Welcoming, intimacy, privacy, affection, love, relationships.

Question:

With who I want to get closer?

General Meanings:

In General the kissing is presented as the action of tenderness, sign of love and affection. Those who have dreams about kisses usually are longing for sensitivity and closeness. There are different explanations of the kiss, depending on the circumstances of it:

Kissing a certain person
The dream in which you kiss a particular person shows your relationships and feelings to that person. Sometimes when we longing for some person or feel deeply and emotionally attached to him we dream of kissing that person. The dream could also show the sexual affection towards the person you’ve kissed

Kissing the hands
Since the ancient times the hands were the symbol of the tool which helps to provide the food and take care of those you love. Not only in dreams, but in reality also the kissing of the hands show the respect for the person that the hands been kissed you have. Sometimes the other people kiss your hands which shows the appreciation they have to you. Consider who was kissing your hands and you will be able to thank that person in reality.

Others kissing
To witness other people kissing shows the longing for love the dreamer suffers. Such dream is quite depressing, because of the inability to be the one that is kissed. Consider of what is missing in your life, try to fill that gap not necessarily with love, but with something you really like to do.

Kissing old people
To kiss people that are old in reality shows the respect, however in dreams it has a negative meaning. According to the explanation of such dream it shows the disappointments the dreamer will suffer. There is a possibility of the loss for those you’ve known for a long time, because when the dreamer kiss the old people it shows the farewell with something that no longer will exist. Do not worry, as sometimes the end of something is the beginning of something new, maybe even better.

Psychological Meanings:

On the psychological level the kiss is the part of communication with other people. For example in France it is very common to kiss people who are not necessary your lovers, but friends too. The kiss that is used on your partner and friends are completely different.
The kiss on the lips usually shows the affection to that particular person you’ve been kissing.Very often the kiss is interpreted as the part of spiritual communication. The agreement that was made can also be secured with a kiss.
The kiss that was made with the tongue is more related to sexual needs and desires. These kind of dreams shows the erotic aspects of your personality. The tongue-kiss or French kiss is usually the part of the beginning of sexual intercourse, when the partners start by kissing each other, then kissing and in the end of it making love. Alternatively, the dream in which the dreamer was tongue kissing the other one may indicate his desire to reach out the ideas or the attention of that certain person. Sometimes in reality we feel like we’re not listened or understood properly, therefore by kissing the other one we feel the attention and the connection we were aiming for.
Consider, what is missing in your life. Maybe you are looking for romance or just simply longing to share your life with somebody else.

Spiritual Meanings:

On the spiritual level the kiss is the symbol of love, friendship, relationship, duality, tenderness and respect. The kiss also have the religious meaning depending on the religion, which usually symbolizes spiritual blessing.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

