If your dreams occur at significant times or transitional periods in your life, or they leave you with a sense of awe that you have learned something important about yourself, such dreams are called archetypal dreams, and have a cosmic quality or an element of impossibility. They are often extremely vivid, as well as re-occurring. To help you in uncovering the meaning of your dreams, the great psychologist and healer, Carl Jung, noted certain dream symbols that possess the same universal meaning for all men and women. He terms this the “collective unconscious”. While dreams are personal, your personal experiences often touch on universal themes and symbols. These symbols are believed to occur in every culture throughout history. Jung identifies seven such symbols in what is referred to as the major archetypal characters: Your psyche carries all of them within you.