Dream Description Dreamer: 38-year-old female
Dreaming of going out to play with friends. We walked on the overpass, and there was a beautiful rainbow in the sky above the city, with the sky also being pink, and the rainbow slowly descending with the sunset.
I was very excited and quickly picked up my camera to take a photo as a keepsake, only to find a light blue monster under the rainbow. It was fighting with a human and got injured, covering its face, as if it had been bullied, and rushed into the amusement park.
My friend and I also sneaked into the amusement park and found that it looked more like a school, in a Harry Potter style, with many students and guards in armor. They were responsible for guarding the place and surrounded the monster that had run in. I thought the monster looked quite pitiful.
Later, we walked into the student council's classroom, which was called "FKT," named after their previous president who had died in battle a long time ago, and everyone here respected him.
The dream ended.
Dreamer's Associations
Friend: In reality, my friend is more stable and intelligent.
Monster: From a distance, it looked tall and round, like pudding, round and watery. At first, I was a bit scared, but later I felt there was no danger.
Analysis:
The pink sky and beautiful rainbow: In the dream, they symbolize beautiful and happy things, possibly reflecting the dreamer's yearning for beauty and happiness. Walking on the overpass in the dream, which often runs between roads, implies some sort of "passing through," meaning there is a road ahead and a road behind, indicating a choice to move forward.
The monster symbolizes the dreamer's inner self: This part of the inner self feels harmless; the destruction it causes seems more like an unintentional result of its size. Instead, I think it is playful. I can't imagine a jelly-like monster being scary; I think it is just excited to see beautiful scenery, like a child playing in the "amusement park" of the human world.
The monster thought it had rushed into an amusement park, but it turned out to be a school, representing the process of a child's growth. Once in school, one cannot play aggressively like a child anymore and must be restrained, so it was surrounded by guards, representing authority and rules.
The magic academy symbolizes the sublimation of emotions: The child's aggression and curiosity are controlled, just like the people in the magic academy learn to control magic. It must learn to manage its emotions and behaviors, transforming its originally destructive power into magic that helps itself.
What we can see here is the dreamer trying to suppress and control her emotional thoughts and needs.
However, the process of suppression is not smooth; it occasionally surfaces. The name of the student council made the dreamer immediately think of an English curse word, but at least the aggressive behavior has transformed into verbal aggression, which is an improvement, showing some restraint.
As for the president who named it, he is naturally a warrior who loves battle and adventure. In fact, I believe this president is the monster, a monster that has matured. The president has already died, indicating that this part is continuously weakening. It seems this dream is revealing the changes happening within the dreamer, her experiences of suppression and release, and the direction in which she is growing.