Dream About Chess
(or a checkered pattern) Represents a templated instinct — one that rationally prescribes patterns of behavior that block the development of a person's creative abilities.
Chess in a dream
(or a checkered pattern) Represents a templated instinct — one that rationally prescribes patterns of behavior that block the development of a person's creative abilities. It expresses whatever brings instinctive human reality to an end.
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What does chess mean in a dream?
In scientific dream interpretation, Chess is a semantic image — one that conveys its meaning through direct figurative correspondence. (Or a checkered pattern) It represents a templated instinct — one that rationally prescribes patterns of behavior that block the development of a person's creative abilities. It expresses whatever brings instinctive human reality to an end. For an accurate reading, consider the dream's overall context, the accompanying images, and the emotional state experienced during the dream.
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Mine
A negative mark of being caught up in vampiric relationships.
Sewing Machine
Closely related to the dream image of the Machine.
Six
Expresses ambivalent eroticism.
Chimpanzee
Closely related to the dream image of the Gorilla.
Folding Screen
An attempt to fence oneself off from part of the surrounding space; a split running through the personality.
Sewing
The mark of a program at work; see also Fabric.
Music Box
Marks the dreamer's total and final surrender to the copying mechanism.
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