Being Afraid means Temporary Misfortune  – When the dreamer is being afraid, filled with fear for something in his dream, it foretells about worries and dilemmas he is suffering from. There is a possibility of misfortune in professional and/or personal life. However, the bad luck will go away after a while, because all of the troubles will be a temporarily thing.

Others Being Afraid means Aid for Relatives – If the dreamer sees others being afraid, frightened, scared or filled with fear or apprehension, then there is a possibility that your friends, family or colleagues will have some failures and you will have to help them. It seems that those people need you to give them a hand and you should be delighted of it. Sometimes we ought to help as you never know when you will be the one who needs it either. Try to pay more attention to people that you care of and look for after them.

Context Meanings:

Afraid of Heights

Acrophobia If being afraid of heights – The dream about fear of heights can be induced by acrophobia from waking life. Very often our brain recreates such scenarios, in which we can relive true feelings without real danger to us. So dreaming about being afraid of heights can mean that you have such fear and your subconscious is trying to warn you about it. In other hand such dream can have opposite purpose – it is an aid for you to overcome your fear of heights.

Lack of confidence If fear of heights – Second interpretation of the dream about acrophobia is related to some kind of phobia in the dreamer’s life. Maybe you have fear to do something new in you life. It can be new relationship, new job or new activity. Sometimes we have dreams about being scared just because of very important events are coming in our waking life. Also, dreaming about having fear of heights can show the dreamer’s inability to make decisions and to act firmly in important situations.

Victory If being scared of heights – Old dreambooks suggest that the dreamer is going to overcome his enemies and obstacles. Fear of heights is just like indicator that your goal in the life is coming closer.  The bigger the fear is, the greater your success will be.

Afraid of Falling

Acrophobia If being afraid of falling - Firstly, the dream about the fear of falling is interpreted like the fear of heights. Both dreams can be induced by acrophobia from waking life.

Falling from bed If dreaming about falling – Real risk of falling from bed while person is sleeping is very common external stimuli. And because of this stimuli we are dreaming about the fear of falling.

Fulfillment of wish If falling or flying - It is very common to dream what we fear most or what we want to experience. In this case dream about fear of falling or flying is created because of our subconscious is trying to give us feelings about such activities.

Trauma if having fear of falling – According to scientifically proven studies of dreams, fear of falling while we are sleeping occurs because of traumatic events from our waking life. Explanations are very realistic and indicate that the dreamer had trauma from childhood like falling from parents’ arms or he had trauma during childbirth.

Dissatisfaction if afraid of falling – Ancient Egyptians explained dreams about fear in comparison to lack of confidence within the dreamer. Because of being unable to make firm decisions and not having self-confidence, the dreamer is in dissatisfaction with himself. And this conditions gives him the dream about the fear of falling.

Mistakes if crying because of falling – Modern psychology sees this dream as anxiety of mistake and the wish for fixing it. But if the dreamer was crying in the dream because of big fear, then it is indication of very big mistake, which need to be compensated in some way.

Achievements if falling without fear – If in a dream one has the fear of falling and then suddenly this fear vanished while he is in process of falling, then such dream shows big fortune for the dreamer. He will overcome obstacles and  accomplish something victorious.

Afraid of Animals

Friends or Relatives If Dogs – To be afraid of dog, shows the dreamer’s fear of the wrongdoing from or for his friend. But if the dog in the dream is afraid of you, then such dream indicates that you need to help to your friend.

Enemies or Problems If Cats – To be afraid of cat, shows dangerous enemies. If cat is afraid because of you, then it a sign that you will overcome your enemies or problems in waking life.

Worries about Productivity If Rabbit – If you have fear of bunny or you being afraid of rabbit in a dream, then it indicates your conscious fear to be to slow and be unable to act properly fast in important parts of your life. Maybe you should do less thinking and do more working.

Disintegration or phobias If Worms – In a dream to be afraid of worms, shows feeling of being unimportant or feeling of disintegration. Maybe the dreamer has bad habits or bad thoughts and that cause such feelings. Irrelevance and degradation within the dreamer also represent fear of worms in dreams. According Freud, when worm stands for penis in the dream, then being afraid of worm, shows the fear of sexual intercourse. Genophobia is name of the fear of sexual intercourse. Third meaning about the fear of worms in a dream is related to real phobia of worms – Helminthophobia, scoleciphobia or vermiphobia is the fear of worms. Especially dreaming of parasitic worms can show the dreamer fear of being infested with worms.

Troubled friends or phobia If Snakes – In a dream to be afraid of snake, or to have fear that snake is going to attack you or bite you, shows that you have fear of being betrayed by your friends. Or it can show very strong enemy that is very dangerous right now. Second interpretation of the dream about fear of snakes, is clearly an indication of real phobia in the dreamer – ophiophobia is fear of snakes.

Feminine power or phobia If Spiders – Dreaming about spiders has links to feminine power and sexuality or mother’s complex. In a dream to have fear of spider or to be afraid of being bitten by one, shows that the dreamer is afraid of some powerful woman. For a man it can be his mother or wife or his ex-partner. Maybe he has conflict with one of them. For woman it can represent her mother or conflict with other dominant female in her life. But it can be opposite and she might be that strong female in conflict with her partner. For those who have arachnophobia, dream about spiders can be just regular nightmare and representation of their fear of spiders.

Meaningless stress or phobias If Monsters – If in a dream you are afraid of indescribable monster, then it shows your inner worries about something. Other interpretation of monster in dream clearly tells that the dreamer can have some kind of phobia or energy eating fear in himself or meaningless stress in his environment.

Afraid of Events

Shocking life events If tornado, storm, lightning, blizzard, earthquake – Dreaming about being afraid of earthly disasters indicates socking life events in the dreamer ‘s waking life. But in other hand such dreams can be induced by external stimulus and show that, while you was asleep, real storm, rain or lightning was outside.

Thanatophobia, intoxication, traumas If scared of own death – Dreaming of being afraid of death or dying, shows the dreamer’s phobia of death in waking life or it indicates traumatic events from waking life. The fear of death is ancient and primal. This fear is common for most of us. Fear in the nightmare is self defense mechanism. Sometimes the dream about death is just a scenario, which must be relived in the dream, to give us insight about feelings in case of death or warn us about something. Intoxication can be external stimuli for nightmare about death. Thanatophobia, intoxication, traumatic life event or opportunity to feel fear of death – these are reasons of why such bad experience is created in our subconscious while we are asleep.

Defense if afraid of others death – If the dreamer is afraid because of some very close person is going to die in a dream, then such dream shows him how important this person is in his life and how to cope with his feelings. Very often it is nightmare and it has purpose to make the dreamer stronger person, which will overcome all obstacles in his life.

Miller’s Dreambook:

Afraid dream meanings by Gustavus Hindman Miller from dream dictionary “10,000 Dreams Interpreted” or “What’s In A Dream” or “Dreams, Their Scientific and Practical Interpretations”

To be Afraid means Misfortune – In a dream to be frightened or to feel that you are afraid to proceed with some affair, or continue a journey, symbolizes bad luck and means that you will find trouble in your household, and enterprises will be unsuccessful.

To see others Afraid means Determent – In a dream to see other people are scared, filled with fear, shows that some friend will be deterred from performing some favor for you because of his own difficulties.

Woman is Afraid of Dog means Doubt – If a young woman is dreaming that she is afraid of a dog, then such dream’s symbolic significance denotes that there might be a possibility of her doubting a true friend.

Identity crisis
Alternatively, driving permit means that you are facing catastrophe in your individuality. To lose your driver’s license in dream indicates that you have lost your true self. Maybe you became vulnerable to opinion of others.

Actual fear, real value and spiritual status
As internal stimuli, the dream about driving permit shows your true fear of losing driver’s license.
As external stimuli, dreaming about this license represents how important this permission is for you.
On spiritual plane, the dream about license to drive is like the authorization to seek superior spiritual enlightenment. You are in right path if you have this license, but if you lost it – you in trouble. It means that you don’t have enough reasons for being more spiritual.

Ability to control
Psychologically and emotionally, the authorization to drive is associated with right qualification and controlled feelings. It means that you are able to provide yourself with right decisions without hurry or uncontrolled thoughts. If you lost in the dream, then it represents your fear of losing your control and ability to make decisions. Also, it can represent your current situation, in which you’re feeling disabled. To find – means to solve problems or to bring your qualities back.

Solitude and isolation if driving drunk, on drugs or without license
Driving without license means that you are wandering throughout your life without plan, without goal, without identity. You are trying to find these aspects by yourself, without any help. Also, it means that your actions is not controlled or is not permitted by someone who should be in charge. Are you in relationship? Maybe you are the one who acts without consultation with partner. Additionally, driving without permit means that you are the person, who thinks that he is always the right one. Thus, you don’t go into anything where you can be controlled. Dreaming about driving without license doesn’t show that you are bad, you are just different. But if you get caught by police in the dream, it shows that sometimes you have feeling of being devious. Also, to be caught without permit shows your fear of being isolated from everything what you are doing. Are you afraid to lose what you have now? As superstition, dream about driving without permit and/or being caught by police, foretells dangers in professional activities, alerts against unlawful doings of adversaries, or shows current/future trouble in relationship.

The particular importance of fire is, in fact, a symbolism of the gods;

Loss of repute If Clothes caught fire – your clothes caught in fire, you will ruin your reputation and your dignity;

Loss If Burning the padding of bed – you will lose your spouse or lover, but don’t worry you will find your soul mate;

Luck If Collecting the ashes - you will receive a small, modest fortune.

Disease If Extinguished lamp – the fire in the lamp of the house was extinguished, the master of the house will have very serious illness;

Changes If Lighting the lamp again – new ruler will take over the house;

Illness If the light is weak – the light of the lamp so weak that it almost goes out, master of the house will fall ill and become impoverished.

Penalty If Filling of smoke – the house fills with smoke, the master of the house will be punished by the authorities, depending on the density and sharpness of the smoke;

Loss of property If Burning hair – dreaming of fire, which has caught someone hair on his head, this person will lose his property in accordance with the authority;

Misapprehension If Seeing fire place – to see the fire place and you enter into it, this dream shows that you will have some misunderstandings in family, love affairs and your work;

Love If Lighting – you will win in love affairs;

Enjoyment If Seeing and burning very bright – you will enjoy your life;

Misunderstanding If fire with a lot of smoke – the fire is burning and there you can see a lot of smoke, this announce you about an unfortunate misunderstandings, which will cause you some problems in different life areas;

Anger If fire with little smoke – dreaming of fire with little smoke means love which brings you anger;

Constraint If Extinguishing a fire – you’ll be forced by circumstances to abandon your project;

Disagreement If Blowing into fire -you blow the fire this means disagreement with your partners, colleagues;

Accident If Fall into it (you or someone else) – you will have a terrible unfortunate mishap;

Displeasure If Suffering from damage by fire – you will fell annoyance and disapproval;

Blessedness If Looking in your stove or oven – you will have the blessing of children;

Poorness If Expiring – it stands before poverty and deprivation;

Trouble If Seeing cooker blazing fire – the fire is blazing strongly in cooker with much smoke, this announce you a misunderstanding or mischief, which will bring a lot of family and social problems;

Worries If Seeing fireball in the sky – a hostility brings serious worries and troubles;

Emancipation If  Running away from fireball – you will liberate and release from an oppressive burden.

– Spirit, energy, clean and purifying.

Question:

– In which areas of my life do I search for influence, inspiration or renewal?

Medicine Wheel Meanings:

- Huichol shamans: wisdom

Artemidoros Meanings:

Fire is functionally distinguished in two different kinds:

• firstly the heaven and divine,
• secondly the earth and the one which is used in everyday life.

In the interpretation of the heaven fire you have to proceed as follows:

• to look at radiant, pure and small fire in the sky means a threat from power,
• however, a large but immeasurable predicts the approach of enemies, infertility and famine (to parallel the Babylonian astrology ).

Enemies and Danger Where the fire appears or from which direction it comes, whether from north or south, from west or east, from there the enemies will come near or rule infertility in these areas. Worst of all is, when you see falling down fire on the earth. Burning torches in the sky mean the same. All these phenomena bring on danger over the head of the dreamer. Because like the sky (above-ground) towers above the universe, so the head – the body.

Looking at the fire, which is used in everyday life, with small and pure flame, it is like blessing, but if it blazes enormously and unrestrained, it shows the evil.

• Prosperity The best to see is hearth fire – glow and pure. It means great prosperity, because where meals aren’t prepared the fire is pure;
• Poverty You cannot see the fire on the stove if it expires then it threatens grinding poverty;
• Success To dream that you carry a burning torch at night, it is positive especially for young people. It usually means pleasant love affairs and successful businesses, because you can see what is in front of your feet;
• Wellness The ethereal fire brings good luck, particularly to sick persons, it is to them as a sign of the rescue and salvation.

General Meanings:

Warmth, Comfort, Power It is significant to separate dreaming of fire and dreaming of conflagration. The fire is seen as a major element of nature that man has, without awe and guilt, like all myths tell that the fire was stolen to serve for man. This value radiates the heat. Such a dream always results large spiritual powers. For one of the qualities of the soul is the fire. Therefore, the fire in the outer appearance is so attractive to all people.

Psychological Meanings:

Fire occurs as ambiguous symbol in different contexts in the most important dreams. It is an archetypal sign of the spirit and love. One of the most important dream images at all, because it had fundamental importance for the people and civilization. Generally, dreamer can understand fire as expressions of:

• strong feelings, devouring passions, high ideals and fundamental strength and energy, which are not always harmless;
• fire can be the passion and desire in a positive way;
• in the negative sense point to frustration, anger, disgust and destructiveness.
• Positively, fire can also be regarded as a sign of spiritual cleansing, or for transformation and rebirth. More generally, these dreams are for mental energy.
• Sometimes fire is also an indication that the dreamer has to transform his sexual power.

