Universal Landscape: A Character Aspect that is utterly foreign to you.
Dreaming Lens: Were you in a familiar environment with alien beings? Was the environment alien as well? Were you abducted? Was there danger involved in the encounter? Were you curious about the alien’s origin? Were they here to teach or to conquer?
Personal Focus: The foundational meaning to this image connects to the word itself. An alien originally meant an individual who was from a foreign country. While this definition is still in use today, it is usually paired with the term “illegal” and has lost its general meaning. With the UFO phenomenon that emerged in the last century, the word now tends to conjure thoughts of beings from outer space.
The media initially created two distinctly different versions of what aliens look like. There is the short one with the large head and the tall, willowy one. It is not clear why this duality emerged, but a generalized interpretation might assign lower functioning aspects such as aggression to the short one, and gentler, more ethereal qualities to the tall one. More recently, the creative community has produced a wide array of alien creatures. There is an overall association with aliens from outer space that projects onto them violent and destructive intentions. This quality should be considered when you interpret this symbol.
As you would do with any person who appears in your dreams, use the Character Aspect approach, which recognizes a character (or alien) as a part of your personality. If the alien has human features, it may represent a part of your personality or psychic makeup that is new to you and, therefore, feels strange or alien to your nature. In such a case, it is crucial to uncover your meaning from the contextual images surrounding the alien in your dream. Its form and actions, and your feelings about the alien, will give you a sense of what is being brought to light.
Abduction by aliens might be revealing fears about unfamiliar territory or new environments in which you find yourself. The more fear you feel in the dream, the more frightened you may be of the changes that are occurring. On the other side of this equation, feeling an affinity toward an alien and actually wanting to make a connection may indicate a desire to break out of a constricting mold of sameness.
[1](1) A person of foreign appearance or encountered in a foreign land may represent some part of the psyche which is unfamiliar to you. You will need to get acquainted with that ‘foreign’ part of yourself if you are to realize a happiness or satisfaction that has so far eluded you. The first step, of course, is to identify the ‘alien’: what part of you is it that has been neglected and is now courting your attention?
The foreigner may symbolize the whole of your unconscious psyche, rather than a particular part of it.
(2) Journeying to or in a foreign country may represent an inner journey, an exploration of the unconscious, the not yet discovered or integrated realm of vour being. No matter how advanced you are in self-exploration, if you are still exploring you are still entering foreign territory (but see also Travel).
If the foreign country in the dream is one vou have visited in real life, the significance of its appearance in your dream may lie in what you associate with that country or what feelings you have about it. Of course, the same could apply even if the country was one you had never been to, so long as that country had particular associations for vou.
(3) What is ‘alien’ in the sense of‘unfamiliar often carries emotional overtones of‘alien’ in the sense of ‘enemy5. Getting acquainted with the ‘enemy’, however, will result in making the (potential or actual) enemy a friend. There is no part of vour psyche that will harm vou so long as it is not neglected or repressed.
If you learn to love yourself - the whole of yourself, all vour components - vou will have no internal enemies.
The alien may not be an adversary at all, but a helper. It may be that your alter-ego has something of value to offer vou, if only you will be courteous and hospitable to this hitherto neglected part of voursclf.
See Also: Fear. Journey, Travel.
[2]Everyone in your dream is a part of your own consciousness, and an alien is a character aspect that is utterly foreign to you. This may connect to a higher, more spiritual side of you, but it could also be something that is new and different and therefore threatening. Your personal associations with outer space and aliens must feature in the interpretation you make of such a dream. Abduction by aliens might be revealing fears about unfamiliar territory or new environments in which you may be finding yourself.
The more fear you feel in the dream, the more frightened you may be of the changes that are occurring. On the other side of this equation, feeling an affinity toward an alien and actually wanting to make a connection may indicate a desire to break out of a constricting mold of sameness.
[3]It marks an encounter with a part of you that you find strange or incomprehensible. It may feel hostile or contrary to you. First, you need to figure out what it is, and also, why you reject it. Perhaps, you have been behaving in an unusual way lately.
