I am a 35 year old male, an artist. I never before felt an urge for my dreams to be analysed, but this one was so powerful that it is still vividly in my mind after 10 days. Here it goes:

I am with my sister at the NASA lab. They are telling us that they are renewing their moon program. We are excited, they are pulling out old seventies equipment. Suddenly, we discover that we are the ones to go to the moon. As we talk to each other, we are in space suits and we find ourselves on the moon surface. We see the earth far on the horizon. Then we notice small volcanos which are active; smoke is coming out of them, but there is no lava. I tell my sister that I think because of the volcanos the air must be warm. We remove our helmets, and indeed, the air is both warm and breathable. Then, we see a little tree. I am excited; I think it is a lemon tree. My sister approaches it, and holds a fruit in her hand. It is a weird-looking apple. The lemon turns into an apple. She picks the apple, and takes a bite out of it. I am appalled. I beg her not to do it, I am afraid that since it is a moon flora, we don’t know whether or not it is good for us. She is just smiling, saying that it’s O.K. At that moment, the sky above the moon is covered with shooting stars. I feel I am excelling.

I would like to add that I don’t see my sister all that often. We live some 300 miles apart and we talk on the phone from time to time. I consider us to be reasonably close.

- Anonymous, Age 35, New York, NY, USA

Hi Anonymous -

What a fabulous dream. No wonder it remains so vividly in your mind.

Given the context of your dream, your sister appears to represent the “universal feminine.” Not only does the dream take place in a universal setting, but your sister also re-enacts the tale of Eve in the Garden of Eden. According to the consciousness-based interpretation of Genesis, it was Eve who ate the apple and who - for better or worse - initiated consciousness among us.

Here’s a refresher for us:

The serpent said unto the women, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil...

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

And man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all the living.

-GENESIS, 3:4,6,7,20.

Psychologically your dream suggests an awakening or ascendance of your feminine nature. Despite your initial trepidation in the dream - your warning to your sister to be careful of eating the unknown apple - it’s all positive. In the dream you feel you are excelling. I also am attracted to the reference to the seventies in your dream, and to the renewal of the space program, both of which again suggest an atmosphere of growth and exploration.

You are an artist. As such, fluency with your masculine and feminine abilities is an integral element of what will make your art great and wholistic - as opposed to being partial and undeveloped. I think this dream bodes well for your creativity. Congratulations. Have you translated (painted/sung/sculpted/danced/written/made love/played with your children) the inspiration which this dream no doubt imparted to you? :-)

Thank you very much for sharing this dream. Best wishes.