Interpretations and Meanings of Dreams
Dreaming of rough and violent seas indicates confusion, conflict and fear. A calm sea means friendly relationship with your superiors. A beautiful sea portends success in business or at work. Getting into the sea means abundance or wealth. Dream of drowning in the sea and not getting out of it is a sign of anguish and despair….
To dream about a calm and quiet sea is a good dream, it suggests that you will soon be traveling for pleasure or business. This type of dream among young lovers often suggests their upcoming wedding and honeymoon. To dream that you’re facing the sea and listening to the sound of the waves as they hit against a ship, is a warning that your family will encounter problems, or that you’ll have problems in your business or workplace. To dream that you’re standing near the shore watching as the waves crash each other announces problems that will be difficult to resolve. To dream that you’re listening to the ocean’s waves without watching it suggests that you have been wasting your time on trivialities. When a young single mother dreams that she’s near the sea, it suggests that she longs for true love. To dream about sea foam symbolizes demoralization due to recent frustrations or outright failures in your activities, perhaps because you’ve not given them the right attention….
Ocean or sea symbolizes the collective unconscious. Everything the ocean presages and represents in our dreams refers to what happens within us. If the ocean is calm so is also our life. Peaceful and quiet sea or ocean represents easy life. If it is troubled, then same is and with our inner self. Troubled ocean or sea represents complications and problems. To fall into the ocean presages some misfortune for which we will be guilty. If we sink in sea or ocean, it means that we resign ourselves to what we consider inevitable. If we try to swim and keep afloat it reflects our desire to fight with all our strength. Sailing through a rough ocean means we are getting carried away by a dangerous business even though we know the danger we are in….
It symbolizes the unconscious along with instincts and memories. Thus the sea reflects what is going on inside of us. If the sea is rough or calm, then this reflects our emotional state. Letting ourselves sink into the sea, indicates that we are giving up, but trying to come up to surface tells us about our desire to fight with all our strength….
Dreaming of turtles can represent that you are going too slowly but surely progressing in life. Another interpretation is that turtles represent protection and security….
The Sea in your dream represents your subconsciousness and often represents your emotions. This type of dream is also a hint of your understanding and perception of a situation. Alternatively, the dream indicates a need for reassurance or to offer reinsurance to someone else….
Unfruitful businesses, long and cumbersome procedures, laziness and stubbornness….
Dreaming of being in any type of disaster is a warning that there is a risk of serious losses, either, health or material values, prestige, credit, etc. A young, unwed woman that dreams about suffering from the consequences of a disaster of any kind, suggests that she is at risk of dying or being abandoned by her lover or even the death of a very close and dear relative. Dreaming of a disaster at sea indicates a serious danger if you have planned to travel on any type of transport, but especially if traveling by boat. This type of dream is particularly indicative for marines or people that somehow live in the sea. Dreaming of being in a sea disaster, but being rescued, indicates that despite all the problems you will eventually triumph. Dreaming of being a spectator of a railway accident, hints that something very unpleasant will happen to your family or friends. Dreaming of being in a railway accident suggests that there is an imminent risk of loss in business or matters being handled….
When you are dreaming about turtles, then it signifies that our affairs are moving very slowly, but something unexpected will speed them up and will be producing benefits. When you are dreaming of eating a turtle stew, then it represents the fact that you will engage in intrigues between competitors. However, you will not suffer any of the damage. Although in the East dream interpretation the turtle is given a cosmological symbolism of extraordinary wealth and is elevated to sacred animal. Among Western people the turtles symbolize longevity and protection for their long life and their ability to fall back within itself, hiding from all the dangers….
