Symbols beginning with the letter D

Dagger
This could be an indication that you are feeling significant anger toward someone or are afraid that others may deceive you or take advantage of your better nature. If you kill or wound a perceived enemy in your dream, your unconscious mind may be encouraging you to concur your fear. Freud thought that all such objects were phallic symbols.

Dancing
This is a happy dream which indicates that on some level you feel joy, happiness and a sense of victory. Traditionally this dream predicts happy times ahead. Depending on the content of this dream, it may also hold some sexual connotations.

Danger
If you are in a dangerous situation in your dream, you may consider this a a sign from your subconscious. Take the hint and pay closer attention to your finances, business matters, health and things in general. If you faced the danger in your dream, it may be a positive sign and an indication that you are capable of overcoming current obstacles.

Death
If you are the dead person in your dream it suggests that you world like to leave all of your worries and struggles behind and start a new. Dreaming about someone that you care about dying may express your fear about loosing that individual and having to live your life without them. Dreaming that one of your parents died my express fear of loosing them, but it also may be an unconscious valve through which you release angry and other negative feelings about them. Also See: Coffin, Zombie, Smothering

Decapitation
This dream may be suggesting that the dreamer is loosing control. In a decapitation there is a dramatic and violent separation of the head from the body. Under normal circumstances the mind controls and directs the body. This dream suggests that the dreamer may be under the control of his bodily drives and may be separated from his feelings. Some disassociation may be occurring in regard to some behavior or issue in life. However, this dream may have other meanings. This includes, excessive concern about punishment, and it may reflect sever pressure and anxiety in the dreamers life.

Defecation
Dreams which include excretory functions usually represent cleansing and emotional release. Look at all of the details of the dream in order to obtain meaning. Ask yourself which emotions you may be releasing: anxiety, anger, mockery, annoyance, etc. Some very old folklore interpretation say that dreaming of feces is a good omen which suggest a financial gain. Also See: Feces

Deceased relatives
At times we dream about deceased relatives or friends, simply because we miss them. These dreams may be disturbing, but more likely they are a form of wish fulfillment, or a reliving of old experiences. Some people believe that in our dreams with meet up with the deceased on the inner planes and engage in "real" interactions with them. It is normal to miss and long for the people that we loved and that have left the physical body. Thus, it is not surprising that they will pop up in our dreams form time to time.

Desert
If you are looking out on a vast dessert it could symbolize you unconscious. Deserts are generally barren, with little vegetation or animal life. The desert in your dreams could be bringing up the issues of stagnation and periods of little growth in your life. Also, the desert could represent your loneliness and feelings of isolation. However, if you live close to the desert, or love the desert, this may be a positive symbol. For some the desert may be a place where they can commune with nature and feel a sense of peace.

Devil
Dreaming about devils and demons is usually very frightening, and from fear you may awake from your dream. The devil does not generally represent something outside of yourself. It usually symbolizes the most negative and least developed part of you. It may be that part of you that is ignorant and destructive. You can determine the meaning and the message in your dream by looking at all of the details carefully. All dreams are good dreams in that they bring unconscious materials to the conscious mind. Only then you can begin to effectively cope with the more unpleasant sides of your personality.
Also see: Satan

Diamond
The diamond is something valuable, timeless and very precious. Dreaming about diamonds may have several different meanings. It could represent love and money, as well as universal truths and spiritual consciousness. The diamond in your dream is an object of desire, and symbolizes those thing that are most valuable to you. We are constantly in pursuit of those things that we have not obtained, but want and need to feel complete. Your dream may have something to do with deciphering what it is that you find most valuable, and then obtaining it.

Digging
The interpretation of this behavior depends on your circumstances and on the details of the dream (this is true for all dreams). Digging is generally considered to be difficult work, or hard labor. You could be "digging" around for the truth, or trying to get to the bottom of things. Alternately, you could be "digging your own grave". Thus, consider your feelings in the dream and the type of ground that you were digging in. Were you working a difficult area, or digging in fertile soil? See also: Dirt.

Dinosaurs
They are fascinating, sometimes lovable, dangerous, and alive only in our imaginations and history. Consider all of the details of this dream and try to tie these ideas to some aspect of your life. The dinosaur, weather you have given it a positive or negative connotation, refers to something in the past, or to a part of your personality which has changed and you no loner use.

