Objects

Spade

A flat-bladed digging tool — the implement for moving earth in deliberate, defined quantities.

A spade in a dream is the dream's image of the implement for moving earth in deliberate, defined quantities. The spade is for foundation work and for graves; it makes precise holes. The dream brings the spade when something in your life — a piece of preparation, a deliberate ending, a place being made ready for something to be set into — requires careful, defined digging. A spade used to set a foundation is the dream affirming the work. A spade used to dig a hole with no clear purpose is the dream noting that the work of preparation is happening without a plan for what is to be put into the hole.

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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