Mountain

The mountain is the axis mundi — the world’s spine, where earth meets sky. Hindu cosmology centers on Mount Meru; Taoist tradition reveres the five sacred peaks; the Greeks gave Olympus to their gods. Jungian analysis treats mountain-dreams as images of aspiration and individuation: the summit is the Self, the climb is the work. The condition of the ascent matters. A path you can follow promises a spiritual discipline in your life that is bearing fruit; an impossible cliff, an aspiration out of scale; a summit reached in fog, a goal achieved but not yet seen clearly. Notice whether you climb alone or with companions.