If someone is inaugurated in a dream, then this dream shows that he or she have to try absolutely new and unknown ways. Especially when the inauguration goes harmoniously, then this dream marks that you will have success in everything what you will do.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Celebration if organize or attend an inauguration – In a dream you organize or attend an inauguration then this dream denotes about a joyous birthday or other happy event.

Arabian (Islamic)

• New things in life if be in an inauguration -You are in the inauguration in your dream then you will create a new company or will start new position.

Those who want to save time and see symbolism immediately, should use shortcuts and jump directly to numbers: Zero 0, One 1, Two 2, Three 3, Four 4, 5, Six 6, Seven 7, Eight 8, Nine 9, Ten 10, Eleven 11, Twelve 12, Thirteen 13. For better understanding of dream about exact number, one also should look in dedicated page for detailed number’s interpretation, which is listed here under numbers theme in this dictionary.

General Meanings:

If the subject of the dream is pointed to numbers, then they have either a personalized meaning or symbolical content for the dreamer. For example, if you tried in vain to remember numbers in the waking state, then they can occur easily in a dream. These numbers can show an important date – birthday, phone number or address.

Unconsciously the dreamer often keeps the meaning of a number in memory, even if it is not consciously accessible to him any more. The number may be related to a date of an actual event in the relationship and then such dream doesn’t require special interpretation.

Sometimes we dream of something that we wish for – like numbers with which we can play and win a lottery.  Sometimes, but not always, we’re dreaming lucky numbers, which later actually are inevitable and inexplicable in a lottery. However, we should not rely on such dreams.

Each number has unique significance and own importance in the dreamer’s life. Especially numbers from 1 to 13, which are interpreted more precisely:

0 Number Zero symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 0 in a dream: Zero stands for emptiness and Nirvana, for the chaotic beginning and nothingness, where everything disappears. Specifically, it can indicate desire for self-knowledge, inner peace, meditation and higher insights,realizations. Sometimes they also indicated as a circle or letter O (see meanings of dreams under those keywords);
• Spiritual Meaning of Zero: The feminine, the unconscious, the absolute or completely hidden;
• Practical Significance of Zero: contains potential for everything.

1 Number One symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, psychoanalytical characteristics and practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 1 in a dream: One symbolizes the indivisible who rises in all other without changing, and the foundation upon which the life is founded. We understand that often in the sense of individuality, intellectual independence or desire, with yourself or with all beings to become one.
• Spiritual Meaning of One: Man himself, the beginning, the first unit.
• Characteristics of One: independence, self-respect, resolution, determination, intolerance, conceit, bigotry, humiliation, stupidity.
• Practical Significance of One: the dreamer will study an ability, which he needs for his fully work;
• Read more about 1.

2 Number Two symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, psychoanalytical characteristics and practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 2 in dream: Two shares in opposites like good and evil, light and dark, inside and outside, brings contradictions in own personality, and calls on learning to live with it and constantly to seek compensation;
• Spiritual Meaning of Two: Duality, indecision, balance, male and female, two sides of the debate.
• Characteristics of Two: serenity, sincerity, selflessness, social life, harmony. indecisiveness, indifference, irresponsibility, being stubborn.
• Practical Significance of Two: business or personal relationships must be treated with caution;
• Read more about 2.

3 Number Three symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, psychoanalytical characteristics and practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 3 in dream: Three means something new, which is formed by the union of two elements, often relates to the conflicting or contrasting characteristics obligations and inclinations. The wish for a child is also sometimes expressed in it. Generally is the number for creativity or for the entire life of the soul with ego, superego and I;
• Spiritual Meaning of Three: The Triangle, freedom;
• Characteristics of Three: freedom, courage, fun, enthusiasm and grandeur, apathy, overconfidence, impatience, carelessness.
• Practical Significance of Three: the idea of the dreamer concerning stability and success in relationship will be realized;
• Read more about 3.

