People

Nun

A woman of religious vows — a life narrowed deliberately around a single dedication.

A nun in a dream is the dream's image of a life chosen by subtraction. The vows are not what is added; they are what is set aside so that the remaining attention has one direction. The dream brings the nun when something in you is currently being asked to refuse a normal amount of life in service of one specific orientation — a piece of work, a calling, a kept devotion to a person or an idea. A nun encountered with peace in her face is the dream affirming that the narrowing has produced the depth it was meant to. A nun encountered restless and leaving the order is the dream noting that the vow no longer matches the person, and the life that was set aside is asking, now, to be returned to.

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.