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Hair

What does Hair mean in a dream?

Hair in a dream can represent:
Psychic energy and sensitivity
Spiritual force and power
Can signify the state of your health.
Thick luxurious hair – healthy, powerful, strong
Messy hair -mixed up thoughts, confused, can’t think straight.
The loss of hair (either by cutting or having it fall out) may represent a failure, loss of power or self-esteem.
Cutting hair may represent mourning.
Hair cut – changes, makeovers, reinventing or presenting a new image of yourself.

Hallucination

What does an Hallucination in a dream mean?

Hallucinating  in a dream can represent:
Deception
Wishful thinking
Are you seeing something that isn't really there?

Hallway

What does a Hallway mean in a dream?

A Hallway in a dream can represent:
Direction in life.
Can represent a passage way or access to other doorways (other decisions).

Hammer

What does a Hammer mean in a dream?

A Hammer in a dream can represent:
Driving your point in.
Putting the last nail in the coffin – the finishing of a job or ending of a situation.
'Nailing your point home’ with a hammer.

Hammock

What does a Hammock mean in a dream?

A Hammock in a dream can represent:
May suggest a need for more leisure time in your life.

Hand

What do Hands in dreams mean?

Hands in dreams can represent:
Strength and capabilities
Self expression
Action

‘I can handle it' - Competence
Your name - your handle
Trying your hand at something.
‘Can't get a handle on a situation'.
Left - handed compliment

Holding hands - peace, intimacy, friendship, bonds, unity
Clasped hands -stubbornness, acceptance, completeness
Washing hands - do you want to cleanse yourself in some way? Wash away your sins or wash your hands of a situation?
Lending a helping hand to a situation or person.
Is someone using a heavy hand in a situation?

Hand over heart - patriotism
Hands tied - unable to make a move, delays and obstacles in attaining goals.
An open hand, pointing towards the sky is a sign of friendliness and peace.
Work worn hands - success through hard work, lower class.
Well kept, manicured hands - upper class, privilege

Handcuffs

What do Handcuffs mean in a dream?

Handcuffs in a dream can represent:
Being held back and unable to make a move.
Putting a stop to any actions you want to make.

Handicapped

What does Handicapped mean in a dream?

Handicapped in a dream can represent:
Handi-capable
Hidden potential
Underestimated
Stunted potential
Extra effort may be needed.

Handkerchief

What does a Handkerchief mean in a dream?

A Handkerchief in a dream can represent:
Waving a white handkerchief can indicate surrender as in ‘waving the white flag'.
Can be a romantic symbol, as in the old days the man would give the woman his handkerchief to use.
Handkerchiefs were the original 'kleenex'. 

Handwritting

What does Handwritting mean in a dream?

Handwritting in a dream can represent:
Communication
Relaying a message

Hang Glider

What does a Hang Glider in a dream mean?

A Hang Glider in a dream can represent:
Riding the winds of change in life.
Lifting yourself above your troubles.
'Going with the flow'

Harmonica

What does a Harmonica mean in a dream?

Possible meanings of Harmonica in  dreams:
Back to basics
Grass roots
Childhood fun - easy instruments for them to play
Are you feeling a need for an expression of harmony or a need for harmony?
Belonging - the harmonica is often played within an arrangement of other sounds/instruments.

Harpy

What does a Harpy in a dream mean?

A Harpy in a dream can represent:
Being seduced to death.
Watching others fall for a trap.
Sexual cacophony
A major misstep
A den of feminine hatred.
Rocky relationships

Hat

What does a Hat mean in a dream?

A Hat in a dream can represent:
Used to cover up your hair (lack of hair, messy hair etc.) - are you covering up a situation your want to hide in your life?
Hats can represent your situation in life - your different roles such as mother and wife etc.
'He wears many hats' - has a lot of different abilities or jobs.

Hawk

What does a Hawk in a dream mean?

A Hawk in a dream can represent:
Freedom
Ambitions
Honour and Recognition
In mythology the hawk is often the messenger - check the surrounding dream symbols for clues to the message.

Head

What does a Head mean in a dream?
Possible meanings of a Head in a dream:
Intellect
Sensibilities
Thinking
Wisdom
Analyzing
Understanding
‘Getting ahead in life'
Making head way - getting things accomplished.

Healing

What does Healing in a dream mean?

Possible meanings of Healing in dreams:
Becoming whole/healthy
Regeneration
Restorative energy

Heart

What does a Heart in a dream mean?

A Heart in a dream can represent:
Love and affection
Compassion
Romance and bliss
Broken heart - suffering, betrayal, anguish and loss

Heaven

What does Heaven mean in a dream?

Heaven in a dream can represent:
Hard-earned reward
Bliss / Naivete
Spiritual sanctuary
Inspiration

Heel

What does a Heel in a dream mean?

A Heel in a dream can represent:
He's being a 'real heel' - an annoyance/mean person.
Digging your heels into something - really getting into it.

See also ‘Achilles' tendon'

Helicopter

What does a Helicopter mean in a dream?

A Helicopter in a dream can represent:
Freedom
The ability to hovering above everyone/everything and see things from a different point of view.
Ambitions and achievements.

Hell

What does Hell mean in a dream?

Hell in a dream can represent:
Punishment
Purgatory
Are you in a situation where you feel like you need to be punished or are being punished.

Hen

What does a Hen in a dream mean?

A Hen in a dream can represent:
Maternal instincts
Domestic
Plump
Nesting
Being a ‘mother hen' - fussing over someone.

Herd

What does a Herd mean in a dream?

A Herd in a dream can represent:
Primal / animal nature
Group effort / transition
A family that eats together
Might be a pun for something you "heard"?
'Folling the herd' - thinking / acting with the group - the opposite of being a leader.
Are you yearning to make your own choices?

