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Bonesetter Dream Meaning
Dream interpretation
Dreaming of a bonesetter or orthopedic specialist typically symbolizes a just ruler. In this dream, you may see the bonesetter establishing justice and imparting lessons on correctness. It suggests that you need fairness, balance, and sound decisions in your life. Such a dream may be calling you to maintain harmony among various aspects of your life.
Ibn Sirin
Bonesetter — Islamic interpretation
From Imam Muhammad Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams According to Islamic Inner Traditions — entry "Bonesetter" (page 50) — resolved via the equivalent "Orthopedist" entry.
An orthopedist who corrects skeletal deformities and sets broken bones in a dream represents a pious governor who governs with justice, teaches righteousness, balances substances and conforms to equanimity. Seeing an orthopedist in a dream also means presumptuousness, might and audacity. He also represents officiousness, adroitness and resoluteness, for he discards the deficient and brings together what is broken. Seeing an orthopedist in a dream also means distress and trouble. He also represents an architect, and an architect represents an orthopedist in a dream. Thus, seeing him in a dream also means construction and could represent a generous person who comforts, accommodates and helps a needy person, or a wise man who comforts the broken hearts, ajust judge, a great scholar, a shoe repairman, or a tailor. Ifone sees himself standing before an orthopedist in a dream because of abroken bone or another fracture and then complains about an abscess in his neck, and if the orthopedist opens that
abscess with pliers to drain the puss in the dream, then it represents a debt one has to repay, or a votive offering one has to fulfill, or it could mean giving a testimony in court, or accepting the ruling of a scholar. Ifan orthopedist sets one's broken right arm and ties it to his neck in a dream, it means that someone will oblige him to do him a personal favor and consequently deprive him from attending other duties, or restrain him from serving other charities. The same interpretation is given for a broken leg.
Note: Islamic dream interpretation depends on the dreamer's circumstances and state. This is a general guide drawn directly from the source book.
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