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Nature
UPROOTED
TREE
There’s something potentially sad
about the image of an uprooted
tree—it has become ungrounded,
pulled from its safe home in the earth.
However, in the dream world, there
are other meanings to consider.
Perhaps their appearance in your
dream might suggest uprooting to a
new home, career, or lifestyle.
MAKING ROOM FOR
DEVELOPMENT
A large tree is about to be pulled down—
arborists arrive, their noisy saws cutting through
the top branches until the trunk is ready to be
uprooted. Unmoved, you then feel surprisingly
pleased as this majestic tree’s roots and stump
are nally pulled from the soil.
Action In the real world, people remove trees to
make room for new development, or because
they cast too much shadow. Is that what’s
happening in your inner life? Are you getting rid
of emotional obstacles? If so, greet the changes
—your feelings about the uprooted tree’s
disappearance suggest a positive outcome
with no unpleasant surprises.
WINDS BLOW DOWN
COUNTLESS TREES
You dream of a powerful wind uprooting trees
and decimating woodland. There is nothing you
can do but watch Mother Nature’s fury destroy all
that beauty. You imagine how birds and wildlife
will have lost their habitat, and you’re full of grief
about such devastation.
Action Has a job loss, proposed change of
location, or leaving familiar territory prompted
this dream? A powerful wind would suggest
events over which you have no control; there
seems to be no opportunity available to ght
o the impending change. You must go
along with the new order.
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Uprooted Tree
REARRANGING THE LAYOUT
You dream of watching someone digging up your
favorite ornamental tree. At rst, you’re irritated at
them for taking matters into their own hands. How
dare they! You then realize how much better the
uprooted tree will one day look, transplanted
elsewhere in the park or yard and creating more
visual balance.
Action Don’t be afraid to initiate transitions
instead of letting others do so. The dream tree
could be a metaphor for yourself: passively
submitting to others’ plans. If it literally means
transporting a favorite tree or bush to a new
place, consider how good it will look after you’ve
chosen exactly where you can transplant it. The
same goes for your life. The key here is to do
what you want (if possible), not watch others
always make their choices.
CASE STUDY: KIERAN
Kieran had led a repressed life, living with a
woman with poor self-esteem who needed to
be the special one in the partnership. Their
implicit collusive deal lasted for years, until he
left her. He found a new job in landscape
gardening—and Ella.
Ella was not into collusion, wanting an
authentic man responsible for his own
emotional development. Every time he fell
back into the habitual self-eacing, she
showed her angry frustration. Over time,
Kieran began to understand why she was
distressed at this suppression of his own
needs. He learned to stand up for himself
and to enjoy praise sincerely oered.
One night, a vivid dream conrmed how his
psychological life was in the process of
changing. He was pushing a wheelbarrow
along a new road. The wheelbarrow was lled
with rich soil into which an uprooted tree had
been placed, ready for planting. He understood
that he was that tree—ready now to ourish
and grow in very dierent soil from the bleak
territory he had once thought acceptable.
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