Monk
A man who has taken religious vows and lives by a daily rule — a life shaped by voluntary discipline.
A monk in a dream is the dream's image of a life shaped by voluntary discipline. The monk has agreed to a daily rule and lives by it; the rule is the structure that allows the rest of the life to be about what it is meant to be about. The dream brings the monk when something in your life — a chosen austerity, a discipline of attention, a vow you have made to yourself — is currently the frame that lets you do the work the rule was made for. A monk at the right office at the right hour is the dream affirming the held rule. A monk in robes who has stopped keeping the office, with the form preserved and the practice gone, is the dream noting that the discipline has become decoration.