The island is the self surrounded by the unconscious — a fragment of consciousness holding out amid the vast waters. It can be sanctuary or exile: the peaceful retreat, or the stranding. No man is an island; every dreamer sometimes is.
Positive Resonance
Sanctuary, self-sufficiency, retreat that restores, your own ground amid the vast
Shadow Aspect
Isolation, being stranded, cut off from the mainland of connection
Nuances
Peaceful island: welcome retreat
Stranded: unwilling isolation
Swimming to an island: seeking solid ground in emotion