When a professional appears in our dreams that reveals that something exists in the profession or in its symbolism that has a special importance for us and we can unravel it meaning by paying special attention to their level. The lowest level corresponds to sailors and fishermen because they work at sea level. Symbolizes the removal of the contents of the unconscious, we must confront the forces of the unconscious and passion. A higher level corresponds to the farmers, gardeners and other workers in the fields and valleys. These workers symbolize the same as the sea but with some more intellect. The shepherds and farmers work on the slopes of the mountain and symbolize the same. The miners extract the treasures within. The blacksmiths and potters are shapers of our inner raw material. The top corresponds to the ascetics and sages who lead their lives in the spiritual and material sense; the warriors who defend and martyrs who suffer. This meaning is applicable to any profession and we will frame it at the appropriate level….
Dreaming of anchors indicates that you have economic and emotional stability. These types of dreams usually indicate upcoming trips by the sea. For sailors, the anchor is a symbol of a calmed sea during navigation….
Dreaming of sailing on a calm sea suggests that soon the dreamer will enjoy modest but satisfactory joys and triumphs. Dreaming of sailors working on the ship that the dreamer is on suggests that long journeys by sea or land will be made. If a woman has this dream, then it could mean that her relationship with her husband, boyfriend, or lover will suffer from a final break-up….
When you are dreaming of turtles, then it usually predicts a perfect harmony between spouses and among single people. This bird portends flattering promises that will be carried out soon….
Symbolize the most primitive, voracious and creeping that can exist among us, our low instincts. The reptile´s cold blood symbolizes the lack of warm and good feelings. If we are devoured by a reptile, then it reveals that the instinctive life is taking over our will turning us into victims of the low instincts. –If we fight and overcome the reptile it will reveal the fight that we are holding to dominate our low instincts. (Different from “snakes” and “turtles”)…
If we dream that fishes are escaping from our hands when we try to get them out of the sea, then this reflects our emotional frustrations. Seeing fishes swimming between rocks or hiding underwater tells us about the desire of evading responsibilities that are a burden to us….
Dreaming with high or low tides should be interpreted by taking into account all the meanings that were mentioned in the “sea” dream. Also if we see the tide rising then this needs to be understood as a warning to remain alert against possible difficulties in the near future. It will be the opposite if the tide in our dream gets low….
Seeing it indicates that your duties require extreme insight. Putting it in the sea indicates even greater difficulties….
Being a sailor in a dream and seeing us at the sea, indicates concern because our matters can go adrift without having a direct form of guiding them. But if a sailor appears in our dream, then some authors interpret this as an augury of a brief love or friendship….
If we see a sailor on shore it’s an omen of friendship or love from someone who will soon appear in our life to disappear in the same way. If we are the sailors in the dreams then that can reveal desire for adventure or uncertainty about our future. If we dream the sailors are at sea the dream advises us to be very cautious with our affairs….
Dreaming that you’re on a boat that is in calm waters indicates coming successes, happy moments and satisfactions. However, if the waters are muddy and turbulent, which also seem threatening, indicates that soon there will be problems against which you must be alert. Dreaming that you see a boat going far away, into the deep sea, hints that there are too many illusions that you must control. Dreaming that a ship is sailing towards a storm suggests that the dreamer’s affairs related to business, work, family are not going well, and that the problems soon will increase due to rumors and gossips. Dreaming of boats anchored in the port and stevedores loading things on them, it’s an announcement of personal gains, prosperity, a change of life, etc. If boats are still, without moving around, it indicates that the dreamer’s affairs and business will be the same as the boats. To dream that some people have shipwrecked, but the dreamer can help, hints that the dreamer will soon have to help someone who is in disgrace, and that these people are losing faith in one’s ability to correct errors. Dreaming of leaving a sinking ship and trying to reach land by swimming, suggests a serious confusion in the dreamer’s concerning matters, which involves risks, but if in the dream you fail to reach solid ground, it indicates that even if there are difficulties in your business, romantic life, or relationships, you will soon solve them satisfactorily. Dreaming that other people talk about two boats crashing or a shipwreck, suggests that your issues are bad because you neglected them, and perhaps because of the intervention of women (when the dreamer is a man) or men (in the case of women). Dreaming of dying in a boat that is anchored in the port indicates damage due to rumors and gossip. However, if the boat is in motion, all problems will be solved and the future will be less uncertain. Dreaming of being aboard on a boat in a storm hints that you’re getting involved in some dangerous situations that will have negative results. Dreaming of sailing on a boat in calm waters is an announcement of important achievements at work, business, or sentimental issues. Dreaming of several large ships sailing in convoy or formation, hints that soon there will be major changes in your life. It can also indicate news of international conflicts….
