Nature & elements
Explore Nature & elements in dreams, with reflection prompts and historical sources.
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Water
The water's conditions make a changing situation something you can feel.
Earthquakes
What moves and what remains can need different responses.
Feathers
A small trace can have several uses.
Fire
A flame that sustains you differs from a blaze that takes over.
Floods
Water changes what a place lets you do.
Fog
The next step can be clearer than the whole route.
Green
Familiar appearances can help or complicate judging what has changed.
Hail
Separate impacts can become a whole experience.
Hurricane
Disruption has a duration and an aftermath.
Lake
An enclosed view, a shoreline, and depth beneath an ordinary surface.
Moon
What becomes visible from where you stand.
Mountain
A large goal makes effort, limits, and the view from where you stand visible.
Ocean
Distance, support and a route across open water.
Rain
Weather changes an activity before it becomes a metaphor.
River
A moving channel, two banks, and more than one way to continue.
Silver
Value depends on what the object can do.
Storms
Describe the weather's effect, then the shelter you found or wanted.
Tsunamis
The scene’s scale changes the choices available.
Volcano
A familiar landmark can become active.
Waterfall
A visible drop within a movement that continues.
Yellow
A conspicuous cue is useful only when its purpose is clear.
A tornado
A moving threat makes direction and attention matter.
Asteroid
Approaching change, shared responses, and the uncertainty of waiting.
Aurora borealis
A brief wonder changes a familiar sky.
Avalanche
A released mass of snow that abruptly changes an otherwise recognizable route.
Black (color)
The outline may matter more than the detail.
Black hole
What draws you in, and what helps you keep your distance.
Blue (color)
Recognition can depend on a very particular shade.
Brown (color)
A familiar appearance can matter through what it lets you recognize.
Colors
The palette gives the scene an arrangement.
Coral reef
A world of connections and a route through its complexity.
Forest
The surroundings can protect you while also hiding the route.
Galaxy
A wider view, a place to belong, and directions still open.
Geyser
Waiting for release and finding room around a powerful cycle.
Glacier
An immense body of ice whose apparent stillness can hold movement on a different timescale.
Gold (color)
An impressive appearance can arrive before the work is complete.
Water, fire, storms, trees, and the moon give a dream its landscape and atmosphere. Pay attention to scale, weather, and your place within the scene. These entries offer reflection prompts alongside attributed historical writing about the natural world.
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Every symbol in Nature & elements, A to Z
A complete index of all 247 entries, including those on later card pages.
- A tornadoModern life
- AbyssHistorical archive
- AcidHistorical archive
- AdamantHistorical archive
- AgateHistorical archive
- AirHistorical archive
- AlabasterHistorical archive
- AlloyHistorical archive
- AlumHistorical archive
- AluminumHistorical archive
- AmethystHistorical archive
- AmmoniaHistorical archive
- AprilHistorical archive
- AshesHistorical archive
- AsteroidModern life
- AugustHistorical archive
- Aurora borealisModern life
- AutumnHistorical archive
- AvalancheModern life
- Ayre, and that which is there doneHistorical archive
- BalmHistorical archive
- Black (color)Modern life
- Black holeModern life
- Blue (color)Modern life
- BogHistorical archive
- BranchHistorical archive
- BrassHistorical archive
- BrimstoneHistorical archive
- BronzeHistorical archive
- BrookHistorical archive
- Brown (color)Modern life
- CanalHistorical archive
- CaveHistorical archive
- Celestial SignsHistorical archive
- ChaffHistorical archive
- ChalkHistorical archive
- CharcoalHistorical archive
- ClayHistorical archive
- CloudsHistorical archive
- CoalsHistorical archive
- CokeHistorical archive
- ColorsModern life
- CometHistorical archive
- CopperHistorical archive
- CopperasHistorical archive
- Coral reefModern life
- CreekHistorical archive
- CrystalHistorical archive
- DarknessHistorical archive
- DayHistorical archive
- DaybreakHistorical archive
- DecemberHistorical archive
- DelugeHistorical archive
- DewHistorical archive
- DirtHistorical archive
- DregsHistorical archive
- DroughtHistorical archive
- DrouthHistorical archive
- DungHistorical archive
- DuskHistorical archive
- DustHistorical archive
- EarthHistorical archive
- EarthquakesCore reflection
- EclipseHistorical archive
- ElectricityHistorical archive
- EmeraldHistorical archive
- ErmineHistorical archive
- EveningHistorical archive
- FeathersCore reflection
- FebruaryHistorical archive