4 Number Four symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, psychoanalytical characteristics and practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 4 in dream: Four embodies inner balance, strength, stability and resistance, sensuality and love of nature.
• Spiritual Meaning of Four: The square, strength, stability, practicality, the earth, reality, the four sides of the human (sense perception, feeling, thinking, intuition), earth, air, fire and water;
• Characteristics of Four: loyalty, tenacity, practicality, honesty, clumsiness, slowness, conservatism, lack of adaptability;
• Practical Significance of Four: if dreamer wants, he can create a secure and protected home;
• Read more about 4.

5 Number Five symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, psychoanalytical characteristics and practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 5 in dream: Five often symbolizes the body (head, arms and legs) their needs, then requests to better body consciousness. Traditionally, they indicated as the union of the four basic elements of medieval alchemy to new forms, as the abundance of individual life opportunities;
• Spiritual Meaning of Five: The human body, human body consciousness, the five senses;
• Characteristics of Five: adventure, animation, courage, health, susceptibility, sympathy, recklessness, irresponsibility and fickleness, unreliability, lightheartedness;
• Practical Significance of Five: dreamer is about to make an important discovery, which provides his live for changes.

6 Number Six symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, psychoanalytical characteristics and practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 6 in dream: Six symbolizes harmony and symmetry, which often refers to the unity of body, mind and soul that you should reconcile. Sometimes six in dream also warns against disease.
• Spiritual Meaning of Six: Harmony and balance;
• Characteristics of Six: idealism, selflessness, honesty, charity, loyalty, responsibility, superiority, good nature, impractical disposition submission;
• Practical Significance of Six: dreamer is open to enter into a new love relationship.

7 Number Seven symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, psychoanalytical characteristics and practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 7 in dream: Seven may indicate the influence of cosmic energies and rhythmic oscillation (biorhythms), that the dreamer should live in harmony. It may also stand for the physical and psycho-spiritual development that is divided in seven-year steps (childhood, schooling, etc.);
• Spiritual Meaning of Seven: Life cycle, magic, spirituality, wholeness of man;
• Characteristics of Seven: wisdom, discernment, philosophical inclination, inner strength, depth, thoughtfulness, unnatural, excessive criticism, lack of action, anti-social behavior;
• Practical Significance of Seven: with personal commitment, the dreamer is able to solve problems.

8 Number Eight symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, psychoanalytical characteristics and practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 8 in dream: Eight contains an up and down movement, it is therefore interpreted as a symbol of destruction and death, which followed with the rise and rebirth. Specifically, in concrete terms, this often indicates that one finds out from distress and worry or may be not careless in luck;
• Spiritual Meaning of Eight: Death and resurrection, infinity;
• Characteristics of Eight: Practical assessment, power, capacity, decision, control, durability, lack of imagination, dullness, self-sufficiency, dominance;
• Practical Significance of Eight: life of the dreamer has the potential for a wonderful opportunity;
• Read more about 8.

9 Number Nine symbolism – general and spiritual meanings, psychoanalytical characteristics and practical significance:

• General Meaning of Number 9 in dream: Nine at the end of digit numbers, so symbolizes the end of a development that follows a new phase at a higher level;
• Spiritual Meaning of Nine: Pregnancy, the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new spiritual awareness;
• Characteristics of Nine: intelligence, discretion, skill, understanding, greatness, morality, genius, dreaminess, lethargy, poor concentration, lack of purpose;
• Practical Significance of Nine: dreamer must be careful.

10 Number Ten symbolism – general and spiritual meanings:

• General Meaning of Number 10 in dream: Ten arises as a combination of zero (0), which comprises the initial chaos, and one (1), which represents the beginning that develops out of chaos. It is therefore justified in the further development of the new plans and goals on the previous experience.
• Spiritual Meaning of Ten: A new beginning, the male and female together;
• Read more about 10.

11 Number Eleven symbolism – general and spiritual meanings:

• General Meaning of Number 11 in dream: Eleven can be interpreted as an evolution to a higher level. Sometimes it admonished as last hour, so that it is right time for action.
• Spiritual Meaning of Elf: The eleventh hour, the master number;
• Read more about 11.

