(Friday, June 24, 2016) moon: waning gibbous Aquarius / tarot: three of swords
I am in the basement level of a house Chris and I have just purchased. Like our Wayzata house, very little of the lower level is underground.
When the dream opens, I am finishing up painting a large room in the basement. The walls are rock, not concrete, so I am aware that the house is old. The paint I have used on the walls has a very glossy sheen, like a glazed pot. Through the fire! The color is an earthy gold mid-tone with an olive green cast to it. Very unusual color. I have dreamt of this hard, shiny surface several times before: once it was dark turquoise, in another dream it was dark red.
I am quite fatigued. The room has not been attended to for a very long time. I am afraid of all the work that will be needed for the upper story of the house.
So, reluctantly, I exit the basement into the outdoors, past the pond in the backyard. Turning right, I climb up a mild slope to the front door of the house.
At this point in the dream I start to sense that I am leaving sleep, rising into an awakening level of consciousness. And I am overjoyed. Through half-closed eyes I receive a rapid overview of the entire house, which is in perfect, beautiful condition. Stone and porcelain tile floors have just been installed. Every room glows with fresh paint and fine furnishings. I feel such great relief. I can relax. I can enjoy.
Day notes:
I have just begun 11 days of staycation. Bonnie and Peter are in Rolduc for the dream conference, but I am kicked-back, watching dozens of dragonflies circle above the grass in my backyard.
I got a replacement quote from Andersen for the upstairs windows and have been mulling it over. Expensive! But maybe the dream says “go for it.”
Saturday: I received an email from the Jung Platform. Robert Bosnak is doing a webinar based on James Hillman’s “Alchemical Psychology.” He is covering the chapters on Yellow and Stone. I dream often of stones, and recently have been dreaming of the color yellow. I may need to buy that book!
07/15/2023: Of course this is a prescient dream about our Rustic Lodge house with a limestone basement. Chris and I would love to paint and repair the basement, but it will probably be too expensive. We talk about our “dungeon.”