Dreams and the Translation Thereof

Strangely enough, I have always used my dreams as a source of ideas and scenes for my writing. Sometimes, just a character's face or perhaps something a character might say can be found in dreams. It is not unusual to see landscapes, buildings, rooms, etc. that fit perfectly into a story inside dreams. Sometimes, dreams are useful for feeling terror and/or horror so that the descriptions of such are authentic and believable.
Even stranger than using dreams in books and stories is the translating of dreams. This seems to be a talent that is not learned, but rather something that comes out of the blue. I have been able to translate dreams for several years; however, I am limited only to the people that I know really well. If a friend or family member relates a dream to me, the meaning of the symbols they have seen or the experiences within the dream simply comes to me our of seemingly nowhere. So far, I have been able to translate dreams very well, but I am not sure why I can do it or what I should do with the talent/gift. In all the dreams I have heard over the years, I have never heard any prophetic dreams. It seems that dreams are strange phenomena experienced by all, but prophetic dreams are not so common. From this, I can only assume that it is easier to interpret dreams than dream prophetic dreams.
I am waiting for that day when the Pharoah comes to me with the prophetic dream and I become rich and famous over night when I interpret it correctly.

In the meantime, I will have to just keep writing and hope to make myself rich and famous. :)