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.

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.

Water in a dream represents a happy life, money, prosperity, expansion of one’s business, increase in one’s income, or it could mean marriage.

If one sees the water pure and abundant in his dream, it means lowering of prices, peace and social justice. ggg If one sees himself chewing on water in a dream, it means toiling and hardships related to earning his livelihood.

Drinking a glass of water in a dream means protection against any danger from one’s enemy and it denotes a prosperous year for the one who drinks it in a dream.

Drinking more water in a dream than what one usually drinks in wakefulness means longevity.

ggg If one glass of water does not quench one’s thirst in the dream, it means discord between husband and wife.

If one immerses his hand in water in a dream, it means that he will play with money and confuse himself.

Fresh potable water or a well in a dream also could be the immediate cause of a trial, fight or calamity.

Giving someone a glass of water in a dream is glad tidings of a child.

Drinking a glass of spring water in a dream means conceiving a child, or that he will receive benefits from his wife. In this sense, glass in a dream represent the substance of a woman and water represents a fetus.

ggg Drinking hot water in a dream means distress and adversities.

If one is pushed into a pond or a river of clear water in a dream, it means receiving a pleasant surprise.

ggg Seeing oneself submerged in a body of water in a dream means facing a trial, distress, bewilderment and adversities.

Carrying a jar of clear water in a dream means receiving an inheritance.

ggg Asking people for water to drink in a dream means lying to them by claiming to be needy.

ggg Stagnant water in a dream means imprisonment, distress, or depression. It is said that stagnant water in a dream has weaker meaning than running water.

ggg Bad smelling or putrid water in a dream represents a wretched life.

ggg Bitter water in a dream means a bitter life.

ggg Boiling water in a dream means suffering from heat. If boiling water is used during the daylight in a dream, it means suffering from chastisement, afflictions and punishment for one’s sins. If used during the night time in a dream, then it means fear of evil spirits.

ggg Salty water in a dream means hardships and difficulties in earning one’s livelihood. Murky waters in a dream represent unlawful earnings.

ggg Black colored water in a dream means destruction or family problems. Drinking black colored water in a dream also may mean blindness.

ggg Yellow water in a dream means an illness. Boiling water, blazing water, or oozing water in a dream means change of one’s status, or being deprived of Allah’s favors for lack of gratitude and for being a hindrance against those who do good.

ggg Drinking polluted seawater in a dream means turbulences, distress and sufferings that will be brought about by someone in authority.

ggg If seawater runs inside one’s dwelling place or business, and if one drinks from it in a dream, it means an illness. If everyone drinks from it in the dream, then it means a plague.

ggg Murky water in a dream denotes a tyrant.

If a sick person bathes in murky water then walks out of it in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness. If he is facing adversities, it means that he will be able to overcome them. If he is incarcerated, it means that he will be released.

Pure potable water in a dream means salvation.

ggg Saltwater in a dream means distress.

ggg If one sees murky water gushing froth from a water well in a dream, it means a bad marriage.

Walking on water in a dream represents the strength of one’s faith, certitude and trust in Allah Almighty. This is particularly true if while walking one also speaks words of wisdom and piety. Otherwise, walking on water in a dream could mean ascertaining something that is not too clear. Walking on water in a dream also means undertaking a dangerous trip and trusting in Allah Almighty for protection and guidance. Walking on water in a dream also means undertaking a dangerous venture. If one walks back from the water to dry land in a dream, it means that he will satisfy his needs or desire.

Falling into a deep sea or a deep river but not reaching the bottom of it in the dream means wealth and prosperity, for the world in a dream represents a deep ocean.

ggg If one falls into a river and if he is overcome by water in a dream, it means that he will fall sick.

ggg If he drowns in a river in a dream, it means his death.

Falling into water in a dream also could mean happiness, joy, or blessings.
Observing the reflection of one’s face in the waters looking beautiful in a dream shows kindness toward one’s household and neighbors.
Reaching a pond of clear water in a dream means speaking good words.
Pouring water inside a bag in a dream means spending money to please a woman.
ggg Pouring water over a place where it is of no benefit in the dream means wasting one’s money.
ggg Floods in a dream means distress, suffering and corruption, depending on their strength.