Spiritual Meanings:

At spiritual level dreaming of fire symbolizes a new consciousness of spiritual power and transformation.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Fire is one of the most important symbols: depending on the situation it is destructive or inspiring, warming and stimulating;
• Get rid of past If seeing fire – Fire often alerts you about liquidation of past things;
• Regeneration If house on fire – If house on fire – House on fires must be always observed as a person, to rebuild the personality. Your inner world is burning down and you must recover it;
• Merry Family If Seeing fire – Fire may be symbol of home life and the peaceful family life, if so, then very beneficial if you do not burn in it;
• Devotion If Watching kindly – If you feel joyful feelings at the sight of fire this witness the desire for boundless devotion;
• Devotion If you are afraid of the fire – fear means above the absolute love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause;
• Welfare If dreaming sailors and travelers – bring continued prosperity;
• Safety and Accomplishment If Seeing big fire – dreaming of big fire, means a convenient and safe journey for sailors & travelers and success with awards for writers and unlimited business success;
• Disclosure and Wellness If Seeing signs of fire – this points to revelations of a sin or a secret and the healing of a sick person;
• Friendship If Seeing in the open field or igniting in field – announces that dreamer will have a beautiful friendship;
• Pleasure and Love If Igniting fire – this dream shows that  a lot of pleasant surprises await you & also: distant friends will visit you or even promise of true love;
• Happiness If fire burning bright – means joy and love in the family;
• Restriction If see a large fire without smoke – you should restrain your passions slightly;
• Worries If large fire with smoke – announces trouble and mischief;
• News If small fire - small fire which cause no damage can expect unimportant news;
• Sorrow If fire going out – brings grief to you;
• Devastate If fire itself extinguish – your hopes are destroyed;
• Journey If dancing around – Dreaming of dance or watch others dance near fire, this announces a cheerful trip;
• Damage If Getting into fire – this means that you will have big harm;
• Problems If burning – To suffer burns from fire in a dream, this points to worsening circumstances;
• Joy If looking in the oven or cooker – your view to children brings you a lot of joy;
• Disease If Extinguishing the oven or cooker – this dream is a warning about serious illness, you have to take care of your health ;
• Troubles If Falling fire from the air – means trouble, you have to pay attention to the details and decisions;
• Success in family life If Burning at home – this dream promises a loving partner, obedient children and prudent employees;
• Success in business If  Burning enterprise – the business man is dreaming that he is burning his business and he is watching, this announces a major breakthrough in business and lucrative profits;
• Concerns about business If Fighting  – the  business man is fighting the fire without getting burned, he is very concerned on the management of his business;
• Worries If Seeing burned shop – the business man sees the ruins of his shop after a fire, this means bad luck;

Arabian

• The particular importance of fire is, in fact, a symbol of the gods;
• Loss of repute If Clothes caught fire – your clothes caught in fire, you will ruin your reputation and your dignity;
• Loss If Burning the padding of bed – you will lose your spouse or lover, but don’t worry you will find your soul mate;
• Luck If Collecting the ashes - you will receive a small, modest fortune.
• Disease If Extinguished lamp – the fire in the lamp of the house was extinguished, the master of the house will have very serious illness;
• Changes If Lighting the lamp again – new ruler will take over the house;
• Illness If the light is weak – the light of the lamp so weak that it almost goes out, master of the house will fall ill and become impoverished.
• Penalty If Filling of smoke – the house fills with smoke, the master of the house will be punished by the authorities, depending on the density and sharpness of the smoke;
• Loss of property If Burning hair – dreaming of fire, which has caught someone hair on his head, this person will lose his property in accordance with the authority;
• Misapprehension If Seeing fire place – to see the fire place and you enter into it, this dream shows that you will have some misunderstandings in family, love affairs and your work;
• Love If Lighting – you will win in love affairs;
• Enjoyment If Seeing and burning very bright – you will enjoy your life;
• Misunderstanding If fire with a lot of smoke – the fire is burning and there you can see a lot of smoke, this announce you about an unfortunate misunderstandings, which will cause you some problems in different life areas;
• Anger If fire with little smoke – dreaming of fire with little smoke means love which brings you anger;
• Constraint If Extinguishing a fire – you’ll be forced by circumstances to abandon your project;
• Disagreement If Blowing into fire -you blow the fire this means disagreement with your partners, colleagues;
• Accident If Fall into it (you or someone else) – you will have a terrible unfortunate mishap;
• Displeasure If Suffering from damage by fire – you will fell annoyance and disapproval;
• Blessedness If Looking in your stove or oven – you will have the blessing of children;
• Poorness If Expiring – it stands before poverty and deprivation;
• Trouble If Seeing cooker blazing fire – the fire is blazing strongly in cooker with much smoke, this announce you a misunderstanding or mischief, which will bring a lot of family and social problems;
• Worries If Seeing fireball in the sky – a hostility brings serious worries and troubles;
• Emancipation If  Running away from fireball – you will liberate and release from an oppressive burden.

Hindu

• Disaster If Burning down everything – someone dreaming, that a place a house or field burned down completely due to a fire, will come calamity for local people through natural disaster or severe disease;
• Lower disaster If Burning without flame – But if the fire burns without flame, and it’s not all destroyed only parts, the disaster will be lower.
• Support for others If Eating coals – you are eating burning coals without smoke and flame, you will gain so much money for orphans or poor people, as much as you ate coal.
• Incomes If Burning coals – To find a burning coals without flame and smoke, you will receive according to the amount of coals, a lot of money or incomes.
• Retribution If someone is taken by flames, but not destroyed – you will be punished by destiny, because of your bad behavior or decisions, according to the measure of the leaping flames of a rogue;
• Unfairness If Taking up an ash or ash lye – you or someone else will give false testimony or slander others.
• Punishment If Starting a fire in a furnace or oven – you will be punished by a great master who is a benefactor of the people.
• Conflict If Making fire under a pot – Dreaming that someone is making a fire under a pot, if he is the father of the family in those house, he falls into violent conflict, because the eyes of all the housemates are directed to the pot.
• Power If Having burning torch – you or someone else have a burning torch in his hands, you or he will have power in accordance with the blazing torch;
• Assistance If Igniting the torch – someone else ignite fire at the torch, he will give and share the power and knowledge.
• Good sign If Conflagration – dreaming of conflagration you can interpret as a favorable sign, except if you are a merchant;
• Prosperity If Burned down the business place – If merchant dreams, that his business or the place where it is located was burned down, it predicts his company brilliant times and rapid growth without fear and derision.
• Pay attention to your children If Fire in the oven – your children are not under the best supervision;
• Injury If Wipe out fire – you will harm yourself;
• Love If Burning brightly – you are loved;
• More knowledge If Fire in the kitchen – your children need to be better educated.

* Please see also ash, flash, thunderbird, flame, bonfire, heat, candle, light, incitement and conflagration.

In General crow mostly symbolizes strife, failure or death. Screaming crows in a dream are considered as signs of loss or major changes in the intimate relationships that might affect the dreamer. Alternatively lots of crows may indicate happiness and announce huge development.

Psychological Meanings:

A crow is a symbol of a ( perceived as aggressive ) woman. Usually the confrontation the dreamer has is related to the woman and the dreamer is always a man.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

The crow in the dreams usually denotes to death, sad news and negative aspects of your personality. Alternatively, the symbol of the crow could be a message from your unconscious, which could be interpreted as a warning to get rid of negative and unfavorable features of yourself. Sometimes the dream notifies of new meetings and achievements.

• Death if crow flies to you very closely – if in the dream you feel insecure, because the bird is too close to you, flying around or simply standing, then such dream indicates of someone’s death. The closer the bird is to you, the more familiar person will die;
• Grief and sorrow if catch the crow – if you caught the bird, such dream signifies sadness and funeral you will have;
• Profit if see several crows – more than one crow promises gain at some point;
• Will meet the relatives if craws are in the trees – soon will get to see your family for a pleasant period of time;
• Will get bad message if crow is screaming, crying – the sound the crow makes is the voice of unhappiness from upcoming sad news to you;
• Will meet twisted and cunning woman if young man dreams of crow – such dream shows that the dreamer should be careful, because he can be deceived in all ways;
• Will be betrayed by the loved one if a young woman dreams of crow – such dream shows that the man she loves will be unfaithful to her;

Hindu (Hinduism)

In Hindu culture the crows always bring bad message about the enemies and bad people who will pursue you.

• Will know of someone’s death if crow is screaming – such dream gives a signal to prepare yourself for the worst.

Arabian (Islamic)

Very often the crow symbolizes a person who is a liar, arrogant and miserable. According to the history, crows were interpreted and seen as a symbol of curse, which meant both short and long life at the same time.

• Will meet an old, greedy man if found a crow – for a dreamer to see himself seeking for something and then finally finding it as the crow, shows that on the journey of your life will be one person that you will meet – greedy, poor, strange and old one;
• Dreaming of crow more than once luck or misfortune – if the dreamer was dreaming about crows more than once a night, than such dreams shows misleading fortune or misfortune, therefore should be aware both of them;
• Sad news if hear the crow which croaks – the croaking symbolizes the warning of upcoming bad and sad messages in your life;
• Death or obstacles if catch the crow – if you caught the crow in a dream, it means you caught the terrible faith for yourself, which leads to unhappiness, disappointments and even loss;
• Will steal something if own the crow – such dream shows that the dreamer will rob something from somebody;
• Will get the relief, but only after many worries if talking to crow – you will overcome the problems with many barriers in the future, but having conversation with the crow symbolize negotiations, which will lead to ease;
• Will get back what belongs to you if eating the crow – to eat the meat of the crow reflects to receiving what belong to you, the more you ate of the meat, the more you will get back;
• Will get into conflict if fighting with crow – you will fight the person with the personality just like the crow one has;
• Poverty if see a baby crow – a fledgling crow in a dream shows miserable, sad, poor life you will have.

Artemidorus Meanings:

According to Artemidorus the crow is the bird that is a messenger of the upcoming storms. The cows living a very long period of time, therefore they are related to old women. Everything grows and matures slowly bringing the darkness also both happiness and unhappiness.

Medicine Wheel Meanings:

Keywords

Magic, speaking, messenger, quick-change artist, teaching, connection, guarding, cleverness, deviousness.

Description

The crow is a bird like the raven which is often associated with the ambiguity.
The crow is also considered as the bearer of the magic. These birds live in places like fields, suburbs and even in inner cities. They are quite big birds shiny black feathers and make a very loud croak. They are croaking constantly which is the way crows are communicating with each other.
In many traditions crows were seen as very important allies and guardians of the people who followed the path of the Earth. In some traditions the crow was even seen as a quick change for an artist, where even in these days the magic tricks are done including crows. Consider, that the witches are associated with these type of birds either.
It is known that crows build their nests only in very tall trees, because in this way they are able to see better what is around them, which helps to protect the nests and itself. In dreams it is said that the dreamer is able to see things from higher perspective.

General Meaning

The dream about crows brings the message about your gifts and talents. It also shows the aspects of your personality, that you hold hidden deep down in the dark. Consider, that the dream might be a signal to start get interested in ancient wisdom from which you would find out a lot not only about the dream, but yourself either.

Association

Husky croak , crow of a happy baby.

Transcendent Meaning

An aspect of your own magic might have something to do with your ability to change your character in the way you are dealing with the world and your life. Another symbol denotes to ambivalence which you should be very careful with. The crow in your dream also can be interpreted as a gift of magic.

Contexts’ Meanings:

* Please, see meaning of Magpie, Raven, birds.

Water as good omen can stand for extremely fortunate life blessed by God. Water in dreams represents riches. Water can symbolize money and prosperity, increase in income or expansion of business, decrease in prices or gains of war.

Water helps for everything to come to life. Water in dreams represents a semen, a birth, a life. Water can symbolize a marriage, a fertility and a delivery of one or more children.

Water can be lifegiver and sustainer or it can be a deadly foe and lifetaker. Water is the same in dreams as it is on the earth. On one side, water is symbol of purity, peace and justice, but on the other – symbol of worries, pain, sorrow or destruction and death.

Association:

Live-giving and vitalizing; Releasing and cleaning; Flexibility and resolution; Emotions and feelings;  Wetness and liquidness; Thirstiness; Aquarius.

Question:

How do I feel? What do I feel?

Generally:

Water is in the interpretation of dreams usually understood as a symbol of emotional and feminine aspects. Water is a mysterious substance, it can flow over and around things. Whatever stands in its way, water can destroy it.

The potential of the dreamer and his ability to create out of his own inner need a new life, can be symbolized by water. Water is an ancient symbol that embodies the general’s soul life with the conscious and subconscious contents.

The individual meaning of the dream arises from the accompanying circumstances. Most common conditions in the dream about water are listed below for you to reveal hidden secret of your dream:

• Clean water is a balanced, harmonious state as a condition of happiness, success and love;
• Dull or dirty water brings unfavorable mental processes expressed that often have to deal with uncertainty, materialistic attitudes, lack of self-knowledge or “unclean” rejected qualities and thoughts;
• The wake of a ship in water or otherwise disturbed and not calm water announces stormy times with worry and excitement;
• To see mirror image of yourself or others in the water warns of self-delusion, illusion or deception by others;
• Dreaming about walking on the water means that you have conquered a dangerous element. So you are safe with cruises. But besides that, happiness is predicted too. In marriage you will be happy. Processes you will win easily, because you can make good arguments. Especially walking in the dream is advantageous dream for politicians, as the water symbolizes the country’s population.
• Dreaming about drinking cold water has a good meaning. The dreamer lives in harmony with the needs of his body and he is paying enough attention to his health. If the water is hot, however, can be a sign of illness or a stressful, unbalanced lifestyle.

Psychologically:

The mythology as well as today’s evolutionary theory see the source of all life in the water. It is also for the preservation of the life of utmost importance, what gives to the water a maternal-feminine aspect. In the dream, the water is a symbol of the unconscious psychic energy. The symbol of the unconscious is life giver and sustainer of life.

• If the water is stored or flows, such dream always is the positive resolution. As soon as it exceeds its limits, flooding the area or overflowing onto land, it indicates danger that has to be interpreted from other symbols;
• Clear water has luck, but murky, cloudy or dark indicate an unfortunate turn in life. Water is also available for cleaning because it can cleanse the people of the inner and outer dirt through the day. It frees the baptizer to from his previous sins, also from those he has inherited from the family;
• In a dream to go into the water, means to begin something new;
• Deep water points out that the dreamer either loses the ground under his feet or penetrates into his unconscious;
• Women dream water more often. Particularly intense aqua-dream can be for women who have experienced a pregnancy: child’s movements in the amniotic fluid has been imprinted in the subconscious mind and dissolves easily in water, always dreaming. If women who has not yet experienced any pregnancy, purpose of the dream about water is to express the desire for a perfect life change;
• To see in the dream a woman in the water, even if she swims with relish, it shows a healthy, positive attitude to sexuality.

Spiritually:

Water symbolizes the spiritual rebirth,  the power of life, the unconscious powers of the soul. Water plays such a large role in dreams and has so many different scenarios and conditions – that makes interpretation of dream about water a huge challenge for everyone. The Good Dreaming is here to help. Most common symbolism of water at spiritual plane is explained:

• To find yourself in the water in the dream can symbolize pregnancy and childbirth;
• Running water symbolizes peace and well-being;
• Strongly flowing water – passion;
• Deep water refers to the unconscious;
• Shallow water – to a lack of vital energy;
• If you dive into the water, so it shows the need to express, to renew your strength and to return to the origin;
• Dreaming about immerse out of the water, then this points to a new beginning;
• Being on the water, as in a boat, that can point to indecision or lack of emotional commitment;
• To lie motionless in the water means possibly inertia;
• Dreaming about bathing symbolizes purification;
• Water from the fountain stands especially for the great mother, for the woman;
• Dams, islands and other obstacles make the conscious effort to express the power of the water – and thus the feelings of the domination;
• Drowning illustrates the tendency of the dreamer to oust bad things into the subconscious, but these bad things return to conscious mind and threatening to overwhelm the dreamer;
• Floods represent the chaotic side in the dreamer, which is usually uncontrollable and therefore requires his full attention;
• Water channels symbolize the birth process;
• The sea is cosmic consciousness that is the original chaos from which all life comes. Water in the sea – the cosmos that holds all knowledge, even if it is obscured by the fear of the depth in the sea;
• A shallow sea symbolizes superficial feelings;
• The surf of the sea (the waves of the sea as they break upon a shore or reef) symbolizes feelings and desires;
• A calm sea embodies a peaceful life;
• A stormy sea is as unwholesome, morally harmful passion.
• To keep dreaming about tides (recurring dream of the cyclic rise and fall of the water of the sea, of the ocean and of bays, gulfs, inlets or estuaries, caused by gravitational attraction of the moon and sun) indicates the passage of time as well as the supply and removal of your own feelings;
• A lake can, like a pond, stand for a period of transition from the conscious to the spiritual self.
• If water in the dream comes unexpectedly at the threshold, it may indicate the chance for the dreamer to understand himself and/or to learn to appreciate every single second in his life;
• The own reflection on the water requires reconciliation with the shadows. The dreamer must learn to accept that there are parts in him that he does not like especially, but if he keeps it under control, these parts can provide a lot of energy;
• Rivers and streams represent always the life and the way it is run by the dreamer. It depends on his attitude, if he sees his life as broad or as narrow flow of the stream;
• A transient flow in dream is a feeling from the waking life that life is too fast;
• Sea and river in the same dream at the same time indicate the need for a major shift in the life of the dreamer or want to draw attention to the unconscious side of the dreamer;
• If it is a very deep river, then the dreamer should give more attention to the world that surrounds him, and his relationships;
• A river crossing – promises big changes;
• If the river is scary, the dreamer might be going to create unnecessary difficulties;
• If the river poisoned, the dreamer should stop and do nothing for a while, this is for the best;
• Diving is to go down into the unconscious, or rediscover the trial, the parts of self that have been suppressed.

