Shoulders
Shoulders stand for the load you carry and the strength to carry it. Broad, steady shoulders are a good omen that the responsibility is within your means, and putting an arm around someone's shoulder means a companion is arriving. Shoulders slumped or heavy, by contrast, signal that you are carrying too much alone, and read as a call to hand off what can be shared. In a season of stiff shoulders, it may be the body rather than the symbol.
Shoulders are where a load is set down onto a person, and they are the part of yourself you cannot see. Traditional reading treated the shoulder as where a load rests, and separated the meanings by whether it was broad and solid or slumped.
Readings by Situation
Broad, solid shoulders
A good sign that you can carry the responsibility. Tradition read squared shoulders as strength on the rise. Take it as a time when something is handed to you.
Heavy or slumping shoulders
A sign that the load is too much. Tradition too read pressed shoulders as a call to rest. It is better to find someone to share it with.
Someone laying a hand on your shoulder
A sign that someone is watching over you. Tradition read a hand on the shoulder as a benefactor. Take it as help on its way.
Injuring your shoulder
This reflects the fear that your strength will fall short. It is not a forecast of a real accident. If your shoulder genuinely aches, look at your body first.
A shoulder dream does not foretell an accident or an illness. The shoulder is where other people's shares get loaded, so the meaning sharpens once you see whose work you have been carrying. Pain that lasts is a separate matter from the dream.