Symbols in Personal Sandplay

Symbolic significance of common objects

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1. Religious figures: including Jesus, Tathagata, Guanyin, the Eight Immortals and other religious figures. Using these characters to represent those who seek help may be in a critical period, and they are eager for supernatural power and spiritual sustenance. Religious figures are symbols of mysterious power. Putting them in the sand table shows that they are eager for the support of magical power.

2. Father and mother: The image of father or mother used by helpers may be the symbol of father or mother in reality or the symbol of ideal parents.

3. Medical staff: Medical staff is a symbol of life rescue. When the helper uses the sign of medical staff, it shows that he hopes to get spiritual help in the future, which is a signal for help. Similarly, when the medical staff appeared in the sandbox, he was getting psychological help.

4, the elderly: the elderly are generally a symbol of wisdom. In the sand table game, the old man can be a fisherman or an old man who is easy to change. The appearance of the elderly has different meanings for the help seekers of different ages. For teenagers, the elderly may represent grandparents and a symbol of love. For young people, the appearance of old people may be that they want to be guided by wise men. For middle-aged and elderly people, the elderly may represent nostalgia for the lost years and anxiety about the future, symbolizing their desolate state of mind. The old man in the sand table is sometimes a symbol of wisdom, and sometimes a symbol of his parents and grandparents.

5. Children: Children are a symbol of childishness. Children appear in the sandbox. If the helper recognizes and accepts these images, it shows that they have a good self-identity. If you don't approve, it means that you deny and don't accept yourself to some extent.

6. Athletes: Athletes symbolize strength, sports and health. Athletes are sometimes regarded as symbols of heroes. In addition, some sports need cooperation, so the number of athletes can show the strength of the spirit of solidarity and cooperation of helpers.

7. Warrior: Warrior is the representative of war, so it has the symbolic meaning of aggression, anger attack, injury and destruction. If the helper thinks he is a soldier and is fighting the enemy, it may show that the helper has the characteristics of justice and courage. If only two troops are fighting, it shows the inner conflict of the helper.

8. Entertainment actor: If the helper thinks that the actor is the representative of the helper himself, it symbolizes that the helper used his own personality mask in communication with others. If you think the actor is someone else, it means that the helper is not familiar with an object.

9. Robots and cartoon characters: If these sand tools are superhuman, it symbolizes the seeker's desire and yearning for supernatural power and is an estimate of his own potential. If these sand tools are fully armed, it symbolizes the self-protection of the helper.

10. Stranger: Stranger is the side of his personality that the helped person doesn't know. Jung believes that everyone has an inherent heterosexual personality. When the helper uses a strange opposite sex in the sandbox, it may be a symbol of strange personality.

(2) Plants

1, trees

2. flowers

3. Grass

(3) Animals

1 and the symbolic meaning of the Chinese zodiac

2. Other animals

Lions, lions are synonymous with authority, which can attack and destroy opponents. In his character, he has the leadership style of protecting the weak friends, so he has the symbolic significance of protecting God. The vitality of the lion is also a symbol of awakening ability.

A leopard is a symbol of courage and fighting capacity. There are also symbolic meanings of hypocrisy, treachery and lust. In sandplay therapy, the appearance of leopard image means that it may not be interested in competing for the position of king, but it always maintains a unique position because of its own quality and internal attack.

Bears are symbols of masculinity and strength. Bears are more of a symbol of men. Bears also have the symbolic meaning of stupidity.

3. Birds

phoenix

hawk

owl

pigeon

peacock

crane

swan