Could the day of the week you dream your dreams have a bearing on their messages and meanings?
A dream is a sequence of images, thoughts, emotions and sensations our mind generates while we sleep. Regardless of whether we recall those sandman sequences come daybreak, we all dream every night.
Speaking in symbols, images and archetypes, dreams offer us a keyhole to transformative wholeness through the integration of our conscious and unconscious selves.
Persephone, resident psychic at Nebula, a platform for psychic readings and spiritual guidance, shared, “Dreams can reveal repressed aspects of ourselves, helping us make more authentic decisions and discover new possibilities. Nightmares can signal that we’re ready to confront our fears and shed outdated aspects of ourselves. Meditating on them can help us navigate troubled times.”
Dreaming is believed to help us process our emotions, store memories, strengthen our brain’s neural connections, reduce stress, solve problems and think creatively.
Vivid dreams happen most often during the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stage, when the brain is particularly active.
Dream recall is the ability to summon some significant details from a dream once you wake up. Only 11% of Americans almost always remember their dreams — it’s a mystery why it’s easier for some than others.
Author, founder of analytical psychology, Leo King, and certified dream daddy Carl Jung tells us, “Dreams are impartial, spontaneous products of the unconscious psyche, outside the control of the will. They are pure nature; they show us the unvarnished, natural truth and are therefore fitted, as nothing else is, to give us back an attitude that accords with our basic human nature when our consciousness has strayed too far from its foundations and runs into an impasse.”
The truth offered to us in dreams is shaped not just by the symbols that rise in them but also by the days in which we dream them.
The days of the week are ruled by and imbued with the energy of the planets above. The name of each day of the week is rooted in myth, Roman and Norse alike. When we honor the spirit of the day and the dreams we bring into it, we can leverage it for our benefit.
According to Persephone, the best way to mine your dreams for meaning is to write them down in detail immediately upon waking, noting the day of the week and the atmosphere and emotional quality of the dream itself. How did it make you feel, what colors or images came through most strongly?
Persephone recommends, “Take time to reflect on the symbols you saw or felt without overanalyzing – focus on how they resonate with you emotionally. Sketching or painting the most striking moments of your dream can help you process difficult emotions you might fear confronting in waking life.”
Monday
Astrologically speaking, Monday belongs to the moody, internally motivated moon. According to Peresphones, “When you wake up from a dream on this day, it is likely to reveal your deepest emotions and feelings.”
The moon represents intuition and need, the divine feminine and that which must be felt, not seen, making the dreams we dream on this day particularly revelatory.
Tuesday
Tuesday is the domain of warmongering, fight-for-your-rights planet Mars. Persephone shared, “This day’s dreams may reveal what actions you should take to move forward with your plans.”
In this sense, Tuesday’s dreams should inspire and activate, pushing internal reflection toward external expression.
Wednesday
Wednesday is associated with golden-heeled, silver-tongued Mercury. Named for the emissary of the gods, Mercury is the planetary ruler of both Gemini and Virgo. True to the emissary archetype, Wednesday dreams are likely to be shot through with psychic messaging and ancestral downloads.
Thursday
Thursday is the day of days given to luck-doling, deep pockets and good-living gas giant Jupiter. In astrology, Jupiter is the modern ruler of Sagittarius and the ancient ruler of Pisces.
Jupiter is synonymous with expansion and fortunes, ideals and ideas.
Fittingly, and as Persephone shared, “This day’s dreams may bring prophecies and insights on expanding your good fortune. Guardian angels may also appear in your dreams.”
Friday
Friday belongs to Venus, the planet of love and beauty and the ruler of Taurus and Libra.
In name, Friday derives from “Frigg’s-Day,” Frigg being the wife of Odin and the Norse goddess of fertility, clairvoyance, and wedded bliss. Apropos of these associations, dreams dreamed on Friday often offer insight into our love relationships, jealousy, and subconscious romantic desires.
Saturday
Saturday belongs to structured, exacting, tough love and tough t–ties planet Saturn. Fitting, given the influence of the plant of limitations, Persephone explains that dreams dreamed on Saturday “may highlight struggles, challenges and the lessons you must learn.
Sunday
Sunday, as you may have gathered, is ruled by the light of the sun, the luminary that also rules the zodiac sign of Leo and illuminates the play-forward, heart-centric core of our inner child.
The Sun is about self-expression and growth of the literal and metaphorical variety; because of this, Persephone explains that the day’s dreams “may manifest in the physical world quickly, sometimes even the same day.”
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
