MARKET

The colorful and varied array of goods for sale in an open-air market represents the huge range of choices that are available to you in waking life and this kind of dream is most likely to appear at times of great change in your life, such as starting a new job or a new relationship.

If you hear the many cries of market sellers or street vendors, this may express your fears of losing direction in waking life. Dreams of being in a market suggest your ability to cope with the demands and social interactions of daily life. If, however, the atmosphere in the market is closed in and intense, this may suggest feelings of confusion.

Bear in mind that markets are also places of buying and selling, so they can give you an indication of how highly you value yourself and your talents, and whether you feel you have something you can sell or there is something you want to buy. Busy market dreams may simply suggest that you need to spend more time with other people. The exotic atmosphere of a dream bazaar or souk represents the desire to seek out new and exciting experiences, whilst haggling merchants can represent people in your life who are extremely demanding.

To dream that you shop in a market means that you have many resources that you do not take advantage of. You must value yourself more, since you enjoy great untapped potential. The dream can also have a deeper origin: the need to externalize your talent, your most elevated desires. But careful: the market offers the possibility of acquiring the essential and, very often, you leave with superfluous things that divert your interest and can increase your confusion. That which is sold in the market will clarify the theme of the dream. Antiques represent the past; fruits and vegetables show your ability to grow internally; cheap stuff tends to express that you underestimate your talents. (See LABYRINTH) According to popular superstition, this dream denotes frugality. For a young woman, it means changes.

Vision: If you are at the market: you are involved with people and nurture the contact you have with them, but make sure that people do not take advantage of you. Shopping at the market: delicate and uncertain situations ahead. Selling things at a market: business is unstable right now, or a change at work is ahead.

See Shopping.

Depth Psychology: The market is always a symbol of your positive attitude toward people and a good business sense. .Also, never measure your worth by what you own. Particularly in men’s dreams, the market may indicate strong sexual needs and becomes a code word for a place where men buy sexual pleasures.

See Businessman, Fair.