Kiva And Castle

(Monday, July 24, 2023) first quarter moon Libra / tarot Emperor

The dream takes place in my large new property. Like a party or an event, the outdoors and indoors are being visited by a friendly community, most of whom I do not know.

The many-acre yard feels like New Mexico, but it may be a Minnesota landscape that has been altered by climate change: draught and heat. Most of the soil is desert sand, but there are plenty of draught-tolerant trees, bushes and flowers. There are lots of wooden and stone fences, and courtyards, as in downtown Santa Fe.

I stand outdoors and observe a shallow, circular ditch in the sand. It reminds me of the sacred kivas at Chaco Canyon and Bandelier, especially the ones at Bandelier National Monument. Two middle-aged women are meeting in the kiva. One dark-haired woman is the guide (as I often see in my dreams). She is teaching the other woman, verbally. I move far enough away so that I no longer gaze at them but can hear the guide’s wise, calm, informative voice.

I listen for a while, then turn to my house and enter the seemingly unlimited building. The house is more like a royal castle than a noble mansion. I walk into a huge kitchen that is visibly connected to many of the other spaces. The rooms have wide thresholds instead of narrow, closed doors. It is full of active, yet relaxed, people. Busy.

I meet with my dark-haired childhood friend Nicki. I express my anxiety about working on such a giant, historical castle/house and she tells me not to worry. She has examples of other old structures in the neighborhood that have turned out just fine. In real life Nicki was a county attorney: informed and very logical.

I walk out of the kitchen and notice a remodeling project to my left. The kind workers have done such a beautiful job I immediately feel overjoyed. I love it. The walls are covered floor-to-ceiling with white satin-glazed ceramic tiles. One of the workers (maybe my sister Jo?) has found a pristine, antique, carved-wooden cabinet, tall and narrow, for books or china. She has also installed a lovely old chandelier. The room is the perfect combination of old and new, a white room with mahogany furniture plus brass-and-glass light fixtures.

Day notes:

I am trying to think more like Wise Bonnie: I interpret Nicki in the dream as Yvonne, a writer and former coworker who explained to me this week how her unemployment insurance experience unfolded. She calmed me down tremendously. Her process followed my instincts. Having my “home” full of friendly people that are willing to assist me is a wonderful sign in the dream. A supported life, without limits.

I love having a kiva in the dream occupied by one of my recurrent spirit guides. Perhaps it is New Mexico, and I should pay attention to “new.” My new life. From Nigel Hamilton: Someone standing in the middle of a circle indicates that the dreamer has integrated the archetypal theme that has been emerging through the dream sequence.

When dreaming, I felt that the “castle” was the same structure I had in my 2013 Big Dream with Sabina Lucas and Carl Jung. In real life, I visited both Sabina and Victoria in Santa Fe. Maybe this is a message to visit Victoria (dark-haired dream teacher) and Santa Fe again some day.