If the water level of a dam or a river rises and inundates people’s homes and businesses and becomes a threat to people’s lives in a dream, it means discord and trials after which evil people will be eliminated from that place.
ggg If one sees water flowing over his own roof in a dream, it means a quick distress, or a permanent stress that will be brought by someone in authority.

Sweet potable water in a dream represents lawful earnings, a good heart, knowledge, revival, recovering from a dangerous illness, a wife, a husband, or marriage.
If one drinks a sweet and a refreshing glass of water from a permissible cup in a dream, it means that his marriage is proper.
ggg Otherwise, if the container from which one drinks in his dream is unlawful, it means that his marriage is illegal from a religious point of view.

Water in a dream also denotes the drink of poor people, or what gallant people exchange and share among themselves. If a thirsty person quenches his thirst with water in a dream, it means comfort, appeasement of one’s bewilderments, prosperity verses poverty, or reuniting one’s family.
Bathing in fresh spring water in a dream means payment of one’s debts.
If sweet and potable water becomes salty in a dream, it means apostasy, or straying from the path of Allah Almighty and meeting with insurmountable difficulties.
Carrying water in a container in a dream means conceiving a child and increase in one’s income.
ggg Abundance of water at a time when it is supposed to be low, or drought at a time when it is supposed to be raining in a dream means injustice, abuse, high prices, divided opinions, weaknesses, or payment of financial damages.

Clear water in a dream also means recovering from trachoma.

The explosion of a water tank or a pipe in a dream means distress, trouble and adversities.

ggg Green colored water in a dream means a long illness or a wretched life.
ggg Drinking black colored water in a dream means becoming blind.
ggg Sucking water in a dream means tight circumstances.
ggg If unexpectedly one is showered with hot water in a dream, it means a fever, an illness or a scare from evil spirits, the intensity of which is relevant to how hot is the water.
ggg If one’s garment gets wet in a dream, it means changes in one’s travel plans, or it could mean delaying a project, or failure of one’s plans.

If a poor person sees himself carrying a container of water in a dream, it means money. If a rich person sees that dream, it means marriage, or conceiving a child.
Carrying water in a purse, socks, a cloth, or in any porous material in a dream means pride about one’s wealth, status, attainments, fame and living conditions.
Pouring water into a container in a dream means getting married.
Bathing in cold water in a dream means repenting from sin, recovering from an illness, release from prison, payment of one’s debts, or dispelling one’s fears.
Drawing water from a well in a dream means earning money through deception and fraud.
Channelling irrigations to water a garden or a farm in a dream means earning money from a woman.

If the trees of one’s garden or farm are doing blossom in the dream, it means conceiving a child from such a woman.
Watering a garden or a farm in a dream also means having sexual intercourse with one’s wife.
If pure water gushes forth from one’s mouth in a dream, it means that he is a gnostic and people will benefit from his knowledge, wisdom and admonition.
If one is a young merchant, it means that he is a truthful person.
Sweet water in a dream also represents the element of faith in Allah Almighty, while salt water represents the element of atheism.
In a dream, water also means wealth.
ggg Seeping water from a crack in a wall means adversities and distress caused by a brother or an in-law. (Also see Distilled water; Earth; Ophthalmologist; River; Walking on water) Source:Strong

Water —
Water symbolizes:
(1) Islam and good knowledge.
(2) Life, fertility, and prosperity, because it helps everything come to life. To quote Allah: “… and We made every living thing of water …” (“Al-Anbiyae” [The Prophets], verse 30), and “If they [the idolaters] tread the right path, we shall give them to drink of water in abundance, that We may test them thereby …” (“Al-Jinn” [The Jinn], verses 16–17.)
(3) Marriage, in view of a verse in the Holy Quran that says: “And He it is Who hath created man from water, and hath appointed for him kindred by blood and kindred by marriage; for thy Lord is very Powerful.” (“Al-Furqan” [The Criterion], verse 54.)
(4) Semen, because God Almighty has called sperm water and Arabs call notfa, or semen, abundant water.
(5) Money, because it generates profit.
(6) Purity.
(7) Birth of one or more children.
(8) Price decreases.
(9) Justice.
(10) War spoils or gains and acquisitions of any kind.
(11) Worries, pain, and sorrow.
(12) Death and destruction. In any case, running water is better than stagnant water.

