She May Be Heading Toward Some Kind of Emotional Split

I was driving my car and started down a steep embankment, as steep as the big drop on a roller coaster. I was only slightly concerned about the risk and felt secure as I started down. But the weight of my chest against the steering wheel, due to the steep angle, caused the steering wheel to crack. It was a clean split all the way through, at about 2 o’clock where my right hand holds it. I could feel that it was split through the leather steering wheel cover, which was tightly bound and held it together. I was annoyed that I would have to go to the service center to see if they could fix or replace it, but it still drove OK.

I remembered this dream the next day as I was driving around a freeway curve on the way to work.I had to feel the steering wheel to

see if it really was cracked.

--MARY KAY

Moorpark

Dear Mary Kay: In dreams a car may represent your body or the vehicle you are depending on to get you where you want to be. For an actor a big part in a movie could be his vehicle. Moving down is associated with a loss or change. You see it coming but are not overly concerned. You are steering your life, choosing your direction, but the weight of your chest cracks the tool used for this purpose. Weight of your chest brings to mind a heavy heart, or being forced into an emotional loss. The word “split” does as well. Leather tightly bound could be marriage or another commitment, and 2 o’clock may represent February, the second month, or any other two in your life such as a partner or a couple.

The service center and repairs could represent a medical office, a therapist’s office or even a house of worship, the institution that could mend what has been split. But since you felt annoyed, it would seem that you have accepted the change and feel forced to deal with the repairs. You can hold yourself together. Very often a dream is forgotten until a waking state event reminds us of it and then it all comes back to us with an eerie realness.

Cynthia Richmond is the author of “Dream Power: How to Use Your Night Dreams to Change Your Life” (Simon & Schuster, 2000). Fax your dreams to Cynthia Richmond at (818) 783-3267, or e-mail them to in.your.dreams@worldnet.att.net. Please include your hometown and a daytime phone number. In Your Dreams appears every Tuesday and should be read for entertainment purposes only.