22 symbols beginning with U. Each one is read four ways, and every source is named so you can check it.
- Unable to moveBeing fully aware and unable to move is one of the most frightening things a sleeper can experience, and it has a well-documented physical explanat...
- Unable to screamTrying to shout and producing nothing is one of the most commonly reported dream experiences, and it usually attaches to a waking situation where s...
- U-turnThe U-turn is reported as being made on a road where it is not allowed, and dreamers frequently report the decision rather than the manoeuvre.
- UFOA UFO often marks something unexplained entering your world, a sense of being watched, or a feeling that change is arriving from outside you.
- UglyDreams in which the dreamer or somebody else is ugly are reported for the reaction rather than the appearance, and the face is rarely describable a...
- Umbilical cordThe cord is reported at the moment of cutting, and dreamers frequently report being asked to do it.
- UmbrellaAn umbrella usually stands for shelter and protection from trouble, so notice whether it kept you dry, turned inside out, or was nowhere to be found.
- UncleAn uncle usually represents a quality you link with him, such as guidance, authority, or a gentler kind of fathering, more than the literal relative.
- UndertakerThe undertaker in a dream is reported as calm and competent, and dreamers frequently say they were relieved to see them.
- UnderwaterBeing underwater is reported as calm surprisingly often, and the detail dreamers volunteer is that they were not short of breath.
- UnemployedThe dream is usually about the day rather than the job, and dreamers frequently report going to a workplace they no longer belong to.
- UnicornA unicorn often stands for purity, a rare hope, or something you long for that feels precious and almost impossible to reach.
- UnicycleA unicycle often pictures precarious balance and self-reliance, keeping upright on a single point through constant adjustment.
- UniformA uniform in a dream is reported as being worn by the dreamer without their having put it on.
- UranusThe planet arrives in dreams mostly through astrology columns, and dreamers frequently report being told something about it rather than seeing it.
- UrinalThe urinal in a dream is in the wrong place, and the reported anxiety is about being seen rather than about the need.
- UrineOne of the most common physical causes of a dream, and one of the very few where the body is straightforwardly writing the plot.
- UtensilsThe drawer of things a kitchen has accumulated, most of which are used once a year and none of which can be thrown away.
- UnpackingTaking things out of a container in a new place, where every object has to be given somewhere to be.
- UkuleleA small four-stringed instrument brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants and taken up so completely that it became the island's own.
- UpholstererA trade whose finished work conceals everything that was done, so the better the job the less of it can be seen.
- UsuryLending at interest, which for most of European history was the offence itself rather than lending at too much interest.