12 Number Twelve symbolism – general and spiritual meanings:

• General Meaning of Number 12 in dream: Twelve plays in the mythology since ancient times an important role, for example, the twelve signs of the zodiac in astrology, they are indicated as the sum of the experiences or opportunities that you have to use for further development. It may also embody ideals, wisdom, reason, hope, love and things which make only the great diversity of life.
• Spiritual Meaning of Twelve: Time, a closed cycle, a holistic approach;
• Read more about 12.

13 Number Thirteen symbolism – general meaning:

• General Meaning of Number 13 in dream: Thirteen is interpreted as the totality of the life and personality. But we often see it as a symbol of evil, less fortunate number;
• Read more about 13.

Psychological Meanings:

The symbolism of numbers is an issue that concerns people since ancient times. The beginning of symbolical explanation of numbers goes back to Pythagoras. Numbers are as symbolical figures in all religions and their meanings are based on religious significance.

The wide field of numbers is still not fully understood. However, physical and mental importance of numbers has been observed and surprising links have been founded between these aspects.

If figures in a dream was expressed clearly, then there is a special message in them. The dream about number can be deciphered on the base of the separate number and its importance in a dream.

The most common numbers are presented here. Explanations of psychological meanings is divided in two categories.

Practical significance of numbers, which have importance to everyday life:

• - One: the dreamer will study an ability, which he needs for his fully work.
• - Two: business or personal relationships must be treated with caution.
• - Three: the idea of the dreamer concerning stability and success in relationship will be realized.
• - Four: if dreamer wants, he can create a secure and protected home.
• - Five: dreamer is about to make an important discovery, which provides his live for changes.
• - Six: dreamer is open to enter into a new love relationship.
• - Seven: with personal commitment, the dreamer is able to solve problems.
• - Eight: life of the dreamer has the potential for a wonderful opportunity.
• - Nine: dreamer must be careful.
• - Zero: contains potential for everything.

Characteristics of numbers:

• - One: independence, self-respect, resolution, determination, intolerance, conceit, bigotry, humiliation, stupidity.
• - Two: serenity, sincerity, selflessness, social life, harmony. indecisiveness, indifference, irresponsibility, being stubborn.
• - Three: freedom, courage, fun, enthusiasm and grandeur, apathy, overconfidence, impatience, carelessness.
• - Four: loyalty, tenacity, practicality, honesty, clumsiness, slowness, conservatism, lack of adaptability.
• - Five: adventure, animation, courage, health, susceptibility, sympathy, recklessness, irresponsibility and fickleness, unreliability, lightheartedness.
• - Six: idealism, selflessness, honesty, charity, loyalty, responsibility, superiority, good nature, impractical disposition submission.
• - Seven: wisdom, discernment, philosophical inclination, inner strength, depth, thoughtfulness, unnatural, excessive criticism, lack of action, anti-social behavior.
• - Eight: Practical assessment, power, capacity, decision, control, durability. lack of imagination, dullness, self-sufficiency, dominance.
• - Nine: intelligence, discretion, skill, understanding, greatness, morality, genius, dreaminess, lethargy, poor concentration, lack of purpose.

Spiritual Meanings:

On the spiritual level, brings the dreamer to development progress in a position where he can use the vibrations of the numbers at the best. It has been assumed all along that we can exert influence on the environment of the dreamer by combining numbers in a certain way.

Spiritual meanings by numbers:

• - Zero: The feminine, the unconscious, the absolute or completely hidden.
• - One: Man himself, the beginning, the first unit.
• - Two: Duality, indecision, balance, male and female, two sides of the debate.
• - Three: The Triangle, freedom.
• - Four: The square, strength, stability, practicality, the earth, reality, the four sides of the human (sense perception, feeling, thinking, intuition), earth, air, fire and water.
• - Five: The human body, human body consciousness, the five senses.
• - Six: Harmony and balance.
• - Seven: Life cycle, magic, spirituality, wholeness of man.
• - Eight: Death and resurrection, infinity.
• - Nine: Pregnancy, the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new spiritual awareness.
• - Ten: A new beginning, the male and female together.
• - Elf: The eleventh hour, the master number.
• - Twelve: Time, a closed cycle, a holistic approach.

