Symbols / A pond
A reading for meaning, not prophecy
A pond is read as a small, contained depth — in the East a modest still water and quiet fortune (池塘), in the West a small, bounded pool of feeling, in Ibn Sirin's tradition a contained provision.
Hand-written entry · reviewed July 2026 · how we read
Three readings
In the Jungian reading the pond is a small, bounded pool of the unconscious — contained feeling, a modest depth you can see the bottom of, more intimate than the lake or sea. It marks a manageable inner life, or feeling kept within safe banks. It asks what small, still depth you are tending.
Jungian dream interpretation, explained →周公解梦 reads the pond (池塘) as a modest still water — quiet, contained fortune, and a small settled matter. Clear water with fish is read as gentle prosperity; a stagnant or dried pond, a small fortune neglected or a feeling gone still.
Chinese dream interpretation (周公解梦), explained →Ibn Sirin read still, contained water as a settled provision or a modest source of life. Framed as meaning: what small, contained source in your life is clear, and what has gone still?
Islamic dream interpretation, explained →Read as a small, contained depth — a modest still water, quiet feeling kept within safe banks. Clear water with fish marks gentle prosperity; a stagnant pond, a feeling or fortune gone still.
Usually read as a small fortune neglected, or feeling that has gone still and stale — a contained source no longer flowing. It asks what modest but real part of your life has been left untended.
Spiritually the pond is a manageable inner depth — feeling you can see the bottom of, more intimate than lake or sea. It asks what small, still part of your inner life you are tending.
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