• Falseness if kissed without permission – to dream that you were kissed by someone, but without asking for it, shows the untrue and false friends you have;
• Decadence if had prohibited kiss – if the dreamer kissed someone or been kissed by someone that is forbidden to kiss, then such dream signifies inappropriate actions you will do or denotes to personal downfall;
• Respect if received the kiss – to dream that you received the kiss by someone and it felt pleasurable, shows the devotion and respect that person has to you;
• Respect if kissing the hand – if someone kissed your hand or you kissed someone;s hand, such dream shows admiration and respects towards the person whose hand been kissed;
• Humiliation if kissing the foot – if you kissed someone’s foot or somebody kissed yours, such dream refers to indignity towards the one that was kissing the foot;
• Friendship if kissing the cheek – the kiss on the cheek symbolizes the honest relationships between those who were having a kiss;
• Jealousy if kiss friend’s boyfriend/girlfriend – the dream of kissing someone that does not belong to you, but is in relationship to another person and is forbidden to kiss, shows the longing for love or envy towards relationships between other people;
• Memories if kissing your ex boyfriend/girlfriend – in the dream which you were kissing your ex girlfriend or boyfriend shows the memories you are having. Those memories could be either good, either bad ones, depending on your past relationships. The dream suggest you to look into your past and learn from it, instead of receiving negative aspects of it;
• Respect if kissed the friend – to dream of kissing the friend, denotes to adoration and love you have towards that particular person you were kissing in your dream. The dream could also show your hidden romantic feelings to this friend;
• Acceptance of suppressed aspects of your personality if kissed the stranger – such dream denotes to the final realization of who you are. Consider, that if you were kissed by the stranger, then such dream shows the new aspects in your personality you found you have;
• The desire to be the best if kissing the popular person/celebrity – if you were kissing the person that is known by mostly people and he/she is actor, singer, comedian or any other celebrity, then it means that you are willing to be successful in your life. You’ve got the drive to go forward in life and take as much as it possible out of it;
• Danger if kissing in the dark – the dream in which you were kissing someone in the darkness, suggest to be careful, because the dangerous situations will be lurking for you;
• Sadness if others are kissing – to see other people kissing brings the longing and sadness in your life. The dream shows you’re in depressed mood while looking at other being happy;
• Longing for tenderness if kiss the mother – the kiss that was received or given by the mother, shows the tenderness you are missing;
• Joy if kissing brother or sister – in the dream in which you kiss your relatives such as brothers or sisters, shows happiness in your life;
• Fear of losing the respect if boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife kissing the other person – the dream in which your partner kiss another person, shows your fear or losing that person or the respect he/ she has for you;
• Disappointments if kiss the old person – to dream that you were kissing the old person or received the kiss from him, shows the frustration you will suffer. Alternatively, the dream might show the respect towards the old person;
• Happiness if kissing the face – the dream in which the whole face was kissed, brings happiness in all aspects of your life;
• Melancholy if do not like the kiss – to dream that you do not want to kiss the person you love, shows the anger towards that person or sadness you are suffering;
• Many descendants if kissing the dead person – the dream in which you’ve kissed the person that is already dead, denotes to children you might have;
• Evil if kissing the married person – if you kissed someone that is married, then such dream shows the negativity and badness that lies in you. Make sure you get rid of the negative aspects that you have in your personality;
• Happy marriage if kissing the bride – to dream that you’ve kissed the bride, symbolizes your own happy marriage no matter if you are already married or will be in the future;
• Humiliation if kiss the ground/earth – the dream in which you kissed the ground suggest you to look after by whom you are surrounded by, because there is a possibility you will get humiliated by those people;
• Piety if kissing the cross – to dream that you were kissing the cross, shows your devotion and love towards God. You are the person who believes that goodness brings the happiness in life;
• Happiness in family life if kissing the children – to dream that you were kissing kids, shows the happy and joyful family life;
• Unhappiness if young woman kiss the forehead of her lover – the person that has been kissed by the young women on his forehead is unhappy with this woman. There is no passion between these two.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• Falseness if kissing your own hands – to dream that you were kissing the hands of your own, shows the untrue friends you are surrounded by;
• Surveillance if kissing the neck – to kiss the neck in the dream, shows the care you have to somebody or receiving it out from someone;
• Love if kissing someone passionately – if you’ve kissed someone with love and passion, then such dream shows that you have very strong feelings to that certain person. Maybe you feel irresistible desire to make love to that person or simply love him deeply;
• Great perspectives if kissing someone’s hands – to dream that you were kissing the hands of someone, means the opportunities you will have, which will bring great profits;
• Goodness if kissing the dead person you know – to dream of kissing the person that is dead and you know him as the one who already passed away, symbolizes the good you will receive from this person’s soul;
• Humiliation if kiss the ground/earth – the dream in which you kissed the ground suggest you to look after by whom you are surrounded by, because there is a possibility you will get humiliated by those people;
• Piety if kissing the cross – to dream that you were kissing the cross, shows your devotion and love towards God. You are the person who believes that goodness brings the happiness in life;
• Happiness in family life if kissing the children – to dream that you were kissing kids, shows the happy and joyful family life;
• Will celebrate the wedding if kissing girls – to dream that you were kissing many pretty girls, symbolizes the marriage of someone you will celebrate. There is going to be a big party;
• Melancholy if does not like the kissing – to dream that you do not want to kiss the person you love, shows the anger towards that person or sadness you are suffering;
• Evil if kissing the married person – if you kissed someone that is married, then such dream shows the negativity and badness that lies in you. Make sure you get rid of the negative aspects that you have in your personality.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Will gain the profit if kissing your wife – to dream that you kissed your wife, denotes to the richness you will obtain;
• Will obtain the benefits from someone if been kissed by the dead person – to see yourself kissing the dead person, suggests that you will receive richness from unknown source;
• Will get married if kissed the unknown female – to dream that you kissed the woman you do not know, symbolizes the marriage you will have soon;
• Death if sick person kisses the dead person – to be kissed by the person who is dead for the man who is ill, announces the death of his own;
• Will go to Mecca if kissed the hand of God – the dreamer that has kissed the hand of the God soon will start his journey into Mecca;
• Marriage if the man kissed the other man’s eyes – the one who has such dream will get married with the blessing of his family;
• Will receive some money if kissed the beloved one on the cheek – to kiss the one you love on the cheek, brings the luck with the money.

