The mother in a dream is the archetype of nourishment, protection and origin, more than the real person. Her mood often shows how you care for yourself and how you were cared for.
When the dream feels light
A loving mother speaks of protection, comfort and healing.
When the dream feels dark
A cold, angry or absent mother points to old wounds, dependence or a need for care that has not been met.
Ask yourself
How do I care for myself, and how was I cared for?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Great Mother — Nourishment, protection and the depths that both give and take.
- Element
- Water — feeling, dream and the unconscious
- Planet
- Moon
- Tarot card
- The Empress
- Alchemical stage
- Albedo, the Whitening
Nurture and the source, but also what holds too tightly. You are the child, and you are becoming the mother.
Words that call this sign
grandma, mama, mom, mum
Related signs
The Spider · The Bear · The Bee · The Sea · Earth · The Cave · The Queen · Bread
The card of this dream
The Empress. Abundance, fertility and the slow ripening of what was planted. The Empress sits crowned with stars in a field of ripe wheat, by a running stream. She is abundance, fertility, beauty and the mother: what you have planted grows, and life offers comfort, pleasure and creation.