Crown

The crown is sovereignty conferred. Royal tradition across cultures uses the crown to mark the one whose authority derives from the collective. Hindu and Tibetan tradition treats the crown chakra (sahasrara) as the seat of transcendent consciousness at the top of the head. Jungian analysis reads crown-dreams as the Self’s sovereignty being recognized — by the ego, or by others, or by the psyche itself. A crown too heavy to wear often marks a responsibility the dreamer feels unequal to; a crown offered to another, sovereignty the dreamer has chosen not to claim; a crown that is made of something unexpected (leaves, light, thorns), the quality of authority being tested. Notice who places the crown.