Young women who followed the advice of Diviner Cynthia Seemore last week are doubtless experiencing prophetic visions on a nightly basis by now, but what to make of them? Seeing the future is quite useless without the ability to interpret it! Madam Seemore has published a book on the subject, but gracious agreed to share a few of the more common interpretations with us for publication to our readers!

People Who Don't Look Right. If your dream involves conversation with someone you know, but in your dream their appearance or other traits are wrong — for example, your best friend has dark hair instead of blond — this is most likely a sign that you have placed undue importance on the relationship in question. This is particularly impactful when it occurs with potential suitors: if the face is wrong, you may not want to pursue them!

Birds. Focusing on hawks, eagles, or other soaring creatures in dreams can indicate a shift in circumstance that, while potentially disruptive in the short term, will ultimately prove liberating.

Fire. The presence of fire, or of inexplicable light or heat, generally means that the scenario at play in the rest of the dream is more treacherous than one might imagine. There can sometimes be clues as to the exact nature of the danger in the other elements of the dream, particularly in anything that seems otherwise out of place. Fire doesn't always mean that you shouldn't proceed with a situation, but it's best to be aware of the potential pitfalls!

Babies. Most young women hoping for matrimony misinterpret this as a positive sign, when in reality babies (whether human, animal, or even new saplings of plants) more often represent that an approaching situation is fragile and easily influenced by outside forces.

Mirrors. Seeing another person's face in a mirror is always an important sign, and usually an auspicious one. It represents a destiny intertwined, and working in tandem with the person in the mirror is usually in the dreamer's best long-term interest.

Water. Water can represent many things in dreams, so it's important to specific about what form it took. Shallow water translates to inconveniences along the path, while deep water can represent a transformation, particularly a transferal of the initial intention. Dark water nearly always means that the dreamer has not been honest with themselves about something, while clear water represents clarity of purpose.

Recurring Animals. Animals that occur in multiple scenes of a dream, or especially in multiple dreams several nights in a row are often symbolic of specific people of import in the dreamer's life. Seemore provides a comprehensive guide on pinpointing the exact person represented in her book, but as an opening exercise one might pay special attention to the animal's mannerisms, eye color, and what types of situations they recur in. Witches or wizards with patronus forms or animagi forms are sometimes (but not always) represented by these animals in dreams.