Traditionally:

European (Judeo-Christian)

The state of the water represents the soul’s inner being.

• - Clear, bright – Dreaming about water which looks bright and clear: promises happy days; promises success and profit;
• - Dim, not clear, dark – Dreaming of water that is lacking brightness, is even dark: sorrow and misfortune; announces unsafe conditions;
• - Frozen – Dreaming about frozen water:announces a threat;
• - Fall into it – Dreaming about falling into water: indicates a great tribulation;
• - Wade – Dreaming about walking into water or through water: points to rescue from danger;
• - Walk along – Dreaming about walking in parallel and close to water: promises good actions;
• - Spill – Dreaming of spilling water: fear and sorrow;
• - Hot - Dreaming about drinking hot water: enemies who will cause trouble;
• - Clean, Cold - Dreaming about drinking cold and clean water: devoted friends; fulfillment of reasonable hope;
• - Dirty - Dreaming about drinking of dirty water: promises disease;
• - Holy - Dreaming about Holy water: represents good health;
• - Ascending at home – Dreaming of moving, going, or growing water towards home: one is resisting to difficulty;
• - Going back at home – Dreaming of water that is moving back: you will not give dangerous influences;
• - 1. To empty a boat of water by bailing; 2. Water is entering in ship – 1. Dreaming that you’re bailing the water out and getting feet wet; 2. Dreaming that dirty water is rising and entering in ship: anger, disease and poverty will impose (or are imposing) a heavy burden on the dreamer, but he will overcome these troubles through vigilance;
• - Water sports – Dreaming of water sports: announces the sudden awakening of love and passion;
• - Water on head – The head is sprayed with water: the awakening of a passionate love is mutual;
• - Woman is swimming – For woman to swim in the water with relish: sign of a healthy attitude toward sex and a positive sign for overall condition;
• - Man is swimming – For man to swim in dream: means good future in professional activity, success in business;

Hindu (Hinduism)

• - Clear water – Dreaming of clear water: means love between husband and wife;
• - Hot water – Dreaming about hot water or cooking in boiling water: you trust your friends too much;
• - Dark water – Dreaming of dim, dark, black or dirty water: means adultery, unfaithfulness, infidelity, cheating;
• - Cold water- Dreaming of cold, freezing or frozen water: means that your feelings are a bit too cold.

Arabian (Islamic)

• - Drinking warm water – To drink a warm water in the dream, it is an indication that the dreamer will get in trouble and annoyance, these will be big as the heat of the water, because happiness is like cold water, when hot water is misfortune.
• - Washing with warm water – If someone washes with warm water, his distress will be lower.
• - Drinking wine mixed with hot water – If in the dream someone is prophesied to drink wine mixed with hot water means heavy burden.
• - Wading in warm water – If someone is walking in or through warm water, he will have plague with his servants.
• - Washing with warm water – If someone is rinsing with warm water his mouth, he will have annoyance in his family; if he washes his face with warm water, people will be mad at him, according to the heat of the water.
• - Drinking or seeing clear water – If someone sees clear water or drinks clear water, it announces happy prospects;
• - Cloudy, murky, dark or black water – To dream such water: indicates obstacles; the dreamer will be caught in a miserable and desperate situation;
• - Cold water – Dreaming of cold water: indicates happiness;
• - Drinking cold water – To drink cold water in the dream: indicates health;
• - Drinking hot water – To drink hot water in the dream: indicates disease;
• - Burning from heated water – Dreaming of scalding with boiling water: you will suffer damage due to carelessness;
• - Boiling water – Dreaming of boiling water or to dream that you are boiling water in pot: you have a hot temper;
• - Spill out water – To spill out water in dream: you’re going to make mistake; Also: no matter the number of mistakes, if you are learning from them;
• - Drowning or sinking in water – To fall in water and go down deep in underwater or to drown: you will suffer harsh oppression, you’ll be heavily weighed down in mind or in body;
• - Wade in or through – To go or to walk in or through water in the dream: you’ll save yourself from a hazard;
• - Bathe in it – To take a bath in dream: you’re going to clean up disgrace or shame;
• - Walking on water – To dream that you’re walking on water in dream: you will overcome all obstacles;
• - Holy Water – Dreaming of blessed water or to see that a priest is blessing the water and using for religious purposes: Health;
• - Hearing of shower – In the dream to hear sound of showering in the bath or in the shower or to hear sound of the fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail, or sleet in dream: means that you are judging yourself to hard, but also it can indicate that you will be judged hard by others;
• - Bathing of others – To see that others are bathing in dream: you’re going to reconcile enemies.

M. Ibn Sirin dreambook:

Islamic meanings of dreams and interpretations of dreams about water by Muslim interpreter of dreams Muhammad Ibn Sirin

Water in a dream indicates a happy life, fertility, prosperity, growth of the dreamer’s business, increased profit, better income,  acquisitions of any kind, gains and spoils of the war, decreased prices, peace, justice and purity. Also it can stand for a marriage or semen, pregnancy and childbirth. In other hand water in a dream also can indicate worries, pain, and sorrow or even death and destruction. In any case, running water is better than stagnant water.

Cold water for bathing or washing
Bathing in cold water in a dream indicates remorse for past conduct, recovery from unhappy love or return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength, release from prison, payment of debts, the end of terror or fears. Dream about washing with cold water has same meanings as bathing in cold water.

If you were dreaming that you drank water of heaven, wine or milk the meaning of this dream foretells that you will obtain knowledge and wisdom in your personality.

Artemidorus:

Dream about water meanings by professional diviner Artemidorus Daldianus (Ephesius) from Ancient Greece (2nd century AD)

In the dream drinking of cold water brings happiness. But warm water in the dream has opposite meaning. Drinking of warm water is unnatural and such dream indicates health problem or disease and trouble or difficulty in business.

Medicine Wheel:

Water meanings and interpretations by Native American Indian people (indigenous North American culture and religion)

Keywords:

• Cleansing – to clean, to free from dirt, or guilt;
• Changing – to transfer from old one to new emotional or physical states;
• Feelings – sensuality & sexuality;
• The Full Moon – governor of emotions, of power and of knowledge;
• The Frog Clan – deep, easily flowing feelings, flushing away stalemates and obstacles, natural gift for healing.

Description:

• - Water is connected in the inner circle of the Medicine Wheel with the Frog Clan. Water as the element of the Frog Clan,  is a transparent liquid, which consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
• - Water in liquid form fills the rivers, lakes, streams and oceans of the world. Frozen water becomes ice. Heated water changes into steam.

General meaning:

• - Your emotional being and your connection with the element of water, your sensuality, your sexuality, the female aspect of your nature, your connection to the forces of the moon.
• - A dream about standing water indicates that you find yourself in a smooth, quiet phase of life.
• - Moving water, such as in a stream indicates the fact that your emotional world is undergoing a transformation.
• - The quickly rushing water like a waterfall or the ocean waves tell that you are in a phase of rapid changes in interests, a threshold in life have achieved, in which you’ll let go of all control and enjoy yourself at the flow of life force.
• - Retrieved from the surf breaking on the beach shows that you realize how your feelings interact with your physical reality.
• - A dream of big waves that roll onto the beach may indicate forthcoming decisive emotional events. How did you feel it,waves when weighed against the beach, indicates whether you have to expect a time of happiness, fear or understanding.
• - Dreams of big waves can also represent the memory of past lives or other worlds that have been purified by the power of water;
• If you dreamed of crystal clear water, you will meet an honest man, but is it was dirty or muddy water, then you will face very dishonest person.

Transcendent meaning:

Dreaming about water in supreme plane is an initiation dream, especially one which has to do with your feelings.

Huichol shamans:

Dreaming of white foam on ocean waves signify love, creation; Dreaming about walking on water indicates that you want to create something new.

Denise Lynn (short):

Short interpretation of water in dreams by Denise Lynn

• Water symbolizes your intuition and emotions;
• Make sure to look at the water and see if it is clear or muddy;
• The water could show your spiritual side: how clear or dirty it is;
• Dreaming of water indicates the reflection of subconscious mind;
• Water is also known as a source of life.

Denise Lynn (detailed):

Detailed interpretation of water in dreams by Denise Lynn

Water is one of the most necessary things for life to survive. It is known that there are many meanings and associations about water in different cultures, but some of them have the same symbols and meanings such as: emotions, intuition, feelings, mental consciousness, as well as magical spheres of the feminine energy. Water can also symbolize fertility, birth, new life and harvest. In nature there wouldn’t be any life if it is not for the rain and water;

• In Chinese culture the water is a source of everything that people are surrounded by;
• In the Vedic literature it is written that the water is associated with motherhood, because everything started from the water it is the rudiment of the life. Hindus also thought that only the water can maintain the life;
• In Baptism the water has three main meanings: life, death and rebirth. It is believed by baptist people that when someone goes under the water, somebody else instead of him will born. Remember that when the women is in labor, the first thing that happens is that her waters breaks, which announces about the new life coming in to the world;
• Since ancient times the water is associated with femininity and fertility of the women.

When the water is flowing it foretells how you feel at the moment. If the water trapped at the gateway it means that you do not show your feelings and hiding emotions away from the others. You’ve made a wall that no one can cross, except you wish to open up yourself;

If you were dreaming of crystal clear water, it indicates the chastity and innocence of your inner self. Stagnant and inactive water shows that you are stuck within yourself. You are trying to find the way out, but there is something that stops you from it. Make sure you find what kind of obstacle stops you from moving forward;

If you were dreaming of a flood it represents the emotional confusion and the fact that you are totally stunned and dependent by your emotional state. Chin up, as sometimes we need to get emotional shock to divide what is good and what is bad for us;

Note the properties of water: whether it clear; Water is also the proof of the spiritual mood. It’s your subconscious I – the water of life, the source of vitality;

Russian dreambook:

Water interpretation from Russian dreambook

• To drink cold water – health;
• If you drink hot water – illness;
• If you spill water on yourself – sadness;
• To throw something into water – prediction;
• A warm water – an unexpected delight;
• If you were swimming or floating in water – you will date someone;
• If sitting in the water – a failure;
• To scoop the water out – success in matters of the heart;
• To pump the water – gain of your incomes;
• Foam on the water – victory;
• To walk on the water – prosperity, success, good luck;
• To take a bath – a carefree and happy life;
• If the water is muddy – sadness, grief, dealing with bad people;
• Bright, crystal clear water – the joy, pleasant news, good company, a loyal friend.

Nobleman dreambook:

Dreaming about water interpretation by N. Grishin

Water – the unconscious powers of the soul, and especially the world of the senses.  The water could also represent the personification of the beast that is inside the dreamer’s mind or return to childish naive world view. Consider that the dream might also be a symbol of inertia and passivity.

The water in dreams could be in various conditions, therefore it is interpreted differently:

• Clean water – means joy, something good;
• Water that is muddy, dirty or gloomy – negativity, sadness, unhappiness;
• To drink clean water from wells – health;
• If you were swimming in clean and clear water – a carefree life, recovery and ability to get back to the state you were before;
• To swim in a pond in which water isn’t clear and clean – trouble;
• If the dreamer were taking a bath in a dirty and muddy water – it symbolizes illness or accusation of something;
• If you were wearing a swimsuit while swimming in the water that foretells about mild illness;
• If you were dreaming that children are swimming in the water – the joy for their parents;
• Dreaming about diving in the water – misfortune;
• To drink muddy and dirty water – the sadness;
• If the water is boiling or very hot – happiness.

Gypsy dreambook:

Water meaning in dreams by Romani people

• Clean and cold water is a symbol of good health;
• Warm or dirty water symbolizes illness;
• If you empty the water from the jar, jug or any other glass, the dream shows that you have too big appetite, and you need to look after what you eat, as the food is very important to our health.

Shereminskaya dreambook:

Water interpretation in dream by L.G. Shereminskaya

Water as an element – a symbol of our senses, it is also reflects in our metaphorical language. In our language there are some vivid metaphors that we use when we want to emphasize our emotional state (I feel like a fish in water). In the dream, when all this is happening just as a metaphor ‘’to plunge’’, can mean a very strong passion, which should be controlled, because the dreamer could ‘’be drowned’’.

Dreaming of water can be interpreted as:

• To drink clean and clear water – endless happiness;
• Muddy water – troubles, illness or some kind of disease, unpleasant conversation or uncomfortable meeting;
• If you see the water that is blue, bright and transparent – joyful meeting;
• If the water is trickling from the floor or leaking from the wall – unexpected barriers that you will find hard to cope with.
  • It could also mean that you have enemies you never knew of;
• If the water became ice – you will face some of the obstacles in the future;
• If you dream of the flood, but the water is clear – there will be some temporary difficulties, that will be irresistible, anyway you will find the way out.
  • If the water of the flood is muddy and dirty – you will find it hard to solve the problems you have;
• If the dreamer sees the dam that’s holding intense movement of the water, there are some extra energy the dreamer has, which could be either destructive or constructive. There is a need to be in charge of the individual’s emotions, only then the dreamer will be able to overcome all the severities;
• If you were swimming in the water it could mean that you find it hard to separate yourself from your childhood and still are dependant from your parents. After becoming an adult you still want to feel as much connected to your roots as you can.

New Family dreambook:

Water meanings in dreams from Family Dream Book

• To dream of clean water – to the prosperity and satisfaction;
• If the water is murky – you will be in danger;
• To see the water that’s flooded your house – you will struggle to resist evil.
• When the dreamer sees that the water decreases – you will fall to the dangerous influence. Maybe someone makes a bad influence to you?
• If you dream that someone splashes water on you – your soul is waking up and it will bring you passionate love which will make you as happy as you never been before.

Shuvalov dreambook:

Water dream meaning by Shuvalov

Water is one of the most interesting and complex images in conscious and unconscious mind of ours. It can symbolize renewal and purification while avoiding past and old habits.

• If you dreamed that you were sleeping in the water and it felt as good as you would be sleeping in your own bed, it shows that you are making the right movements in your life, found the safe solutions for essential problems and challenges to solve.
• If a person fell into the water, drowned down and felt uncomfortable or unsafe in the water – it points to the dreamer’s loss of control in his life. The person doesn’t feel stable and able to make important decisions.

The water as a symbol is very important not only in your dream, but also in your life, as it makes you to stop and consider of your lifestyle. What kind of life you are leading, if it corresponds your needs. It is also very important to pay attention to characteristics of water: was it clean, dirty, muddy, stagnant, pacific or stormy? These questions you will give to yourself, will give you an answer to the meaning of your dream.

Ancient French dreambook:

Dream Interpretation about Water from Old French Dream Book

If you see stagnant water in your dream, you should know that you are in danger. Some of the people you are surrounded by are not the personalities you knew of, there are some hidden attributes in them that you never noticed before;
If the water is pure and fresh, then the dream promises a happy beginning and the future success of your business.