Stagnant water:
(1) Prison, especially if the dreamer falls in it.
(2) An unhappy life, full of miseries.
Limpid water: Cheap prices and better justice.
Underground water: Isolation, humiliation, and misery in view of the verse in the Holy Quran that reads as follows: “Say: Have ye thought: if [all] your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water?” (“Al-Mulk” [Majesty], verse 30).
• Salty water: Trouble and worries.
• Stinking water: Illicit gains.
• Yellow water: Illness.
• Seeing black water: Bankruptcy, havoc, and destruction.
• Black water coming out of a well: Will marry an unworthy woman.
• Drinking black water: Will lose one’s eyesight.
• Drinking water: Will be safe from enemies.
• Drinking plenty of water: Will indulge in one’s habits and live long.
• A healthy bachelor drinking limpid water from a well or a water skin, but not to the last drop: Will marry and enjoy sex as much as he enjoyed drinking the water in the dream.
• A patient drinking pristine water from a well or a water skin and leaving some: Will recover and live long.
• A married person drinking pure water: Will have delicious sex with spouse that night.
• Drinking clean and limpid water from a glass: Benefits from one’s children or wife (because glass is part of the essence of women,56 and water symbolizes the fetus).
• Being given water to drink in a glass or a goblet: Will have a child.
• Water in a glass: A child. If the glass is broken and the water remains, the mother will die and the child survive. The reverse is also true.
• An atheist drinking clear and clean water: Will embrace Islam.
• A person seeking learning drinking pristine water: Will acquire knowledge.
• A merchant drinking clear potable water: Will achieve lawful gains, unless something soils that water or if he drinks that water in the house of aliens in a Muslim country. In that case, it means rotten knowledge, a low sexual relationship, or suspicious earnings.
• Trouble water: A cruel tyrant.
• Drinking troubled sea water: Trouble will come from the king (the authority).
• Troubled sea water infiltrating a person’s shop or that person drinking from it: Will get ill.
• All people drinking of that troubled sea water: An epidemic will strike.
• Washing with or bathing in troubled sea water or any dirty water, then getting out of it: (1) If facing hardships, will see an end to it. (2) If sick, will recover. (3) If a prisoner, will regain one’s freedom, provided water has become clean again.
• Drinking plenty of sea water: Will receive money from the king.
• Drinking plenty of water from a river: Will receive money from a man whose condition tallies with the importance of that river.
• Drinking water from a well: Will obtain money cunningly or through a trick.
• Drinking troubled, bitter, or stinking water: Will become ill, profit will be lost, life will get hard, or faith will change, depending on the place where the drinking took place and the condition of the container.
• Drinking hot water: Pain and sorrow.
• A man drinking some delicious cold water from a hole in his robe: He is flirting with a woman other than his legitimate wife.
• Using very hot water by day or by night: Will receive a blow from the authority.
• Using very hot water at night: Will be frightened by a jinn.
• Hot water being poured on the dreamer from nowhere and wetting his clothes: Will go to jail, fall ill, or experience real trouble inasmuch as the water was hot.
• One’s clothes simply getting wet: A trip or something the subject intended to undertake will not take place.
• Sucking water: Things will go wrong.
• Masticating water: Will deal successfully with frustration, depression, and hard living conditions.
• Spreading and moving one’s hand freely in the water: Will play freely with money and dispose of it and of one’s own destiny at will.
• Being thrown in a clear water: A pleasant surprise.
• The quantity of water in a container represents the person’s life span. Whatever he has drunk from it is his past; the remainder is the time left for him. If he drinks the contents to the last drop, he has no more years left in his life. Carrying water in a container: (1) If a poor person: Will make financial gains. (2) If a bachelor: Will get married. (3) If married: Wife or concubine (slave or servant) will have a baby. (1), (2), and (3) are subject to the condition that it is the dreamer himself, his wife, or his servant who pumped the water from the well, large water jar, or water skin and poured it in the container.
• Water flowing and inundating or simply entering people’s houses: Bad dream for the whole area, meaning violence, heavy losses and fines, women and children getting captured by the enemy and considered war booty, and epidemic diseases or plagues (bubonic or others).
• Water, ooze, or spouts entering a specific house or a spring erupting in that house: Tears for a sick person who will pass away in that house, a dear one whom the inhabitants of the house will bid farewell to, a scuffle or a fistfight among the neighbours, or a tragedy caused by a disease or measures taken by the authority.
