An unknown person in a dream is usually an unknown part of yourself: a quality you have not yet discovered, or one you reject. Notice their gender, age and behaviour.
When the dream feels light
A friendly stranger speaks of a new talent, a meeting or a side of you that wants to be known.
When the dream feels dark
A threatening stranger points to a fear, a repressed trait or an outside danger you sense.
Ask yourself
Which unknown part of me is knocking at the door?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Shadow — What you have refused to see in yourself, dark but full of force.
- Element
- Air — thought, word and message
- Planet
- Mercury
- Tarot card
- The Fool
- Alchemical stage
- Nigredo, the Blackening
The unknown part of yourself arriving in another form. Meet them with curiosity.
Words that call this sign
unknown man, unknown person, unknown woman
Related signs
The Wolf · The Rat · The Bat · The Goat · The Storm · The Forest · Night · The Shadow
The card of this dream
The Fool. A leap into the unknown, taken on pure faith. The Fool stands at the edge of a cliff, carefree, with a small bundle and a white dog at his heels. He is the zero, the pure beginning: a new chapter opens and nothing is decided yet, so trust, curiosity and courage matter more than plans.