Dream Meanings

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Nails
Seeing yourself hammering nails in your dream indicates your tenacity and ability to drive a hard bargain. Consider also the pun, "getting nailed" which may mean getting caught at something or a sexual innuendo. Another popular phrase "hitting the nail on the head" suggests that you have fully resolved a situation. Seeing nails in your dream symbolizes long and hard work for little compensation and pay. Seeing bent, broken and rusty nails in your dream demonstrates illness or failure in business. Dreaming that you hurt yourself with a nail, means that you should be careful of what you say.

Naked (nude, nudity)
Dreaming that you are naked, means the fear of being found out and exposed about your activities and misjudgement. Dreaming that you suddenly discover your nudity and are trying to cover up, indicates your vulnerability to a situation. Seeing a naked person in your dream and you are disgusted by it, indicates some anxiety about discovering the naked truth about that person or situation. It may also foretell of an illicit love affairs, loss of prestige and scandalous activities. On the other hand, if you do not have any problem with another's nudity, then it implies that you see through people and accept them for whom and what they are. Nakedness is common in dreams.

Name
Dreaming that you forget your name or someone else's name, suggests that you be feeling overwhelmed and burdened. It may also indicate that you have forgotten your true self or your family roots. To hear your name being called, demonstrates that you are in touch and in tune with your spirituality. It also makes you aware of your own uniqueness and highlights your individuality. Seeing a familiar name written in your dream symbolizes the way you feel about that person. Your intuition about them may turn out to be true.

Narrow
Dreaming about narrow spaces, suggests that great struggles await you on your journey. You may feel restricted and confined. Alternatively, it is symbolic of female sexuality.

Nature
Dreaming of nature, means freedom, tranquillity, restoration, and renewal. It may represent that your internal instincts are experienced and expressed.

Nausea
Dreaming that you have nausea, indicates that you are suffering from a sickening situation or condition in which you are trying to rid yourself of.

Navel
Seeing your navel in your dream means your being and self.

Navy
Dreaming that you are in the Navy, symbolizes your need for organization, discipline and structure in your life. Dreaming that you are rescued by a Navy person, foretells of assistance from an authoritative source.

Nazi
Seeing a Nazi in your dream represents a form of evil and merciless force that cannot be reasoned with. You may feel that others are putting you down.

Nearsighted
Dreaming that you are nearsighted, indicates that your efforts and energies are too focused on short term goals and not on preparing for the long term of the future. This dream may also denote an embarrassing failure or unexpected and unwelcome visitors.

Neck
Seeing your neck in your dream indicates the relationship between the mind/mental and the body/physical. It represents willpower, self-restriction and your need to control your feelings and keep them in check. Consider the familiar phrase, "don't stick your neck out" which serves as a warning against a situation. Dreaming that your neck is injured, demonstrates a separation between your heart and mind. Dreaming of a thick neck, indicates that you are becoming very quarrelsome and quick-tempered.

Necklace
Dreaming that you lost a necklace, forewarns that you will soon be grieving for a loved one. Dreaming that you lover puts a necklace around your neck, signify an early marital union filled with love.

Necktie
Dreaming of a loose-fitting necktie around your neck, indicates that you have unfinished business to tend to. Dreaming of a tight-fitting necktie, means that you feel trapped in a situation or condition.

Necromancer
Dreaming of a necromancer, indicates the threat of evil by a strange acquaintance. *See also Hypnotist

Need
Dreaming that you are in need, indicates the danger of losing your fortunes through gambling and speculation. Dreaming that others are in need, means that your actions and misfortune will affect others.

Needle
To use a needle in your dream demonstrates that you need to mend some relationship or situation. It may also indicate your creativity. To look for a needle in your dream symbolizes useless worries over small, trivial matters. Dreaming that you are threading a needle, indicates that you will be burdened with the care of others. You have unfinished issues in your waking life that you need to tend to and perhaps even repair.

Negligee
Seeing or wear a negligee in your dream demonstrates your suggestiveness. Perhaps you feel that people can see right through to who you are and your intents. The symbol may also be a pun on your negligence of some situation.