• Water in a sterile land or stagnant water: People will gather in that place.
• Water flowing in an arable land: Fertility.
• Water springing from the earth or floods inundating a place: A hard test from the Almighty in the form either of a devastating plague, a hellish sword, in case houses were destroyed and their dwellers drowned in the dream; or annihilation or sufferings brought about by the ruler.
• For pious people a spring means welfare and blessings in view of a verse in the Holy Quran that reads: “Wherein are two fountains flowing.” (“Al-Rahman” [The Beneficent], verse 50.)57
• Evil people seeing a spring or a fountain: A tragedy will befall them.
• Water erupting from a wall and logging in the house: Sorrow on the part of a man who could be the dreamer’s brother, son-in-law, brother-in-law, or friend.
• Water springing up and flowing out of the house: The end of all worries. If it stays in the house, that means everlasting sorrow or someone will fall ill in that house. If the water flows in the house, it means exactly the reverse, i.e., joy for the landlord, be he alive or dead, till the end of time.
• Some dreamers interpreters believe that running water in one’s house, emanating from a spring, means that the landlord or the tenant will buy a slave (in Arabic jariyah, a running one).58
• Seeing water springing out from various sources: Will earn money, but be blamed for the way that money was made.
• Water foam or froth: Nothing good.
• Seeing one’s image reflected in clear water like in a mirror: Excellent dream, plenty of benefits. If the face looks handsome, the dreamer will be good to his family.
• Pouring water: Will spend money.
• Water not in its proper container, like in a wrapper or bundle or in some cloth: Leak, because the dreamer thinks that he holds in, but in fact he does not.
• Ablutions with clear or troubled, hot or cold water is acceptable, provided the water is clean.
• Washing with cold water: (1) Repentance. (2) Recovery (from the love of a woman). (3) Release from prison. (4) The settlement of debts. (5) The end of terror.
• Springs are a good augury, except if their water stagnates.
• Walking on the water surface, then coming out safely: (1) Strong faith in God, if the dreams talks wisdom while walking. (2) Otherwise, he is certain of something doubtful and will be, in fact, confused ultimately. (3) The dreamer is undertaking dangerous trips and running risks, but if he comes back from his walk safely, things will go the way he wants.
• Diving in deep waters but failing to reach the bottom: (1) Will have the lion’s share in this life or the best of this world. (2) Will deal with a great personality.
• Irrigating a garden or flowers: Will have sex with a lady.
• Taking water to irrigate a garden or a plow field: Will obtain money from a woman. If the flowers blossom or the plants grow, the said woman will give money and children to the dreamer.
• A woman giving people water to drink: She is spreading lies.
• Giving water to someone without charging a price: The dreamer is a benefactor and might help build a village.
• A physically strong person in the water: The king or dreamer’s chief has entrusted him with some difficult matter, which keeps him busy, and whatever he says will be heard by the higher-ups, especially concerning the matter in question.
• Entering the water with one’s clothes on without getting wet: Dreamer’s religious faith is unshakable and determination unswerving in relying on God in all matters here and in the Hereafter. He will always follow the right path.
• Drinking water from a cup without its quenching one’s thirst: Wife will disobey dreamer.
• Water flowing under a viaduct: Welfare for a man who benefits other people.
• Taking water from a viaduct: Will obtain money from such a philanthropist.
• Diverting sea water or turning away from it: Getting money through an irreligious person.
• Having a hidden jar of pure water: Inheritance.
• The king’s water having turned salty or infiltrated the earth: God has withdrawn His blessings and gifted wealth from that king for having failed to show his gratitude.
• Pouring water in a jar, a vat, or any large vessel: Will have sex with a woman.
• Waves: Pain and torture in view of what is mentioned in the Holy Quran “And if a wave enshroudeth them like awnings, they cry unto Allah, making their faith pure for Him only. But when He bringeth them safe to land, some of them compromise. None denieth Our signs save every traitor ingrate.” (“Luqman,” verse 32.) “He said: I shall betake me to some mountain that will save me from thewater. [Noah] said: This day there is none that saveth from the commandment of Allah save him on whom He hath had mercy. And the wave came in between them, so he was among the drowned. (“Hud,” verse 43.) Source:Weak

