The rock holds the element of the earth in its most ‘concrete’ form and can be associated with what was once earthy and malleable, which has hardened and become inanimate. When you are ‘stuck between a rock and a hard place,’ you experience the sense that either choice has difficult consequences, therefore the rock is often a symbol of difficult transitions. You may dream of carving something from a rock as a way of giving new definition to a way of being that has become hardened. If the rock appears valuable or sacred, then the message suggests the need to ‘hold to’ the things of value that you may be ignoring or discarding.