Here are some quick tips to interpreting symbolism for yourself:

• Self-Invest: Meditate, contemplate, ruminate, dream, relax into your own soul-knowing and swim in the answers within your own energetic oceans of knowledge. This is the optimum and ideal way to obtain symbolic interpretations. Be determined. Be patient. This is an investment in increasing the value of your soul.
  
  
  
• Keep Seeking: There are infinite resources available to assist us in knowing to our satisfaction. Token Rock is a fabulous place to start! This is a resource-goldmine! I've written gobs of pages on potential symbolism and symbolic suggestions (go exploring) too. And, by all means, support your local library! Libraries are our modern version of the Akashic records - they are packed with value on your quest for enlightenment. Plan a day at the library to research ancient wisdom about your symbolic episodes. The Internet is grand, but it is still an infant, and certainly not the end-all to information.
  
  
  
• How to Know for Sure: Not a day passes when I'm asked 'how do I know the correct symbolic meaning for my dream/vision/experience, etc.?' Your symbolic episode is unique to you. A majestic version of yourself conjured into this experience. It is not external. These are internal manifestations - personal messages from you - but from a broader perspective. Not knowing if a meaning is appropriate to your experience is akin to not knowing if your heart is beating within your chest. You will know. You will feel the rightness of a concept in the marrow of your bones. It feels like a reunion - you will know because your whole being will resonate with the Truth of it. Trust yourself. No one is so disconnected that they do not know inherent Truth when it comes.