Artemidorus Meanings:

According to Artemidorus kissing is the pleasant gesture which sometimes is followed by nice words and actions. The positive omens come only when the dreamer is kissing those he likes and loves, otherwise the dream can have a negative meaning. If the enemy has kissed you, prepare yourself for the lost of the battle. Alternatively, there is a possibility to become even and reach the peace with the ones the dreamer was fighting with.

* Please, see meaning of cannibalism, lips, mouth, sexuality, tongue.

• Laying one’s head on a dog or relaxing with a dog or using the dog for a pillow in a dream, the dogthen represents a friend or a good companion…. (Dog)

• Dreaming of seeing a mad dog, denotes that enemies will make scurrilous attacks upon you and your friends, but if you succeed in killing the dog, you will overcome adverse opinions and prosper greatly in a financial way…. (Mad Dog)

• A dog in a dream also represents a police informer or a police dog…. (Dog)

• A dog in a dream also means suffering from extremely high fever and in relation to Dog star or the stars Procyon and Sirius of the constellations Canis Minor and Canis Major…. (Dog)

• If the dog is vicious and / or to dream that dog is growling, then it signifies some inner conflict within yourself…. (Dog)

• Also you must reconsider the conceptions associated with the word dog, such as loyalty (man’s best friend) and to be ”treated like a dog”…. (Dog)

• (Bitch | Canine | Desire | Greyhound | Japanese spaniel | Pekingese | Lust | Puppy | Shepherds’ dog | Tyke) In a dream, a dog represents an insolent man who dares to indulge in sinful actions…. (Dog)

• Some authors also think that the right hand corresponds to the rational and logical issues and the left hand to the unconscious and irrational issues…. (Hand)

• In dreams the left hand symbolizes your goodness and feminine qualities and the right hand symbolizes masculine attributes…. (Hand)

• Biting someone in a dream portends that our aggression will create numerous enemies, or reveals the desire to possess and dominate the person we bite…. (Bite)

• Feeling the bite, sadness…. (Bite)

• (Champing | Chomp | Love | Rancor) In a dream, a bite signifies perfidy, rancor or extreme love for the one who is bitten in a dream…. (Bite)

• For your friends to back-bite you, indicates worriment by servants and children…. (Back-bite)

• A bite in a dream also signifies extreme anger…. (Bite)

• If one’s fingers bleed from such bite in a dream, it means tribulations caused by one’s own shortcomings…. (Bite)

• Taking a dog for a companion on a journey in a dream means disappearing…. (Dog)

• Adopting a dog as a pet in a dream means wavering, or paying financial damages, or it could mean unemployment…. (Dog)

• A dog in a dream also means disbelief, ingratitude or losing hope, belying, fear, imprisonment, or becoming a fugitive…. (Dog)

• A shepherd’s dog represents a good neighbor who cares more about his neighbors than about his own household…. (Dog)

• Drinking dog’s milk in a dream means a scare…. (Dog)

