The Dream Book of Self-Knowledge

Table

that which is on a table is the mind's central content (that which is on the table is in the life) that we can accept as our own or reject, or, in the best case, indifferently assimilate.
the shape of the table can be important for its interpretation (see Square, see Rectangle, see Circle).
tablecloth on the table: the state of the tablecloth symbolizes the purity of this mind; patterns or ornaments can further determine the mind's content (see Ornaments).
sitting on a table: this image expresses the dreamer's subconscious desire to become a central symbol; the image of a strong ego.
full of food and delicacies: a temptation of sensuality and clearly belongs to the instincts; it is good for an emotional person to resist the temptations and to leave the full table with ease and without a feeling of bitterness.
leaning: a change in the dreamer's life; the unconscious also uses this to indicate to the dreamer a fateful change.
the dreamer tilts the table: the dreamer is actively trying to make a change in his life.
putting a child on the table: the dreamer's attempt at fully obtaining the emotional level.
mushrooms on a table: the desire to recognize subconscious sexual pressures and to raise one's life to the emotional level.
a baked goose on a table: a positive sign in ending one period of life and starting on a new path.
keys or a lock on a table: a chance to establish a sexual relationship; if we surrender this chance directly in the dream, we are elevating the dream experience at least to the emotional level.
flowers on a table: confirms the present living of an emotional life.
a bottle (even empty), alcohol or beer on a table: temptation.
an ashtray on a table: the time has come to deal with one of many dependencies (usually with smoking).
with a sword stuck in it: see Sword.
clearing off a table: expresses the dreamer's attempt to clear his mind of unnecessary things (usually of instinctual symbols) and clarify his life objective.
brushing dust off of a table: the dreamer puts an end to his current way of life, gives new meaning, a new dimension and sense to his life.
there is no table available for the dreamer in a restaurant or pub: very positive, since the pub or restaurant as a symbol of ignorance and conflicts of instinctual personifications is rejecting the dreamer due to the emotional and spiritual content of his transformed consciousness.
a billiard table: see Billiards.
glass: symbolizes the pure content of the mind that does not have to be hidden from anyone.
a desk: the dreamer is intensively working on self-improvement; see Work.
everything under the table or inside it (in a drawer, in a compartment): indicates the dreamer's secret ambitions or dependencies.
cleaning under the table or inside it (in a drawer, in a compartment): symbolizes the attempt to sort out one's secret ambitions or dependencies.
people with whom we sit at a table: see People.
only rarely can a table's surface symbolize the world; events on the table paraphrase world events.
falling asleep at a table: expresses loss of self-control; with spiritual people the loss of an unconscious state of being and fall to the level of living "on autopilot"*⁴⁴.