Actions

Carrying

Moving while bearing a weight — chosen transport of what is not light.

Carrying in a dream is the dream's image of chosen transport of what is not light. The carrier and the weight are in continuous contact; the act is not a single push but a sustained holding while moving. The dream brings the action when something in your life — a responsibility, a grief, a piece of work, another person — is being moved by you across ground that requires the carrying. A weight carried well, with the body organised under it, is the dream telling you the load and the carrier are matched. A weight carried with the spine collapsing under it is the dream noting that the load has outgrown the carrier, and continuing without help is causing real damage.

Related symbols

Apologising

Naming a fault you committed and taking responsibility for it — the action of putting yourself, in language, under the harm you did.

Baptising

Marking a beginning through immersion in water — a ritual that names a person into a new identity.

Bargaining

Negotiating an exchange of value — the act of trying to alter the price of something that has been set.

Being chased

Running with a pursuer behind you — energy spent on distance from something you have not turned to face.

Being chased

Avoidance — something you have been refusing to turn around and look at.

Being naked

Exposure — the fear of being seen unprepared.

Disclaimer: For entertainment and self-reflection only. Not a substitute for professional advice.