I'm a Christian and I've analyzed my fair share of my own dreams as well as a number of dreams shared with me by others, and in so doing, I've come to one primary conclusion. Dreams are almost always about what has preoccupied ones thoughts during waking hours. The interesting thing to me is how the mind recreates those thoughts. In my opinion, the only possible way to interpret a dream accurately is to know what is preoccupying the dreamer's thoughts during those waking hours. If you can identify those conscious thoughts and concerns, then you can begin to identify the images and words in the dreams and how they relate. Here's a little example:
As a new Christian I began having dreams that had coins in them. I kept finding or noticing coins in my dreams. At first I did not understand, but later realized that the dreams weren't about coins, they were about 'change'. You see, every day I was trying to be Christ like. I was trying to change. I was looking to change. I wanted to change. I wanted to please God, I wanted to be a better man. Change was my focus and the key word in understanding those dreams.
In my experience, nothing is wasted in a dream. Every image and every word has some significance. In the end, though, I don't find the analyzing of dreams to be very useful because you already know what you are thinking about during conscious waking hours. Watching how your mind reinvents, recreates, clothes, those thoughts can be interesting and amazing, but not that useful in the final analysis.
Obviously, you don't have to be a Christian to interpret dreams. You just have to take the time to write them down in as much detail as you can recall. Then begin to look at them from the context of what has been going on in your own head and life. And don't forget to hear (as in words) what you may see in the dream.
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