Chinese dreambook:

Water meanings in dreams by Chinese dream interpreter Zhou Gong

• When the dreamer drinks the water it foretells about increase of the profit;
• To dream of walking on the water – great happiness;
• To stand on the surface that is covered by water foretells about a nuisance;
• To see immense flow of the water – marriage;
• To see flames on the water – a lot of luck;
• If the dreamer was playing in the water – happiness and great earnings;
• When the dreamer falling into the water – he will not make through some of the troubles;
• To drink water non stop – riches;
• If the dreamer’s body is surrounded by water and it keeps flowing on him, the dream indicates possible deals with legal institutions;
• If dreaming of big river with clean and clear water – fortune;
• Water in the house – possible death of dreamer’s relatives;
• To see immense sea – Great happiness and prosperity.

Aesop dreambook:

Water interpretations by Ancient Greek story teller Aesop

• If you dreamed that you drink water, it means that something unexpected will happen to you, there is going to be a sudden event;
• If you dreamed of seeing water tank, bowl of water or the water placed in any dish, it indicates that you have to communicate with someone you know with a secretive and mysterious personality, as this person will give you great impact within your personality;
• If you were standing in the rain and got all wet, that’s a good omen, which promises success and prosperity. The rain could also symbolize the present or a gift;
• To dream that you are skating on the water yourself or carried by something else (like ship or boat), then this dream warns you that you should not make rash decisions, relying on the case and should avoid high-risk situations, because recklessness and carelessness will lead you to big trouble;
• If you were dreaming that you were watering flowers, trees or any other plants, then the dream says that you are very caring person. Because of your behavior, you will get lots of attention and as a result of that you will find many trusted friends and colleagues;
• To dream of washing your hands or taking a bath or shower – shows your ability to avoid troubles due to your internal instinct, intuition and cleverness;
• If you dreamed that you knocked down the flow of water, the meaning of this dream foretells about a stunning event that will leave a deep imprint on your soul, which will leave a very deep imprint in your heart;
• To drown down in the water, means that you can not predict all the situations as not everything depends on your actions. The meaning of this dream foretells about huge influence on circumstances in your life;
• To dream of giving crystal clear water to others means that you are honest person. The meaning of this dream foretells that you will get great results at any project you will do, because people are going to help you because of your sincere personality;
• If you dream about a glass of boiling water in it – you will have to go through emotionally intense period, which will end harmonious in finale if you will pull yourself together;
• If you dream of seeing someone wet, but dead – a trip to health resort, recovery from illness.

Old Persian dreambook:

Water meanings from Ancient Persian dreambook by al-Tiflisi

There are many different dream meanings about water depending on the condition of the water. Usually when the dreamer drinks pure and clear water it signifies happiness and joy. If the water was drank from the river or lake it shows sufficiency of the dreamer. If all of the water was drank from the river – you are ready to take the new, higher step to your better future. To drink the water that is unpleasant taste (salty, sour or bitter) the meaning of the dream foretells about harsh news. To drink the water, which is warm – troubles. To plant flowers with water – perfect health. To see endlessness amount of the water (sea or ocean) – lots of money, huge increment within your hard work.

There are some other meanings about water that is related not only with your dreams, but also with your actions while you are sleeping. For example if you poured the glass of water on yourself while sleeping – you need to wake up and make some important changes in the future.

Miller dreambook:

Water dream meanings by Gustavus Hindman Miller

• To dream of clean water – you will find a joyful prospect of well-being and pleasure;
• If the water is cloudy – you will be in danger and sadness will take the place of joy;
• If you see that the water flooded your house and it increased to – you will struggle to resist evil;
  • But if you see that the water decreases – you will avoid dangerous influence;
• If you dreamed that you went on the wet ground and you felt that your feet got wet the meaning of this dream portends trouble, sickness and poverty that will make you face the challenge.
  • The same meaning could be applied if the ship was filled up with muddy water;
• To fall into muddy water – a sign that you will make many bitter mistakes, and will be painfully disappointed by that.
• To drink muddy water signifies the disease you or your relatives could suffer from;
  • But to drink clean and fresh water has another meaning –  you are filling yourself up with good emotions;
• To exercise in the water means that you will experience unexpected love and passion;
• When only the head is being washed with the water – passionate awakening of love that ends happily;

The Miller says that the symbol can not be explained on it’s own, you have to relate it with other symbols as well. As an example he gave the dream of a young woman, who dreamed that she saw big snow – white ship, which was floating in a clear blue water. The next night she had an amazing guest. The blue and fine white boat in the future were the symbols of frustration.

Tsvetkov dreambook:

Water dream interpretations by Tsvetkov

• To drink clean water – joy;
• To drink muddy water – disease;
• To walk in the muddy water – will be disappointed;
• To wash yourself with the water – Happiness of liberation;
• To pour the water – shame and potential mistakes;
• If you look at the waterfall – a terrible meeting;
• If the water was splashed on the dreamer’s head – an unexpected passion;
• To scoop the water out  – grief and sorrow;
• If drinking warm water – disappointment and sickness.

Vanga dreambook:

Dreaming about water meaning by Baba Vanga

Vanga explains the meaning of symbol water as upcoming changes, evolution, negligence. Water also represents the sins we did and trying to get rid of them by washing it out. The author gives the interpretations with the conditions that are related to water:

To drink clean and cold water –  you will be involved in the process of purification and renewal. You will experience this stage not on your own, but also with people around you;

If you dreamed that you were flowing on the top of the water, it is an omen of the upcoming wave out of space which was made by your influence,which you will not resist and will experience for what you’ve asked. If you will manage to find harmony with yourself, then you will become a great man;

To dream of dirty and murky water foretells about difficulties and troubles with other people: your friends, family members or colleagues. Make sure you show kindness and patience, otherwise you will suffer unpleasant feelings;

If the you dreamed that the water flooded your house – expect extraordinary news, which will change your life in completely different direction. You will find it hard to understand how much of circumstances will change and will make a huge influence on you;

If you drowned down in your dream, it signifies that in reality you are trying to resist rules and regularities which results your state of being tired and exhausted;

To dream of circles and vortexes in the water – you find it hard to bear with changes you are having, but if you wish to make through this turbulent, you must take control in your hands.

Vedic Sivananda dreambook:

Dream of water is explained in Vedic Hinduism by spiritual teacher Sivananda

Vedic Sivananda explains water in the dreams as symbol of a birth.

Modern dreambook:

Meanings of water in dreams by Contemporary Dream Book

• If you dreamed of clean and clear water, then this dream promises you joy and prosperity;
• If the water was dirty and muddy, you should be prepared for the fact that you are in danger, and the whites days will be changed by black period, which will pass quite soon;
• If you dreamed that you fell into a pool, pond of dirty water, then in real life, you are risking too much and if you will keep the lifestyle you have at the moment, you will make many mistakes, which later you will be sorry about;
• If you dreamed that you fulfilled your thirst with dirty water, then you might get sick, but if the water was pure then it indicates good luck;
• If you saw a flood in your dream (especially if it was close to your house), the dream foretells of possible danger. However, if you see how the water subsides (goes back), it shows that the worst is already behind;
• A dream in which you were splashing and frolicking in the water, indicates love and all-consuming passion;
• If the drop of water has fallen on your head, then you will experience mutual feelings with somebody else.

Zadek dreambook:

Water in dreams by Martin Zadek can have these meanings:

• Clean and cold – health;
• Muddy – trouble;
• Wash yourself up with water – the joy and health.

Esoteric dreambook:

Water in dreams by Esoteric dreambook can have these meanings:

• Clean water – positivity in all aspects  of your life;
• Dirty water – unpleasant job, negative aspects of your life.

Italian dreambook:

Water dream interpretation by Meneghetti

The water in dreams symbolizes the interaction of various aspects and it is also a basic element of human development and life;

If the person felt comfortable in the water, it means that he is able to take control of his personal life (and this is a positive feature, despite the fact that the person is aware of the major problems); If the dreamer was drowning or felt uncomfortable in the water, then it indicates a lack of balance, or the uncomfortable situation for him;

Pay attention to the condition of the water (clean, dirty, hot or cold) as it also characterizes the situation in particular question.

Psychoanalytic dreambook:

A. Roberti – Italian psychoanalytic dream interpretation of water

Water – the desire to have children. In the dream, the birth is always associated with water. The dream could also mean of bringing someone to life or to be born yourself  in a spiritual sense. Therefore, the water symbolizes the amniotic fluid in which the baby is carried in the womb.

Yellow Emperor dreambook:

Dreams about water meanings by Ancient Chinese civilization

• Water is the element of coldness;
• The water represents the main emotion – fear;
• In dreams symbolizes these kind of organs: kidney, urinary bladder;
• Water – one of the primary elements of creation. Different proportions of water permeated all things on earth depending on what is it.

Trigram Kan about water: the nature of water suppose to be wet and flowed down. The water willingly takes the shape of any vessel, but successfully resists compression. Limited space does not clean the water in the winter season especially withstands every external pressure and is subject only to its internal elements – cold.

If the the water is clear – undiscovered outer side of the dreamer. Dream of cold water (there is a sense in a dream that the water is cold) or a frozen water, or to see the winter without fear and negative feelings – your soul and body is able to adapt new challenges and circumstances;

If you were dreaming that you saw water and felt fear and desire to hide away – your soul and body is too weak to adapt  to new surroundings. Maybe you should start looking after your health (either inner, either outer);

If you saw waves, storm and lots of water that is irrepressible (huge storm), but in a dream you remained calm, have not been afraid of it – you will deal with upcoming obstacles very easily;

If you saw waves, storm and lots of water around, heard unpleasant sound of breaking waves – you will face uncomfortable situations in the future, which you will find hard to deal with. Consider that your health might be at risk as well. Make sure you listen to your body and find the illness if you are suffering from one. The dream send you very important message which should be read the right way.The dream points to an urgent need to conserve all the cases of your health, to leave the career considerations and to receive the treatment you need;

If the cold water was poured into the glass or a cup in your dream the meaning of this dream foretells that there is a possibility that you your health is at risk, particular these body  parts: kidney and urinary bladder. The cold for these organs is particularly harsh factor. Your dream warns that there is a need for medical intervention;

If you were standing in a cold water or walking on the ice/snow the dream is related to your kidneys as well. There is a desire from subconscious mind of yours to get some ‘’heat’’ which means that it wants to be healed.

Lofa dreambook:

Water plays a huge role in the history of mankind. No matter whether it is a deep freshwater lakes, river, bearing life, or the ocean, absorbing people, water is both a friend and a foe. This dream has significant character in any form or extremely important to understand its role;

Water in dreams is a powerful symbol, because very often its appearance coincides with the high point of the feeling;

Water is symbol of primary importance, according to which it ensures the existence of life, where everything that’s alive has the connection with water. This is also a reflection of the human experience with water;

The water – main component of life. The human beings can last much longer without the food, than the water. Since the beginning of times, any kind of living beings were looking for water, because they knew that if they find the water, there will be food either. However, the water could cause lots of danger, as to cross for example the sea would take a lot of courage and bravery. Journey through the water was a dangerous and mysterious as for example sea creatures, storms and rough seas took away lives of many travelers.

Emphasizing the positive view of the water, it should be noted that often it is a symbol of new life, rejuvenation and energy. The swelling of the water also causes sleepiness and laziness;

Try to recreate your dream, by asking yourself: was it a lake in your dream, that you saw the lines of it where it begins and where it finishes? Or maybe you saw the water that was infinite? These questions you will give to yourself will answer more about your dream.

Consider, that sometimes people continue to dream during the sleep of what they were dreaming while they were conscious.For example, during the day you work really hard, but from time to time you dream about upcoming holidays and things you will do during it. Therefore, at your sleep you dream of beautiful ocean and the beach. This fact shows that some people are able to relax during the sleep and experience some kind of satisfaction;

The Lofa dreambook explains, that the quiet and deep water has the meaning of deep hidden emotions;

If the water is dark – your feelings are rising and is about to explode;

If the water took the control and the dreamer is not able to manage it (for example to master the ship if it is very stormy out in the waters), it means that the dreamer struggles to cope with circumstances that are caught by the others. The dream shows that things that supposed to be managed by you, are in the hands of the others. You lost the belief in yourself and the power to be the leader of situation.

Nostradamus dreambook:

Dreams of water interpretations by astrological consultant, seer Michel de Nostredame, author of The Prophecies

Water – the symbol of life:

• See the crystal clear water in a huge bowl, this dream foretells about favorable weather, which will bring many benefits to agricultural work;
• Drink water and see a fly in the bottom of the glass – the dream means a judicial process you will possibly be related to;
• Walking in the water – you will discover something new;
• To see much bubbling water – a favorable period for discovery and complex experiments, which means that you are ready to start new projects;
• To see the water with blood – this dream foretells about the birth of a great man.

Hasse dreambook:

The water by Hasse can have these meanings:

• Cold water – happiness;
• To pour the water – you will get rid of unnecessary things;
• If the water is murky – the dreamer will face obstacles;
• To drown in the water – can not control unfavorable circumstances;
• To wade into the ford – freedom from danger;
• To swim in the water – the feelings of suspicion;
• To drink cold water – health;
• To drink warm water – a disease;
• To see boiling water – suffer and losses through negligence;
• To walk on the water –  you will overcome all obstacles;
• To hear the sound of the water – you will be surprised.

Azara dreambook:

Interpretation of dreams about water by Azara

• To sit in the water – be careful someone is talking behind your back;
• To see hot water – shame;
• If the water is clear – satisfaction;
• Sail on the water – unfulfilled hopes;
• Stream of clean water – a nice future;
• Nature washed in water – happiness, luck;
• Hear the sound of water – the dreamer will give vow to someone;
• To wash yourself with with muddy water – poor prospects for the future;
• To swim in a muddy water – a small change in the position;
• If the water is turbid – obstacles;
• To see muddy creek – you will lose something important;
• To swim in murky water – barriers.

Assyrian dreambook:

The Assyrian Dream Book interpretations about water

The water in the Assyrian dreambook can have these meanings:

• If a person walks in a quiet, calm water – there is a possibility of suffering from mild illness or disease;
• If the water looks stormy – will have to cope with difficult factors;
• If you were given water – it signifies long life;
• If you see water from the river – a huge income;
• To see water of the spring – good health;
• If a person carries water down the street – the failure will leave him forever.

Egyptian Pharaoh’s dreambook:

Dreaming of water meanings by Oracles of Egypt

If the dreamer sees his face on the water, just like in the mirror, that’s a bad sign, which foretells that you will live somebody’s else life. Do not get upset, as you can look at the life you are living at the moment and change it completely. Live your own life, not the others, because at the end of the day you will be sorry for what you have missed;

If the person dreams of extinguishing the fire with the water, that’s also not a good sign. It means that something will have to be given away, even if you don’t want it. You will not have a possibility to keep it for yourself.

Medieval dreambook:

Dreams about water and their meanings in Medieval Dream Book from Middle Ages

• To see boiling water foretells about slander enemies you have;
• To see the sources of water – will watch other people’s affairs or participate in them;
• To see your face reflected in the water – many things will change within your personality;
• To walk through torrent or flood, the dream meaning promises security in difficult times you will have;
• To fall into a pond of dirty water – will take responsibility for something;
• To fall into the dirty water – losses and charges for something;
• To wash yourself with clean water – lots of satisfaction;
• To wash yourself with dirty water – sadness and disappointment.

Tarot dreambook:

Dream about water interpretations by mystics and occultists on the basis of readings from Tarot cards

In Tarot cards the water symbolizes the unconscious mind and emotions. The calm water represents balanced emotional state and the rough or stormy water indicates the stress. In one of the Tarot cards – the Six of Swords card – is illustrated one side of the water calm and the other wavy.

The meaning of the dream depends on the condition of the water. If the water is calm, then the person is moving out of uncomfortable zone to the safety, but is the water is not smooth – the dreamer becomes nervous and anxious. Flowing water also symbolizes the memory of the past, which flows into the future through a link with the present.

