Liz R, Derby

Dear Liz
Kitchens are places where raw food is turned into nourishing meals. A dream that’s set in a kitchen therefore implies that, in some are of your life, you’re in a state of transformation. Since the kitchen in your dream belongs to your boyfriend, it looks as though your relationship with him is changing you in some way.

You tell me that he wants to marry you and have a family but you are more interested in building up your business. Marriage and motherhood, you say, are not on your agenda. Yet your dream indicates that your deeper self has its own agenda. In fact it seems to be contemplating something along the lines of the traditional ‘bun in the oven’!

What, though, is the significance of those frogs? Because frogs are associated with water and rain, they have always symbolised fertility, and in medieval times they were even thought to resemble the human foetus. It’s interesting then, that despite your best efforts to clear the oven, those frogs simply keep on appearing. You may protest that you don’t want children, but your dream clearly suggests otherwise. It carries a strong message that your maternal instinct is not only emerging, but will prove almost impossible to repress.

I suspect your confusion arises from your assumption that having a family will mean sacrificing your career. Why do you have to choose between them? The fact that you’re self-employed means that you have a certain amount of flexibility in the way that you structure your life. Your dream indicates the need for some serious soul-searching. It’s time for an honest reappraisal of your priorities.

(Sun Taurus, Moon Scorpio)