To dream that you live in the slums indicates your negative outlook, deteriorating thoughts and crumbling ideals. You are feeling sorry for yourself and letting your own negative thinking take over your frame of mind. Alternatively, the dream suggests that you have poor self image or poor health.
To see or use a strainer in your dream indicates that you are unable to keep your emotions contained. Alternatively, the dream suggests that you need to separate your feelings from a situation and try to be more objective. The strainer may also represent something in your waking life that is causing you some stress. Consider the significance of what is being strained.
To see or use a spatula in your dream indicates that that there is a difficult situation that you are trying your best to handle or manipulate. Alternatively, the dream suggests that you need to look at things from a different perspective. It may also be a metaphor that you are flipping back and forth on a decision.
To dream that you are playing solitaire indicates that some action needs to be completed before you can move onto the next phase. Success is a step by step process; it will not happen immediately. Alternatively, playing solitaire in your dream may imply that you are isolating yourself. You want to succeed on your own terms.
To see a spider in your dream indicates that you are feeling like an outsider in some situation. Or perhaps you want to keep your distance and stay away from an alluring and tempting situation. The spider is also symbolic of feminine power or an overbearing mother figure in your life. Alternatively, a spider refers to a powerful force protecting you against your self-destructive behavior. If you kill a spider in your dream, then it symbolises misfortune and bad luck. To see a dead spider in your dream implies that you have overcome some strong feminine temptation.
