Objects

Veil

A thin fabric covering the face — a chosen layer between what is shown and what is kept.

A veil in a dream is the dream's image of a chosen layer between what is shown and what is kept. The veil does not hide entirely; it softens, it filters, it signals the keeping of something behind it. The dream brings the veil when something in your life — an emotion, a feature, a piece of belief — is being held in the half-visible register. A veil worn for a specific ritual is the dream affirming the deliberate softening. A veil that has been left on past its occasion, with the face never shown, is the dream noting that the temporary covering has become a permanent one, and the people who needed to see you do not, in fact, see you.

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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