Ivanov dreambook:

Dreams of water meanings by G. Ivanov

• Clean water – health;
• To swim in the water or wash yourself with it – recovery from illness;
• To dream of muddy water – a disease, which could be cured with traditional medicines;
• If the water was dirty in a dream – you will be accused for something you didn’t do;
• To discover Artesian water in your dream – you will achieve the target you were aiming for;
• To drink clear water – enjoyment of the results you got;
• To pour the water – you will be surprised by someone;
• To dream of water that’s been filtered – empty, meaningless talk;
• To dream of groundwater – it seems that there is a conspiracy which was made against you.

Cleopatra dreambook:

Interpretations about water from Ancient Egypt dreambook for Cleopatra

• Water – one of the most complex character in dreams;
• If you dream that you drink water, it means that something unexpected will happen to you or there will be a sudden event;
• See any bowl of water – you have to communicate with someone who can not get to the point. This individual has with a secretive and mysterious personality;
• If it’s raining, that’s a good omen. The meaning of the rain foretells about success and prosperity. This dream could also predict of unexpected gift;
• If you dreamed that you were sliding on the water, then this dream gives you a warning, that you shouldn’t make any reckless decisions, also try to avoid any of the extreme situations, do not act carelessness as this will lead you to big trouble;
• To water the plants or trees – the dream shows that you caring person and pay lots of the attention to the others. Because of the way you are, you will find many reliable people;

Mirrored dreambook:

Dreaming of water have these meanings in the Mirrored Dream Book

The water in your dream indicates the universal symbol of the unconsciousness, emotions of the dreamer and sometimes even hidden secrets the person has.

If the dreamer sees something coming out of water (self, others) , then the dream indicates the main symbol of this dream – a birth. It could be a birth not only of life, but new ideas either.

The Lover’s dreambook:

Water meanings for lovers in the Lover’s Dream Book

In the Lover’s dreambook the water can have many different explanations:

• Clean water – ideal relationships, pure love and prosperity;
• Turbid and muddy water – the lovers do not feel fulfilled with the connection they have;
  • If you’re married person, then the dream warns that the marriage is in danger, something should be done about that, otherwise you will find yourself in different roads of life;
• If you dream that you exercise in the water, it means that you are experiencing an overwhelming love and passion;
• If the water drops falling on your head, that means that you will fall in love with someone and that will end with a happy marriage;
• To dream of a blue water – joyful expectation;
• If you see yourself floating on a clear water in the boat, it indicates disappointment and unfulfilled hopes.

Winter’s dreambook:

Meanings of dream about water by Dmitry Winter

Water in a dream is a symbol of human’s life, energy and the force of everything that guides you through life.

Clear water in a dream represents a fulfilling life. The dreamer will experience full of interesting events, as well as success with professional factors.

If the water in your dream seemed too deep, then this is a sign that your feelings can give you some disadvantages and sadness but if it was clean and clear, then everything will go according to plan.

Usually images of the stormy water or even the flood gives unpleasant feelings while sleeping. Consider, that this dream is just like an alert, that in reality you should take control of your emotions, otherwise it could cause harsh consequences;
Muddy and dirty water symbolizes physical or mental illness.

Wanderer dreambook:

The water in Wanderer dream book can be interpreted as:

• Clean water – a good omen;
• Muddy, dirty water – negative feelings, emotional discomfort, trouble;
• If you see the water, that is under the floor inside the house – you will suffer the bad influence;
• To dream that you plunge into the cold water – you will be appreciated or will get a wake up call;
• If you dream that the water is leaking you will experience irritation;
• To dream of waters that seems alive in your dream, you will be active and inspired;
• If the waters in your dream looks dead, then it means that you might suffer from the depression or just will be simply passive;
• To dream of the world that is presented underwater shows your hidden views and feelings. Make sure you pay attention of how deep the underwater world was in your dream, as it foretells – the deeper the world, the deeper your desires and feelings are hidden;
• Mineral water in your dream – better health, success;
• Warm water – sickness, failure;
• Fizzy water – frustration, difficulties.

Samohvalova dreambook:

Interpretations of dreams about water by V. Samahvalova

• In the dreams water has very important meaning. First of all, the life of human being starts within water, where it’s all created in the womb.
• In dreams, as in Christian symbolism, the water is the image of the spiritual revival. It is also a symbol of the mysterious female – unconsciousness and femininity.
• The main source of energy is also related with water. It is impossible to find the life if there is no water. The vitality we see every day is related mostly to water.
• The water in the dreams also represents the desire to restore mental or physical power.
• To dream of immersion of the water – pregnancy and birth;
• To dream of water that is flowing – relaxation and tranquility;
• To dream that you flush the water in the toilet, could show your desire to urinate, therefore you dream of the toilet and water;
• To see the reflection of yourself in the water, means that the inner sphere of your personality reflects to the outer world.
• If somebody else is looking into the water in your dream, the main meaning of this dream foretells that the dreamer should try to understand and support that person;

Russian dreambook:

Dreams about water interpretations in Russian culture

• Water is one of the most complicated symbols in dreams.
• To be caught in the rain is happy omen that promises success;
• If you dream that you were watering flowers, plants and / or trees – you will find a lot of friends;
• If you dream you knocked down the flow of water, this dream foretells about great event you will have.

Superstition’s dreambook:

Meanings of dreams about water as superstitions

It is believed for a very long time in many cultures, that when someone is dreaming about pouring the water out, it signifies the shame and disgrace the dreamer will suffer in the future.

Man’s dreambook:

Dream interpretations of water for men in Man’s Dream Book

• A clean and pure water – a very good sign;
• The water that is turbid and muddy – will face some complications while dealing with troubles;
• If the dreamer wades into the water – will have intimate relationships with someone;
• To walk into the ocean or sea – upcoming sensational experience;
• If the dreamer walked into the clean river which is located in the mountains, then this person will be surprised by the behaviour of his partner;
• If the dreamer dived into the water – will face unexpected severities;
• For the dreamer to walk into mountain stream, means that he will have a beautiful love story.

Symbol’s dreambook:

Symbolic water meanings by Symbol’s Dream Book

Water meaning in dreams depends on the state of the water: was it quiet and calm, flowing and stagnant, muddy and dirty, clean and clear? Consider, that things, which were hidden in the water, represents your past, which comes back in your dreams. Some of the experiences you’ve had might be very pleasant and some very disturbing ones.

The water could also reflect your physiological condition (healthiness or illness). In addition, the specifics of conditions of the water also indicates the present situation you are in or even the future which will be influenced by the present.

Children’s dreambook:

Dreaming of water meanings for kids from Children’s Dream Book

Water in the dream usually has many meanings. For kids the water is associated with fun or danger. The kids should tell more about the feelings they experienced while having the dream with the water.

If the kid has dreamed that he was having fun while for example swimming, it means that his emotional state is in perfect condition. But if the kid has dreamed of for example drowned down, it means that you should talk to him / her about factors which makes him feel bad and uncomfortable.

One of the most interesting explaining in children’s dream foretells that when the kid sees himself under the water, then he / she feels protected by the others, for example parents.

Tolkovatel dreambook (1829):

Dreams of water meanings from old dream book for whole family by Tolkovatel

• Water in all means – abundance and wealth;
• If the water is pure, dream foretells well-being;
• To dream of muddy water – the sorrow and grief;
• If the water is warm – disease;
• A cold water means health;
• To drink warm water – a sign of danger and persecution of enemies;
• To drink cold water means peace of mind and devoted friends;
• The water that’s been sanctified means purity, chastity and health;
• If the water is boiling – death after a serious illness;
• To fall into the water – a sign of persecution by the enemies;
• To dream of water over the dreamer’s head – profit;
• To walk on water – triumph and success of the enterprise;
• To dream of bucket of water – great accomplishment;
• To jump over the water – offense of someone;
• To carry the water in a broken pot or any other bowl in which the water can not be kept – damage or loss caused by secret enemies. The dream also signifies the theft who is located by the your home. The broken pot with the water that is leaking, shows your inability to help someone, even if you will try very hard;
• To hear the sound of water – rumours. Keep in mind that someone might talk behind your back things that are not true;
• To dream of giving to drink clean and cold water to somebody else – will have a great relationship with that person;
• To dream of giving to drink muddy and warm water to somebody else – will have complicated relationship with that person.

Culinary dreambook:

• To drink warm water in a dream – a sign of danger from a strong enemy;
• To drink cold water – peace of mind, devoted friends;
• To drink Holy water – health, sinless;
• To walk on the water – success;
• To spill the water in the room – hassle;

* Please, see meaning of stream, ice, drowning, river, flood, sea, bog, shore and other related concepts with water.

Working on obligations, Slipperiness

Question:

What dangers my freedom of movement will bring?

General Meanings:

Male organ and sexuality In the dream the symbol of the eel stands for the male penis and sexual instincts. It may also indicate a kind of spiritualistic action of the emotions, feelings and soul life. It is able to interpret the dream more accurately, but you have to examine closer the state of the water in which the eel resides and also the attitude which you yourself have with this animal.

Sexual needs and elasticity Eel can be a sex (penis) symbol, which indicates, especially for women, sexual needs and frustrations. Dreaming of an eel means that she is obviously sexually stimulated in a positive or negative way. The avoidance of an eel indicates fear of sexual intercourse. Moreover, it can also stand for suppleness and fast. (From the view of some psychoanalysts, the eel’s elongated form reminds male genital organ. This has sexual character especially in women’s dreams) The eel includes difficulties, but they can be overcome, if you are unremitting.

Psychological Meanings:

More then snake or fish, the eel points to a slippery temptation, on the intrigues which threaten us. It is caught or is pulled ashore, difficulties can be overcome. It escapes or it slips out of our hands, then creates difficult problems at our work, or the money slips through our finger. The quality of the water is the ultimate mark for the meaning of the dream.

• Clear, flowing water and the view is nice – the spirit of your life could change. Now more (mental) agility could change your life positively, clear ideas and their implementation is now very important.
• Muddy, murky water means that you want to be “slick” and move easily through unexplained threatening situations. If fear or disgust of eel was the prevailing mood in the dream, you should check your current attitude to sexuality (this could be your partner). Perhaps you feel disgust for your partner and you don’t like when he touches you.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Be sharp-sighted to avoid problems if see alive – In the dream you see alive eel, this means that you can save yourself from calamities by keeping your eyes open; also you will get a good message or a favorable outcome in some project;
• Temporary joy if see in the clear water – In the dream you see an eel in the clear water this shows especially for women a new but transitory pleasures;
• Disagreements if in dim water – When you see eels in natural (cloudy or dim) water (a lake or river), this dream brings you disputes and quarreling with your family or at work;
• Needs for sex if see lots of eels in the water – This dream is a sign of desire for sexual highlights;
• Success if catch eels – In the dream you catch the eel this signifies that your new business will develop successfully, but you will feel jealousy from others;
• Lack of success if eel slips through your fingers – This dream is a warning about failures;
• Bad news and false friends if eels squirm – When eels are squirming in your dream, this announces bad news. Also you have to beware of “slick” people around you;
• Health and news if pull out of the water – For sick people this dream brings health and for healthy people – good news and prosperity;
• Pain and troubles if caught eel – In the dream you see that somebody caught an eel, this means very painful feelings such as misfortune, damage or disadvantage, suffering and sorrow;
• Defeated enemies and marriage if dead eel – This dream is a victory over enemies. For lovers – happy ending and marry marriage;
• Defeated opponents if dissected – When you are dreaming that you see a dissected eel announces about completely defeated opponent or dangerous rival;
• Troubles if eat eel – In the dream you are eating an eel meat, announces approaching annoyance and problems. Advantage and benefit you will get only with courage and determination.

Arabian (Islamic)

• A symbol of a slick man that you have to worry about;
• Good news if see an eel – This dream says that you will receive good news;
• Disagreement if see eel in the water – In the dream you see eels in the water, this means dispute;
• Warning and success if see eels swimming in large amount – This dream is a signal that you have to beware of sudden calamity. Also promises success in business and material advantage;
• More attention to your work if catch – In the dream you catch an eel this shows that you should pay attention that you have finished business or a project till the end;
• Recovery and joy if pull out of water – In the dream you pull out it from the water for healthy people means that something good will happen, for sick – you are going feel much better and recover after illness;
• Frustration if allow to slip of the hand – When the eels slips of your hands, this denotes that an advantageous business escapes from you and hopes do not come true;
• Be careful if kill one – The dream is a warning that you have to be careful if you want to avoid troubles;
• Vexation if see dead – This dream indicates sorrow and disappointment;
• Help if deducted one – This announces that you will get some unexpected help;
• Joy if eat – When you are eating an eel this marks that you will get good news, happiness;

* Please, see meanings of fishes, snakes, worms.

Fair of losses and secret affairs The dream of a thief indicates that the dreamer is afraid to accept losses. It necessary must be material things, it can also be love or passion. Thief can stand for secret desires that you allow only furtively, among other things also including sexual needs. Other meanings are derived from the following circumstances of the dream:

• Seeing caught burglar or thief, this announces a positive and favorable phase in life.
• Being robbed by the thief is a good sign for business purposes, professional and financial plans.
• The thief escapes, means that soon you will probably have a big disappointment and a serious loss.
• Thief can appear in the same sense as the thief. This may also stands as a warning against carelessness and frivolity, especially in love matters, because you will have to reckon with a disappointment. You should be aware of an erotic adventure, even if it still seems so tempting.

Psychological Meanings:

Wasting time and energy and values If a thief appears in a dream, it embodies the part of the personality where the dreamer is wasting time and energy in useless pursuits. The thief as a symbol is a part of himself that was robbed. The “stolen property” can be your own possessions and especially moral spiritual values.

Secret affairs and Protected property In women’s dream, this shows the wish to steal the partner and have a secret affair. Summarizing the thief shows that your possession and ownership can be saved or a mental state of tension can be diminished. You should also pay attention where the thief emerges.

Spiritual Meanings:

At the spiritual level the thief in the dream is a part of the self that does not respect the confidence.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Revealed secret if catch – In the dream you see that the thief was caught, this announces that your important secrets will be unveiling;
• Adventure if seeing a thief - The symbol shows that you will have love and sex adventure;
• Happy life if break in – This dream promises happiness and peace;
• A financial gain if observe – Means that in the near future you may have an unexpected profit;
• Success in dealing with worries if arresting – A threat is imminent, but you will overcome everything and your enemies. After that you will have love adventures;
• Sadness if let to escape – In the dream you let the thief to escape means that this will bring a disappointment;
• False friends and colleagues if something was stolen from you – This indicates unfaithful servant and bad friends, you should check your distrust of certain employees and colleagues;
• Good deal if being robbed by a thief - This announces favorable transactions;
• Do not waste your time if seeing a thief – The person with whom you have some affairs is frivolous and reckless;
• Intellectual poverty if you shoplift – You are the thief and you steal something from the shop in the dream, this denotes mental poverty, you feel overwhelmed privately or professionally;
• Collapsed desires if caught a thief – A wish or a hope will end in disappointment, no matter how hard you try to reach this, but don’t give up, the life moves on;
• Failures if being yourself and being chased by the police – This dream signifies that you will experience setbacks in business or at work.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Risky adventures if see – This dream shows that you will participate in an adventure and it will be very difficult to get out of it. It is very easy to entangle into risky adventure, so you have to think very careful, are you ready for this;
• Harm if arrest a thief – When you arrest or see that somebody else arrests a thief in your dream, shows that your passion to certain thing or person will bring you great harm.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Deception if see a thief – This symbol signifies that you will experience deceit from you opponents or false friend;
• Safety if see burglarize – When you see that somebody enters the house illegally with intent to commit a crime, this dream will bring you security and safety from the friends , family members;
• Profit if be yourself – In the dream you are a thief, announces you a financial gain, you will be awarded because of your hard work and efforts.

