I learned about dream anaylsis from reading some Edgar Cayce book (forget which one). It took me a year if searching for a dream interpretation book that resonated with my own dream experiences. Basically, I dug in deep for a while. Your process is like mine. The symbols are personal. I always ask myself, "How did I feel in when that image or symbol happened?" The answers define my personal symbology library. Everyone's is personalized to their own perceptions.

I haven't been recording well enough to analyze lately. I went through what you could call a dark night of the soul that lasted years and fell away from it. I really want to get back into it, and have been trying, but now I have my significant other living with me and find it harder to get them recorded without disturbing him. I really see value in it though, so perhaps I'll figure an updated process out in time.