Teacups
Teeth
avoiding anger is a good idea during a social difficulty. A
desire or interest in settling down. Negatively, an empty
teacup may be a sign that you are preoccupied with the
notion of patience being a good idea while not behaving
patiently at all. Difficulty making a decision to slow down
or discontinuing a fast paced lifestyle. Not taking enough
action to settle down when you feel it’s important.
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Teakettle
To dream of a tea kettle represents feelings about having to
be patient. Feeling you have to wait for something because
you can’t comfortably settle down without it. It may also
reflect your use of a situation or relationship to achieve a
comfortable or settled state of life. A teakettle in a dream
often reflects feelings about a long-term relationship leading
towards marriage or children. The teakettle then reflects the
use of the relationship to wait to settle down in life with your
partner. Negatively, a tea kettle may represent situations
that feel unbearable waiting for someone else to catch up.
Not enjoying waiting for something you need. Feeling that
you are required to use something or someone in order to
get what you want because you weren’t as patient waiting for
something as other people were. A tarnished teakettle may
reflect revelations from partners in long-term relationships
that make you feel that your partner is not in line with your
goals. Feeling that partners are not as interested in marriage,
children, or family life in the future as you are.
Teal
To dream of teal (dark turquoise) represents a negative
perspective about positive change. Fear, jealousy, greed,
guilt or an insensitive attitude towards a positive change.
Teams
To dream of a team represents feelings about co-operation
or working together with others to achieve a common goal.
Alternatively, dreaming about a team may reflect feelings of
being helped along by someone or something that gives you
advantage. Feelings about challenges being easier because
you have access to a useful resource.
Negatively, dreaming of a team represents
feelings about others people being losers, “suckers”, or
being unable to compete as strong as you. To dream of
being unhappy with a team may reflect feelings of being in
unhappy, unproductive, or un-cooperative relationships.
Feeling unable to get along with others. Feeling that other
people are only out for themselves and don’t really care
about you as much as you are caring about them. A lack of
team spirit in a relationship, partnership, or family setting. A
desire for people to work together when nobody is choosing
to. Alternatively, it may reflect feelings about having no
leverage, advantages, or effective tools to approach your
problems. To dream of being picked last for a team may
represent feelings of being unimportant or not respected by
others. Feeling that other people’s honest opinion of you is
that you are loser or a burden. Feelings about yourself not
being considered a winner or that you will hold others back.
Feelings about people not wanting to work with you if they
don’t have to. See our sports theme section for more on
symbolism of sports teams.
Tear Gas
To dream of tear gas represents behavior that is focused on
pressuring others by making life unbearable. An unavoidable
ultimatum that is too much to handle. You may feel that
someone is trying to coerce you or make you stop doing
something. Making someone else’s life so negative that
they have to cave in to your demands . Feeling overcome.
Negatively, tear gas may reflect very demanding controlling
behavior. A spiteful unwillingness to compromise.
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Tears
To dream of tears represents emotional catharsis or
cleansing. Emotional or spiritual healing. Alternatively,
it may reflect you or someone else that is experiencing
disappointment, loss, or pain.
Technology
To dream of new technology represents a wish to make
your life easier or more efficient. Trying to find a better
way to deal with issues or save time. It may also represent
new ideas or methods of problem solving. Sophistication in
your planning, habits, or lifestyle choices. To dream of old
technology may represent outdated ideas or methods of
problem solving.
Teddy Bear
To dream of a teddy bear represents emotional dependency.
A belief in something that comforts you, makes you feel
safe, or gives you a sense of security and reassurance.
Something that may scare you, depress you, or make
you feel powerless if you ever lost it or had to give it up.
Needing to feel good about having something at all times. A
teddy bear may be a sign that you are being needy, clingy,
or dependent. It may also reflect a naive understand of a
person or situation you respect. Consider the type of the
animal if it’s not a bear for additional meaning.
