A dreamer writes:
Hi, I had a dream and I was finding and picking coins in our town’s park in the evening. I was find and gathering 5 and 10 pesewas coins in a silver bowl, and I kept on finding more and more coins. As I got to middle right side of the park I had gathered a big jar half full of coins. I was getting more and 20 and 50 pesewas coins. It was getting dark. I was about to come home and go the next day to look for more coins when I woke up.
I am having some financial concerns at the moment, does this mean I will be coming in to some money soon?

Answer:
Dreams of finding money are often about self worth and discovering valuable resources within yourself. The fact that you were finding money, kept finding more, the values were increasing, and you were going to go back the next day to get even more are very positive signs of your ever increasing sense of self worth! It is likely that you are discovering more and more about yourself and your life that is valuable and worthy.
Since you mentioned financial concerns in the literal sense, perhaps this dream is pointing out to you that while economics may be tough right now, you have a lot to offer, and a lot of valuable resources within yourself.  Is it possible that the dream is an omen of a financial windfall? Anything is possible, certainly – especially with dreams!  But rather than banking on that, I would recommend that you take action in your waking life to do your best to protect yourself financially.  This dream may be a reminder to help you to do that.  Since dreams are often symbolic, look at the money in the dream as representative of self worth, and the discovery of resources within yourself, and how you can use those to attract more of what you value into your life. That may mean actual money, but remember to also keep focus on what you find truly valuable beyond the material.
~Mimi

A dreamer writes:
I had a dream that I was home and it was really dark. There were two tiny frogs in my house, a light brown-greenish frog and a black one.  I got a bottle and tried to put them in it, and when I did they start drowning. I got scared and took them out.  However when the green-brown one was supposed to come out, a huge grasshopper came out instead. I got scared (and slightly disgusted) and my dad came and stepped on it.  Once he was dead, I got a crab tank and put them there with a little bit of water and they swam happily for a little.  But then it became too little so I got a fish tank and put them in there instead. I think they grew but I don’t remember. Once I saw they were swimming peacefully, and not drowning,  I woke up.

Answer:
Animals in dreams often represent precious and tender parts of ourselves.  If I were working with you 1:1 I would ask you what do frogs represent to you?  Dreams are metaphors, so if we look at the symbolic version of the story, it seems like there is something or someone or some part of yourself that you are trying to protect (represented by the frogs). It might feel scary at times (like in the dream) but ultimately you are able to find safety and peace – this is excellent! The positive resolution shows your psyche’s ability to take care of yourself.
Let me know if this helps, If you want to pursue it further I offer private phone consultations.
~Mimi

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Here is another entry from my website via “Ask The Dream Detective”:

If your dream were a movie, what would you title it?: The Disorganized Hiker

General feeling of this dream: Rushed/Anxious

Tell me your dream here:

“I have had three dreams recently, two that I can really remember where I’m trying to leave for a hiking trip/adventure in nature and can not find my backpack or cannot pack it properly when find it.

In the first dream I remember I was hiking up through this shallow but fast river with a friend who I don’t remember if I recognize. I wasn’t wearing proper shoes and was carrying my supplies in a tote bag.  Though the river was shallow were i was I could tell it was getting higher and higher and faster and faster.

The rest of our group was up ahead and I felt the desire to be at the front with them but felt like I was un prepared and that my tote bag was going to get wet and weigh me down.

I stopped on the side of the river at a cafe and two men joined me. We had cool beverages on the patio behind the cafe and I told them about my desire to catch up with the rest of the group and that I needed a backpack to do so. One of the man’s parents showed up in car and told me they could bring me a backpack and that was the end of my dream.

I had one dream about a back pack and hiking in between this one and the next one I can remember.

Last night I was dreaming and there were a lot of things going on but eventually I ended up in a kinda garage/cabin. My parents were there and they told me that we needed to leave soon for our camping/backpacking trip. I looked down and I had this duffle bag that at first didn’t seem so large but definitely cumbersome to carry.

I decided I would need to move the essentials into a smaller backpacking back pack and so i began going through my duffle.

I pulled out 5 pairs of shoes and tried them all on to see which ones would work for my trip. They were all different variations of sport shoes/hiking boots and finally I chose the ones that most resembled the boots I have in real life.

While I was going through all my clothes the pile seemed to get larger and larger and my dream ended before I could pack my back pack properly.”

Dear Dreamer,
It seems clear that there is some area of your life where you are feeling rushed, anxious, unprepared, and like you need to catch up with your peers. I see recurring themes with the river ahead getting faster and faster, the clothes piles getting larger and larger, also the cumbersome duffle bag. These all seem to represent the feeling of some kind of surmounting task that feels like it just keeps getting bigger, and is a big load to carry that could ‘weigh you down’. The fact of the back pack makes me think of school and I wonder if you are in school and feeling like you need to catch up with the rest of your peers, and like the ‘load’ just keeps getting bigger.  If you are not in school ask yourself what area of life these descriptions fit. Then give yourself some credit for being out there, carrying that load, and ‘getting your feet wet’!
I hope this helps,
Mimi

“What does it mean when I dream my partner cheated on me?”
The first reaction is usually to be mad or suspicious of your partner. But hold on! While again anything is possible – do your fact checking if you think they are literally having an affair – HOWEVER…This dream usually indicates that you are feeling cheated out of TIME with your partner.  So first ask yourself, has he/she taken up a new hobby? Working longer hours? Travelling without you? Anything that takes your partner away from you can feel like ‘the other man or woman’.  Even an illness, disease, or condition like depression can feel like something (translating to someone in the dream world) has taken away the closeness you previously shared.
Before jumping to the literal explanation, see if the metaphor fits.

I will be the featured “Guest Expert” on Questionland.com Feb. 6-8, 2012.  Come visit!  If you have a dream, a question about dreams, or are just curious and would like to read the dreams of others, visit here: http://questionland.com/topics/dream-interpretation

(If you are reading this after the fact, you can still browse the archives – and should even still be able to post a dream as well!)

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to announce my internet radio show on Blog Talk Radio. You can listen and call in, or use the chat room to ask about a dream during the live show.  You can also log on any time and listen to the archives of the past shows.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thedreamdetective

If you want to stay posted as to when the next show is, go to the home page and click ‘join my email newsletter’. I will send out articles on dreams and related topics, as well as notices of upcoming events and radio shows.

If you can’t do that you can always email me a dream ahead of time for consideration on the show.

I hope to hear your dreams soon!

-Mimi