an attempt to clean up a mess is synonymous with the cleansing of oneself of various negative traits and various dependencies (relates to the cleansing of the personality and ego – see Persona archetype – and to individuality – see Individuality archetype).
a woman or man tidying up: represents the emotional level of the human soul and helps the dreamer remove moral impurities known in mythology as the "Augean stable."
a superior maintaining peace and order: conscious inner desire for the purity of one's soul, for peace and calm in the soul.
a rag for wiping and cleaning: the attempt at tidying up helps the dreamer remove moral impurities and often raises the experience to the emotional level.
a podium: represents the dreamer's attempt to rectify his own egotistical behavior.
a park: dreamer’s effort to cleanse himself in the eyes of others (relates to the personality and ego – see Persona archetype) or effort to cleanse one's soul of various dependencies (relates to individuality – see Individuality archetype).
a forest: a very positive image that symbolizes the gradual processing and elimination of the mind's instinctual content.
leaves (raking): the subconscious desire to heap together and understand all viewed images of transience in one's worldview; we need to be very careful since the handle and lower part of the rake (claws) have a clear phallic and sexual subtext.
clothes and putting clothes into a wardrobe: an attempt to eliminate the superficiality of the personality and to find a non-egotistical state that will not manipulate the dreamer's consciousness; this image is often accompanied by unification symbols (e.g. children) or symbols of the emotional level.
a refrigerator, freezer: the dreamer is trying to clean his mind of unnecessary content and longs to eliminate the power of instinctual symbols over his consciousness (emotional and spiritual).
sand: a very positive image since it documents the dreamer's attempt to work with the instinctual content of his own psyche.
pillows: ending one of your life stages.
corpses: this grim picture expresses one of the largest positive shifts in the self-improvement process.
a balcony: a longing for thoughts freed of sexual images; a longing for peace, the right time for meditation.
sugar: attempt at eliminating complacency from life.
a garage: very positive since the dreamer is putting his sexual relations in order.
drain pipes, drains and cesspits: in the extent of filth and impurities, the unconscious is showing the dreamer the amount of cleansing that he will have to undertake in the near future.
manure: one of the most natural images of moral cleansing; the similarity with Heracles cleaning the Augean stables is no coincidence (see Hero archetype).