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Nails
To see yourself hammering nails in your dream, signifies your tenacity and ability to drive a hard bargain. Consider also the pun, "getting nailed" which may mean getting caught at something or a sexual innuendo. Another popular phrase "hitting the nail on the head" suggests that you have fully resolved a situation. To see nails in your dream, symbolizes long and hard work for little compensation and pay. To see bent, broken and rusty nails in your dream, indicates illness or failure in business. To dream that you hurt yourself with a nail, denotes that you should be careful of what you say.

Naked (nude, nudity)
To dream that you are naked, denotes the fear of being found out and exposed about your activities and misjudgement. To dream that you suddenly discover your nudity and are trying to cover up, signifies your vulnerability to a situation. To see a naked person in your dream and you are disgusted by it, signifies some anxiety about discovering the naked truth about that person or situation. It may also foretell of an illicit love affairs, loss of prestige and scandalous activities. On the other hand, if you do not have any problem with another's nudity, then it implies that you see through people and accept them for whom and what they are. Nakedness is common in dreams.

Name
To dream that you forget your name or someone else's name, suggests that you be feeling overwhelmed and burdened. It may also indicate that you have forgotten your true self or your family roots. To hear your name being called, indicates that you are in touch and in tune with your spirituality. It also makes you aware of your own uniqueness and highlights your individuality. To see a familiar name written in your dream, symbolizes the way you feel about that person. Your intuition about them may turn out to be true.

Napkin
To see a napkin in your dream, signifies neatness and cleanliness. You may be preparing yourself to hear some goodness. To see soiled napkins being placed on the dining table, symbolizes a major marital or relationship problem.

Narcotics
*Please see Drugs.

Narrow
To dream about narrow spaces, suggests that great struggles await you on your journey. You may feel restricted and confined. Alternatively, it is symbolic of female sexuality.

Nature
To dream of nature, denotes freedom, tranquillity, restoration, and renewal. It may represent that your internal instincts are experienced and expressed.

Nausea
To dream that you have nausea, signifies that you are suffering from a sickening situation or condition in which you are trying to rid yourself of.

Navel
To see your navel in your dream, denotes your being and self.

Navy
To dream that you are in the Navy, symbolizes your need for organization, discipline and structure in your life. To dream that you are rescued by a Navy person, foretells of assistance from an authoritative source.

Nazi
To see a Nazi in your dream, represents a form of evil and merciless force that cannot be reasoned with. You may feel that others are putting you down.

Nearsighted
To dream that you are nearsighted, signifies that your efforts and energies are too focused on short term goals and not on preparing for the long term of the future. This dream may also denote an embarrassing failure or unexpected and unwelcome visitors.

Neck
To see your neck in your dream, signifies the relationship between the mind/mental and the body/physical. It represents willpower, self-restriction and your need to control your feelings and keep them in check. Consider the familiar phrase, "don't stick your neck out" which serves as a warning against a situation. To dream that your neck is injured, indicates a separation between your heart and mind. To dream of a thick neck, signifies that you are becoming very quarrelsome and quick-tempered.

Necklace
To dream that you lost a necklace, forewarns that you will soon be grieving for a loved one. To dream that you lover puts a necklace around your neck, signify an early marital union filled with love.

Necktie
To dream of a loose-fitting necktie around your neck, signifies that you have unfinished business to tend to. To dream of a tight-fitting necktie, denotes that you feel trapped in a situation or condition.

Necromancer
To dream of a necromancer, signifies the threat of evil by a strange acquaintance. *See also Hypnotist

Need
To dream that you are in need, signifies the danger of losing your fortunes through gambling and speculation. To dream that others are in need, denotes that your actions and misfortune will affect others.

Needle
To use a needle in your dream, indicates that you need to mend some relationship or situation. It may also indicate your creativity. To look for a needle in your dream, symbolizes useless worries over small, trivial matters. To dream that you are threading a needle, signifies that you will be burdened with the care of others. You have unfinished issues in your waking life that you need to tend to and perhaps even repair.

Negligee
To see or wear a negligee in your dream, indicates your suggestiveness. Perhaps you feel that people can see right through to who you are and your intents. The symbol may also be a pun on your negligence of some situation.

