Dreams II

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 12 Sep 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Paradox	12 Sep 2004
Okay, a "Long" time ago, I posted a message on this forum about how I had a heavy increase in dreams since I started doing Self-Tarot-Readings right before bed. Well, unfortunately, not too long after I posted that thread, school stareted. With school, I found it hard to make time and my use of tarot went down to 0. Ever since then, I have seen a remarkable drop in my amount of dreams. On a side note, I haven't had any nightmares since the beginning of my tarot card readings. So now, Its like, I just sleep. No dreams, no nightmares, nothing. Any comments, or any insight, thoughts, beliefs, experiences, etc. Much obliged Douglas

RedMaple	12 Sep 2004
Quote: Originally posted by Paradox Okay, a "Long" time ago, I posted a message on this forum about how I had a heavy increase in dreams since I started doing Self-Tarot-Readings right before bed. Well, unfortunately, not too long after I posted that thread, school stareted. With school, I found it hard to make time and my use of tarot went down to 0. Ever since then, I have seen a remarkable drop in my amount of dreams. On a side note, I haven't had any nightmares since the beginning of my tarot card readings. So now, Its like, I just sleep. No dreams, no nightmares, nothing. Douglas Well, that sounds like good, healthful sleep. The increase in dreams is probably because you were looking at archtypal images that stimulate the subconscious. Your dreams may have been working things out, processing the knowledge, etc. But in any case, the part of you that dreams obviously likes images, and your were nourishing that. It's interesting to me that you say you haven't had nightmares since you started doing Tarot. That would indicate to me that the work you are doing with the cards is defusing issues that might otherwise go into nightmares. If we face our fears, they can't surface in our dreams with the same power, I think. Anyway, don't worry about it. Enjoy your untroubled sleep. When you have time to work with the Tarot again, no doubt your dream self will become more active again. BTW, sleep specialists tell us that we all dream every night -- we just don't always remember them.

Paradox	12 Sep 2004
lol, yah, thanks, thats what i was thinking

Alissa	12 Sep 2004
RedMaple's advice is so thoughtful! :D I had only one thing to perhaps add, since you seemed to miss the active dreaming you had experienced. If you wanted, you could try pulling a card at night, before bed, a "dream card." I do this with my Faery Oracle deck sometimes, but any deck that speaks to you is fine! You can either chose to actively meditate on the image before sleep, or take a more casual approach and simply observe how your dreaming is effected, if at all, by the practice. Here's to good sleep...! And good dreams :D

Paradox	13 Sep 2004
haha, i'll try that for the rest of this week. Oh, interesting note, all the nights after my posting of this thread I have remembered a dream from (but they aren't as good of dreams as I used to have). Its kinda funny, but I'll try your plan Alissa. Much obliged Douglas.

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