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General Meanings:

A fountain symbolizes the access to the most hidden feelings and emotions of the dreamer. Water well may represent the accumulated experience of life, which rest in the depths of the unconscious. This dream symbol requests you to take advantage of this wisdom for deeper self-knowledge and try to reach the inner harmony. The following special meanings of the dream:

• Water poured off the well – This shows your fear of selfish motherhood and shows inhibitions against the female gender.
• Broken fountain – Something is wrong with the fountain in the dream, the water can not be reached, then this symbolizes the inability to come up with the most valuable talents and qualities. May also express the feeling such as inner emptiness and loneliness.
• Dried fountain – Such a dream symbol warns of dangers because the dreamer rejects everything what is new and does not want to get new experiences;
• Water-filled wells – This dream indicates the fullness of life, you will experience success and this dream encourages you reach your goals and plans. You are strong and clearly know what you want from life;
• Run around the fountain – This indicates emotional exuberance, but also shows that you have too many activities and you should learn to focus on the essentials.
• Drinking from the fountain – Symbolizing the relationship with other people, clear water that you can trust your friend or partner while cloudy and dirty water warns of deceit and disappointment.
• To see your own reflection in the water well or the fountain – This warns of disaster and death. To see other, you will soon feel deeply sorrow because of him.

Psychological Meanings:

The dreamer has to trust his own intuitive, self-conscious and to open up the path to healing and success. This is an archetypal symbol of rejuvenation, the spiritual rebirth.

• The water of fountain is clear and sparkling, indicates spiritual strength and joy and gladness.
• A fountain without water describes the jealousy that you will meet and which will bring troubles in your life.
• To fall into a well, this means that you will fall back into old bad habits and will lose all friends.

Spiritual Meanings:

A fountain symbolizes the access to the depths of the unconscious. The “fountain of knowledge and vision.”

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Pain if see water well – In a dream you see a water well then this may show that you will have mental anguish;
• Bad sign if dried water well – The dried water well in the dream is a bad omen for all personal affairs and development;
• Passion if see a fountain – The fountain in the dream marks that an initial flirtation turns into a deep passion;
• Good period if well with clear water – To dream of well with clear water then this dream has a positive meaning which announces good speculation, good results, good vitality;
• Loss if see the water run over – The well of water with too much water which runs over then this denotes that you will have loss of money, strength or health;
• Love if drink fresh water from fountain – You drink fresh water from a fountain then this announces the fulfillment of secret desires, love to another person;
• Warning if give to somebody -To give another person to drink from a water well, this goes as a warning, because not every person is truthful enough to give him full confidence;
• Luck if fall into a fountain – To dream when you fall into fountain then you may get unexpected good fortune.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Good life if see clear water well – In the dream you see a water well with clear water then you may expect wealth and good life, luxury and pleasure.
• Be attentive if see dirty water – The water is dirty in the fountain then this stands as a warning to take care of health and have some rest.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Good life if see water well with clear water – Dreaming of a water well with clear water then you may expect to meet your soul mate and will have a wonderful life with lots of students;
• Good sign if fountain with clear water – Such a dream is a good omen, you have good prospects in your future;
• Bad omen if water well with dirty water - When in your dream the well is with dirty water then you have to be attentive because now it is a period which may bring worries and sorrow;
• Bad period if fountain with murky water – The murky water a s a dream symbol announces poor prospects for the future;
• Difficult period if fall into a well – In the dream you fall into the water well then this denotes libel, reckless conduct and a nasty, murky future;
• Good time if drink from fountain – To dream of drinking water from a fountain then you may expect prosperity and good business;
• Loss if see overflow of water well – The dream is a sign that you will have loss of important things in your life;
• Troubles if fountain without water – The fountain in the dream is empty without water then this is a sign of worries and troubles;
• Present if see a fountain with beautiful ornaments – The dream shows that you will receive a gift.

* Please, see meaning of spring, fountain, water.