When a worker appears in our dreams, then such dream reveals that something exists in our lives that has e very important message which must be read carefully. Perhaps it has something to do with our jobs in waking lives. The most unfavorable explanation is for sailors and fishermen because they work at sea level. The dream shows that these men will have to face the harsh times, because of being away from their loved ones and family. The most favorable explanation of the dream goes to the farmers, gardeners and other workers in the fields and valleys. For pastoralists and farmers working on the slopes of the mountain the explanation of the dream is the same one. Consider that different qualifications of the workers have different meanings. If you are a shop assistant in your waking life and dream about being one, then such dream is simply a reflection of your waking life. The work you do in the dream, but do not do in your waking life is interpreted as the sign for necessity in doing some special job, otherwise you will not fulfill yours and other people’s expectations….
If a solitary tower emerges from the fog, clouds or a stormy sea, then it indicates a process of individualization and ripening. If the tower appears solid and perfectly seen in the sky, then it represents the possibilities of defense and our ability to successfully overcome the ravages of life. Sometimes the tower can also be a symbol of virility. Sometimes the tower could be a symbol of strong power we are carrying within ourselves. The dream shows our ability to be unbreakable and respected by others….
Dreaming of being a successful professional or dreaming of being in a profession that does not match with what we actually do in real life, indicates that there is something in the symbolism of that profession that is important to us. All professions are related with an area of our consciousness and we should take this into consideration when interpreting the dream. For example, professions such as fisherman are referring to pulling out products from the sea, and trying to interpret this can translate schematically with the extraction of contents of the unconscious….
If you dream that you take it out of the bottom of the sea is interpreted as the harbinger of an extraordinary gain but that will have to be achieved with risk and effort on your part. Interestingly, some authors suggest that if you dreamed you are giving coral stones, or you someone give them to you, symbolizes that lies and falsehood will be installed in that relationship….
To dream that you’re inside a lighthouse and are watching the sea suggests that the opportunities that you’ve been searching for will soon arrive. To dream about a lighthouse, especially if the dreamer is a marine, symbolizes prosperity and a pleasant trip. When a sick person dreams about a lighthouse, it suggests that he/she will soon begin to regain his/her health. Dreaming about a lighthouse that’s out of sight due to a storm suggests that you’ll experience many problems before achieving success. To dream about a lighthouse during a storm suggests that the problems and pains that you’re experiencing will soon disappear and then you’ll succeed. To dream about a lighthouse that’s surrounded by calm water suggests a prosperous future….
If the steam comes out of a boiler or a pot in a dream, then it usually means that planned illusions will become truncated. Dreaming that you’re traveling in a steamboat in a gentle sea, is an indication that businesses will thrive, though gradually. If the ship sinks in the middle of a storm, then it’s usually a sign that serious sadness or failures will come, or you might face a possible family loss….
Beer foam foretells we will make an effort that will be profitable. Sea foam warns us to be careful….
(Look at SEA)…
Dreaming of the beach symbolizes an emotional encounter. The sand symbolizes the rational and the sea represents the irrational and unstable aspects. Dreaming of these things can represent important changes in your life. Dreaming that you are relaxing on the beach suggests that you are going to find peace and tranquility in the following days….
When we arrive at the beach from a boat, then it represents that we are saved from danger. If we come to the beach from the land and we see the sea being calm, then such dream indicates the nostalgia or need for a time of serenity and relaxation. If the beach is very crowded, then it means that we wish for a brilliant life in which we can shine. If the beach is full of pebbles, then it shows that if there is something we want to do, we have to overcome many difficulties….