Traditional Meanings:

Arabian (Islamic)

• - To see number in a dream: you will have much to do with your income; Also: announces profit and success;
• - To see endless rows of numbers: points to financial loss;
• - To write numbers in dream: your bills will not rise; Also: you will have large earnings this week;
• - To sum or add up numbers: a lucky win is in sight.

European (Judeo-Christian)

• - To dream numbers and to remember them; it denotes chances to win in the lottery; Also stands for unfinished business, which cause dissatisfaction and headache;
• - To see one digit: indicates company;
• - Two digits to see in a dream: anger;
• - Three digits: good business;
• - If four digits: division;
• - Five or more digits: disappointment;
• - Multi-digit numbers: means big mental problems and errors; In an important business you might emerge as a loser;
• - To wipe out or clean up numbers from a blackboard in a dream: indicates losses due to carelessness.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• - To see: you will be transported in your profession;
• - To write numbers: do not loose your hope.

* Please see detail interpretation of every number and also see age interpretation in a dream.

Fire is mostly seen as a symbol of anger. Also, it represents some combination of difficult circumstances in waking life that is mentally painful and very hard to accept. Do you feel intense bitterness currently in your life? Or maybe there is a situation that goes far away from what you have expected.

Anything what is being on fire could represent the complete loss of something. Fire stands for destruction. And that destruction occurs because of some problem in life has gotten out of control. In other hand, dream of fire may indicate your personal fear of possible knowledge about losing something very precious to you. The more fire you see – the more control you have lost in relation to the control of a loss. Alternatively, fire dream mean destructive impulses, ground breaking jealousy or hard reaching emotionally intense reactions that is taking over a logical mind.

To dream of a house on fire symbolizes a loss of solid clear thinking. Maybe your mind-set has changed recently due to personal experience that was not expected. Additionally, fire in a house might show that security and safety being lost because of not giving careful attention and doing some mistakes. In your waking life might be some huge problems that are destructive and consume everything in its way until all become lost. Alternatively, house fire means enormously strong feelings which control you more than it should be. That makes you weaker and eventually those emotions totally overrun your clear thinking. But if a house in the fire dream becomes rebuilt after all devastating fire, it may represent you will rise like the Phoenix from the ashes. You will recover from serious troubles or unavoidable crisis.

Dreaming of starting fire on various things denotes your deep desire for doing damage to something. Maybe you have a wish for complete destruction in some aspects of your life. It could be a situation or a person, which you want to get rid of. Alternatively, it could represent lack of success in your dealings. Maybe you had a failure and it shows up in dream of setting fire.  In other hand, you might be in a situation which puts you in position where you have to start a problem. Anyway, it shows that you might be doing intentionally some troubles. Also, setting fire dream could mean your burning desire to start something new.

Dream of city on fire could symbolize social connections that are being damaged or completely destroyed because of strong enough emotions to be out of your control. Some relationship might look like being eliminated from your waking life forever.

To dream of an evil alive fire, it could be a monster or a demon, feeling like nightmare, means something very horrible has been experienced physically or mentally. It shows that some troubled situations gives for you very terrible feeling and seems like to be intentionally out here to destroy you.

Fire dreams also can be a reflection of our agitation that something is going to burn. It shows our anxieties about fire safety. Dreaming about fire is very common to people who have been touched by fire, have some burnings or have experienced trauma from a fire just seeing something burning. Mostly after seeing serious fire in waking life, the dream of the fire will visit you soon.

To rescue people from burning buildings in a dream means our ability to solve problems and to help others. Also, it represent that we are able to receive good outcomes of any bad situation. Something is going to change and will give a lot of joy.

As prognostication, fire dream might be very helpful to keep in order with requirements of fire safety. Try to install smoke detectors and other devices, like fire extinguisher in your home.