It is a mistake not to accept this fact. What at first seems terrifying, over the time can become a great help for success. In addition, the alien can be yourself. The cause may be a recent event, such as a new job. Getting used to a new environment often makes us feel like real Martians.
Many people believe that aliens are another product of modernity, so there are no traditional interpretations of this dream.
[4]Occasionally, people will have dreams about UFO’s and aliens. What these dreams symbolize, collectively or individually is difficult to explain and understand. Meeting and talking to aliens may suggests that significant changes are coming into your life and, at the moment, things feel strange and foreign to you.
If you dream that you are the alien, it suggests that you may feel detached from some parts of yourself and from others. You may be a stranger in your immediate surroundings, and some self-evaluation and familiarization is suggested.
[5]Dreaming of an alien or aliens means you think someone is invading your personal boundaries.
If you dream that you are an alien, it symbolizes the undiscovered part of yourself. Dreams of this nature also symbolizes your creative ideas and wild imagination. They may also be your way of “escaping” from reality.
To dream that you are being abducted by aliens indicates your fears that your surroundings are going to change, or your fear of losing your home and family. You might feel that your space and/or privacy is being invaded.
[6]If you dream that you are an alien from outer space this will denote that your ideas are starting to get out of hand in regard to occult matters.
It is your minds way to ‘put the brakes on’.
If you dream you have been abducted by aliens this shows your fear of changing your surroundings or your deep seated fear of losing your home and family.
To see aliens of any kind is bringing out your fears and must be correlated with the rest of the dream.
[7]1- There is something unknown and frightening, which needs to be faced. We have never encountered the strangeness of the being which appears in our dream, and we must handle what happens.
2- There is the potential for experiencing oneself or a part of oneself as not belonging. In dreams there is the realisation of being different from others in the wav we live our lives.
/3- Something alien suggests Evil or, as something different, the Occult.
[8]1. If one fears being abducted, it signifies a deep fear of losing one’s home and family.
2. If the dreamer pictures self as an alien, it means that ideas about the supernatural are getting outlandish.
3. If aliens appear, they symbolize specific fears which can be determined by the context of the dream.
4. Deceased persons.
5. Fear of alienation.
[9]An alien in a dream may indicate that there is difficulty adjusting to new conditions or a new environment. Space aliens may indicate issues about ones boundaries; the dreamer may feel his or her personal life is being invaded.
[10]Urges or feelings we find difficult to identify with; feelings of being an outsider in a group or society; can also be something very new and previously not experienced in regard to one’s own potential or mind.
[11]To dream of a stranger pleasing you, denotes good health and pleasant surroundings; if he displeases you, look for disappointments.
To dream you are an alien, denotes abiding friendships.
[12]You will make valuable new friends if you dreamed of being an alien —but if your dream involved dealing or meeting with aliens, important changes are coining your way.
[13](space alien) symbolic of heavenly visitors. Aliens can be either demons or angels depending on the context of the dream
[14]A part of self we have ignored, rejected or misunderstood; a fear we have avoided.
See Also: Foreign.
[15]To dream that you are an Alien denotes friendship and love.
[16]Adverse to one’s situation
[17]See Also: Foreign, UFO, Shadow.
[18]lucky numbers: 03-05-28-34-47-48
being an: varying from the norm is your choice.
chased by: wil be honored for innovative designs.
undesirable: difficulty in accepting shame and sorrow of past actions.
changing citizenship: your boundaries have been invaded.
foreigners, being in the company of: awareness of your own racial prejudice.
disliking a: undertakings wil not succeed without facing the fear you have avoided.
falling in love with a: fear of what is foreign in yourself.
marrying a: wil be fortunate in love affairs.
meeting: something that you do not wish to face, understand, or recognize.
introduced to an: a misunderstood part of your nature wants expression.
seeing little green: have out-of-character urges and desires.
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