Dirt/Earth
Dreaming about dirt, as in something dirty could represent several different things. It could reflect you state of mind, or a situation from your daily life. It could symbolize a relationship, a business venture, or any other part of your life, where you (or someone else) have been less than honest and honorable. Dirt in your dreams could also represent your unwholesome attitudes and a somewhat devious state of mind. This dream, depending on its details may be encouraging you to clean up "your act" inside and out.
Dreaming about soil and the earth, usually symbolizes fertility and the potential to grow. Rich soil may be an indication that the time is right for work and new beginnings. Dreaming about dry, barren soil, may be a reflection of your negative mood. It may include feelings of depression, or general feelings of boredom and emptiness.

Disasters
Dreaming about natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods, is not that uncommon. People usually have these dreams at a time when there are many changes going on in their lives. Most people have ambivalent feelings about change, and some resist even positive changes. Thus, quick shifts in life styles or some type of a crisis, may bring about dreams of natural disasters. Please look up a specific disaster by name. Also See: Flood, Earthquake, Tornado.

Disease
The word disease literally means out of ease. Before you begin to interpret this dream on a psychological or metaphysical level, first check your health. The dream could refer to physical or emotional health. Also see: Illness

Diving
Having this dream may mean that you are trying to "get to the bottom" of a current situation or feeling. Water symbolize the unconscious, thus another interpretation for this dream may be that you are delving into your unconscious. Finally, Freud thought that diving may have sexual connotations and represents intercourse.

Doctor
Dreaming about a doctor may represent a need for physical, emotional or spiritual healing. Doctors are generally respected authority figures and we usually follow their advice and guidance in regard to our well being. Depending on your belief system, the doctor in your dream could also represent you higher self or inner guidance. If you are currently experiencing a health problem and doctors are a part of your daily/weekly life, this dream may be symbolic of real life difficulties. However, the dream is most likely based on a past event, or memory, rather than a prediction of the future.

Dog
A dog or dogs in your dream could symbolize a large variety of ideas or concepts. Carefully consider all of the details and the mood in your dream. First, if you have a dog, it may be natural to dream about him. We become emotionally attached to our dogs, and we dream about them just like we dream about anything else that is important to us. Otherwise, consider all of the connotations that have been given to dogs. Dogs could symbolize loyalty and hard work. If someone calls you a dog, it's a negative reflection on your personality. If you are being treated like a dog, you are most likely being abused in some way. On the metaphysical level, dogs are consider to be the guards of the underworld, and for the dreamer they may be bringing up some messages from the unconscious. Finally, dogs could represent the more basic or "animal" parts of ourselves, and some think that they specifically represent male energy.

Dolphin
Dolphins represent friendliness, communal living, rescue, communication and affection. They are water dwelling mammals and in our dreams they may represent our willingness and our ability to navigate through our emotions. They may also represent positive messages from our unconscious minds. Dolphins may represent a positive connection between consciousness and those parts of ourselves that are a mystery to us. Also See: Water, Whale.

Donkey
Dreaming about this interesting, but at times amusing animal, may have several different and opposing interpretations. Therefore, it is very important that you pay attention to the details and the emotional tone of the dream. A donkey may represent humility, honor and "royalty" in disguise. On the opposite end of things, it may symbolize stubbornness and an unyielding personality. Also, it may represent a person who has many burdens and carries a "heavy load". Either way, the individual symbolized by the donkey has redeeming qualities which include ruggedness, endurance, and loyalty. (but don't get them angry because they just may kick you with their hind legs-- just kidding!).

Door
Doors are passageways and in our dreams they hold that symbolism. Going thorough a door may represent going form one state of consciousness to another, or from one inner plane to another. If the doors are locked or closed it may represent opportunities that are not currently available to you, or obstacles. Many doors may represent choices that you are currently faced with.

Drowning
This is a very common dream and one that can invoke a great amount of fear. However, it may have positive significance. This dream may suggest to the dreamer that he is overwhelmed by unresolved emotions, old issues, or a current crisis. It suggests that a release of the old is necessary in order to emerge and begin anew. This dream serves to awaken the dreamer to consciously embrace and begin to effectively cope with problems and negativity in his life.