Sometimes we dream what is going around us in waking life while we are asleep, so the fire could be induced by external and internal stimulus. Smell of the smokes, the sounds of burning fire or a memory about forgetting to turn some electrical device of also can be the reasons of dream about fire. Those can be seen as external stimulus. For internal stimulus, increased body temperature or some issues with health of the heart can be the reasons of fire dream.

Children may have nightmares about fire if they have anxiety of fire or fire safety drills. Also, for those kids who witnessed a serious fire, the fire dream might rise in sleep.

Spiritually dreams of fire could reflect constant anxiety of eternal after death punishment. It also might show that the dreamer is feeling guilty and has powerful tendency to be very punishable personally with moral issues. Alternatively, fire dream can mean spiritual re-birth since it is devastating natural power after which something new must come.

The mourning time The dream of a burial is an indication that the dreamer has come with feelings about death. It is not necessarily about your own death, it may be of another man. The dream may be a sign for the fact that there is a need to mourn because of an event or a person in the past. This time of mourning will give you an ability to forge plans for the future and to bury the pain and the past.

Wish to forget sad things The dream of a burial or an interment can be the desire for sympathy or to imply for a part of the personality which is dead. Burial as a dream symbol can sometimes symbolize the unacknowledged desire to forget another person who was dead or at least gone for ever from his own life.
The most frequent meanings why you dream a burial:

• Fear of own death or loved ones, the wish to protect from death people you love, this meaning is derived from the real life circumstances.
• Dramatic changes in personality and / or the circumstances. This may announces many hopes, wishes, goals, attitudes, beliefs because the past was buried in the grave. The burial dream can be interpreted positively because only with this funeral will pave the way for new life possibilities.
• You were overwhelmed and shocked by a variety of duties and tasks which you are unable to solve so the one way for you really to bury everything in order to find the solution.
• The feeling of loneliness where you feel like being in a grave by the life and isolated from other people and you recognize that there is no way to escape from it.
• Unbearable feeling of guilt because of perceived or actual past mistakes for which ones you really ashamed. You prefer to bury them in the ground (grave). Such a feeling may be a sign of depression which indicates suicide risk and has to be taken seriously and psychotherapy is urgently needed in individual cases .

Psychological Meanings:

The new beginning A dream of the burial symbolizes a first step toward independence from parents or also forgetting painful events of the past. Often this dream means that it is better to bury something then to have a dispute with what is already “dead” ( a relation or a useless object).
Get rid of negative things To bury yourself in the dream usually gives you an ability to see what wrongly you do with yourself – inhibitions, inferiority complex or self-pity – this urges you to self-knowledge. What has died within us or wasn’t useful or restricted us these objects we should carry to the grave.

Spiritual Meanings:

On a spiritual level, the burial is a rite of passage.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Long life if be buried – You are dreaming that you are buried, then this dream is very good sign, that you will have a wonderful health and long life;
• Healthy life if see your own funeral or participate in it – This is a generally good sign, which predicts you a long and a healthy life;
• Anger if see burial of good friends – When you see burial of your good friend in your dream, then you may expect annoyances and problems with these people, because they have done something what was not reasonable for you;
• Warning if see a strange funeral – The funeral are strange and unusual for you in the dream then this dream wants to pay your attention and to admonish you that every time you have to think about the end of life do not take really risky actions;
• Happiness if participate in a foreign funeral – This dream will bring you unexpected joy and happiness. For single people such a dream indicates about late but wonderful marriage.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Sadness if see a burial of a stranger – This dream signifies about a grief and discontent in near future which will be caused by a stranger;
• Joy if see burial of friend or relative – You are dreaming a burial of your friend or relative, then this dream will bring you good news, joy and happiness;
• Well-being if a foreign burial – The burial of a foreign person was magnificent, then this dream denotes that you will gain wealth;
• if a foreign burial – The burial of a foreign person was poor in your dream, then you will have life struggles and lots of worries;
• Happy life if see your own burial – The dream announces you long life, health, family happiness (symbolic contrast!)

* Please, see meaning of grave, funeral, coffin, death, mourning.