Contexts’ Meanings:

A thief or a burglar in your house – This dream symbol shows that somebody enters into your private area in your waking life. You feel that they entered in your house without your permission (the house is you). This could be that you have some changes in your life which disturb your normal daily life and you feel uncomfortable about that. You are afraid that you will loose and will be harmful for your personality, you are helpless about this. You are feeling insecure because somebody enters in your private life in your waking life.

Being a thief – In the dream being a thief shows that you desire for adventures, this may be secret sexual affairs. You want to do something illegal and secretly, you desire for adrenaline. But this adventure can bring you only disappointment and the loss of your loved one. This can damage you family and your relations. You have to talk with your partner and try to improve your sexual life. Also this may mean that you cross somebody’s boundaries, this can be relations or position.

Dreaming a thief or a burglar stealing something (money, car, important things and etc.) – This dream symbol appears when you are afraid to lose something. Perhaps you thing that you do not deserve or you aren’t entitled of what you own now. That is why you think that this could be stolen from you. Also this indicates that you waste your energy and efforts for the things that will not success and this shows that something is stealing your energy. The important or sentimental thing that was stolen, marks that you are losing the relation with that person, who is dare for you.

* Please, see meaning of burglar, burglary tools, theft.

Danger and Needs for sexuality Burglary often stands for a danger which you yourself have not noted, but still can not avoid. Besides if you suppress the sexuality too strongly in your waking life, here also can be expressed the need for sexual adventures.

Sense of guilt and Destroyed minds When you are caught in a burglary, the senses of guilt and shame come to light, because of supposed or real failure which you repressed in your waking life. Burglars throng in our peace of mind, they want to destroy the order and take possession of what is dear and expensive to us.

Mistaken Pathways and Reward Sometimes the burglary in our house, is only the instinctive thought which reflects your wrong ways. For women, the burglary can be connected with fear of the sexuality. You are a burglar in the dream, you will be praised and rewarded in the near future.

Psychological Meanings:

Distrust and Fair of losses With this dream the conscious expresses the need, secretly to acquire something, what apparently is not possible in open manner. Burglars also stand for exaggerated distrust. You see acquisitiveness and deception in your environment and always incline to search the blame in others for conflicts. This is a typical dream for people who constantly (completely groundless) have fear of material losses and negative surprises .

Spiritual Meanings:

At the spiritual level, it is psychological or physical kind of violent penetration.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Improvement if see burglar in a dream – This dream shows that you will break through physical activities and sex life and will improve them;
• Calamity if burglary – The dream about burglary announces about threatening disaster also an unpleasant surprise;
• Excellent defense if seeing a burglar in house – Means good position in business and society, but somebody tries to attack it, but with your courage and determination you can surely defend yourself successfully.
• Pay more attention to the strangers if attacked by the burglar – The dream signifies that you will have to fight with dangerous enemies. They will destroy your business and activities that you do if you’re not careful enough in your dealings with strangers;
• Success and award if pass a burglar to the police – In the dream you pass the burglar to the police, denotes that you will win a new process with the partners and you will rewarded for an ability to deal with challenges;
• Embarrassing news if see burglary – The dream announces that an unpleasant surprise is approaching to you;
• Needs for prosperity if implement yourself – In the dream you are a burglar means that you long for wealth;
• Warning if robbed – The dream warns that you have to pay attention to your health;
• Warning of danger if discover one yourself – In the dream you discover that you were robbed but find out that nothing was stolen, this is a warning before a threatening danger;
• Amorous adventure if burglar sees a woman – For women’s the dreams of burglary is sometimes an indication of a love affair.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Success if caught one – In the dream you caught the burglar means that you will be successful.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Success if you are – In the dream you are a burglar, this means all the things that you do will be successful;
• Watch out if note in your own house – In the dream you note that there was a burglar in your house, this announces about impending terrible threat that affects yourself or your neighbor.

Contexts’ Meanings:

A thief or a burglar in your house – This dream symbol shows that somebody enters into your private area in your waking life. You feel that they entered in your house without your permission (the house is you). This could be that you have some changes in your life which disturb your normal daily life and you feel uncomfortable about that. You are afraid that you will loose and will be harmful for your personality, you are helpless about this. You are feeling insecure because somebody enters in your private life in your waking life.
* Please, see meaning of crash, thief, theft, house, intruder.

Association:

– Live-giving and vitalizing; Releasing and cleaning; Flexibility and resolution; Emotions and feelings;  Wetness and liquidness; Thirstiness; Aquarius.

Question:

How do I feel? What do I feel?

General Meanings:

Water is in the interpretation of dreams usually understood as a symbol of emotional and feminine aspects. Water is a mysterious substance, it can flow over and around things. Whatever stands in its way, water can destroy it. The potential of the dreamer and his ability to create out of his own inner need a new life, can be symbolized by water. Water is an ancient symbol that embodies the general’s soul life with the conscious and subconscious contents. The individual meaning of the dream arises from the accompanying circumstances. Most common conditions in the dream about water are listed below for you to reveal hidden secret of your dream:

• Clean water is a balanced, harmonious state as a condition of happiness, success and love;
• Dull or dirty water brings unfavorable mental processes expressed that often have to deal with uncertainty, materialistic attitudes, lack of self-knowledge or “unclean” rejected qualities and thoughts;
• The wake of a ship in water or otherwise disturbed and not calm water announces stormy times with worry and excitement;
• To see mirror image of yourself or others in the water warns of self-delusion, illusion or deception by others;
• Dreaming about walking on the water means that you have conquered a dangerous element. So you are safe with cruises. But besides that, happiness is predicted too. In marriage you will be happy. Processes you will win easily, because you can make good arguments. Especially walking in the dream is advantageous dream for politicians, as the water symbolizes the country’s population.
• Dreaming about drinking cold water has a good meaning. The dreamer lives in harmony with the needs of his body and he is paying enough attention to his health. If the water is hot, however, can be a sign of illness or a stressful, unbalanced lifestyle.

Psychological Meanings:

The mythology as well as today’s evolutionary theory see the source of all life in the water. It is also for the preservation of the life of utmost importance, what gives to the water a maternal-feminine aspect. In the dream, the water is a symbol of the unconscious psychic energy. The symbol of the unconscious is life giver and sustainer of life.

• If the water is stored or flows, such dream is always the positive resolution. As soon as it exceeds its limits, flooding the area or overflowing onto land, it indicates danger that has to be interpreted from other symbols.
• Clear water has luck, but murky, cloudy or dark indicate an unfortunate turn in life. Water is also available for cleaning because it can cleanse the people of the inner and outer dirt through the day. It frees the baptizer to from his previous “sins”, also from those he has inherited from the family.
• In a dream to go into the water, means to begin something new.
• Deep water points out that the dreamer either loses the ground under his feet or penetrates into his unconscious.
• Women dream water more often. Particularly intense aqua-dream can be for women who have experienced a pregnancy: child’s movements in the amniotic fluid has been imprinted in the subconscious mind and dissolves easily in water, always dreaming. If women who has not yet experienced any pregnancy, purpose of the dream about water is to express the desire for a perfect life change.
• To see in the dream a woman in the water, even if she swims with relish, it shows a healthy, positive attitude to sexuality.

Spiritual Meanings:

Water symbolizes the spiritual rebirth,  the power of life, the unconscious powers of the soul.
Water plays such a large role in dreams and has so many different scenarios and conditions – that makes interpretation of dream about water a huge challenge for everyone. Most common symbolism of water at spiritual plane is explained:

• To find yourself in the water, can symbolize pregnancy and childbirth;
• Running water symbolizes peace and well-being;
• Strongly flowing water – passion;
• Deep water refers to the unconscious;
• Shallow water to a lack of vital energy;
• If you dive into the water, so it shows the need to express, to renew your strength and return to the origin;
• Dreaming about immerse out of the water, then this points to a new beginning;
• Being on the water, as in a boat that can point to indecision or lack of emotional commitment;
• To lie motionless in the water means possibly inertia.

More images related to water are:

• Dreaming about bathing symbolizes purification.
• Water of the fountain stands especially for the great mother, for the woman.
• Dams, islands and other obstacles make the conscious effort to express the power of the water – and thus the feelings of the domination.
• Drowning illustrates the tendency of the dreamer to oust bad things into the subconscious, but these bad things return to conscious mind and threatening to overwhelm the dreamer.
• Floods represent the chaotic side in the dreamer, which is usually uncontrollable and therefore requires his full attention.
• Water channels symbolize the birth process.
• The sea is cosmic consciousness that is the original chaos from which all life comes. Water in the sea – the cosmos that holds all knowledge, even if it is obscured by the fear of the depth in the sea.
• A shallow sea symbolizes superficial feelings.
• The surf symbolizes feelings and desires;
• A calm sea embodies a peaceful life;
• A stormy sea is as unwholesome passion.
• To keep dreaming about tides indicates the passage of time as well as the supply and removal of your own feelings.
• A lake can, like a pond, stand for a period of transition from the conscious to the spiritual self.
• If water in the dream comes unexpectedly at the threshold, it may be for the dreamer a chance to understand himself and to learn to appreciate;
• The own reflection on the water requires reconciliation with the shadows. The dreamer must learn to accept that there are parts in him that he does not like especially, but if he keeps it under control, these parts can provide a lot of energy.
• Rivers and streams represent always the life and the way it is run by the dreamer. It depends on his attitude, if he sees his life as broad or as narrow stream flow.
• A transient flow is a feeling that life is too fast.
• Sea and river in the same dream at the same time indicate the need for a major shift in the life of the dreamer or want to draw attention to the unconscious side of the dreamer.
• If it is a very deep river, then the dreamer should give more attention to the world that surrounds him, and his relationships.
• A river crossing – promises big changes.
• If the river is scary, the dreamer might be going to create unnecessary difficulties;
• If the river poisoned, the dreamer should stop and do nothing for a while, this is for the best;
• Diving is to go down into the unconscious, or rediscover the trial, the parts of self that have been suppressed.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

The state of the water represents the soul’s inner being.

– Clear, bright – Dreaming about water which looks bright and clear: promises happy days; promises success and profit;
– Dim, not clear, dark – Dreaming of water that is lacking brightness, is even dark: sorrow and misfortune; announces unsafe conditions;
– Frozen – Dreaming about frozen water: announces a threat;
– Fall into it – Dreaming about falling into water: indicates a great tribulation;
– Wade – Dreaming about walking into water or through water: points to rescue from danger;
– Walk along – Dreaming about walking in parallel and close to water: promises good actions;
– Spill – Dreaming of spilling water: fear and sorrow;
– Hot - Dreaming about drinking hot water: enemies who will cause trouble;
– Clean, Cold - Dreaming about drinking cold and clean water: devoted friends; fulfillment of reasonable hope;
– Dirty - Dreaming about drinking of dirty water: promises disease;
– Holy - Dreaming about Holy water: represents good health;
– Ascending at home – Dreaming of moving, going, or growing water towards home: one is resisting to difficulty;
– Going back at home – Dreaming of water that is moving back: you will not give dangerous influences;
– 1. To empty a boat of water by bailing; 2. Water is entering in ship – 1. Dreaming that you’re bailing the water out and getting feet wet; 2. Dreaming that dirty water is rising and entering in ship: anger, disease and poverty will impose (or are imposing) a heavy burden on the dreamer, but he will overcome these troubles through vigilance;
– Water sports – Dreaming of water sports: announces the sudden awakening of love and passion;
– Water on head – The head is sprayed with water: the awakening of a passionate love is mutual;
– Swimming – For women to swim in the water with relish: sign of a healthy attitude toward sex and a positive sign for overall condition;
– Swimming – For man to swim in dream: means good future in professional activity, success in business;

Hindu (Hinduism)

– Clear water – Dreaming of clear water means love between husband and wife;
– Hot water – Dreaming about hot water or cooking in boiling water: you trust your friends too much;
– Dark water – Dreaming of dim, dark, black or dirty water means adultery, unfaithfulness, infidelity, cheating;
– Cold water- Dreaming of cold, freezing or frozen water means that your feelings are a bit too cold.

Arabian (Islamic)

– Drinking warm water – To drink a warm water in the dream, it is an indication that the dreamer will get in trouble and annoyance, these will be big as the heat of the water, because happiness is like cold water, when hot water is misfortune.
– Washing with warm water – If someone washes with warm water, his distress will be lower.
– Drinking wine mixed with hot water – If in the dream someone is prophesied to drink wine mixed with hot water means heavy burden.
– Wading in warm water – If someone is walking in or through warm water, he will have plague with his servants.
– Washing with warm water – If someone is rinsing with warm water his mouth, he will have annoyance in his family; if he washes his face with warm water, people will be mad at him, according to the heat of the water.
– Drinking or seeing clear water – If someone sees clear water or drinks clear water, it announces happy prospects;
– Cloudy, murky, dark or black water – To dream such water: indicates obstacles; the dreamer will be caught in a miserable and desperate situation;
– Cold water – Dreaming of cold water: indicates happiness;
– Drinking cold water – To drink cold water in the dream: indicates health;
– Drinking hot water – To drink hot water in the dream: indicates disease;
– Scalded with boiling water: you will suffer damage due to carelessness;
– Boiling: one will you impose very, you have a hot temper;
- Spill: you’re in a matter in error;
- Fall under the same: you will suffer harsh oppression;
- Wade: you’ll save yourself from a hazard;
- Bathe in it: you’re going to clean a reproach;
- Walk on it: you will overcome all obstacles;
- Holy Water: Health;
- Douching hear: thou shalt judged harshly;
- Bathe others see it: you’re going to reconcile enemies.

Medicine Wheel Meanings:

Water meanings and interpretations by Indian people (indigenous North American culture and religion)

Keywords

• Cleansing – to clean, to free from dirt, or guilt;
• Changing – to transfer from old one to new emotional or physical states;
• Feelings – sensuality & sexuality;
• The Full Moon – governor of emotions, of power and of knowledge;
• The Frog Clan – deep, easily flowing feelings, flushing away stalemates and obstacles, natural gift for healing.

Description

– Water is connected in the inner circle of the Medicine Wheel with the Frog Clan. Water as the element of the Frog Clan,  is a transparent liquid, which consists of hydrogen and oxygen.
– Water in liquid form fills the rivers, lakes, streams and oceans of the world. Frozen water becomes ice. Heated water changes into steam.

General Meaning

– Your emotional being and your connection with the element of water, your sensuality, your sexuality, the female aspect of your nature, your connection to the forces of the moon.
– A dream about standing water indicates that you find yourself in a smooth, quiet phase of life.
– Moving water, such as in a stream indicates the fact that your emotional world is undergoing a transformation.
– The quickly rushing water like a waterfall or the ocean waves tell that you are in a phase of rapid changes in interests, a threshold in life have achieved, in which you’ll let go of all control and enjoy yourself at the flow of life force.
– Retrieved from the surf breaking on the beach shows that you realize how your feelings interact with your physical reality.
– A dream of big waves that roll onto the beach may indicate forthcoming decisive emotional events. How did you feel it,waves when weighed against the beach, indicates whether you have to expect a time of happiness, fear or understanding.
– Dreams of big waves can also represent the memory of past lives or other worlds that have been purified by the power of water.

Transcendent Meaning

Dreaming about water in supreme plane is an initiation dream, especially one which has to do with your feelings.

Huichol shamans:
Dreaming of white foam on ocean waves signify love, creation; Dreaming about walking on water indicates that you want to create something new.

