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Seeing Death in a dream
Dreaming of death usually means one chapter of your life is ending and something new is beginning, and it very rarely points to anyone's actual death. Waking with a pounding heart is natural, but in the language of…
Seeing Divorce in a dream
Dreaming of divorce usually reflects a feeling that a chapter of your life is ending, not a fear that your relationship is about to break. When your mind realizes that an old habit or relationship no longer works the…
Seeing Journey in a dream
Dreaming that you set off on a trip reflects a wish to enter a new stage of life, or to push past your own limits. In dreams, leaving one place for another often matches a change in your outlook or in the way you live.…
Seeing Ascent in a dream
Climbing upward in a dream speaks of your effort to move toward a goal in life. Whether it is a hill or a staircase, every step up leads toward some achievement. Dreams like this come more often after you have set a new…
Seeing Barefoot in a dream
Walking barefoot in a dream often speaks of a time when you feel less protected than usual. Shoes shield your feet from the harshness of the outside world, so bare feet are a picture of moving through life without that…
Seeing Beard in a dream
Seeing a beard in a dream usually stands for thoughts about your identity, especially how mature you want to appear in other people's eyes. For a long time the beard has been linked with experience and adulthood, so…
Seeing Beheading in a dream
Seeing a beheading in a dream usually stands for a feeling of losing control over your thoughts or your identity, and its meaning is almost never literal. The head is seen as the center of thought and decision, so…
Seeing Boy in a dream
Dreaming of a young boy is usually linked to the chance of a new beginning, or to the simple, open side of yourself. Whatever your age, a little boy in a dream often brings back a time when life was not so full of…
Seeing Canal in a dream
Dreaming of a canal usually speaks of some flow in your life that you want to guide along a set course. A river bends wherever it likes, but a canal is dug to carry water where it is needed. So a canal in a dream is…
Seeing Roof in a dream
Dreaming of a roof is mainly tied to your sense of security. A roof keeps sun and rain off your head, and the roof in a dream likewise brings up the sense of safety deep inside you, or the lack of it. This dream keeps…
Seeing Child in a dream
Dreaming of a child speaks of the simplest part of your mind, the part most full of possibility. The dream often appears when something new is starting in your life, or when you feel an urge to get that simple part of…
Seeing Childbirth in a dream
Dreaming of giving birth is usually tied to a new chapter beginning in your life. It need not be a child in the literal sense. It can be a new piece of work, a relationship or a new sense of who you are. A birth comes…
Seeing Climb in a dream
Climbing up something in a dream, whether stairs, a hill or a tree, is mainly tied to your effort to move toward a goal. This dream keeps coming back when you are working hard for a promotion or a personal goal, and…
Seeing Crown in a dream
Wearing a crown in a dream is a symbol of power and recognition, along with the feeling that a new responsibility has landed on your shoulders. This dream comes most often when you have reached, or are about to reach, a…
Seeing Dough in a dream
Holding a lump of dough in a dream, or kneading it yourself, means a part of your life is still being formed and has not taken its final shape. Dough does not turn into roti or pitha, the flatbreads and cakes of a…
Seeing Entering a house in a dream
Dreaming of entering a house is often a picture of going inside your own mind, where each room stands for a different part of your life. The moment you push the door open and step in is like stepping into a new chapter,…
Seeing Fishing net in a dream
Dreaming of a fishing net shows you are trying to catch something in life, whether an opportunity or a person. Casting a net takes patience and planning, so this dream often comes when you are waiting for something and…
Seeing Gray hair in a dream
Dreaming of your hair turning gray is a simple picture of time moving on and experience building up in your life. It carries the fear of growing old, but just as much the wisdom you have gained along the way. So the…
Seeing Hostage in a dream
Dreaming that you are held captive comes from a strong feeling of being trapped in some situation in your life. Hands and feet tied, no way out: this scene recalls a relationship, a job or a responsibility in your…
Seeing Human being in a dream
Dreaming of many people, or of a stranger's face, usually speaks of your social life or of a side of yourself you do not yet know. Each unfamiliar face is like a reflection of a hidden part of you. What the crowd was…
Seeing Ladder in a dream
Dreaming of a ladder or a staircase is tied to the feeling of moving forward in life and reaching a goal one step at a time. Climbing rung by rung, rather than all at once, shows that progress takes time and comes from…
Seeing Leprosy in a dream
Dreaming of leprosy, or seeing its signs on your own body, is usually tied to a deep fear of being shut out by society and of feeling unworthy. The marks on the skin are really a picture of some side of yourself that…
Seeing Little girl in a dream
