Lake

The symbolism of water brings our attention to the emotional, yet mysterious side of the dreamer. Connecting to our unconsciousness, intuition, magic and mystery; water holds a clue to what is in the unknown to you at the bottom. The lake often connects to the feminine side of the dreamer – water being the giver of fertility, the contents found inside become a symbol of death and rebirth and transition. If the lake is dry in your dream its becomes a symbol to nourish the feminine side of the personality. A frozen lake in your dream suggests that there is an emotional block that needs to be warmed up. The sun or the masculine energy will help balance the frozen lake by melting it (see yin and yang). Colors such as blue and black point towards the dark and mysterious parts of you that need exploring. Though a murky or dirty lake implies a need for emotional clarity.

Symbolic of your environment or surroundings. If the water is clear you are in a good place. If the water is dirty or murky you are in a bad environment

Unlike the ocean or traveling over the choppy waters of changing emotions, the lake is self-contained with definite boundaries. It portrays how you are composing your emotions; how you hold and protect them and how you must release or express them in order to be re-filled or renewed. See Water.

A lake in dream represents judges and governors who serve others without conspiracy. A lake in a dream also represents difficulties in completing one’s 248 IBN SEEKIN'8 journey. A small lake in a dream represents a rich woman, or a woman with a military spirit, or a woman who likes to be approached.