Symbol dictionary / V

Volcano

Long-held pressure released; the earth's own anger.

PacificGreekJungian

The volcano is pressure released from below. Pacific traditions — Hawaiian Pele most prominently — treat certain volcanoes as goddess-inhabited, ferocious and creative at once. Greek tradition placed Hephaestus’s forge beneath volcanoes. Jungian analysis reads volcano-dreams as long-held feeling finally erupting, often appropriately. Notice whether you watch from safety, are threatened by the flow, or are the volcano yourself.

Themes
pressure release anger
Related symbols
Fire Earth
Interpret a dream with this symbol