• Generally
  • 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.
• European (Judeo-Christian)
  • Dreaming about drinking cold and clean water: devoted friends; fulfillment of reasonable hope;
• Hindu (Hinduism)
  • Dreaming of cold, freezing or frozen water means that your feelings are a bit too cold;
• Arabian (Islamic)
  • Happiness is like cold water, when hot water is misfortune;
  • Dreaming of cold water: indicates happiness;
  • To drink cold water in the dream: indicates health;
• Russian dreambook: Cold water interpretation from Russian dreambook
  • To drink cold water – health;
• Gypsy dreambook: Cold water meaning in dreams by Romani people
  • Clean and cold water is a symbol of good health;
• Vanga dreambook: Dreaming about cold water meaning by Baba Vanga
  • 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;
• Zadek dreambook: Cold water in dreams by Martin Zadek can have these meanings
  • Clean and cold – health;
• Yellow Emperor dreambook: Dreams about cold water meanings by Ancient Chinese civilization
  • 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 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.
• Hasse dreambook: The cold water by Hasse can have these meanings
  • Cold water – happiness;
  • To drink cold water – health;
• Wanderer dreambook: The cold water in Wanderer dream book can be interpreted as
  • To dream that you plunge into the cold water – you will be appreciated or will get a wake up call;
• Tolkovatel dreambook (1829): Dreams of cold water meanings from old dream book for whole family by Tolkovatel
  • A cold water means health;
  • To drink cold water means peace of mind and devoted friends;
  • To dream of giving to drink clean and cold water to somebody else – you will have a great relationship with that person;

Arabian (Islamic):

• Drinking warm water in the dream 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.
• If someone washes or has a shower with warm water, this means that the dreamer’s distress will be lower.
• If you are walking in or through warm water, this dream denotes that you will have worries with your own family members.
• If someone is rinsing with warm water his mouth, this dream marks that he will have annoyance in his family;
• If someone in the dream washes his face with warm water, this denotes that people will be mad at him, according to the heat of the water.

Russian dreambook:

• Pleasure if dream and feel warm water – This dream signifies that you will have an unexpected delight in near future;

Gypsy dreambook:

• Disease if dream warm or dirty water – When you dream warm and dirty water, this is a bad sign which symbolizes illness;

Old Persian dreambook:

• Worries if drink warm water – In the dream to drink water which is warm, this announces you some troubles.

Tsvetkov dreambook:

• Disease if drink water – If you are drinking warm water in the dream, this dream will bring you disappointment and sickness.

Hasse dreambook:

• Illness if use or drink warm water – To drink warm water, such a dream announces a disease;

Wanderer dreambook:

• Misfortune if drink warm water – When you are drinking warm water in your dream, this marks that you will have a failure in your life because of your carelessness;

Tolkovatel dreambook (1829):

• If the water is warm in your dream, this signifies disease;
• To drink warm water – a sign of danger and persecution of enemies;
• To dream of giving to drink muddy and warm water to somebody else, this dream denotes that you will have complicated relationship with that person.

For everyone, as internal stimulus is a full bladder. Unavoidable need to use a toilet for peeing makes a dream of water. Your subconscious mind follows physical state of your body and calls you to wake up by giving you a feeling of wetness. Thus it can be achieved by dreaming about swimming in ocean, sea, river or even being in a rain. Any kind of a liquid that touches your body, especially if you are sinking in it, may remind about a time for urination.

For all, a shortage of liquids in a body can be a cause of drinking water dream. This physical dependency is the meaning of a dream and it is represented by any kind of giving or taking water, like fetching it from a well or a tap. An additional need for energy is another meaning, but only if drinking sweet drinks in a dream. Drowning dream can happen because of an excessive consumption of liquids. See full bladder explanation above. All these causes are also internal stimulus, which works as an alert to reassess waking life habits.

For everybody, the Full Moon is a cause of dreams about waves and tides, currents and streams or torrents, floods and waterfalls – or any other movement, the rise and the fall, of water. This meaning comes from the Full Moon influence on the physical World, where the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth combined together exert the gravitational forces to make water levels changes. Thus bodily liquids are being affected as well. It prompts subconscious mind to recreate water movement, like flooding or waves of ocean or sea, in a dream. The Full Moon and its activity alone is external stimulus, but effect of it on physical body creates internal stimulus. This combined power is affecting all beings.

For a woman, various physical changes brought by fluctuations of liquids before and during the period are a cause for water dreams to occur. It is an internal stimulus. In case of sudden start of bleeding during a sleep, this cause becomes external, as a blood is sensed externally. Thus dreaming of going deep in water, like falling or diving, and suffocating may occur.