Neighbour
Dreaming of having a good neighbour, indicates enjoyment and tranquillity at home. Dreaming of having an angry neighbour, indicates quarrels, dissensions and possibly relocation from your home.

Neighbourhood
Dreaming about your neighbourhood, represents a sense of community and the need to be more active. You are expressing a need to develop new friends and new ties. Consider your waking feelings toward your neighbours.

Nephew
Dreaming of your nephew in a pleasing disposition, foretells that you will soon find yourself in a pleasant and congenial surrounding. Dreaming of your nephew in an unpleasant disposition, indicates illness or loss of business.

Neptune
Seeing Neptune in your dream represents inspiration, imagination, and devotion. You may need to show some more compassion and understanding.

Nerd
Seeing or dream that you are a nerd, demonstrates feelings of inferiority and/or ineffectiveness. You feel that you have been overlooked.

Nervous Breakdown
Dreaming that you or someone has a nervous breakdown, suggests that you have lost a frame of reference in a relationship or situation. You are seeking more clarity and insight. The dream also demonstrates that you are having difficulties trusting your own judgment and decisions.

Nest
Seeing a bird's nest in your dream indicates a prosperous endeavour, new opportunities, and fortune. Seeing an empty nest in your dream indicates sorrow through the absence of a friend. Seeing a nest filled with broken or bad eggs, symbolizes disappointments and failure.

Net
Seeing a net in your dream indicates that you find yourself caught in a complicated life situation.

Nettles
Dreaming that you walk among nettles without being stung, indicates prosperity for you. Dreaming that you walk among nettles and get sting, indicates discontentment and unhappiness for you and others around you. For a young woman Dreaming that she is passing through nettles, foretells that she will have many marriage proposals by different men.

New
Seeing a new house in your dream demonstrates that you are taking on a new identify and developing new strengths. You are trying to be more emotionally mature about things. Seeing new shoes in your dream suggests that you are overconfident in your success. Alternatively you may be on a life path that is unfamiliar to you. Dreaming that you are at a new school, indicates that you are feeling out of place in some situation. Generally speaking, Dreaming about new things and new places corresponds to what is new in your waking life. You may be trying to learn and analyze what you already know from past experiences.

News
To hear good news in your dream indicates that you will be fortunate in your endeavours and will have many harmonious companions. The contrary is true if you dream of hearing bad news.

Newspaper
Seeing newspapers in your dream indicates that new light and insight will be shed on a problem that has been on your mind. You are seeking knowledge and answers to a problem. Alternatively, Seeing newspapers in your dream implies that you need to be more vocal and express yourself. In other words, you need to make headlines. Dreaming that you try but fail to read a newspaper, indicates your failure in some uncertain enterprise or that your reputation is in jeopardy.

Newspaper Reporter
Dreaming that you are a newspaper reporter, foretells of many travels in your future, attached with some honour and gain.

New Year
Dreaming of the New Year, indicates prosperity and hope.

Nickname
To hear a nickname in your dream represents your feelings and memories of the person who is referred to by that nickname. If the nickname is not familiar, then it may be a pun on something or a metaphor. Dreaming that someone is calling you by a nickname, suggests that you are trying to change they way you and others see you.

Niece
Seeing your niece in your dream indicates unexpected trials and useless worries of the future.

Night
Dreaming of night, indicates some major setbacks and obstacles in achieving your goals. You may find that some issues you are facing are not all that clear and you need to put them to rest for awhile before a decision is made. *Please also see Darkness

Nightclub
Dreaming that you are in a fun-filled nightclub, indicates a happening social life is in your future. Dreaming that you are in a depressing and dimly-lit nightclub, indicates an a financial crisis or and end to a lover affair.

Nightgown
Dreaming that you are in your nightgown, foretells that you will be afflicted with a slight illness. Seeing others in their in their nightgown in your dream indicates that you will hear unpleasant news from absent friends.

Nightmare
Dreaming that you are having a nightmare, means failure in business, disappointments, or decline in health. You may have been indulgent in things and need to cut back on such activities. Allow the mind and body to rest and heal.

Nightingale
Seeing silent nightingales in your dream indicates minor misunderstandings among your friends. To hear the songs of the nightingale, means a pleasant and healthy surrounding.