Neighbour
To dream of having a good neighbour, signifies enjoyment and tranquillity at home. To dream of having an angry neighbour, signifies quarrels, dissensions and possibly relocation from your home.

Neighbourhood
To dream about your neighbourhood, represents a sense of community and the need to be more active. You are expressing a need to develop new friends and new ties. Consider your waking feelings toward your neighbours.

Nephew
To dream of your nephew in a pleasing disposition, foretells that you will soon find yourself in a pleasant and congenial surrounding. To dream of your nephew in an unpleasant disposition, signifies illness or loss of business.

Neptune
To see Neptune in your dream, represents inspiration, imagination, and devotion. You may need to show some more compassion and understanding.

Nerd
To see or dream that you are a nerd, indicates feelings of inferiority and/or ineffectiveness. You feel that you have been overlooked.

Nervous Breakdown
To dream that you or someone has a nervous breakdown, suggests that you have lost a frame of reference in a relationship or situation. You are seeking more clarity and insight. The dream also indicates that you are having difficulties trusting your own judgment and decisions.

Nest
To see a bird's nest in your dream, signifies a prosperous endeavour, new opportunities, and fortune. To see an empty nest in your dream, signifies sorrow through the absence of a friend. To see a nest filled with broken or bad eggs, symbolizes disappointments and failure.

Net
To see a net in your dream, signifies that you find yourself caught in a complicated life situation.

Nettles
To dream that you walk among nettles without being stung, signifies prosperity for you. To dream that you walk among nettles and get sting, signifies discontentment and unhappiness for you and others around you. For a young woman to dream that she is passing through nettles, foretells that she will have many marriage proposals by different men.

New
To see a new house in your dream, indicates that you are taking on a new identify and developing new strengths. You are trying to be more emotionally mature about things. To see new shoes in your dream, suggests that you are overconfident in your success. Alternatively you may be on a life path that is unfamiliar to you. To dream that you are at a new school, signifies that you are feeling out of place in some situation. Generally speaking, to dream about new things and new places corresponds to what is new in your waking life. You may be trying to learn and analyze what you already know from past experiences.

News
To hear good news in your dream, signifies that you will be fortunate in your endeavours and will have many harmonious companions. The contrary is true if you dream of hearing bad news.

Newspaper
To see newspapers in your dream, signifies that new light and insight will be shed on a problem that has been on your mind. You are seeking knowledge and answers to a problem. Alternatively, to see newspapers in your dream, implies that you need to be more vocal and express yourself. In other words, you need to make headlines. To dream that you try but fail to read a newspaper, signifies your failure in some uncertain enterprise or that your reputation is in jeopardy.

Newspaper Reporter
To dream that you are a newspaper reporter, foretells of many travels in your future, attached with some honour and gain.

New Year
To dream of the New Year, signifies prosperity and hope.

Nickname
To hear a nickname in your dream, represents your feelings and memories of the person who is referred to by that nickname. If the nickname is not familiar, then it may be a pun on something or a metaphor. To dream that someone is calling you by a nickname, suggests that you are trying to change they way you and others see you.

Niece
To see your niece in your dream, signifies unexpected trials and useless worries of the future.

Night
To dream of night, signifies some major setbacks and obstacles in achieving your goals. You may find that some issues you are facing are not all that clear and you need to put them to rest for awhile before a decision is made. *Please also see Darkness

Nightclub
To dream that you are in a fun-filled nightclub, signifies a happening social life is in your future. To dream that you are in a depressing and dimly-lit nightclub, signifies an a financial crisis or and end to a lover affair.

Nightgown
To dream that you are in your nightgown, foretells that you will be afflicted with a slight illness. To see others in their in their nightgown in your dream, signifies that you will hear unpleasant news from absent friends.

Nightmare
To dream that you are having a nightmare, denotes failure in business, disappointments, or decline in health. You may have been indulgent in things and need to cut back on such activities. Allow the mind and body to rest and heal.

Nightingale
To see silent nightingales in your dream, signifies minor misunderstandings among your friends. To hear the songs of the nightingale, denotes a pleasant and healthy surrounding.

