People

Messenger

A person carrying news from one party to another — a courier whose value is in the delivery rather than in the content.

A messenger in a dream is the dream's image of a person carrying news from one party to another. The messenger is not the source; the messenger is the means of arrival. The dream brings the messenger when something in your life — a person bringing you news, an intermediary in a conflict, a role you are playing for someone else — is currently carrying material whose weight is not theirs to set. A messenger received with courtesy is the dream affirming the correct response. A messenger attacked for the content of the message is the dream noting that the role and the source have been confused, and the carrier is being punished for what they were sent to deliver.

Related symbols

A child

Your younger self — the part of you that is still small and learning.

A doctor

Authority over the body — a figure who can name and treat what is wrong.

Adolescent

A young person in the years between child and adult — a body and a will that have not yet agreed on what they are.

A ghost

Something from the past that has not been fully released.

A lover

Romantic and erotic appetite — sometimes a person, sometimes a part of yourself.

Ancestor

A person from earlier generations of the family — a figure from further back than living memory.

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