DreamKnight, there are many websites that offer some help, providing theories of interpretation and techniques (search under "dream interpretation") but I cannot without reservations recommend any in particular. The main thing is to view a dream as if a letter written in a foreign language or code and set about
translating it as you would such a letter. For this the crucial factor is an understanding of symbols. CowMan339, for example, wrote: "Yet, sometimes, dreams have deep, profound, meanings, that involve lots of symbolism & such." This statement, to me, shows some misunderstanding because every image in a dream - the house, car, banana, person, flower etc - is a symbol. Thus all dreams are made up of only but symbols. There is a meaning in a house, a car, a banana etc. which one needs to become aware of. The
"nonsensical storyline" CowMan339 referred to is also a bit of a necessity to avoid censoring by the ego.

What I would recommend as most useful to you, is to keep a dictionary of your own dream images and try to ascertain the meaning of them by consulting a variety of dream dictionaries as well as note how other interpreters translate an image/symbol. Try out these meanings and keep looking until you find one that
seems most reasonable. There is a great deal of nonsense in many dictionaries. Your example: "I was told a dead person means someone is going to have baby soon, and dreaming of water signified some tragic event
was going to take place.", is a perfect example of irrational nonsense. Someone perhaps dreamed of a dead person and a baby came into the world shortly after and a connection was "assumed". Also the more specific the meaning, the more you will get out of your dreams. An image translated as meaning "this represents your life", for example, is useless. Question the meanings by asking "why does it mean that?" Can you find a sensible reason. If not, scrap it.

I agree that dreams do reflect our inner thoughts and feelings - but how they have been presented in the dream is what is remarkable. Dreams speak on many levels and show an Intelligence at work that goes beyond human ability. Personally I would disagree that an "interpretation would depend more on the person who had the dreams point of view and what feeling they were left with once they had awaken.." - because there is a basic meaning in each symbol which does not vary from person to person if the interpretation is rational rather than simply emotional.