Your shape, the shape of a dream character, or that of a dream object is oddly formed, deformed, or transforms. Unusual clothing and hair count as anomalies of form. Also, the place you are in (the setting) in the dream may be different than it would be in waking life.
EXAMPLES
Ego form
* “I am a man.” (dreamed by a woman)
* “I am embodied in a stack of porcelain plates.”
* “I am Mozart.”
Character form
* “Her face changes as I look at her.”
* “A giant with a Creature from the Black Lagoon type of head walks by.”
Setting form
* “The edge of the beach is like a pier with benches.”
* “The drafting room was the wrong shape.”
* “I get lost because the streets are not as I remember them.”
Object form
* “I see a tiny purple kitten.”
* “One of the purses transforms completely.”
* “My car keys read Toyama instead of Toyota.”
CONTEXT
The place or situation in the dream is strange. You may be somewhere that you are unlikely to be in waking life, or involved in a strange social situation. Also, you or another dream character could be playing an unaccustomed role. Objects or characters may be out of place, or the dream could occur in the past or future.
EXAMPLES:
Ego role
* “We’re fugitives from the law.”
* “It was a James Bond type of dream, with me in the starring role.”
* “I’m a commando behind enemy lines in World War II.”
Character role
* “My friend is assigned to be my husband.”
* “My father is behaving like R, my lover.”
* “Reagan, Bush, and Nixon are flying jets.”
Character place
* “My coworkers and former high school friends are together.”
* “Madonna was seated on a chair in my room.”
* “My brother, who is dead, was in the kitchen with me.”
Object place
* “My bed was in the street.”
* “There was a phone in my room.”
* “The wall had cream cheese and vegetables on it.”
Setting place
* “I’m in a colony on Mars.”
* “I’m in an amusement park.”
* “I’m on the ocean, by myself, at night.”
Setting time
* “I am in grade school.”
* “I’m at my twenty-fifth high school reunion.”
* “I’m with my horse in his prime.”
Situation
* “I’m in an odd ceremony.”
* “A commercial is being filmed at my house.”
* “Two families have been brought together to get to know each other.”