- Fennes, Mountains, Marishes, Pathes, and WoodsHistorical archive
- FireCore reflection
- Fire from HeavenHistorical archive
- FirmamentHistorical archive
- FloodsCore reflection
- Flouds, Ponds, Fountaines, and WellesHistorical archive
- FogCore reflection
- ForestModern life
- FrostHistorical archive
- GalaxyModern life
- GaleHistorical archive
- GarbageHistorical archive
- GasHistorical archive
- GasolineHistorical archive
- GeyserModern life
- GlacierModern life
- GlassHistorical archive
- Gold (color)Modern life
- GrainHistorical archive
- GravelHistorical archive
- Gray (color)Modern life
- GreaseHistorical archive
- GreenCore reflection
- GrottoHistorical archive
- GroundHistorical archive
- GroveHistorical archive
- HailCore reflection
- HeatHistorical archive
- HedgesHistorical archive
- High TideHistorical archive
- HillsHistorical archive
- HoleHistorical archive
- Hot springModern life
- Houshold fireHistorical archive
- HumidityHistorical archive
- HurricaneCore reflection
- IceHistorical archive
- IciclesHistorical archive
- IndigoHistorical archive
- InundationHistorical archive
- IronHistorical archive
- IslandHistorical archive
- IvoryHistorical archive
- JanuaryHistorical archive
- JasperHistorical archive
- JulyHistorical archive
- JuneHistorical archive
- LagoonHistorical archive
- LakeCore reflection
- LandslideModern life
- LavaModern life
- LeadHistorical archive
- LightHistorical archive
- LightningHistorical archive
- LimeHistorical archive
- LoadstoneHistorical archive
- LogHistorical archive
- LumberHistorical archive
- ManureHistorical archive
- MarbleHistorical archive
- MarsHistorical archive
- MarshHistorical archive
- MayHistorical archive
- MercuryHistorical archive
- MetalsHistorical archive
- MeteorModern life
- MineralHistorical archive
- MireHistorical archive
- MistHistorical archive
- MoonCore reflection
- MorningHistorical archive
- MountainCore reflection
- MudHistorical archive
- MuskHistorical archive
- NightHistorical archive
- NovemberHistorical archive
- NuggetHistorical archive
- OceanCore reflection
- OctoberHistorical archive
- OilHistorical archive
- OpalHistorical archive
- Orange (color)Modern life
- OverflowHistorical archive
- PebblesHistorical archive
- PhosphorusHistorical archive
- Pink (color)Modern life
- PitHistorical archive
- PlainHistorical archive
- PlanetHistorical archive
- PoisonHistorical archive
- Pole-StarHistorical archive
- PondHistorical archive
- PowderHistorical archive
- PrecipiceHistorical archive
- PuddleHistorical archive
- Purity of the AirHistorical archive
- Purple (color)Modern life
- QuagmireHistorical archive
- QuicksandHistorical archive
- QuicksilverHistorical archive
- RainCore reflection
- Rain showersHistorical archive
- RainbowModern life
- RapidsHistorical archive
- Red (color)Modern life
- RhinestonesHistorical archive
- RiverCore reflection
- RocksHistorical archive
- RubbishHistorical archive
- RustHistorical archive
- SaltHistorical archive
- SaltpeterHistorical archive
- SandHistorical archive
- SandstormModern life
- SapphireHistorical archive
- SardonyxHistorical archive
- SawdustHistorical archive
- Sea FoamHistorical archive
- ShadowModern life
- SilverCore reflection
- Silver (color)Modern life
- SinkholeModern life
- SkyHistorical archive
- SmokeHistorical archive
- SnowModern life
- SootHistorical archive
- SplinterHistorical archive
- SpringHistorical archive
- SquallHistorical archive
- StarsHistorical archive
- SteelHistorical archive
- StoneHistorical archive
- StormsCore reflection
- StrawHistorical archive
- StumpsHistorical archive
- SulphurHistorical archive
- SunModern life
- SwampHistorical archive
- TallowHistorical archive
- Tap water declared unsafeModern life
- TarHistorical archive
- TempestHistorical archive
- ThawHistorical archive
- Thornes and StingsHistorical archive
- ThunderHistorical archive
- Thunder and LightningHistorical archive
- TideHistorical archive
- TimberHistorical archive
- TinHistorical archive
- TopazHistorical archive
- TorrentHistorical archive
- TsunamisCore reflection
- TurpentineHistorical archive
- TurquoiseHistorical archive
- ValleyHistorical archive
- VitriolHistorical archive
- VolcanoCore reflection
- WasteHistorical archive
- WaterCore reflection
- WaterfallCore reflection
- WavesHistorical archive
- WaxHistorical archive
- WeatherHistorical archive
- WebHistorical archive
- WhirlpoolHistorical archive
- WhirlwindHistorical archive
- White (color)Modern life
- White LeadHistorical archive
- WildernessHistorical archive
- Wildlife returning to a cityModern life
- WindHistorical archive
- WinterHistorical archive
- WoodsHistorical archive
- YellowCore reflection
- ZephyrHistorical archive
- ZincHistorical archive
- ZinkHistorical archive
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