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  • Number 9





    1/8/2005
    I remembered this tonight as I drove home on a very wet stormy night.

    This morning I woke up from a dream, I couldn't remember the dream but I knew that I had a dream. So I was driving out of a fast food place where I had stopped to use the restroom and grab something to eat. For some reason I put my foot all the way down on the gas pedal and speed up quickly and suddenly I remembered what I had dreamt about this morning. Like a flash, I remembered the dream - I was driving and the tachometer of the car I was driving was red lining and the number 9 glowing in digital display on it.

    So out of curiosity I looked up some of the word symbol meanings on an online dream dictionary.
    Here's what I got:

    Dream symbol: number nine, 9
    9, nine, nines, ninth

    Interpretation:
    A number of outward expression and concern, humanitarianism,
    action, courage or conflict
    Completion or the end of a cycle
    A person who is determined, impulsive, forgiving, trusting, honest
    Something that happens very frequently, nine times out of ten
    Pregnancy or a full term incubation of something
    Repeatedly surviving or overcoming dangerous or potentially lethal situations, having nine lives

    Dream symbol: driver
    driver, drivers

    Interpretation:
    Being in charge, in control of your life or a situation
    Spearheading a project, being in the driver's seat
    Programming or training something to function optimally
    Offering unwanted advice, interfering in matters that are not your concern, being back-seat driver

    Dream symbol: speed
    speed, speeds, speeding, sped

    Interpretation:
    Feeling out of control
    Needing to slow down in order to use your time more efficiently; more haste, less speed
    Impatience, wanting to speed things up
    Something that is not up to standard or expectations, not up to speed

    Dream symbol: fast
    fast, fasts, fasting, fasted, faster, fastest

    Interpretation:
    If you're feeling out of control, it may suggest a need to slow down
    Wanting to go faster may indicate a need to hurry up in order not to miss an opportunity
    Something that is steadfast or constant
    Something that does not change readily or easily
    Something that is fixed, secure, firm or tight
    A deep or advanced state e.g. fast asleep
    Trickery, pulling a fast one

    Dream symbol: measure
    measure, measures, measuring, measured, measurement, measurements

    Interpretation:
    Comparing, analyzing, sizing something up
    Doing enough work, achieving a high standard, measuring up against something - note the
    surrounding symbology for further interpretational clues
    Adding enough or more than is required, for good measure
    Using something as a yardstick
    A need to be exact or precise

    Dream symbol: car
    car, cars, vehicle, vehicles, automobile, automobiles

    Interpretation:
    A car within a dream usually represents self or the physical body
    If you're a passenger, it may suggest feeling dominated or that someone else is in charge
    A racing car may imply that you're either living too fast, or that it's time to gear up and
    get a move on
    A car accident is likely to imply that you're unfocused or that you need to slow down
    An overheated car may indicate anger, a need to cool down



    note) Couldn't find tachometer/speedometer/odometer, so I used measure instead.



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