Purple Axe in dreams
A heavy edged tool for splitting — committed force that ends one thing in order to make use of another.
How purple changes the reading
Purple colour places the symbol between hot and cool — a reading that has both calm and intensity at once. The dream often uses purple for symbols that do not fit the usual categories cleanly. Take the reading more seriously than you would otherwise; the colour is asking you to.
The base reading of Axe
An axe in a dream is the dream's image of a committed, heavy cut. Unlike a saw, an axe makes its decision in one swing; the force is gathered and released. The dream brings the axe when a part of your life — a tie, a habit, a piece of who you have been — needs to be ended in a single move rather than worked at gradually. An axe in clean use, splitting wood, is the dream telling you the ending is honest and the result is usable. An axe wielded carelessly is the dream marking that committed force is being applied to the wrong thing, and the damage will be hard to undo.