Ninepins
Dreaming that you play ninepins, indicates that you are foolishly wasting your energy and letting opportunities slip away. It may also forewarn to select your companions carefully.

Nipples
Seeing nipples in your dream relate to infantile needs and a regression into dependency. Dreaming that you are squeezing pus out of your nipples, refers to your negative feelings about relationships. You are feeling sexually inadequate. *Please see also Breasts.

Nobility
Dreaming that you are associated with nobility, indicates that you prefer show, pleasure and status as opposed to the cultivation of the mind.

Noise
To hear a strange noise in your dream indicates the unexpected and the unknown. You may be expressing some fear or confusion concerning a particular situation in your waking life. The noise in your dream may serve as a way to attract your attention to that issue. Alternatively, noise may represent a breakthrough in your personal struggles. Perhaps you have burst through a barrier of resistance which had been holding you back for a long time.

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Seeing noodles in your dream indicates an abnormal appetite and desire.

Noose
Seeing a noose hanging from a tree, means fear and anxiety. Seeing a noose around someone else's neck, indicates repressed anger and rage at a that person or towards a particular condition.

North
Dreaming of the direction north, symbolizes reality. It also demonstrates that you are making progress and moving forward in life.

Northern Lights
Seeing the northern lights in your dream represents renewed energy, vitality, and youth. A situation or relationship is finally made clear to you. Alternatively, it demonstrates that you know what you need to do, but may be too lazy or too afraid to jump into action.

Nose
Seeing your own nose in your dream indicates a conscious effort to achieve whatever endeavour you chose to undertake. The nose represents energy, intuition, and wisdom. Alternatively, the nose symbolizes curiosity. You dream may suggest your need to learn more about a situation at hand. Dreaming that hair is growing on your nose, indicates extraordinary undertakings that need to be carried through a strong will and character. Dreaming of a bleeding nose, is prophetic of disaster and danger.

Notary
Seeing a notary in your dream foretells of unsatisfied desires and probable lawsuits.

Notebook
Seeing a notebook in your dream means that you are trying to stay on top of things and keep detailed records.

November
Dreaming of the month of November, indicates of an indifferent success in all affairs.

Nuclear Bomb
Dreaming of a nuclear bomb, suggests feelings of helplessness, being threatened and loss of control. You may be experiencing great hostility and rage to the point of being destructive. Alternatively, you may be expressing a desire to wipe out some aspect of yourself. It may also be an indication that something crucial and precious to you has ended and important changes are about to occur.

Numbness
Dreaming that you feel numbness, indicates illness and unfavourable conditions in your health.

Numbers
Seeing numbers in your dream indicates unsettled conditions in business resulting in uneasiness and dissatisfaction. For a specific number, please see Dream Themes: Numbers.

Nuns
Seeing nuns in your dream indicates purity, chastity and obedience. It also demonstrates that you need to live up to the vows and promises you have made. It also foretells that material fortune and gain will interfere with your spirituality. Consider also the pun of being "none" or "nothing". For a woman Dreaming that she is a nun, indicates her unhappiness of her current situation and environment. Seeing a dead nun in your dream means poverty and despair over the unfaithfulness of loved ones.

Nuptial
Dreaming of your nuptials, foretells of an engagement that will lead to much joy and harmony. *Please also see Marriage.

Nurse
Dreaming that you are a nurse, indicates that you will gain the high regards of others. Seeing a nurse in your dream means that you need to be taken care of and a time of healing, either mentally, physically or spiritually.

Nursing
For a woman Dreaming that she is nursing her baby, symbolizes pleasantness and joy. For a man Dreaming that he sees his wife nursing their baby, means harmony in his pursuits. *Please see also Breast Feeding.

Nuts
Seeing nuts in your dream indicates craziness or confusion. It may also refer to someone who is "nuts" or someone who is driving you crazy. You may be approaching a waking situation all wrong and need to look at it from a different perspective. Also consider nuts as a pun on "testicles" and thus allude to some sexual innuendo. Dreaming that you are eating nuts, indicates prosperity and attainment of your desires. You may also be trying to get to the core of a matter or situation.

Nymph
Seeing nymphs in your dream means that passionate desires will be joyously realized.