Teenager
To dream of a teenager represents an aspect of yourself
that is struggling for independence and autonomy. Knowing
what power is without having it completely. Not being fully
mature in some area of your life. Positively, a teenager may
reflect open-mindedness or rebelliousness. Being open to
anything. Having the guts to take chances. Negatively, a
teenager represents selfishness, jealousy, or naive thinking
that overrides good judgment. Not fully understanding
what you are up against. Petty ideas or social interaction.
An aspect of yourself that still needs to develop in order to
realize a goal or achieve fulfillment.
Teeth
To dream of teeth represents your vitality and self-
confidence. A reflection of how good you feel about your
physical appearance, talents, or anything that gives you
status or power. To dream of teeth falling out represents a
loss of power, confidence, or self-esteem in some area of
your life. A corrosive situation or feelings of a loss of vitality.
Dreams of teeth falling out are common to people aging
or who feel they are losing their looks. It’s also common to
people who are losing money, a career, or status of some
kind. To dream of a gap in your front teeth represents
insecurities about not being as good as you’d like to be. An
area of your life that you feel is below standard. You may
have flaws that you are always thinking about or constantly
wish you could improve.
Alternatively, a gap in the teeth of another
person may represent your view of another person or
situation that fails to meet your all your standards. To dream
of animals with sharp teeth often represents feelings of
anger. Feeling furious or that someone else is angry with
us. Someone one else’s “biting anger.” To dream of being
toothless represents a total loss of confidence. You or
someone else that has lost power, status, or vitality in some
way. Bad news, misfortune, or ill health are getting in the
way. To dream of brushing teeth represents feelings about
re-enforcing confidence in your strengths.
Preparation, practice, or maintenance to keep
yourself confident. Concerns about not appearing as a loser
to others. Concerns about your appearance to other people.
Trying your best to maintain a good appearance. Negatively,
dreaming about brushing your teeth may reflect anxiety
about looking like a loser to other people. An excessive
need to reassure yourself. An excessive need to maintain
impressive appearances. Issues with vanity. Fear of looking
weak or lazy. To dream of broken teeth represents feelings
about having an obvious problem that needs to be addressed.
Feeling that your confidence has been broken. Feeling that
you need to restore confidence or prove yourself regain
confidence. Feeling that you are not as good as you first
believed you were.
Telegrams
To dream of receiving a telegram represents feelings about
getting personal information or pertinent details that
are very important. Feelings about being informed about
something important or significant. Negatively, a telegram
may reflect your feelings about thinking it isn’t important to
listen to something that someone else thinks is important. It
may also reflect your overreaction to bad news.
Telekinesis
To dream of telekinesis represents effortless control or
change. Making people or situations do what you want
without a lot of effort. Unspoken respect or action being
taken on your behalf. Unspoken gestures that force others
to act the way you want. It may also reflect very responsive
or well listening people. Awareness of the power of your
social skills or verbalized anger. Feeling surprised or thrilled
by how easy it was to control someone without being
physical. Alternatively, telekinesis in a dream may reflect
situations where you are experiencing a heightened sense
of ease something or someone you are controlling. Feelings
of surprise at how powerful or effective you are. Negatively,
telekinesis may reflect silent treatment, looking angry, or
making people feel that you don’t like them so they will
behave the way you want. The “evil eye” in order to get a
desired response. Sensitivity that communicates serious
consequences for not being perfectly compliant. A lack of
respect for someone or something you have control over.
Telephone
To dream of a telephone represents psychological
communication with an aspect of yourself or issues that
need attention. The ability to “get through” to people,
listen to an inner voice, or realize an objective at will. It may
also reflect an situations that could be “called “ into being
if desired. Alternatively, the telephone represents your
communication and relationship with others. To dream of
phoning someone represents a desire to make available, get
through, or be connected to certain feelings, situations,
people. An asp ect of yourself that you are to “calling into
being” or want attention from. Beliefs, feelings, or situations
that you want available to you right now.
