Sunrise, I didn't get a chance to answer last night, wanted to think about it; I do stuff like that and also in reverse where I ask my dreams to answer questions and show me certain symbols :-)

I don't know if I physically do stuff but I'm often "triggered" by dream images that I remember in the real world. Your snake dream reminded me of a dream where I was eating breakfast/weekend brunch in an outdoor, riverbank cafe with my T and a dinosaur :-) brontosaurus (Apatosaurus), to be exact, came up out of the river and was chewing vegetation. The dream was very "difficult"/complicated in feeling, I think my T was going away in it and we were meeting one last time before she did. But I don't think of/see dinosaurs without remembering that dream. I've forgotten a lot of the dream, which is unfortunate, because I still have a faint feeling of sadness and loss when I think of it.

But I have a fantasy retreat/room that has French doors leading out to a walled garden and I went out and bought a 19th century, brass, house key at an antique shop and keep it on my key ring so I can think of that ultra comfortable/safe place when I'm stressed. It's a lovely thing in its own right, all worn and pleasant to hold.