Seahorse
Tender uniqueness — the part of you that is rare and known to be so.
A seahorse in a dream is the dictionary's image of tender uniqueness. The seahorse is a small unlikely-looking creature that survives by being precisely what it is. The dream often appears when you have been hiding or apologizing for a quality of yourself that does not need to be hidden.
Where you often see it. A seahorse in clear water. A seahorse depicted in a quiet object. The dream uses the seahorse for tender uniqueness — the part of you that is rare and known to be so.
What it is not. A seahorse is not always whimsy. The dictionary reads it as the dreamer's small known-rare self.
Related in the dictionary. Read seahorse with fish, sea, and any scene of small distinctive uniqueness.