Negatively, phoning someone may point to
reliance on bad habits or negative thinking patterns. To
dream that a phone doesn’t work or is broken represents an
inability to initiate a situation or desired reaction. Feeling
extremely frustrated or cut off from power. There is no
means to go about starting something. A situation may have
gone awry and you feel that you can’t do anything about
it. You can only think of wanting to try something. Feeling
cut off from resources or abilities. It may also reflect an
inability to get in touch with someone. Feeling socially cut
off. To dream of phoning someone with no answer represents
frustration or failure to achieve an objective. Alternatively,
you may feel unable to get through to someone or unable
to get attention. People may not be listening to you or
respecting your wishes.
To dream of being ignored on the phone may
represent failure to listen to your inner voice or get help
or attention. It may also reflect a need to speak up more in
waking life situations where someone may not be listening
to your concerns enough. To dream of a phone ringing
or that someone is calling you represents aspects of your
personality that are “getting through” to you. Something in
your life wants attention. You are more open or perceptive
to insight or realizations. A situation might be becoming
clearer to you. You may also be a lot more cooperative with
another person or listening to someone more.
Negatively, it may point to unpleasant issues
that you are being forced to confront. To dream of an
unanswered phone ringing represents areas of your life that
you are ignoring. Issues or situations that you don’t want
to deal with or refuse to see. You may need to pay closer
attention to something. Refusing to listen to advice. To
dream of emergency calls or calling 911 represents an urgent
need or strong desire to avoid something. Desperation to
get rid of a problem. To dream of a very large telephone
represents the importance of a message you wish to
convey to others or a significant influence that you may
be considering opening yourself up to. You or someone
else may be close to accepting a big idea or making a
dramatic change. To dream of phone being left off the hook
represents shutting yourself out. Issues or problems that you
want no part of or can’t be bothered with.
To dream of a busy signal represents people
or situations you feel forced to be patient with. Feeling
frustrated having to wait. To dream of having troubling
dialing a phone in a dream represents frustrations with
initiating a situation. Having problems knowing how to
start something. Unsure of yourself. Feeling nervous
about doing something right. Feeling nervous about asking
someone for help. Not believing that what you are trying
to do will work. Feeling unsure how to connect to someone
or initiate a conversation. To dream of calling the wrong
person or reaching the wrong person represents waking life
miscommunication. It may also reflect disappointment that
something is not doing what you expected it to do. To dream
if having a bad connection on the telephone represents
disrupted waking life communication or insecurity about a
relationship. Bad communication skills.
It may also reflect a lack of confidence in your
ability to maintain a strong position or do something you
are usually quite confident about. Dreams of telephone
calls from the deceased are very common when people are
grieving. The dreams may reflect the person’s desire to speak
to the person again. It may also reflect the person’s difficulty
adjusting to the reality that speaking to the person is now
impossible. Positively, calls from the deceased may reflect
your wish to have a sign that they are safe or happy in the
spiritual world.
To dream of being put on hold on the telephone
may reflect feelings about not being a priority to someone
else. Feeling that you are not as important to deal with as
another person or project. Feeling that someone doesn’t
care about you as much as someone else. Feeling stupid
caring about a person or opportunity too much when they
aren’t respecting you. Accepting yourself as less important.
Feeling that someone isn’t listening your feelings or
needs. To dream of putting others on hold on the telephone
represents people or situations you are intentionally delaying
or temporarily avoiding to focus on something of higher
priority. Making promises with good intentions that you
can’t keep. Awareness of yourself not having to respect
someone or listen to their feelings.
To dream of calls that hang up on you may
reflect your feelings about people being careless with your
feelings. Feelings about people wanting to do things with
you or for and then suddenly changing their mind at the last
minute. Feelings about a person or situation you want to be
involved with being insensitive about your feelings. Feelings
about yourself not mattering or not being special. Feeling
that someone intentionally cared about making you feel that
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