1- When a puppet appears in a dream there is perhaps a sense of being able to manipulate circumstances or people around us.
A puppet can also represent the more mechanical processes of our being, those activities which go on automatically in the background.
2- If someone else is working the puppet, we may feci that we are being manipulated. It would be wise to look at how we are co-operating in everyday life in becoming a victim.
If the puppet is manipulating us we have become aware that bureaucracy is causing us difficulty. What should be working for us has, in fact, turned into some kind of a manipulator.
3- At certain stages of development, we can become aware that we are powerless without a spiritually motivating force behind us. We arc like puppets in the greater scheme of things.
[1]Numb, childish, dependent, insensitive (a child projecting its psyche on the puppet).
It is important to look at how these symbols are connected. They may point to a rediscovery of childlike emotions, or to the necessity to say good-bye to them.
If you are the puppet, you see yourself as without a soul, as only a pretty plaything.
Until the late Middle Ages, the puppet was considered a defense against evil ghosts or as possessing magical powers. Such beliefs are still mirrored in the practice of having mascots.
[2]Puppets have a dual symbolism of opposite meanings. On the one hand, the inconsistency of character, lack of initiative, and inability to make one’s own decisions. On the other, the power and the ability to pull the strings, that is, to make others to act under your orders. It’s not a positive dream because it shows situations which are not clear or desirable.
The omens of this dream portend happiness thanks to your ability to organize people. To make a puppet dance promises good business and great profit.
[3]Depth Psychology: Puppets usually represent dependence—on other people, substances, sex, etc. Sometimes they indicate the negative influences and control that you feel others have over you. Do you feel like a marionette? Are you known to pull “strings” to manipulate others? In either case, you need to make some changes! See Thread.
[4]Dreams of a puppet denote that you’ve been abdicating your power, or that you have been abusing it.
If you are feeling powerless, manipulated or used, then this dream is a message to cut the strings that bind you and take the authority for your life back.
If you are the puppeteer, you are realizing your powers of manipulation.
[5]A puppet is usually the figure of a human being that is manipulated by the puppet master to do his or her bidding. In this way, a puppet symbolizes being forced or coerced into choices that may not be authentic or true to you.
If you are the puppeteer in your dream, look to where you are using manipulation to get your needs met.
[6]Psychological / emotional perspective: When a puppet appears in a dream there is perhaps a sense of being able to manipulate circumstances or people around us.
A puppet can also represent the more mechanical processes of our being, those activities that go on automatically in the background.
[7]These dolls featured in your dream are a sign that you are worried about being controlled by outside influences—or repressed fears —which are preventing your progress and/or enjoyment in life.
Professional counseling would be likely to help you resolve your conflict
[8]A puppet can be a toy or it can be entertainment.
A dream puppet is often a straightforward representation of someone who is being manipulated by someone else. Perhaps we feel powerless, or perhaps we feel like we are a “puppet” of our addictions.
[9]At certain stages of development, we can become aware that we are powerless without a spiritually motivating force behind us. We are like puppets in the greater scheme of things.
[10]Manipulation or feeling manipulated; feeling powerless against what feels like an external influence—the power of alcohol and drugs.
[11]Allowing others to manipulate you; giving away power.
If you are working the puppet, you are trying to control and manipulate others.
[12]Symbolic of someone who is controlled by other people or by demonic influences, Jer. 2:8
[13]One who is controlled by others; see “bound”
[14]See Also: Mask.
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