Is the angel in your dream a guardian angel, well disposed towards you and perhaps offering you help or protection? If so, see it as a propitious sign, or as a symbol of something in your (as yet) unconscious psyche that can remove obstacles and advance your progress towards fulfilment and happiness.
The Apocalypse is first and foremost a revelation which bears upon mysterious realities; next it is prophetic, since these realities are in time to come; last of all it is a vision and the scenes and the numbers are so many symbols. The language of apocalyptic writing is richly symbolic.
The baby may represent your own vulnerability, or your need for love. This applies to both men and women. When the 'baby' within you - the hurt, frustrated self - cries out, it is very difficult to look at yourself objectively, but an effort must be made to see this frightened or rejected child as a part of yourself that needs your love.
A bird may represent the sweet directness and simplicity of Nature, unpretentious and contented 'is-ness'. In this case, your dream may be telling you what you need to make room for in your life and in your fundamental attitudes. It may be that the bird signifies an entry into, or an invitation to enter, realms of spiritual power.
In Meister Eckhart’s Sermons: ‘There is within the soul a castle into which not even the gaze of the Triune God can penetrate’, because it is the castle of pure Oneness. The Arabs call the constellations of the Zodiac borj (stronghold), as does the ta’wil (esotericism), in so far as they ‘shelter souls from damnation’.
In a dream, the Desert landscape may symbolize a cessation of psychological or emotional growth. The difficulty of desert travel, replete with intense heat, uneven terrain and lack of water are key signs of emotional stagnation. We may feel dry and incomplete in a one-sided relationship where our sentiments of love (heat) are not reciprocated.
The meeting of two levels of awareness, one negating the other, may be symbolically expressed in the Eclipse image. The Unconscious may be warning us that we have shut out some person or situation in favor of another, without thinking about the repercussion of our selective behavior. Do you feel that you are in eclipse, in decline?
The Elephant is symbolic of power, single-minded determination and exaggerated memory. As such, yet in an extreme sense, the elephant may represent the blind rage of vengeance, enacted as retaliation for some ‘past’ insult or injury. However, in a dream, an elephant primarily epitomizes will-power and fierce tenacity.
Falcons are sometimes depicted hooded. They then symbolize that hope in the light which is nourished by those who live in darkness. They are images of prisoners, of spiritual ardour stifled, of light hidden under a bushel and of esoteric knowledge. The falcon was also the attribute of the god Ra, symbol of the rising Sun.
Central American Indians thought of four jaguars watching over the four tracks leading to the centre of their villages. This custom may have derived from the ancient Mayan belief that four mythic jaguars at the beginning of time guarded the maize-fields. A stylized pair of jaguar-jaws symbolizes Heaven on monuments.