Denise Lynn (short):

Short interpretation of water in dreams by Denise Lynn

• Water symbolizes your intuition and emotions;
• Make sure to look at the water and see if it is clear or muddy;
• The water could show your spiritual side: how clear or dirty it is;
• Dreaming of water indicates the reflection of subconscious mind;
• Water is also known as a source of life.

Denise Lynn (detailed):

Detailed interpretation of water in dreams by Denise Lynn

Water is one of the most necessary things for life to survive. It is known that there are many meanings and associations about water in different cultures, but some of them have the same symbols and meanings such as: emotions, intuition, feelings, mental consciousness, as well as magical spheres of the feminine energy. Water can also symbolize fertility, birth, new life and harvest. In nature there wouldn’t be any life if it is not for the rain and water;

• In Chinese culture the water is a source of everything that people are surrounded by;
• In the Vedic literature it is written that the water is associated with motherhood, because everything started from the water it is the rudiment of the life. Hindus also thought that only the water can maintain the life;
• In Baptism the water has three main meanings: life, death and rebirth. It is believed by baptist people that when someone goes under the water, somebody else instead of him will born. Remember that when the women is in labor, the first thing that happens is that her waters breaks, which announces about the new life coming in to the world;
• Since ancient times the water is associated with femininity and fertility of the women.

When the water is flowing it foretells how you feel at the moment. If the water trapped at the gateway it means that you do not show your feelings and hiding emotions away from the others. You’ve made a wall that no one can cross, except you wish to open up yourself;

If you were dreaming of crystal clear water, it indicates the chastity and innocence of your inner self. Stagnant and inactive water shows that you are stuck within yourself. You are trying to find the way out, but there is something that stops you from it. Make sure you find what kind of obstacle stops you from moving forward;

If you were dreaming of a flood it represents the emotional confusion and the fact that you are totally stunned and dependent by your emotional state. Chin up, as sometimes we need to get emotional shock to divide what is good and what is bad for us;

Note the properties of water: whether it clear; Water is also the proof of the spiritual mood. It’s your subconscious I – the water of life, the source of vitality;

Russian dreambook:

Water interpretation from Russian dreambook

• To drink cold water – health;
• If you drink hot water – illness;
• If you spill water on yourself – sadness;
• To throw something into water – prediction;
• A warm water – an unexpected delight;
• If you were swimming or floating in water – you will date someone;
• If sitting in the water – a failure;
• To scoop the water out – success in matters of the heart;
• To pump the water – gain of your incomes;
• Foam on the water – victory;
• To walk on the water – prosperity, success, good luck;
• To take a bath – a carefree and happy life;
• If the water is muddy – sadness, grief, dealing with bad people;
• Bright, crystal clear water – the joy, pleasant news, good company, a loyal friend.

Nobleman dreambook:

Dreaming about water interpretation by N. Grishin

Water – the unconscious powers of the soul, and especially the world of the senses.  The water could also represent the personification of the beast that is inside the dreamer’s mind or return to childish naive world view. Consider that the dream might also be a symbol of inertia and passivity.

The water in dreams could be in various conditions, therefore it is interpreted differently:

• Clean water – means joy, something good;
• Water that is muddy, dirty or gloomy – negativity, sadness, unhappiness;
• To drink clean water from wells – health;
• If you were swimming in clean and clear water – a carefree life, recovery and ability to get back to the state you were before;
• To swim in a pond in which water isn’t clear and clean – trouble;
• If the dreamer were taking a bath in a dirty and muddy water – it symbolizes illness or accusation of something;
• If you were wearing a swimsuit while swimming in the water that foretells about mild illness;
• If you were dreaming that children are swimming in the water – the joy for their parents;
• Dreaming about diving in the water – misfortune;
• To drink muddy and dirty water – the sadness;
• If the water is boiling or very hot – happiness.

Gypsy dreambook:

Water meaning in dreams by Romani people

• Clean and cold water is a symbol of good health;
• Warm or dirty water symbolizes illness;
• If you empty the water from the jar, jug or any other glass, the dream shows that you have too big appetite, and you need to look after what you eat, as the food is very important to our health.

Shereminskaya dreambook:

Water interpretation in dream by L.G. Shereminskaya

Water as an element – a symbol of our senses, it is also reflects in our metaphorical language. In our language there are some vivid metaphors that we use when we want to emphasize our emotional state (I feel like a fish in water). In the dream, when all this is happening just as a metaphor ‘’to plunge’’, can mean a very strong passion, which should be controlled, because the dreamer could ‘’be drowned’’.

Dreaming of water can be interpreted as:

• To drink clean and clear water – endless happiness;
• Muddy water – troubles, illness or some kind of disease, unpleasant conversation or uncomfortable meeting;
• If you see the water that is blue, bright and transparent – joyful meeting;
• If the water is trickling from the floor or leaking from the wall – unexpected barriers that you will find hard to cope with.
  • It could also mean that you have enemies you never knew of;
• If the water became ice – you will face some of the obstacles in the future;
• If you dream of the flood, but the water is clear – there will be some temporary difficulties, that will be irresistible, anyway you will find the way out.
  • If the water of the flood is muddy and dirty – you will find it hard to solve the problems you have;
• If the dreamer sees the dam that’s holding intense movement of the water, there are some extra energy the dreamer has, which could be either destructive or constructive. There is a need to be in charge of the individual’s emotions, only then the dreamer will be able to overcome all the severities;
• If you were swimming in the water it could mean that you find it hard to separate yourself from your childhood and still are dependant from your parents. After becoming an adult you still want to feel as much connected to your roots as you can.

New Family dreambook:

Water meanings in dreams from Family Dream Book

• To dream of clean water – to the prosperity and satisfaction;
• If the water is murky – you will be in danger;
• To see the water that’s flooded your house – you will struggle to resist evil.
• When the dreamer sees that the water decreases – you will fall to the dangerous influence. Maybe someone makes a bad influence to you?
• If you dream that someone splashes water on you – your soul is waking up and it will bring you passionate love which will make you as happy as you never been before.

Shuvalov dreambook:

Water dream meaning by Shuvalov

Water is one of the most interesting and complex images in conscious and unconscious mind of ours. It can symbolize renewal and purification while avoiding past and old habits.

• If you dreamed that you were sleeping in the water and it felt as good as you would be sleeping in your own bed, it shows that you are making the right movements in your life, found the safe solutions for essential problems and challenges to solve.
• If a person fell into the water, drowned down and felt uncomfortable or unsafe in the water – it points to the dreamer’s loss of control in his life. The person doesn’t feel stable and able to make important decisions.

The water as a symbol is very important not only in your dream, but also in your life, as it makes you to stop and consider of your lifestyle. What kind of life you are leading, if it corresponds your needs. It is also very important to pay attention to characteristics of water: was it clean, dirty, muddy, stagnant, pacific or stormy? These questions you will give to yourself, will give you an answer to the meaning of your dream.

Ancient French dreambook:

Dream Interpretation about Water from Old French Dream Book

If you see stagnant water in your dream, you should know that you are in danger. Some of the people you are surrounded by are not the personalities you knew of, there are some hidden attributes in them that you never noticed before;
If the water is pure and fresh, then the dream promises a happy beginning and the future success of your business.

Chinese dreambook:

Water meanings in dreams by Chinese dream interpreter Zhou Gong

• When the dreamer drinks the water it foretells about increase of the profit;
• To dream of walking on the water – great happiness;
• To stand on the surface that is covered by water foretells about a nuisance;
• To see immense flow of the water – marriage;
• To see flames on the water – a lot of luck;
• If the dreamer was playing in the water – happiness and great earnings;
• When the dreamer falling into the water – he will not make through some of the troubles;
• To drink water non stop – riches;
• If the dreamer’s body is surrounded by water and it keeps flowing on him, the dream indicates possible deals with legal institutions;
• If dreaming of big river with clean and clear water – fortune;
• Water in the house – possible death of dreamer’s relatives;
• To see immense sea – Great happiness and prosperity.

Aesop dreambook:

Water interpretations by Ancient Greek story teller Aesop

• If you dreamed that you drink water, it means that something unexpected will happen to you, there is going to be a sudden event;
• If you dreamed of seeing water tank, bowl of water or the water placed in any dish, it indicates that you have to communicate with someone you know with a secretive and mysterious personality, as this person will give you great impact within your personality;
• If you were standing in the rain and got all wet, that’s a good omen, which promises success and prosperity. The rain could also symbolize the present or a gift;
• To dream that you are skating on the water yourself or carried by something else (like ship or boat), then this dream warns you that you should not make rash decisions, relying on the case and should avoid high-risk situations, because recklessness and carelessness will lead you to big trouble;
• If you were dreaming that you were watering flowers, trees or any other plants, then the dream says that you are very caring person. Because of your behavior, you will get lots of attention and as a result of that you will find many trusted friends and colleagues;
• To dream of washing your hands or taking a bath or shower – shows your ability to avoid troubles due to your internal instinct, intuition and cleverness;
• If you dreamed that you knocked down the flow of water, the meaning of this dream foretells about a stunning event that will leave a deep imprint on your soul, which will leave a very deep imprint in your heart;
• To drown down in the water, means that you can not predict all the situations as not everything depends on your actions. The meaning of this dream foretells about huge influence on circumstances in your life;
• To dream of giving crystal clear water to others means that you are honest person. The meaning of this dream foretells that you will get great results at any project you will do, because people are going to help you because of your sincere personality;
• If you dream about a glass of boiling water in it – you will have to go through emotionally intense period, which will end harmonious in finale if you will pull yourself together;
• If you dream of seeing someone wet, but dead – a trip to health resort, recovery from illness.

Old Persian dreambook:

Water meanings from Ancient Persian dreambook by al-Tiflisi

There are many different dream meanings about water depending on the condition of the water. Usually when the dreamer drinks pure and clear water it signifies happiness and joy. If the water was drank from the river or lake it shows sufficiency of the dreamer. If all of the water was drank from the river – you are ready to take the new, higher step to your better future. To drink the water that is unpleasant taste (salty, sour or bitter) the meaning of the dream foretells about harsh news. To drink the water, which is warm – troubles. To plant flowers with water – perfect health. To see endlessness amount of the water (sea or ocean) – lots of money, huge increment within your hard work.

There are some other meanings about water that is related not only with your dreams, but also with your actions while you are sleeping. For example if you poured the glass of water on yourself while sleeping – you need to wake up and make some important changes in the future.

Miller dreambook:

Water dream meanings by Gustavus Hindman Miller

• To dream of clean water – you will find a joyful prospect of well-being and pleasure;
• If the water is cloudy – you will be in danger and sadness will take the place of joy;
• If you see that the water flooded your house and it increased to – you will struggle to resist evil;
  • But if you see that the water decreases – you will avoid dangerous influence;
• If you dreamed that you went on the wet ground and you felt that your feet got wet the meaning of this dream portends trouble, sickness and poverty that will make you face the challenge.
  • The same meaning could be applied if the ship was filled up with muddy water;
• To fall into muddy water – a sign that you will make many bitter mistakes, and will be painfully disappointed by that.
• To drink muddy water signifies the disease you or your relatives could suffer from;
  • But to drink clean and fresh water has another meaning –  you are filling yourself up with good emotions;
• To exercise in the water means that you will experience unexpected love and passion;
• When only the head is being washed with the water – passionate awakening of love that ends happily;

The Miller says that the symbol can not be explained on it’s own, you have to relate it with other symbols as well. As an example he gave the dream of a young woman, who dreamed that she saw big snow – white ship, which was floating in a clear blue water. The next night she had an amazing guest. The blue and fine white boat in the future were the symbols of frustration.

Tsvetkov dreambook:

Water dream interpretations by Tsvetkov

• To drink clean water – joy;
• To drink muddy water – disease;
• To walk in the muddy water – will be disappointed;
• To wash yourself with the water – Happiness of liberation;
• To pour the water – shame and potential mistakes;
• If you look at the waterfall – a terrible meeting;
• If the water was splashed on the dreamer’s head – an unexpected passion;
• To scoop the water out  – grief and sorrow;
• If drinking warm water – disappointment and sickness.

Vanga dreambook:

Dreaming about water meaning by Baba Vanga

Vanga explains the meaning of symbol water as upcoming changes, evolution, negligence. Water also represents the sins we did and trying to get rid of them by washing it out. The author gives the interpretations with the conditions that are related to water:

To drink clean and cold water –  you will be involved in the process of purification and renewal. You will experience this stage not on your own, but also with people around you;

If you dreamed that you were flowing on the top of the water, it is an omen of the upcoming wave out of space which was made by your influence,which you will not resist and will experience for what you’ve asked. If you will manage to find harmony with yourself, then you will become a great man;

To dream of dirty and murky water foretells about difficulties and troubles with other people: your friends, family members or colleagues. Make sure you show kindness and patience, otherwise you will suffer unpleasant feelings;

If the you dreamed that the water flooded your house – expect extraordinary news, which will change your life in completely different direction. You will find it hard to understand how much of circumstances will change and will make a huge influence on you;

If you drowned down in your dream, it signifies that in reality you are trying to resist rules and regularities which results your state of being tired and exhausted;

To dream of circles and vortexes in the water – you find it hard to bear with changes you are having, but if you wish to make through this turbulent, you must take control in your hands.

Vedic Sivananda dreambook:

Dream of water is explained in Vedic Hinduism by spiritual teacher Sivananda

Vedic Sivananda explains water in the dreams as symbol of a birth.

Modern dreambook:

Meanings of water in dreams by Contemporary Dream Book

• If you dreamed of clean and clear water, then this dream promises you joy and prosperity;
• If the water was dirty and muddy, you should be prepared for the fact that you are in danger, and the whites days will be changed by black period, which will pass quite soon;
• If you dreamed that you fell into a pool, pond of dirty water, then in real life, you are risking too much and if you will keep the lifestyle you have at the moment, you will make many mistakes, which later you will be sorry about;
• If you dreamed that you fulfilled your thirst with dirty water, then you might get sick, but if the water was pure then it indicates good luck;
• If you saw a flood in your dream (especially if it was close to your house), the dream foretells of possible danger. However, if you see how the water subsides (goes back), it shows that the worst is already behind;
• A dream in which you were splashing and frolicking in the water, indicates love and all-consuming passion;
• If the drop of water has fallen on your head, then you will experience mutual feelings with somebody else.

Zadek dreambook:

Water in dreams by Martin Zadek can have these meanings:

• Clean and cold – health;
• Muddy – trouble;
• Wash yourself up with water – the joy and health.

Esoteric dreambook:

Water in dreams by Esoteric dreambook can have these meanings:

• Clean water – positivity in all aspects  of your life;
• Dirty water – unpleasant job, negative aspects of your life.

Islamic dreambook:

Water in dreams by Ibn Sirin can have these meanings:

If you were dreaming that you drank water of heaven, wine or milk the meaning of this dream foretells  that you will obtain knowledge and wisdom in your personality.

Italian dreambook:

Water dream interpretation by Meneghetti

The water in dreams symbolizes the interaction of various aspects and it is also a basic element of human development and life;

If the person felt comfortable in the water, it means that he is able to take control of his personal life (and this is a positive feature, despite the fact that the person is aware of the major problems); If the dreamer was drowning or felt uncomfortable in the water, then it indicates a lack of balance, or the uncomfortable situation for him;

Pay attention to the condition of the water (clean, dirty, hot or cold) as it also characterizes the situation in particular question.

Psychoanalytic dreambook:

A. Roberti – Italian psychoanalytic dream interpretation of water

Water – the desire to have children. In the dream, the birth is always associated with water. The dream could also mean of bringing someone to life or to be born yourself  in a spiritual sense. Therefore, the water symbolizes the amniotic fluid in which the baby is carried in the womb.

