Skin Symbols C-D

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Cards:  Usually the cards depicted are a winning hand, symbolizing good luck.  Gypsies use a regular deck to tell fortunes with, and see the heart suit as symbolizing love, clubs as health and family, diamonds as money, and spades as troubles and illness.

Castle:  Symbolizes protection.  When you dream about a castle it's supposed to mean that you should look within yourself for the answers to your problems.

Cat:  Cats have fascinated humans throughout history.  They are lunar creatures, and are associated with magic, protection of the household, and women.  They also represent the reconciliation of opposites:  that soft fur and those sharp claws.

Centaur:  Half horse/half man, the centaur is another of those mythic symbols that attempt to deal with the fact that humans really are just well trained animals. Centaurs can either symbolize wanton destruction and a "party till your puke" attitude. or deep knowledge of nature.

Chains:  When intact they symbolize bonds to family or religion.  When broken they symbolize freedom from imprisonment and the overcoming of an addiction.

Clover:  This classic symbol of Ireland has two meanings; a three-leafed clover represents the Christian Trinity, and the four-leafed clover was sacred to  the pagan Celts who saw it as a symbol of the natural cycles of life (four seasons, four ages of man, etc.)

Clowns:  The trickster image is one of the classic images of mythology.  And the trickster never does what you expect him to.  He is a chameleon, so you really never know his reasons or motives.

Cobwebs:  Are of course associated with the spider and with death and decay.  But they're also related to spirals and the cycles of birth, reproduction, death and rebirth.

Comucopia:  A horn shaped container filled to overflowing with fruits of the harvest, it symbolizes abundance.

Crane:  In the Native American Peyote Church, water birds are sacred and are a symbol of that religious practice. In the Orient they represent justice and long life.

Crescent:  The crescent moon symbolizes women's power, transformation, and rebirth.

Crocodile:  In Egyptian and African mythology, the crocodile anger and evil, knowledge and power.

Cross:  Briefly in Pagan cultures the cross was armed and represented the balance of nature.  In Christian belief the cross represents sacrifice and love.

Crow:  In Native American mythology and Celtic legends the crow represented beginnings and was often depicted as the messenger of the Gods.

Devil:  In the Tarot (a deck of cards used for divination) the devil represents self-imposed bondage.  The Devil also represents a fierce attachment to pleasures of the flesh.

Diana:  The Roman moon Goddess, she symbolizes freedom and power

Dionysos:  The Roman God of wine and agriculture, he's often shown riding on a donkey and festooned with grapes and vines,  He symbolizes pleasure and fertility.

Dismemberment:  Mythology features many stories about gods who are chopped up and then put back together again.  This image symbolizes power over death.

Dog:  The dog usually symbolizes faithfulness and protection.  However, in Gypsy tradition, when he shows up in a dream it means that someone close to you will do you harm.

Dolphin:  Dolphins are often mentioned in Greek mythology.  They symbolize swiftness of mind and body.  Because of their ability to exist in the water despite being mammals they also represent the ability to merge conflicting emotions, and of life experiences.

Dove:  Are almost always the symbol of peace and rest, but the contrary Gypsies believe they are a warlike bird.

Dragon:  The oriental dragon symbolizes the coming of spring and good luck.  In the West dragons are usually seen as power symbols, masters of the powers of air and fire.

Dwarf:  They represent a love of the earth and the natural world, and are a talisman for those who would hope to find buried treasure.

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