For a woman, an ovulation is a reason of floating or walking on water in a dream. It notes that you are prepared to start a new life. Also, dreaming of swimming in deep waters and not feeling shortage of air may represent a release of an ovum. This is internal stimulus. Additionally, same meaning of being fertile is indicated by fishing or seeing fishes in clear water. This fertility knowledge is based on physiological and psychological cooperation in human body, thus it used as a ground for clairvoyance. And symbolic significance of fish in water is always associated with pregnancy.

For a woman, during a pregnancy dreaming of water is usual. An internal stimulus is an amniotic fluid inside a sac within belly where a foetus resides. Thus the movements of embryo increase frequency of water dreams. If foetus moves or water breaks while sleeping, before it happens or during the process, a mind can invoke an image of storm in a sea or an ocean. Also drowning or choking with water means the same.

For a man, especially for a young adult, most common during adolescence, a pressure in the reproductive organs caused by a seminal fluid can be internal stimulus for a dream about water. A nocturnal emission can invoke the visions about being at beach near calm sea or ocean, lying in a bath, swimming in a river or a lake. A release of a sperm resembles running water from shower. Thus during an ejaculation and an orgasm a dream of taking a shower is usual. In addition, a wet dream, as a cause of physical function, consists not only of water but erotic images too, it can be a nude attractive body floating in an aquatic surroundings.

For a woman is same as for a man, but not so frequent. A nocturnal vaginal wetness and an orgasm can trigger the water dreams. It can be seen as overflowing, turbulent water becomes calm.

Cleaning, letting go.

Question:

What do I want to wash off or to clean of me?

General Meanings:

In the dream to be in the bathroom can mean that the dreamer has the need to clean the old feelings, soul and spirit. The dreamer wants to relax, refresh and this will help to create more favorable conditions in the future. During the bath the dreamer has the ability to ponder past events and the opportunity to reflect new behavior.

• To become clean, beautiful and rejuvenated after the bath, this means all the kind of purification process in which we wash all the incriminating an unpleasant past. After this your life will become even brighter and happier.
• The bath with clear water purifies the soul and allows to reach clear insights in your waking life..
• Outdoor swimming pool and cold pool water indicate that you will gain new vigor, more energy and courage to overcome difficulties more easily.
• To have a bath in slightly warm water, this dream marks that you need more inner peace and relaxation in a critical situation.
• Having a bath in murky, muddy water and looks like in the swamp, this dream denotes that you will have financial losses through your own fault, also you will encounter with intrigues and other difficulties.
• Having a bath in colorful water, this means that you have to consider the symbolic meaning of each color.

Psychological Meanings:

Ability to get rid of everything bad When in the dream the dreamer bathes another person, this shows his need to take care of him/her or to enter into an intimate relationship with him/her. Also the bathing as a dream symbol denotes your desire to clean your soul and mind. With water we wash all the negative and oppressed feelings. The look of the water in the bath reflects mental energy. Many of us already had a bath in a dream before we began a new phase of life.

Spiritual Meanings:

