Last night I dreamt that I was buried alive in an avalanche. I was lying on my back with a little dome of snow over my head. It was quite bright, so I couldn't have been buried very deeply, but I was trying to decide whether to struggle and dig myself out or just stay put because I had an airway and my head was in the open dome. I chose to dig, and the resulting, sudden convulsion woke me up (and sent the cats flying off the bed in a very amusing fashion).
Today, I looked up my dream. Here's what I found:
The material that makes up the avalanche is snow, and snow is frozen water. Water symbolizes your emotions, the unconscious, and, at times, life itself. Therefore, this dream is about rapidly and violently descending emotions and thoughts. Emotions that may have been repressed have finally been unlocked and may be overwhelming you. You may have this dream during emotionally turbulent times of your life, or in your dreams you may be remembering and reliving some difficult emotional experiences. Old dream interpretation books say that burial in an avalanche may result in good luck in the near future.
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