plane to another. Locked or closed doors may represent an obstacle or opportunities that are not currently available to you . Many doors may represent your current choices.
Mystical Meaning - There are lots of dream oracles for this one: a doorknob means unexpecred good luck; hinges bring family problems; locked doors show missed oppertunities; an open door predicts good fortune; a revolving door means a monotonous period ahead; and a trapdoor predicts shocking news.

Dragon
This large, mystical creature may represent large and mystical forces inside of you. In the Far-East it is believed that the dragons are spiritual creatures that navigate through the air and through the sky. In the West, dragons are considered to be dangerous creatures that need to be destroyed. As far as dream symbols go, the dragon may represent the enormous power in your unconscious. It could symbolize repressed unconscious material, including fear. However, the dragon in our dreams is generally a positive symbol. It may represent a period of time when the dreamer will confront his fears and empower himself to effectively cope with negative emotions, extreme materialism, and be able to obtain greater inner and outer freedom.
Mystical Meaning - In China, the symbol of the dragon is quite different from its Westen counterpart. It has amazing power, is highly spiritual, and symbolizes the wisdom of the mind. To dream about dragons is very auspicious.

Drawing
The dream may simply mean that you may have latent artistic abilities that should be given expression. Are you drawing on inner resources, or is your bank account over-drawn? What you draw is also important, as it can show the plans, problems, and worries that you are trying to resolve.
Mystical Meaning - A strange superstition says that if a woman dreams of drawing with a pencil and then rubs out what she drew, her lover will be unfaithful.

Drowning
Dreaming about drowning is common and it invokes fear. However, it may have positive significance. This dream suggests to the dreamer that he may be overwhelmed by unresolved emotions, old issues, or a current crisis. It suggests that a release of the old is necessary in order to emerge and begin anew. This dream serves to awaken the dreamer to embrace and to effectively cope with problems and negativity in his life.
Mystical Meaning - A busines will founfer if you dream of drowning but will succeed if you are rescued.

Drugs
The interpretation of drugs in your dreams depends on the relationship, you have with drugs in your daily life and if they are doctor prescribed or not. If you are a drug user, then the drugs are an extension of what you normally do and you need to look at the other details of your dream to get a good interpretation. However, if you use drugs rarely or never, then this dream could represent a need to get well, to escape from daily stress, and a desire to get quick relief. The drugs could be suggesting a need for healing and getting in balance. Your unconscious mind may be suggesting outrageous things in hopes that you get the message to "have fun, dream dreams, and get out of your own head!" Please keep in mind that the purpose of dreams is to raise our consciousness and to assist us in having better lives. The message in the dream about drug use is most likely not encouraging you to use drugs but it may represent a need to feel better or get better.

Drunk
Are you intoxicated by your own success or do you want to escape from reality? The dream suggests that you are not seeing you circumstances clearly and need to take a more sober but pleasant suprise.
Mystical Meaning - The Gypsies believe that if you dream you see a drank you will be given a small but pleasant suprise.

Duck
A duck is a very interesting bird and the message it conveys is generally positive. Ducks are well adopted to navigate and survive on land and in the water. They can swim, walk, and fly. Ducks are flexible and multi-talented. Dreaming about this bird suggests that you, or someone else in your life, is very flexible and can competently deal with emotional issues. Superstition-based dream interpretations say that ducks are very good omens and that you will "float" away from your current difficulty.

Duel
It is likely you are experiencing an inner conflict. You need to find a middle way between the extreme views and the solutions you are considering. Similarly, the conflict could be between your conscious thoughts and your instinctive feelings. You will not know peace until you stop this inner conflict. Stop seeing things only in black and white. A compromise is necessary.
Mystical Meaning - Children's stories and fairy tales often illustrate psychological processes and are rich in dream symbols. In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, Tweedledum and Tweedledee typify the childlike inner conflicts that can occur within the psyche.

Dumb
To dream of a person who is unable to speak or who refuses to speak represents an undeveloped function within the self. Psychologist Carl Jung said that these silent figures represent an imbalance between emotion and intellect. One side of the personality overpowers the other, rendering it speechless or impotent. Some people suffer from sleep paralysis. They wake up before the back part of the brain has started to function. This area stops the body from acting out dreams and prevents the dreamer from thrashing arouhd while sleeping. The dreamer may "wake up" but be completely paralyzed. If this happens to you, you may want to speak, cry out, or scream but find that you can't. Don't panic. Relax untill your whole brain starts working.
Mystical Meaning - To dream of being dumb mans that you are unable to convince people of the worth of your plans. However, a dumb person who dreams of being dumb must beware of false friends.

Dust
Dust implies neglect and something that has not been touched for a long time. Your dream therefore represents aspects of yourself that have been ignored or forgotten. It could be an ambition from the past or something you once treasured but have until now overlooked. Is the whole of your personality being expressed in your waking life? Similarly, it may be a neglected talent, such as artistic, musical, or creative ability, that the dream draws your attentiong to. The objects covered in dust will give you a clue to the dream's meaning.
Mystical Meaning - The Gypsies say that the more dust you see in a dream, the more minor irritations you will need to deal with.

Dwarf
At times people will see dwarfs, midgets, or very small people in their dreams. These images seem to represent, or allude to, the childlike creative powers in the unconscious. You can think of the dwarf as a "worker" in your unconscious. He could represent some childlike condition which has the potential and power to influence your life. Consider the details and the emotional tone in the dream and make an attempt to connect it to a situation in your daily life. The dwarf suggests possibilities for learning and brings to the conscious mind messages from the unconscious.
Mystical Meaning - Gold is a symbol of the true self and, as in the story of Snow White, is often mined by dwarfs. Dwarfs can therefore symbolize your quest for self-knowing.