Dreaming of a lantern

A lantern differs from lightning: it is light you carry, light that waits for you. In dreams it suggests guidance — a person, a belief, a small steady hope that gets you home through weather you cannot stop.

The goddess of sailors lifts her red lantern over the black sea, and the torch-bearing goddess of crossroads lights the places where three ways meet. If a lantern glows in your dream, ask whose light you're following — and whose dark you might be lighting.

Dream meanings are reflective, not medical or predictive. If a dream troubles you often, be gentle with yourself — and talk to someone you trust.