Keri,
Here is my summary of my analysis of your dream.



The dream is undoubtedly addressing issues related with the number of people whp have taken over your home. The dream pretty much states this in a round about way {dreams are seldom use literal language} causing various emotions within you {Dream language: there where all kinds of people living there in all kinds of different rooms}. But it is also addressing the underlying foundations of personality and personal attitudes that affect your relationships and desires for relationships with men {marriage}. If you look back to your childhood you should see experiences that involve relationships which have affected how you act/re-act as an adult. You may want to look to when you were 8, 9 or 10 and see what experiences during those years that could have caused strong emotional energies that still exist and influence your attitudes as an adult.

One emotional issue that stands out has to do with finding/having a positive relationship with a male and possibly relatives {yours or others}. Your niece may possess aspects related to this search/desire. The bad relationship you had with your ex-husband exemplifies the negatives you have experienced in past relationships and may have roots in early life, possibly related to parents or other close relatives {they would have had similar experiences in relationships with men}. The early life experiences and possibly later life experiences {involving relationships} would have possessed emotional energies that still exist and influence how you feel and think about relationships. There is the possibility the men you choose for relationships are much like what you experienced as a child {like husband, like father}. Or there could have been specific early life experiences that lend to your attitudes toward relationships. Again, look at the time frame of age around 8 years old.

A follow up response is requested. Your feelings about my analysis may provide new info that will help in understanding the dream. With only the knowledge of your age and gender I am limited to providing an outline of the emotional energies. We know you have issues with your ex and his family moving in on you and causing you to leave {that in itself may be a prime motif of the dream}. But the dream strongly points to your search for your husband which, in the context of the negative experience with your ex suggests your need/desire to find a man you can trust. Your inner masculine self may not be properly developed {if so it would be a childhood issue} as well and the dream is addressing that issue.

The dream ends with the narrative about the 8-10 and those aspects being dead. The numbers have meaning, exactly in what way is not known {with the limited info about your personal life}. There is a 'peculiar' aspect to this part of the dream which may point to recent experiences related to your ex and his family taking over your home. Emotional these masculine issues may be taking over your thoughts and feelings. These issues need to be resolved.

The other dream you provided does point to issues to do with a search. A dog symbolically can represent loyalty and fidelity. These would likely be characteristics you seek in a relationship. And it could very well be your childhood experiences included people who either fit with these characteristics and you wish to have as an adult, or the opposite, where these were lacking and you wish to bring about the positives you seek in a relationship.

Jerry

Age & Gender & Location {Required}: 67 Cocoa, Fl