• Eating a dog’s meat in a dream means cracking down at one’s enemy…. (Dog)

• A dog in a dream also represents a guard or an innovator…. (Dog)

• A dog in a dream also represents a street boy, a beggar or an obsequious, lowly and a despicable person who maintains affection toward his master and jealously guards him, his children and property…. (Dog)

• A dog in a dream also means greed, love for the worldly pleasures, committing a dogfight to win them and failingto have any reserve or savings…. (Dog)

• A hunting dog in a dream represents honor and profits…. (Dog)

• Seeing an angry dog in a dream denotes that you will defeat your rivals…. (Dog)

• Dreaming of a dog and petting it indicates profits and lasting friends…. (Dog)

• If a dog barks at someone in a dream, it means that one will hear something he despises or hates to make public from someone who lacks any sense of honor or virtue…. (Dog)

• Dreaming that you kill an angry dog means that you will overcome the bad opinions and you will rise up to prosperity…. (Dog)

• See Dog)… (Hunting dog)

• Often, dreaming with a dog indicates a need to be loved and protected, to have on our side someone to give us love and companionship…. (Dog)

• If the dog is in danger it means that a relationship will be threatened…. (Dog)

• If the dog shows us affection and fidelity, then it indicates that we are being true to our own nature…. (Dog)

• If the dog looks at us and asking for something or puts his head over our lap, then he is imploring us to return to the right path…. (Dog)

• If the dog looks at us surly with eyes burning in hate, he is telling us that we deny the loyalty to others which we are requesting…. (Dog)

• See Dog…. (Mad Dog)

• Seeing a dog in a city in a dream also means renewal of one’s business contract…. (Dog)

• To dream that a dog bites your on the leg, suggests that you have lost your ability to balance aspects of your life…. (Dog)

• Play with a dog, damage…. (Dog)

• To see a happily barking dog in your dream, indicates pleasures, friendship and much social activity in your life…. (Dog)

• Dream of a strange dog indicates the possibility of suffering deceive, perjury or damages…. (Dog)

• A furious dog is a signal of anger, angriness and melancholy…. (Dog)

• If the dog is barking ferociously, then it represents your habit of making demands on people and controlling situations around you…. (Dog)

• To see a dog in your dream, symbolize a skill that you have not used, ignored or even forgotten…. (Dog)

• Dreaming of dog shows, that your own values and intentions will enable you to go forward in the world and succeed…. (Dog)

• Should it belong to a stranger, an unscrupulous and infamous enemy, See a dog tear clothing, scandal on the part of a mendacious villan, seeking to ruin him whose garments are torn…. (Dog)

• A dog in a dream also represents a weak enemy or a niggardly person…. (Dog)

• If the dog is dead or dying in dream, then it symbolizes a loss of a good friend…. (Dog)

• Should the dreamer imagine the dog to be his own, the services of a faithful, indefatigable and courageous friend, a trustworthy servant…. (Dog)

• See a dog in anger; well-founded fears…. (Dog)

• (See Dog)… (Shepherd’s dog)

• If you are bitten by a dog it is indication of gossiping-talking and dishonesty…. (Dog)

• To dream about dog on your property, means that certain person will need your help and advice…. (Dog)

• Bringing-up a dog for companion- ship in a dream means befriending a servant for whom one has great love and affection…. (Dog)

• A pet dog in a dream represents an astringent and a bitter enemy…. (Dog)

• A shepherd’s dog in a dream represents profits and benefits…. (Dog)

• Hunting with a dog in a dream means satisfying one’s lust or desire…. (Dog)

• To dream that you are buying a dog, indicates your inclination to bribe or buy your friends or buy compliments / favors…. (Dog)

• If one is transformed into a dog in a dream, it means that God Almighty has taught him great knowledge which he abused and discarded, then God Almighty stripped him from such a knowledge…. (Dog)

• Seeing a sick house dog in a dream means illness and financial losses or loss of appetite or losing the pleasure of living…. (Dog)

