Objects

Shawl

A length of cloth wrapped around the shoulders — a soft layer added for warmth or for marking a role.

A shawl in a dream is the dream's image of a soft length of cloth wrapped around the shoulders for warmth or for marking a role. The shawl is not structured; it drapes. The dream brings the shawl when something in your life — a moment of needing comfort, a family role of caretaker, a prayer or ritual posture — is being held by an ordinary soft covering that has, in this particular use, become carrying. A shawl pulled close on a cold evening is the dream affirming the warmth. A shawl that has slipped off the shoulder of someone too cold to notice is the dream noting that the small available comfort is right there and the person it was meant for is no longer in a state to draw it back.

Related symbols

Abacus

A counting frame of beads on wires — a slow, tangible way of doing the sums the hand can see.

A box

Something contained — a feeling, a piece of news, a piece of history you have boxed up.

Amulet

A small charm worn for protection — an object carried in the belief that it keeps harm at distance.

Anklet

A small ornament around the ankle — a personal mark worn close to the ground.

Antenna

A receiver — the part of you tuned to signals others are not picking up.

Anvil

A heavy iron block for shaping metal — the steady base against which form is hammered into being.

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