Jungian's Interpretation of Dream
To Jungians the dream is not a kind of standardized cryptogram that can be decoded by a glossary of symbol meanings. It is an integral, important, and personal expression of the individual unconscious.
It is just as "real" as any other phenomenon attaching to the individual. The dreamer's individual unconscious is communicating with the dreamer alone and is selecting symbols for its purpose that have meaning to the dreamer and to nobody else. Thus the interpretation of dreams, whether by the analyst or by the dreamer himself, is for the Jungians psychologist, an entirely personal and individual business (and sometimes an experimental and very lengthy one as well) that can be no means be undertaken by rule of thumb.
The converse of this is that the communications of the unconscious are of the highest importance to the dreamer -naturally so, since the unconscious is at least half of his total being -and frequently offer him advice or guidance that can be obtained from no other source.
Man and his Symbols Author: Carl G. Jung and M. L. von Franz