Hero

What does a Hero mean in a dream?

A Hero in a dream can represent:
Admiration
Victory
Validation
Strength of character

Hiding

What does Hiding in a dream mean?

Possible meanings for Hiding in dreams:
Secrets
Conspiracies
Escaping
Protection and Security
What are you hiding from? Are you feeling guilty about something or shameful?
Are you unwilling to hear or see the truth in something?
Hiding can also mean that there is a deception going on - Are you hiding the truth from someone else or yourself?
Do you need to keep something safe, your emotions perhaps, and so are hiding something symbolic in your dreams?
Have you been in hiding, neglecting your responsibilites or in fear of a situation you wish to avoid?

Highway

What does a Highway mean in a dream?

A Highway in a dream can represent:
Your journey through life.
Are you moving along through life easily and effortlessly or are you experiencing set-backs like flat tires and traffic jams?
Are you confident you are going in the right direction?

Hips

What does a Hip in a dream mean?

Hips in a dream can represent:
Support
Power
‘Hip Hip Hooray!'
‘Throwing your hip into it'

Hive

What does a Hive mean in a dream?

A Hive in a dream can represent:
May represent an active, hardworking and busy lifestyle - ‘busy bees'.

Hole

What does a Hole mean in a dream?

A Hole in a dream can represent:
Can signify pitfalls in a situation within your life.
Perhaps you are ‘stuck in a hole' - Have you dug yourself into a hole that you cannot get out of?
Might represent a 'hole in one!' - performing the best you possibly can.

Homeless

What does Homeless mean in a dream?

Homeless in a dream can represent:
Loss of power
Hopelessness - being in an unpleasant situation.

Homocide

What does Homocide mean in a dream?

Homocide in a dream can represent:

See 'Killing' and 'Murder'

Horn

What does a Horn in a dream mean?

Possible meanings of Horn in dreams:
Battle call
Unity
Alarm
Danger

Horse

What does a Horse in a dream mean?

Horses in a dream can represent:
Freedom
Power
‘Don't look gift horses in the mouth' - being suspicious of people's motives.
Wild horses - ability to roam wild and free - no responsibilities.
Physical power or force - an engine's ‘horse power'.
The ability to harness the power of your instincts.
Horses can also represent sexual drive, health conditions, fertility and clairvoyance.

Hospital

What does a Hospital mean in a dream?

A Hospital in a dream can represent:
A place for recovering and healing.
May indicate a need to heal emotional wounds or recover from an emotionally exhausting time in your life. 
Alternatively, it may be representing a real physical problem you may be experiencing.
Have you been feeling unwell lately but not taking care of yourself?


Hostage

What does being Hostage mean in a dream?

A Hostage situation in a dream can represent:
Being at the mercy of others.
Not in control.
Is someone telling you, that you must meet their demands or else? 

Hotel

What does a Hotel mean in a dream?

A Hotel in a dream can represent:
Temporary shelter/home on your journey through life.
The type of hotel it is should give you a good indication of its interpretation.
Is it a luxurious and elegant hotel or a dingy dive motel?
Are you experiencing the wealth and elegance of living the high life?
Are you hiding out in a cheap and out of the way hotel?
Is the hotel representing a phase in your life that is temporary, either for good or bad?

Hour

What does an Hour mean in a dream?

An Hour in a dream can represent:
A passage of time
Do you have an appointment you can't miss?
Is it signalling the final hour of something, a countdown to the end of a situation or a deadline?
What hour is it? Take a look at the significance of the number that the hour is on.
‘Happy hour' - a fun time to relax and unwind after a stressful day at work.

House/Home

What does a House/Home mean in a dream?

A House/Home in a dream can represent:
Can represent the physical self, spiritual self or both.
Whatever is happening in the house is representing what is happening in your life with yourself.
What shape is the house in?
What room are you in?
Are there any problems happening in the house?
ie. Clogged plumbing - emotions are blocked
Kitchen -Sustinence, creativity
Bathroom - Elimination of the old or unnecessary
Basement - Subconsciousness, fears
Cluttered rooms - Areas of our life that need to be 'cleaned up'.
A house is supposed to be a place of security, warmth and love.

Hugging

What does Hugging mean in a dream?

Possible meanings of Hugs in dreams:
Show of affection
Comfort
Intimacy
Tender affection
Embrace
A feeling of safety
Comforting touch

Hunger

What does Hunger mean in a dream?

Hunger in a dream can represent:
Emotional or spiritual nourishment is needed.
Can mean you were actually hungry for real and it made its way into your dream sequence.

Husband

What does a Husband in a dream mean?

A Husband in a dream can represent:
Special relationship
Companion
Sexual intimacy
Mate
Committment
Domestic bliss or discord.
A Husband in a dream can signify 'your other half' - or the 'masculine' side of you.
A Husband in a dream can also represent ongoing struggles, issues or conflicts in a relationship or situation.

Hut

What does a Hut mean in a dream?

Possible meanings of Hut in a dream:
A hut is a primitive form of lodging or shelter.

Hydra

What does a Hydra in a dream mean?

A Hydra in a dream can represent:
Many serpents
An endless task (cut off a head, two more replace it).
A living quagmire.
Beset by the same foe on all sides.

Hyena

What does a Hyena in a dream mean?

A Hyena in a dream can represent:
Foolish
Laughing like a hyena' - being a simple fool.

Hypnotize

What does Hypnotize mean in a dream?

Hypnotize in a dream can represent:
Letting someone else have control over you; your mind, your behaviour and your actions.
Do you need to take back your power from someone you have given control to?
Are you trying to control your own addiction or fears that are taking over your life?

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