Smaller, Getting Dream Meaning

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Something or someone getting smaller or shrinking can represent: A perception of that person or thing having less power, strength, influence, importance, or presence in the world.

A matter that has become less important or less prominent within your mind.

The idea of “less of” whatever the thing or person represents.

See Also: Small, Size, Deflating, Decreasing

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  1. The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary by Nancy Wagaman [Back to dream]

also see Analyst1- In dreams, to shrink is to have a desire to return to childhood, or to a smaller space in order to be looked after. In everyday life...

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1- To be conscious of size in a dream highlights how we feel in relation to a person, project or object. Big might suggest important or threatening, whereas small might...

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Depth Psychology: Seeing yourself as small is a sign of your inferiority feelings.If other things or people appear small: you did not make a great impression on them.See Tall,...

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A frequent symbol when the dreamer is feeling inferior. As in the story of Alice in Wonderland, shrinking means entering a new reality.A suggestion to become smaller, more childlike.

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(Balance; Beauty; Capital; Craft; Death; Father; Knowledge; Life; Measuring cup, Oven, Parents, Teacher, Tent) In a dream, the head represents leadership, presidency, or one’s capital.If one’s head...

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To dream of crying babies, is indicative of ill health and disappointments.A bright, clean baby, denotes love requited, and many warm friends. Walking alone, it is a sure sign of...

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If you see beautiful hands in your dream, you will enjoy great distinction, and rise rapidly in your calling; but ugly and malformed hands point to disappointments and poverty.To see...

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To see your own nose, indicates force of character, and consciousness of your ability to accomplish whatever enterprise you may choose to undertake.If your nose looks smaller than natural, there...

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To dream that a phantom pursues you, foretells strange and disquieting experiences.To see a phantom fleeing from you, foretells that trouble will assume smaller proportions.See Ghost.

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(Awareness, Deafness, Hearing, Stability) One’s ear in a dream represents his hearing, the point of his awareness, his rank, child, property or his status.The ear in a dream...

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This symbolises a person’s assets and his sons.To see one’ stomach smaller than its normal size suggest that his wealth will increase.

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A dream denoting wickedness on the part of the dreamer (Gypsy); the symbolism here is probably derived from the well-known destructiveness of these birds among the fish and smaller varieties...

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1- When animals appear in a dream they usually represent an aspect of the personality which cannot be properly understood except on an instinctive level. Animal with a cub This will represent...

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1- To be suffering from indigestion in a dream shows that there is something in our lives which is not being tolerated very well. Equally, it may indicate that we...

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also see Water and Pool1- A puddle, being a smaller amount of liquid than either a pool or lake, can nevertheless have the same significance. When one appears in a...

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(Build, Contour, Frame, Profile) Having a tall figure in a dream signifies pride, arrogance, stinginess, ostentatiousness or pretending to be tall.(See Tallness).If one sees his figure shorter than...

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(Cellar) In a dream, one’s mouth represents his life from inception to completion. One’s mouth in a dream also represents the course of one’s livelihood and the source of his...

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To be sweeping with a broom means that you need to clear out all the smaller, accumulated bits and pieces of your life and concentrate on the more important things,...

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(see Ascent, Circle)A reason for celebration.In a bundle: An image of childhood joys and blessings.Being lifted away by: Detachment; a type of ascent dream. Alternatively, burdens easing or an improved...

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(see Animals, Diit)An alternative emblem for dragons and serpents, but on a smaller scale.Because the worm has no eyes, an alternative type of blindness dream in which you navigate the...

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(Wrap) Ashroud in a dream means coveringone’s private parts, or it could mean having a secret affair, concealing one’s action while displaying a deceptive appearance, or it could mean marriage...

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The defences we use, such as pnde, beliefs, anger, to protect ourselves from deeply feeling the impact of the world, relationships, love, anxiety or pain. These are often felt as...

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Vision: Seeing a pair of binoculars, or looking through them: a satisfactory and secure future. Seeing a pair of broken binoculars: an unstable financial situation in the near future....

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Vision: Seeing somebody behind a bush: be careful about people who gossip.If the bush is Full of green leaves: good news and great joy in your house. Looking at...

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Depth Psychology: Everything that appears to be very tall and very big has made an extraordinary impression on you. Are you feeling small in comparison to what you see?...

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To dream of participating in bestiality with an animal larger than yourself indicates a feeling of powerlessness within a sexual relationship, and an unconscious desire to dominate a partner whom...

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This is another form of the Water dream, and the meaning depends upon whether the water is smooth and your voyage pleasant.If not, then expect trouble and worry, according to...

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Dreams of a buzzard symbolize that you or someone in your life is preying on those who are energetically weaker and smaller.The buzzard is an ominous symbol for death, decay,...

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Vision: If your nose in the dream is bigger dian in real life: you have an excellent chance of becoming influential and wealthy. But the dream is also a...

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To dream of the upper part of the body links with the mind and the spiritual aspects of the character, while the lower part of the body represents the instincts...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Often when we dream of childhood we are able to put ourselves in touch with the growth process, and can have a sense of growing, usually...

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Material aspects: Launching a project in a dream suggests the beginning of an exciting time.A launch was initially a smaller boat for use on a larger one, so therefore can...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: At times, our own inhibitions and anxieties cannot be faced unless they are first given tangible forms in dreams. In allowing ourselves a visual representation, these...

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Just as the human skeleton gives us an understanding of the ‘structure’ of our lives, animals with backbones often give an understanding of the organizational qualities associated with that animal.The...

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Pay attention to the other symbols in the dream.A dream of an angel almost always implies that the dream contains an important message that could have a major impact on...

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The meaning of the dream depends on its action, and all the details should be carefully thought about, but here are some general meanings: If you dreamed of being a...

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To dream that someone or something is smaller than usual, represents the dreamer’s feelings of unworthiness or helplessness.If it’s a person who is miniaturized, you feel that person is too...

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If the coins were counterfeit, the dream foretells a minor illness; otherwise it is a fortunate omen of unexpected gain.However, this is, in a way, a peculiar dream of contrary...

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An obstacle dream of contrary.The bigger and more worrisome was your dreamed difficulty the smaller will be your real one.

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The meaning of the dream depends on its action, and all the details should be carefully correlated, but as a general guide: if you dreamed of being a tramp, you...

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Emotional reflection of self; quiet, not particularly ruffled by the winds of change, but boundaries are smaller.See Lake, Water.

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Time is an energy which enables us to experience and refine our creative power. All life is dependent upon cycles of time; everything has its own season. From birth to...

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Your emotions are bubbling up in a controlled expression of joy and ebullience. Water in a dream is always connected to emotions, and a fountain carefully constructs the flow of...

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All cats relate to the power of the feminine principle.The larger the cat, the greater the power of this totem.The mountain lion is one of the smaller of the great...

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The cheerful yellow petals of the daffodil bring brightness to spring, when it is one of the first flowers to appear, showing that winter is over. Because of this it...

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Located to the southeast of Australia, New Zealand consists of two main islands and a number of smaller outlying islands so scattered that they range from the tropical to the...

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Quarter: Possible interpretations include: showing mercy or pity to a defeated opponent, giving quarter to them; dividing something into any number of smaller units, quartering it; accommodation, abode, living quarters;...

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In Judeo-Christian belief, the apple denotes sin and temptation because of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden after the serpent tempted Eve to eat the...

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