Yellow Emperor dreambook:

Dreams about water meanings by Ancient Chinese civilization

• Water is the element of coldness;
• The water represents the main emotion – fear;
• In dreams symbolizes these kind of organs: kidney, urinary bladder;
• Water – one of the primary elements of creation. Different proportions of water permeated all things on earth depending on what is it.

Trigram Kan about water: the nature of water suppose to be wet and flowed down. The water willingly takes the shape of any vessel, but successfully resists compression. Limited space does not clean the water in the winter season especially withstands every external pressure and is subject only to its internal elements – cold.

If the the water is clear – undiscovered outer side of the dreamer. Dream of cold water (there is a sense in a dream that the water is cold) or a frozen water, or to see the winter without fear and negative feelings – your soul and body is able to adapt new challenges and circumstances;

If you were dreaming that you saw water and felt fear and desire to hide away – your soul and body is too weak to adapt  to new surroundings. Maybe you should start looking after your health (either inner, either outer);

If you saw waves, storm and lots of water that is irrepressible (huge storm), but in a dream you remained calm, have not been afraid of it – you will deal with upcoming obstacles very easily;

If you saw waves, storm and lots of water around, heard unpleasant sound of breaking waves – you will face uncomfortable situations in the future, which you will find hard to deal with. Consider that your health might be at risk as well. Make sure you listen to your body and find the illness if you are suffering from one. The dream send you very important message which should be read the right way.The dream points to an urgent need to conserve all the cases of your health, to leave the career considerations and to receive the treatment you need;

If the cold water was poured into the glass or a cup in your dream the meaning of this dream foretells that there is a possibility that you your health is at risk, particular these body  parts: kidney and urinary bladder. The cold for these organs is particularly harsh factor. Your dream warns that there is a need for medical intervention;

If you were standing in a cold water or walking on the ice/snow the dream is related to your kidneys as well. There is a desire from subconscious mind of yours to get some ‘’heat’’ which means that it wants to be healed.

Lofa dreambook:

Water plays a huge role in the history of mankind. No matter whether it is a deep freshwater lakes, river, bearing life, or the ocean, absorbing people, water is both a friend and a foe. This dream has significant character in any form or extremely important to understand its role;

Water in dreams is a powerful symbol, because very often its appearance coincides with the high point of the feeling;

Water is symbol of primary importance, according to which it ensures the existence of life, where everything that’s alive has the connection with water. This is also a reflection of the human experience with water;

The water – main component of life. The human beings can last much longer without the food, than the water. Since the beginning of times, any kind of living beings were looking for water, because they knew that if they find the water, there will be food either. However, the water could cause lots of danger, as to cross for example the sea would take a lot of courage and bravery. Journey through the water was a dangerous and mysterious as for example sea creatures, storms and rough seas took away lives of many travelers.

Emphasizing the positive view of the water, it should be noted that often it is a symbol of new life, rejuvenation and energy. The swelling of the water also causes sleepiness and laziness;

Try to recreate your dream, by asking yourself: was it a lake in your dream, that you saw the lines of it where it begins and where it finishes? Or maybe you saw the water that was infinite? These questions you will give to yourself will answer more about your dream.

Consider, that sometimes people continue to dream during the sleep of what they were dreaming while they were conscious.For example, during the day you work really hard, but from time to time you dream about upcoming holidays and things you will do during it. Therefore, at your sleep you dream of beautiful ocean and the beach. This fact shows that some people are able to relax during the sleep and experience some kind of satisfaction;

The Lofa dreambook explains, that the quiet and deep water has the meaning of deep hidden emotions;

If the water is dark – your feelings are rising and is about to explode;

If the water took the control and the dreamer is not able to manage it (for example to master the ship if it is very stormy out in the waters), it means that the dreamer struggles to cope with circumstances that are caught by the others. The dream shows that things that supposed to be managed by you, are in the hands of the others. You lost the belief in yourself and the power to be the leader of situation.

Nostradamus dreambook:

Dreams of water interpretations by astrological consultant, seer Michel de Nostredame, author of The Prophecies

Water – the symbol of life:

• See the crystal clear water in a huge bowl, this dream foretells about favorable weather, which will bring many benefits to agricultural work;
• Drink water and see a fly in the bottom of the glass – the dream means a judicial process you will possibly be related to;
• Walking in the water – you will discover something new;
• To see much bubbling water – a favorable period for discovery and complex experiments, which means that you are ready to start new projects;
• To see the water with blood – this dream foretells about the birth of a great man.

Hasse dreambook:

The water by Hasse can have these meanings:

• Cold water – happiness;
• To pour the water – you will get rid of unnecessary things;
• If the water is murky – the dreamer will face obstacles;
• To drown in the water – can not control unfavorable circumstances;
• To wade into the ford – freedom from danger;
• To swim in the water – the feelings of suspicion;
• To drink cold water – health;
• To drink warm water – a disease;
• To see boiling water – suffer and losses through negligence;
• To walk on the water –  you will overcome all obstacles;
• To hear the sound of the water – you will be surprised.

Azara dreambook:

Interpretation of dreams about water by Azara

• To sit in the water – be careful someone is talking behind your back;
• To see hot water – shame;
• If the water is clear – satisfaction;
• Sail on the water – unfulfilled hopes;
• Stream of clean water – a nice future;
• Nature washed in water – happiness, luck;
• Hear the sound of water – the dreamer will give vow to someone;
• To wash yourself with with muddy water – poor prospects for the future;
• To swim in a muddy water – a small change in the position;
• If the water is turbid – obstacles;
• To see muddy creek – you will lose something important;
• To swim in murky water – barriers.

Assyrian dreambook:

The Assyrian Dream Book interpretations about water

The water in the Assyrian dreambook can have these meanings:

• If a person walks in a quiet, calm water – there is a possibility of suffering from mild illness or disease;
• If the water looks stormy – will have to cope with difficult factors;
• If you were given water – it signifies long life;
• If you see water from the river – a huge income;
• To see water of the spring – good health;
• If a person carries water down the street – the failure will leave him forever.

Egyptian Pharaoh’s dreambook:

Dreaming of water meanings by Oracles of Egypt

If the dreamer sees his face on the water, just like in the mirror, that’s a bad sign, which foretells that you will live somebody’s else life. Do not get upset, as you can look at the life you are living at the moment and change it completely. Live your own life, not the others, because at the end of the day you will be sorry for what you have missed;

If the person dreams of extinguishing the fire with the water, that’s also not a good sign. It means that something will have to be given away, even if you don’t want it. You will not have a possibility to keep it for yourself.

Medieval dreambook:

Dreams about water and their meanings in Medieval Dream Book from Middle Ages

To see boiling water foretells about slander enemies you have;
To see the sources of water – will watch other people’s affairs or participate in them;
To see your face reflected in the water – many things will change within your personality;
To walk through torrent or flood, the dream meaning promises security in difficult times you will have;
To fall into a pond of dirty water – will take responsibility for something;
To fall into the dirty water – losses and charges for something;To wash yourself with clean water – lots of satisfaction;To wash yourself with dirty water – sadness and disappointment.

Tarot dreambook:

Dream about water interpretations by mystics and occultists on the basis of readings from Tarot cards

In Tarot cards the water symbolizes the unconscious mind and emotions. The calm water represents balanced emotional state and the rough or stormy water indicates the stress. In one of the Tarot cards – the Six of Swords card – is illustrated one side of the water calm and the other wavy.

The meaning of the dream depends on the condition of the water. If the water is calm, then the person is moving out of uncomfortable zone to the safety, but is the water is not smooth – the dreamer becomes nervous and anxious. Flowing water also symbolizes the memory of the past, which flows into the future through a link with the present.

Ivanov dreambook:

Dreams of water meanings by G. Ivanov

Clean water – health;
To swim in the water or wash yourself with it – recovery from illness;
To dream of muddy water – a disease, which could be cured with traditional medicines;
If the water was dirty in a dream – you will be accused for something you didn’t do;
To discover Artesian water in your dream – you will achieve the target you were aiming for;
To drink clear water – enjoyment of the results you got;
To pour the water – you will be surprised by someone;
To dream of water that’s been filtered – empty, meaningless talk;
To dream of groundwater – it seems that there is a conspiracy which was made against you.

Cleopatra dreambook:

Interpretations about water from Ancient Egypt dreambook for Cleopatra

• Water – one of the most complex character in dreams;
• If you dream that you drink water, it means that something unexpected will happen to you or there will be a sudden event;
• See any bowl of water – you have to communicate with someone who can not get to the point. This individual has with a secretive and mysterious personality;
• If it’s raining, that’s a good omen. The meaning of the rain foretells about success and prosperity. This dream could also predict of unexpected gift;
• If you dreamed that you were sliding on the water, then this dream gives you a warning, that you shouldn’t make any reckless decisions, also try to avoid any of the extreme situations, do not act carelessness as this will lead you to big trouble;
• To water the plants or trees – the dream shows that you caring person and pay lots of the attention to the others. Because of the way you are, you will find many reliable people;

Mirrored dreambook:

Dreaming of water have these meanings in the Mirrored Dream Book

The water in your dream indicates the universal symbol of the unconsciousness, emotions of the dreamer and sometimes even hidden secrets the person has;
If the dreamer sees something coming out of water (self, others) , then the dream indicates the main symbol of this dream – a birth. It could be a birth not only of life, but new ideas either.

The Lover’s dreambook:

Water meanings for lovers in the Lover’s Dream Book

In the Lover’s dreambook the water can have many different explanations:

• Clean water – ideal relationships, pure love and prosperity;
• Turbid and muddy water – the lovers do not feel fulfilled with the connection they have;
  • If you’re married person, then the dream warns that the marriage is in danger, something should be done about that, otherwise you will find yourself in different roads of life;
• If you dream that you exercise in the water, it means that you are experiencing an overwhelming love and passion;
• If the water drops falling on your head, that means that you will fall in love with someone and that will end with a happy marriage;
• To dream of a blue water – joyful expectation;
• If you see yourself floating on a clear water in the boat, it indicates disappointment and unfulfilled hopes.

Winter’s dreambook:

Meanings of dream about water by Dmitry Winter

Water in a dream is a symbol of human’s life, energy and the force of everything that guides you through life;
Clear water in a dream represents a fulfilling life. The dreamer will experience full of interesting events, as well as success with professional factors;
If the water in your dream seemed too deep, then this is a sign that your feelings can give you some disadvantages and sadness but if it was clean and clear, then everything will go according to plan;
Usually images of the stormy water or even the flood gives unpleasant feelings while sleeping. Consider, that this dream is just like an alert, that in reality you should take control of your emotions, otherwise it could cause harsh consequences;
Muddy and dirty water symbolizes physical or mental illness.

Native American’s (Indian’s) dreambook:

If you dreamed of crystal clear water, you will meet an honest man, but is it was dirty or muddy water, then you will face very dishonest person.

Wanderer dreambook:

The water in Wanderer dream book can be interpreted as:

• Clean water – a good omen;
• Muddy, dirty water – negative feelings, emotional discomfort, trouble;
• If you see the water, that is under the floor inside the house – you will suffer the bad influence;
• To dream that you plunge into the cold water – you will be appreciated or will get a wake up call;
• If you dream that the water is leaking you will experience irritation;
• To dream of waters that seems alive in your dream, you will be active and inspired;
• If the waters in your dream looks dead, then it means that you might suffer from the depression or just will be simply passive;
• To dream of the world that is presented underwater shows your hidden views and feelings. Make sure you pay attention of how deep the underwater world was in your dream, as it foretells – the deeper the world, the deeper your desires and feelings are hidden;
• Mineral water in your dream – better health, success;
• Warm water – sickness, failure;
• Fizzy water – frustration, difficulties.

Samohvalova dreambook:

Interpretations of dreams about water by V. Samahvalova

In the dreams water has very important meaning. First of all, the life of human being starts within water, where it’s all created in the womb.
In dreams, as in Christian symbolism, the water is the image of the spiritual revival. It is also a symbol of the mysterious female – unconsciousness and femininity.
The main source of energy is also related with water. It is impossible to find the life if there is no water. The vitality we see every day is related mostly to water.
The water in the dreams also represents the desire to restore mental or physical power.
To dream of immersion of the water – pregnancy and birth;
To dream of water that is flowing – relaxation and tranquility;
To dream that you flush the water in the toilet, could show your desire to urinate, therefore you dream of the toilet and water;
To see the reflection of yourself in the water, means that the inner sphere of your personality reflects to the outer world.
If somebody else is looking into the water in your dream, the main meaning of this dream foretells that the dreamer should try to understand and support that person;

Superstition’s dreambook:

Meanings of dreams about water as superstitions

It is believed for a very long time in many cultures, that when someone is dreaming about pouring the water out, it signifies the shame and disgrace the dreamer will suffer in the future.

Man’s dreambook:

Dream interpretations of water for men in Man’s Dream Book

A clean and pure water – a very good sign;
The water that is turbid and muddy – will face some complications while dealing with troubles;
If the dreamer wades into the water – will have intimate relationships with someone;
To walk into the ocean or sea – upcoming sensational experience;
If the dreamer walked into the clean river which is located in the mountains, then this person will be surprised by the behaviour of his partner;
If the dreamer dived into the water – will face unexpected severities;
For the dreamer to walk into mountain stream, means that he will have a beautiful love story.

Symbol’s dreambook:

Symbolic water meanings by Symbol’s Dream Book

Water meaning in dreams depends on the state of the water: was it quiet and calm, flowing and stagnant, muddy and dirty, clean and clear? Consider, that things, which were hidden in the water, represents your past, which comes back in your dreams. Some of the experiences you’ve had might be very pleasant and some very disturbing ones. The water could also reflect your physiological condition (healthiness or illness). In addition, the specifics of conditions of the water also indicates the present situation you are in or even the future which will be influenced by the present.

Children’s dreambook:

Dreaming of water meanings for kids from Children’s Dream Book

Water in the dream usually has many meanings. For kids the water is associated with fun or danger. The kids should tell more about the feelings they experienced while having the dream with the water.

If the kid has dreamed that he was having fun while for example swimming, it means that his emotional state is in perfect condition. But if the kid has dreamed of for example drowned down, it means that you should talk to him/her about factors which makes him feel bad and uncomfortable. One of the most interesting explaining in children’s dream foretells that when the kid sees himself under the water, then he/she feels protected by the others, for example parents.

Tolkovatel dreambook (1829):

Dreams of water meanings from old dream book for whole family by Tolkovatel

Water in all means – abundance and wealth;
If the water is pure, dream foretells well-being;
To dream of muddy water – the sorrow and grief;
If the water is warm – disease;
A cold water means health;
To drink warm water – a sign of danger and persecution of enemies;
To drink cold water means peace of mind and devoted friends;
The water that’s been sanctified means purity, chastity and health;
If the water is boiling – death after a serious illness;
To fall into the water – a sign of persecution by the enemies;
To dream of water over the dreamer’s head – profit;
To walk on water – triumph and success of the enterprise;
To dream of bucket of water – great accomplishment;
To jump over the water – offense of someone;
To carry the water in a broken pot or any other bowl in which the water can not be kept – damage or loss caused by secret enemies. The dream also signifies the theft who is located by the your home. The broken pot with the water that is leaking, shows your inability to help someone, even if you will try very hard;
To hear the sound of water – rumours. Keep in mind that someone might talk behind your back things that are not true;
To dream of giving to drink clean and cold water to somebody else – will have a great relationship with that person;
To dream of giving to drink muddy and warm water to somebody else – will have complicated relationship with that person.

* Please, see meaning of stream, ice, drowning, river, flood, sea, bog, shore and other related concepts with water.