THE DREAM The following are short summaries of dream which all contain guillotines. I have tried best to isolate the symbolic meaning of guillotines in each dream.

A guillotine dream linked to the dreamer trying to solve a puzzle before he went to sleep. The answer involved 'chopping' off the first letter of each word. The sentence still made sense when the first letter was deleted.

A guillotine dream linked to the dreamer being dumped by her boyfriend. She felt rejected - he had 'given her the chop'.

A guillotine dream linked to the dreamer having to make budget cuts. He realised that something was 'for the chop'.

A guillotine dream linked to the dreamer he had crossed a line with someone. He had mentioned a topic which was absolutely forbidden - no one dared talk about this subject because he really did not like it. The guillotine symbolised this topic was off limits and anyone who dared mention it would be 'cut off'.