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Saw Dream Meaning
Dream interpretation
If you see a saw in your dream, it may symbolize a forgiving or merciful person who mediates or reconciles. The saw can also indicate a judge or marriage. It suggests a need to divide or review different aspects of your life. Such a dream may highlight the necessity for seeking compromise in your relationships or situations.
Ibn Sirin
Saw — Islamic interpretation
From Imam Muhammad Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams According to Islamic Inner Traditions — entry "Saw" (page 374).
In a dream, a saw represents a forgiving person, or a mediator who negotiates back and forth. A saw in a dream also may represent a judge, an arbitrator, or marriage. A saw in a dream also means division of assets, a scale, or a perfidious
person who loves to create division between a husband and a wife, and to separates between them. A saw in a dream also represents a cunning person, unfair dealings between people, hypocrisy, evil, an informant, or sexual in tercourse. A saw in a dream also represents a helper, strength, profits, a public ordinance, a proclamation, a learned person, ora judge. A lumberman's saw in a dream represents an astringent and an austere headman. A marble saw in a dream signifies running out of tricks, or presenting an unsatisfactory proof. A handsaw in a dream represents a layman, a miller, or sieve merchant, etcetera.
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 saw 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 saw 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 saw or its themes — the dream is often a reflection of those.