Ninepins
To dream that you play ninepins, signifies that you are foolishly wasting your energy and letting opportunities slip away. It may also forewarn to select your companions carefully.

Nipples
To see nipples in your dream, relate to infantile needs and a regression into dependency. To dream that you are squeezing pus out of your nipples, refers to your negative feelings about relationships. You are feeling sexually inadequate. *Please see also Breasts.

Nobility
To dream that you are associated with nobility, signifies that you prefer show, pleasure and status as opposed to the cultivation of the mind.

Noise
To hear a strange noise in your dream, signifies the unexpected and the unknown. You may be expressing some fear or confusion concerning a particular situation in your waking life. The noise in your dream may serve as a way to attract your attention to that issue. Alternatively, noise may represent a breakthrough in your personal struggles. Perhaps you have burst through a barrier of resistance which had been holding you back for a long time.

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To see noodles in your dream, signifies an abnormal appetite and desire.

Noose
To see a noose hanging from a tree, denotes fear and anxiety. To see a noose around someone else's neck, signifies repressed anger and rage at a that person or towards a particular condition.

North
To dream of the direction north, symbolizes reality. It also indicates that you are making progress and moving forward in life.

Northern Lights
To see the northern lights in your dream, represents renewed energy, vitality, and youth. A situation or relationship is finally made clear to you. Alternatively, it indicates that you know what you need to do, but may be too lazy or too afraid to jump into action.

Nose
To see your own nose in your dream, signifies a conscious effort to achieve whatever endeavour you chose to undertake. The nose represents energy, intuition, and wisdom. Alternatively, the nose symbolizes curiosity. You dream may suggest your need to learn more about a situation at hand. To dream that hair is growing on your nose, signifies extraordinary undertakings that need to be carried through a strong will and character. To dream of a bleeding nose, is prophetic of disaster and danger.

Notary
To see a notary in your dream, foretells of unsatisfied desires and probable lawsuits.

Notebook
To see a notebook in your dream, denotes that you are trying to stay on top of things and keep detailed records.

November
To dream of the month of November, signifies of an indifferent success in all affairs.

Nuclear Bomb
To dream of a nuclear bomb, suggests feelings of helplessness, being threatened and loss of control. You may be experiencing great hostility and rage to the point of being destructive. Alternatively, you may be expressing a desire to wipe out some aspect of yourself. It may also be an indication that something crucial and precious to you has ended and important changes are about to occur.

Numbness
To dream that you feel numbness, signifies illness and unfavourable conditions in your health.

Numbers
To see numbers in your dream, signifies unsettled conditions in business resulting in uneasiness and dissatisfaction. For a specific number, please see Dream Themes: Numbers.

Nuns
To see nuns in your dream, signifies purity, chastity and obedience. It also indicates that you need to live up to the vows and promises you have made. It also foretells that material fortune and gain will interfere with your spirituality. Consider also the pun of being "none" or "nothing". For a woman to dream that she is a nun, signifies her unhappiness of her current situation and environment. To see a dead nun in your dream, denotes poverty and despair over the unfaithfulness of loved ones.

Nuptial
To dream of your nuptials, foretells of an engagement that will lead to much joy and harmony. *Please also see Marriage.

Nurse
To dream that you are a nurse, signifies that you will gain the high regards of others. To see a nurse in your dream, denotes that you need to be taken care of and a time of healing, either mentally, physically or spiritually.

Nursing
For a woman to dream that she is nursing her baby, symbolizes pleasantness and joy. For a man to dream that he sees his wife nursing their baby, denotes harmony in his pursuits. *Please see also Breast Feeding.

Nuts
To see nuts in your dream, signifies craziness or confusion. It may also refer to someone who is "nuts" or someone who is driving you crazy. You may be approaching a waking situation all wrong and need to look at it from a different perspective. Also consider nuts as a pun on "testicles" and thus allude to some sexual innuendo. To dream that you are eating nuts, signifies prosperity and attainment of your desires. You may also be trying to get to the core of a matter or situation.

Nymph
To see nymphs in your dream, denotes that passionate desires will be joyously realized.