Is this a real symbol?

[DiscoUkulele]

Of course, there are databases for looking up symbols online Don't tell me you doubted that for a moment hehehee

http://www.symbols.com/graphic-index/

looking for your symbol leads me to Group 17 (asymmetric, open, curved+noncurved, crossing):

http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/17/index.html

it's not there, you might also want to check out Group 18 which contains the Scorpio and similar signs:

http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/18/index.html

But your symbol isn't there either.

To me it seems like the symbol you posted is an amalgamation of a few well-known symbols, as others ITT have already pointed out. Saturn+Virgo/Scorpio would be my first hunch as well. Seems like a reasonable explanation IMO, since nonsensical mashups of existing stuff are a common element in dreams (at least, they are in mine).

A crazy suggestion: you might actually consider dropping this question with our buddies over at the pagan/mystic boards. There are always a couple of smart ones, they might be able to shed some light on the interpretation of this glyph.

Regardless, we could also Law-of-Five the crap out of this one ourselves, courtesy of SSOOKN head of Aquatic R&D (that would be me):

It is the symbol for Saturn, except the curved crescent part is doubled. This probably refers to the recent discovery of an enormous new ring around this planet, making this the new symbol for Saturn, including the newfound ring (named the Phoebe Ring).
"[Saturn is] portrayed as an old man with a sickle and a pruning knife in his hands. It is probably from that way to portray Saturn we have our image of personified Death, the old man with a sickle." The sickle corresponds with Saturn's ring, and as the extra curve in your symbol portrays the new giant ring, we're looking at DEATH 2.0, new and improved with an ephemeral giant mega sickle of widespread mass destruction, death and culling. Hence the reference in your dream to a grindhouse horror movie.
The phrase "born into a world darker than a sinner's heart" probably refers to the dark side of Iapetus, one of Saturns moons, which has a dark and a light region shaped like the sections on a tennis ball. It is believed that the formation of this pattern was set in motion by infalling dust originating from the Phoebe Ring.

I think I need to lay off the Jung for awhile

[Freeky]

I just got that.

I didn't realize there was anything to get, and I STILL don't get it.

[Hoser McRhizzy]

A reference to the dreaded impending return of Saturn in Scorpio: 2012!  This means something!   



(also, 000 wins many internets - that was great)

[dontblameyoko]

A reference to the dreaded impending return of Saturn in Scorpio: 2012!  This means something!   



(also, 000 wins many internets - that was great)

Wait wait...Saturn really returns to Scorpio in 2012???

(My Saturn is in Scorpio and while i'm not a big believer in astrology, i do pay some attention to that kind of thing sometimes...and i do fit the profile for   my sun sign. but i digress.)

[Hoser McRhizzy]

My Saturn is in Scorpio...

Were you born between Dec. 1982 and Nov. 1985*?

You dangerous people from the Chernobyl generation will be beginning your Saturn return in October 2012.  This can only mean that The Disaster(tm) will be entirely your fault (and possibly DiscoUke's).  Ze stars, zey do not lie!

*I found the dates on the internet, which means all of the above is true.

[ETA some links]

[DiscoUkulele]

This can only mean that The Disaster(tm) will be entirely your fault (and possibly DiscoUke's).  Ze stars, zey do not lie!

*I found the dates on the internet, which means all of the above is true.

[ETA some links]

Hey, hey, I didn't cause shit. I'm just the messenger.

[AFK]

I just got that.

I didn't realize there was anything to get, and I STILL don't get it.

Er, um, yeah, it wasn't meant as a pun.  It was meant more as an

But I can see now why it looked that way, from me. 

[dontblameyoko]

My Saturn is in Scorpio...

Were you born between Dec. 1982 and Nov. 1985*?

You dangerous people from the Chernobyl generation will be beginning your Saturn return in October 2012.  This can only mean that The Disaster(tm) will be entirely your fault (and possibly DiscoUke's).  Ze stars, zey do not lie!

*I found the dates on the internet, which means all of the above is true.

[ETA some links]

My birth did indeed take place in that timespan.  But the Chernobyl disaster did not.

[Jasper]

Hmm, Nov. '85?  Missed it by THAT much.