Bad is the symbol of purification and renewal. Having a bath in the city or in the public bath indicates the unit of innocence and sensuality.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Get rid of bad things if bathing – The bathing is a symbol of liberation from suffering, trying to wash away old and dirty things;
• Success if bathing and swimming in clear water – This dream indicates that you will have luck in your life;
• Negative events and feelings if turbid water – In the dream you have a bath in turbid water, then this dream denotes sadness, fear, sorrow, loss, and fire hazard;
• Happy life if wash in cold water – You are having a bath in cold water, then this is very positive sign that your enemies are defeated, this announces good health and happy news;
• Happiness if have a bath in lukewarm water – Healthy people having a bath in lukewarm then this indicates great success, prosperity and enjoyment of life;
• Health if have a bath in lukewarm water – Sick people having a bath in lukewarm water, this this marks health and recovery after disease;
• Worries if in a hot tub – In the dream to be in a hot tub,  this marks illness and difficulties;
• Avoiding danger if clear water in a hot tub – This dream is a very good omen, because you will pass danger;
• Dispute if be in steaming – Your bath is full of steams, then this dream announces discord because of misunderstanding;
• Hard work if swim in a lake with lots of waves – You are swimming in a lake in the dream, then this means that you will overcome problems with a lot of skill and efforts;
• Strength if swimming outdoor and sunbathing – Having a pleasant time while swimming outdoor and sunbathing in your dream, this will gain strength and toughness which will help you to reach your goals in your life;
• Satisfaction if be in a seaside resort – You are in a seaside resort and have spa, this dream will bring you fulfillment of your desires;
• Fear if a young man is in a bath – The dreamer works hard for someone of the opposite sex, because he fears to lose his lover.
• Bad people if have bathing together with others – In the dream you have a bath with other people, then this dream warns you that you have to avoid bad company, otherwise this will make harm for you;
• New love if see a widow bathe herself – You have forgotten your previous marriage or lover and now you are ready to experience new love affairs.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Sorrow if go to a bathroom to wash up – You go to the bathroom and the bathroom is very hot, this means that you will have great personal sorrow according to the heat that prevails in the bathroom;
• Losses if go into bathroom – The rich person dreams that he enters the bath, then this dream signifies that he will have serious troubles and loss of money;
• if bathe in the warm water -
• Health if take a bath – This dream is very positive which announces you good health;
• Marriage if take a bath outdoors – In the dream you have a bath outdoors, then this denotes that you have a rich and beautiful bride (or groom);
• Strength if swim in a river – When you swim in the river in your dream, then the water will bring you strength and endurance;
• Illness if swim in the murky waters – This dream is a warning that you have to take care of your health, because you will get ill and it takes lots of time to recover;
• Warning if swim in deep water – When you are swimming in the deep water, then this marks that you have to be careful, because you enter into unknown places;
• Illness if bathe in very cold water – You bathe in very cold water in your dream, then this dream denotes that you will have a slight indisposition;
• Infirmity if bathe in warm water – But the warm water has a negative meaning which signifies disease and weakness in near future;
• Happy time if take and enjoy bath – You feel happy and satisfy while you are bathing, then this announces that you are free from any disease, you will overcome concerns;
• Inheritance if get dressed in bathroom – This dream marks that you will have an inheritance in prospect.
• Joy if see bathing children – This dream denotes pregnancy for women, and for other happy times.

* Please, see meaning of stream, bath, grotto, baptism, water.

If you dream of the Bible or other religious books, this typically means that the traditional moral principles is conscious. The person needs to have a code of conduct, which helps him to survive and to find solution. Bible has a close relationship with the right path that you go in your life, with morals, standards and rules that we follow as a guideline.

• To see bible in a dream, such a dream usually confirms that the dreamer lives in harmony with his own conscience.
• To read Bible in the dream, this dream shows that you are looking for the right way and the moral guidance in your life.
• Depending on individual circumstances Bible as a dream symbol can also warn that you are too self-righteous and intolerant. You follow norms and rules by the letter, or you too excessively limit yourself.
• In ancient time Bible was always at home, this displayed that we live in a happy family or with the help of Bible found all the way out of conflicts.

Psychological Meanings:

The dreamer has to be very careful while dealing with religion, the myths and the legends, in which he believes, because wrong interpretation may bring unpleasant consequences.

Spiritual Meanings:

In dreams the Bible symbolizes knowledge and ability to read between the lines.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Happiness and joy if see or read Bible –  In the dream you read or see the Bible then this dream goes as a warning not to turn away and to trust in God. Also announces happy household and enjoyment of innocent pleasures;
• Death if you see people with Bibles or hymnals – In your dream other people have bibles or hymnals then this dream indicates a near death in the family;
• No conflicts if buy Bible – You buy the Bible in the dream this means that you family conflict will be resolved;
• Temptation if learning from bible – The teachings of the Bible shows that you don’t have to succumb to the temptation of a friend or bad people.

Arabian (Islamic)

• No worries if see Bible – The bible in the dream has a positive meaning which indicates that you will get rest and peace in your life;
• Joy and satisfaction if read Bible – to dream reading the Bible denotes that you will have satisfaction and fulfillment of wishes.

Water on the earth has three forms: solid, liquid and gas. Water is the source of life and the key element of everything on the earth. Water is the same in dreams as it is on earth. Water in dreams has more meanings than any other symbol has. Water can be as good as it can be bad. And the same is in the symbolism of dreams.

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.

Positive & Negative Symbols

Most common conditions and scenarios in dreams about water. List is divided by quality of symbolism. Click on link to see complete analysis of dream.

Positive dreams

Cold, clear, clean, bright, frozen,

Negative dreams

Dull, dirty, murky, warm, hot, black, green,