Water is the element of feeling and of the unconscious. Its state in the dream is the state of your emotions: clear or muddy, calm or rushing. It also cleanses, heals and gives life.
When the dream feels light
Clear, calm water promises emotional peace, healing and clarity.
When the dream feels dark
Muddy, rising or flooding water points to emotions that overwhelm you, confusion or fear of losing control.
Ask yourself
What state is the water of my feelings in right now?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Soul-Image — The inner other, anima or animus, who guides you towards feeling and depth.
- Element
- Water — feeling, dream and the unconscious
- Planet
- Moon
- Tarot card
- Ace of Cups
- Alchemical stage
- Albedo, the Whitening
The unconscious and the feelings. What flows here wants to be felt, not managed.
Words that call this sign
wet
Related signs
The Cat · The Deer · The Flower · The Moon · The Witch · Tears · The Dream · The Dance
The card of this dream
Ace of Cups. The overflowing cup, new love, a heart opening. A hand emerges from a cloud holding an overflowing cup; a dove brings the host, and water falls in five streams into a pond of lotuses. It is the source of the heart: new love, emotional fulfillment, compassion and grace.