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Ribs Dream Meaning
Dream interpretation
Seeing ribs in a dream is considered a symbol of women. What happens to your ribs can affect your wife. It suggests that ribs serve as a protective covering. The condition or position of the ribs in your dream may reflect the security and safety of your relationship. If you perceive the ribs as damaged or weak, it could signal concerns or challenges in your relationship.
Ibn Sirin
Ribs — Islamic interpretation
From Imam Muhammad Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams According to Islamic Inner Traditions — entry "Ribs" (page 359).
In a dream, ribs represent women. Whatever may affect one's ribs in a dream will manifest in his wife, for it is said that Eve was created from Adam's rib. Ribs in a dream represent a protective shield. Their parable is like that of a tent and its pillars, a house and its foundation, the roof of a house, or a boat and its boards. Ribs in a dream also represent relatives of different social environments, or they could represent their stations of love, unity, compassion toward one another, or help they render to one another. Ribs in a dream also denote secret deeds or concealed actions. Ribs in a dream also mean punish ment. If one sees his ribs standing out, or exposed in a dream, he may face punishment for a crime or a sin he has committed. If one's ribs grow strong and the flesh surrounding them becomes healthier in a dream, then they represent prosperity, recovering from an illness, gaining weight, or growing fat. Ifone sees himself in a dream without ribs, it means that he will lose what the ribs represent of either a wife, a child, money or perhaps, he could have engaged in something wrong, thinking it to be right. One's ribs in a dream also mean a sickness, or bending of one's shoulders because of old age. Eating one's own ribs in a dream means becoming a burden to his family and relatives, or it could mean that he may sell wood for living, or work at a lumberyard. (Also see Body')
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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How to read this dream
- Layer in your personal context — What does ribs mean in your own life? Recent experiences and feelings sharpen the symbol's meaning for you specifically.
- Remember the emotion in the dream — How did you feel when ribs appeared? The emotion often points to the truest meaning of the dream.
- Connect it to your current life — Look for events or situations in your waking life that involve ribs or its themes — the dream is often a reflection of those.