Work in a dream reflects your daily duties, your ambitions and your relationship with effort and recognition.
When the dream feels light
Pleasant work speaks of satisfaction, recognition and good results.
When the dream feels dark
Overwork or problems at work point to stress, fear of failure or dissatisfaction.
Ask yourself
Does my work express who I am?
Correspondences
- Archetype
- The Mask — The face you show the world, useful but not the whole truth.
- Element
- Earth — body, matter and the real
- Planet
- Saturn
- Tarot card
- Eight of Pentacles
- Alchemical stage
- Citrinitas, the Yellowing
The Great Work begins in ordinary labour. What are you really building?
Words that call this sign
boss, job, jobs
Related signs
The Dog · Snow · The Mirror · Teeth · Hair · The Face · The Friend · The Tower
The card of this dream
Eight of Pentacles. The apprentice’s devotion, skill earned one coin at a time. A craftsman sits at his bench, carving pentacles one by one, with others displayed on the post beside him. It is diligence, mastery, apprenticeship and work done with care.