Sphinx

To dream of a sphinx represents your feelings about authority or control that doesn't need to explain itself. Respect that can't be questioned. Awareness of how intelligent it is to avoid upsetting an authority. Feeling that you will face serious consequences if you don't respect someone on your own. Feeling that you will be in serious trouble if you don't do exactly what someone tells you. A warning signal to "tread carefully" in the presence of authority. A warning signal that something seriously dangerous is not being faked.

Negatively, dreaming about a sphinx may reflect people in your life that you feel are so conceited with power that they expect total compliance from you without explaining themselves. Fearing someone powerful's reputation. Signalling to others that they are in danger if they risk insubordination. Allowing arrogant rhetoric, rumors, or reputations control you. Assuming someone is powerful or dangerous without having ever experienced it yourself. Serving others without question. Assumptions about a dangerous past that haven't been fully explored.

To dream of the Egyptian Sphinx may reflect feelings of assumed importance given to something based on a reputation of which you've never experienced yourself in person. Assuming something is important to respect without understanding it fully.

Alternatively, the Egyptian Sphinx may reflect awareness of something being important, but not understanding why. Respect you used to give to someone without knowing much about them. A dangerous reputation that stands the test of time. Memories of total power that used to be highly respected. Something in your life that triggers bad memories of a bossy person, bully, or controlling person. Intimidation from your past that negatively effects your decisions in the present.

Example: A man dreamed of floating above the Egyptian desert in a hot air balloon and seeing a large number of sphinx's on the ground. In waking life he was having a child and was assuming that his child was so important that he would sacrifice a large number of areas of his life to respect the child's upbringing. The sphinx's in this case may have reflected his unquestioned respect for his first unborn child without question based on inexperience that was excessive and driving to him to make too many sacrifices to his personal life to cater to the child's needs. He was so nervous about becoming a father he allowed his need to respect the child without question to override his judgement.

Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing sphinx's on all his bed posts. In waking life he was having trouble having a sexual relationship with this girlfriend because she feared sexual contact. The sphinx's in this case may have reflected his feelings about having to respect his girlfriend's fear of sexual contact without question until she was ready on her own. He feared she would break up with him if he pushed her at all.

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Spiderman

To dream of spiderman may represent an unusual degree of courage or nerve as you attempt to make someone arrogant embarrass themselves. Risking everything to pressure someone into doing the right thing for themselves.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing spiderman. In waking life he was risking his relationship with his elderly father by complaining to city building inspectors about his father's neglected property. He hoped his father would go broke trying to comply with the city orders and be forced into selling so he'd retire and stop living in a home that was falling apart.

Spiky Hair

To dream of spiky hair represents a mindset that is rebellious, spiteful, resistant, or insensitive to rules or beliefs. It may also reflect you or someone else that is breaking the rules, being mean, or being difficult on purpose.

Sponges

To dream of sponge represents feelings about absorbing a problem. Your ability to integrate or accept a problem into your life.

Positively, a sponge may reflect receptivity to learning or knowledge.

Negatively, a sponge may reflect a tendency to absorb to much negativity from others. Putting up with too much poor treatment.

Example: A woman dreamed of smelling an orange sponge. In waking life she had confronted her husband about potential cheating and was trying to feel how bad the effects of the confrontation were. The sponge in this case may have reflected her feelings about herself having no choice, but to put up with the potential cheating. As a house wife she felt she had no choice, but to "absorb" her husbands bad behavior.

Sponsorship

To dream of a sponsorship or that you are sponsoring a cause represents feelings about about noticed by others as supportive. Wanting to look good being supportive.

Negatively, dreaming about a sponsorship may reflect bad or false intentions behind supporting others. Wanting to be noticed by others as supportive only because it benefits you. Wanting to look good to enemies or appear to be more caring or sympathetic than your enemies.

Spoons

To dream of a spoon represents special treatment. Areas of your life that you want to protect or be careful with. Alternatively, it may also represent privileges. You or someone else is being given special treatment.

Spotlights

To dream of a spotlight represents preoccupation with noticing one issue. All your attention is on one goal only. Drawing all attention to one person or situation.

To dream of having a spotlight on you represents feelings of being the centre of attention. Everyone is noticing you, what you're saying, or what you're doing.

Example: A man dreamed of turning off lights and then walking over to a spot light and turning it on. In waking life he had stop looking around for possible career choices and found one specific field he wanted to focus all his attention on.

Spring

To dream of spring represents new beginnings, hope, or feeling that a problem doesn't matter anymore. Renewal of some kind. Creativity, warmth, virility or fruitfulness.

Sprinklers

To dream of a lawn sprinkler represents a wish to avoid being noticed losing or avoid notice yourself losing. Something you are doing to maintain appearances, good impressions, or a measure of your success. Being noticed winning no matter what.

Sprinkles

To dream of eating something with sprinkles on it represents a wonderful situation where you feel that there is nothing wrong at all. Joy, pleasure, satisfaction. Appreciation for how well your life is proceeding at the moment. Really enjoying something that is happening to you.

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Staff

To dream of employing people as part of your staff represents feelings about your decisions being supported at all times. Expectations about your decisions being supported or carried out with delegation. Feelings about yourself or others delegating decisions. Feeling reassured in your ability to manage or lead. Expecting others to do everything for you. Feeling that people should "answer to you." Feeling that people are obligated to do with you tell them. Feelings about yourself being a better manager or delegate than other people.

Alternatively, dreams about staff may reflect feelings about waking life situations where people are required to serve you. Feelings about servants, employees, city workers, contractors, or people whose job it is to help you in some way. Frustrations or honest feelings you have about these people.

Negatively, dreams about hired staff may reflect too many expectations from others supporting you. Delegation that is excessive or asks too much of others supporting you. Ego that expects subordination or has a low view of people beneath you in status. Overworking or taking advantage of people who support you. A naive belief that people are going to support you the way you asked them to. Expectations that others will follow orders flawlessly. Negatively expecting everyone else to do everything for you. Feelings about yourself controlling a relationship. Feeling that nobody cares about a problem as much as you do.

To dream of yelling at staff may reflect frustrations or impatience with others not being as supportive of a situation as you'd like them to be. Frustrations or impatience with people you believe are obligated to your decisions. Frustrations with people being lazier than you. Proving to others that you are more competent then they are. Frustrations with people who don't listen.

To dream of a magical staff represents powerful feelings about how easy it is to change something or cause something impossible to occur. Scaring other people with a highly skilled abilities to change something. Feelings about being an authority in incredible feats. Feeling that other people need to respect your powerful abilities.

To dream of a staff used as a weapon represents feelings about other people needing to respect your ability to be dangerous or experienced in conflict.

Example: A woman dreamed of yelling at hospital staff to hurry up and deliver a baby before seeing her grandmother in the corner of the room. In waking life she was eager for her boyfriend to help his girlfriend deliver her baby in the hospital so that her secret relationship with him could continue. The symbolism of the hospital staff being yelled at is this case may have reflected her initial supportive instructive attitude towards her boyfriend on the telephone pushing her boyfriend to be more intelligent about demanding the hospital staff do more, while her grandmother in the corner of the room may have reflected her intuition about the situation feeling that the relationship was never going to be what she wanted it to be.

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