• A dog in a dream also could represent a vile and an insolent woman who belong to a group of evildoing people and who are persistent in their enmity…. (Dog)

• Killing a dog in a dream signifies vanquishing one’s enemy…. (Dog)

• Dreaming that you are dressing up your dog with clothes, signifies your attempts to cover up your own character imperfections, flaws and habits…. (Dog)

• If one does not hear the barking of the dog in the dream, it signifies that one’s enemy has left him inflected with a small loss…. (Dog)

• (See Dog)… (Police dog)

• Dreaming of a lap-dog, foretells you will be succored by friends in some approaching dilemma If it be thin and ill-looking, there will be distressing occurrences to detract from your prospects…. (Lap-dog)

• If a dog tears off one’s clothing in a dream, it means that a vile person is slandering and backbiting him…. (Dog)

• See Dog)… (Dog star)

• A hand bell in a dream also means a scandal…. (Hand bell)

• A hand bell in a dream represents a jobber, a broker, a wife and her children, or the muezzin of a mosque…. (Hand bell)

• Ringing a hand held bell in a dream means propagating falsehood…. (Hand bell)

• Holding a hand bell in a dream also means associating with a useless person, or it could represent a liar…. (Hand bell)

• To have a diminutive hand; deliverance, disembarrassment…. (Hand, Hands)

• Ringing a hand bell in a marketplace in a dream means making a false oath…. (Hand bell)

• The right hand corresponds to the rational, conscious, logical and virile side…. (Hand)

• (See Hand mill)… (Hand grinder)

• The hand symbolizes our means of action…. (Hand)

• The left hand means irrational, illogical, unconscious and passive part of character…. (Hand)

• Dream of having a hand cut off, burned, or withered ; loss of a most valuable servant…. (Hand, Hands)

• To have a hand hairy or shaggy, vexation and imprisonment…. (Hand, Hands)

• A hand mill in a dream also means comfort, relief, evil, fight, dispute, wife, servant, livelihood, travels, gourmandism, or a woman who gives herself priority in everything…. (Hand mill)

• On the other hand, it indicates you are removing some responsibility off your shoulders…. (Hand)

• Dream of taking someone’s hand represents your union with this person…. (Hand)

• If one buys a hand mill in a dream, it means that he will get married, or that he will marry off his daughter, or that he will travel on business…. (Hand mill)

• The dream about hands could show the necessity to give a hand to those around you…. (Hand)

• It is known that the right hand is the symbol of manhood and the right one is a symbol of feminine factors of the dreamer…. (Hand)

• To see a detached hand, indicates a solitary life, that is, people will fail to understand your views and feelings…. (Hand)

• If you have an injured hand, some person will succeed to what you are striving most to obtain…. (Hand)

• In a dream, to see your hand being dirty, denotes to the guilt and fault you are carrying with yourself…. (Hand)

• As far as the question of livelihood, the better looking and effective is the hand mill, the better are one’s earnings and vice-versa…. (Hand mill)

• If one sees himself operating a millstone by hand in a dream, it means that he earns his livelihood following the required religious conduct, and earns his money from his own sweat…. (Hand mill)

• If one sees a huge hand mill in the center of a town in a dream, it means war and destruction and especially if he sees it grinding rocks or emitting fire or sparks…. (Hand mill)

• If one sees a hand mill grinding stones in a dream, it means that he will be seized by terror…. (Hand mill)

• If someone sees a hand mill in a house that is not accustomed to grinding its own grain or spices in a dream, it means adversities, defeat, or arguments…. (Hand mill)

• Otherwise, it means a plague if the hand mill is grinding spoiled and moldy grains, mud, or spoiled meat…. (Hand mill)

• If the hand mill is turning with nothing to grind in the dream, it means toiling aimlessly…. (Hand mill)

• A pair of small hand grinders in a dream represent two loathsome partners that no one can correct or guide…. (Hand mill)

• If one sees the hand mill turning and not grinding in a dream, it means travels…. (Hand mill)

• If the hand mill turns using a wheel in the dream, it means prosperity…. (Hand mill)