Dreaming of a little girl usually speaks of an innocent part of you that needs protecting. It might be a piece of your own childhood, or a new possibility in your life that has not grown up yet. Seeing yourself as a…
Seeing Loan in a dream
Dreaming of taking a loan or carrying a debt usually comes from the pressure of a duty or a promise, one you have not openly admitted to yourself while awake. Who you are borrowing from, and whether you can pay it back,…
Seeing Male organ in a dream
Dreaming of a penis usually reflects deep feelings about your own capability and confidence. Dreams like this are tied less to sex than to the private accounting you keep about manhood and your place in society. How you…
Seeing Menstrual period in a dream
Dreaming of your period usually means the time has come to release some pent-up emotion or old burden you have been carrying. Like every natural cycle of the body, menstruation is a kind of cleansing, and when it keeps…
Seeing Mouth in a dream
Seeing a mouth in a dream is usually tied to your ability to say what is on your mind. Words come out through the mouth, food goes in, and feelings show on it, so a dream that centers on a mouth often means something is…
Seeing Mule in a dream
Seeing a mule in a dream is usually tied to hard work and to carrying responsibilities in silence. A mule is born of a horse and a donkey. It hauls heavy loads along mountain paths day after day, yet it will not move a…
Seeing Old man in a dream
Seeing an old man in a dream usually stands for wisdom that comes from experience. An elderly man has come a long way, so his presence in your sleep often points to guidance that is not yet clear to you while you are…
Seeing Papers in a dream
Seeing papers in a dream is usually tied to an agreement or unfinished work in your waking life. This dream speaks for a part of your mind that wants to settle something for good and look over your decisions in an…
Seeing Poison in a dream
Seeing poison in a dream, or swallowing it, points to a harmful influence that is slowly wearing you down from the inside. It can be a toxic relationship, a habit of negative thinking, or a situation whose damage you…
Seeing Pregnancy in a dream
Dreaming that you are pregnant usually stands for getting ready for a new chapter in your life, and it is not always about a child. Pregnancy asks for patience, and this dream often speaks of a plan or a relationship…
Seeing Prison in a dream
Seeing yourself in prison in a dream means some part of your life feels like it is holding you captive, even though the walls are invisible. A job, a relationship, family duties, or a rule you made for yourself can each…
Seeing Running away in a dream
A dream of running away usually speaks of a situation or a feeling that your mind is not yet ready to face. Notice who or what you are running from, and the meaning becomes clear. Being chased by someone you know: This…
Seeing Sack in a dream
Seeing or carrying a sack in a dream usually speaks of the weight of responsibility you carry inside you. You cannot see what is in a sack, but you can feel its weight. Many of life's duties and worries are the same:…
Seeing Saw in a dream
Dreaming of a saw usually speaks of a decision to cut something off, one that cannot happen in a single stroke but takes slow, steady effort. A saw cuts wood by moving back and forth again and again, and this dream…
Seeing Cutting in a dream
Dreaming of something being cut, or of cut pieces and scraps, is usually tied to the feeling of a chapter of life ending or a relationship being severed. What is being cut changes the meaning a great deal. A cut on…
Seeing Shrouding in a dream
Seeing a shroud in a dream is frightening at first, but it usually stands for the end of a chapter in your life, not for death. When one phase is closing and something new is about to begin, the mind reaches for heavy…
Seeing Size in a dream
Seeing your height change in a strange way in a dream shows your mind weighing how big or small you consider yourself. Suddenly growing tall or shrinking reflects your confidence, a picture of how important or…
Seeing Snot in a dream
Seeing snot or a runny nose in a dream feels unpleasant, but it usually points to small things you want to clear out of your mind. Just as the body pushes out what harms it through mucus, this scene reflects a cleansing…
Seeing Straw in a dream
Dreaming of straw usually stands for something that looks humble but quietly proves useful in life. After the rice harvest, straw is what is left in the field, yet it becomes feed for the cattle and thatch for the roof.…
Seeing Toilet in a dream
Dreaming of a toilet sounds odd, but it stands for one of the mind's necessary processes: letting go of what you no longer need. The body stays healthy by regularly getting rid of waste, and the mind likewise wants…
Seeing Wheat in a dream
Dreaming of a wheat field or ears of wheat is tied to the reward of hard work and the hope of a comfortable life. Growing from seed to harvest takes time and care, so wheat often appears in dreams when a long effort is…
Seeing Wine in a dream
Seeing or drinking wine in a dream can stand for a moment of enjoyment in your life, and also for a fear of losing control. The situation in which you see the wine tells you whether the dream carries a message of joy or…
Seeing Wound in a dream
Seeing wounds on your own body in a dream mainly reflects a hurt or humiliation buried deep in your mind, one you may never have spoken about while awake. A wound on the body is often a metaphor for a wound in the mind,…