• (Laboring | Livelihood | Millstone | Travel) A hand mill in a dream means overcoming distress, pain, or satisfying one’s needs…. (Hand mill)

• The dream, in which you were holding the hand of other person, indicates the strong bond, love and affection you have towards that particular person…. (Hand)

• If one is bitten by another person in a dream, it means that he will enjoy happiness and success at the beginning of his professional life, then he will suffer from an illness, eye inflammation, ophthalmia, or from heart problems…. (Bite)

• Biting one’s own fingers in a dream means regret or fury, rage and anger…. (Bite)

• Biting on an apple in a dream means satisfying one’s desires…. (Bite)

• (Also see Pinch | Tongue)… (Bite)

• Being bitten By a serpent or other venomous beast, jealousy…. (Bite)

• Dream of being bitten, fear of injury to the feet…. (Bite)

• If one bites himself then spits a piece of his own flesh on the ground in a dream, it means backbiting and belittling others…. (Bite)

• (See Pinch)… (Bite off)

• It can also reveal the fear of sexual assault…. (Bite)

• If we are bitten it means that we feel hurt by the aggression of the person who bites us, or the aggressiveness of others if we do not recognize the person…. (Bite)

• If we are bitten by an animal the dream reflects the fear of letting ourselves be dominated by our instincts and passions, which will be symbolized by the animal that bites us…. (Bite)

• It implies a wish to undo work that is past undoing…. (Bite)

• You are also likely to suffer losses through some enemy…. (Bite)

• Conditions will change from good to bad if you are joined with others in back-biting…. (Back-bite)

• (See Snake | Sting)… (Snake bite)

• This dream omens ill…. (Bite)

• dogs collecting from all parts, a popular assembly held in the interests of the government, a call for soldiers…. (Dog)

• It could also indicate unfriendly or dangerious companions…. (Dog)

• Seeing …. (Dog)

• Be worried by dogs, a proportionate victory over enemies…. (Dog)

• Dogs fighting presage enemies and disagreements with the loved person…. (Dog)

• Alternatively, it suggest a need for you to find friendship, companionship and new place in society…. (Dog)

• It also represents a blooming friendship or that your friendships will grow stronger…. (Dog)

• If he barks in the dream, it means that such a man is impudent and has a repulsive and an abominable character…. (Dog)

• (astr…. (Dog star)

• Dogs that bark announce indispositions and gossiping…. (Dog)

• Dogs baying, scandalous publications…. (Dog)

• You may be hesitant in approaching a new situation or have no desire to move forward with your goals…. (Dog)

• Alternatively, dogs may indicate intuition, loyalty, protection, generosity and fidelity…. (Dog)

• See white dogs, speedy happiness…. (Dog)

• This skill needs to be activated…. (Dog)

• In the dream, anything that happens to such a breed of dogs means suffering from distress, sorrow or loss of one’s pleasure of living…. (Dog)

• Black ones, treason at the hands of friends…. (Dog)

• Lying down, turpitude, dishonorable love intrigues…. (Dog)

• See dogs righting, ambuscades to be avoided…. (Dog)

• Alternatively, it represents a deterioration of your instincts…. (Dog)

• It may indicate betrayal and untrustworthiness…. (Dog)

• A puppy in a dream represents a loved child…. (Dog)

• Seeing a doggy in a dream symbolizes joy and carefree nature…. (Dog)

• A greyhound in a dream also represents the backbone of an army general or his best helper or it could represent a good strategist, though he lacks principals and moral integrity…. (Dog)

• A Japanese spaniel or a Pekingese in a dream signifies mixing with, or doing business with a foreign counterpart…. (Dog)

• Seeing an expedition of hounds leaving a town for a chase or a hunt in a dream means blessings and prosperity for everyone, or it could mean taking action…. (Dog)

• His bark warns us about the proximity of danger…. (Dog)

• Seeing a greyhound in a dream means gaining authority, control and wealth…. (Dog)

• A puppy in a dream also represents a child of adultery, a foundling who is left in the street, wrapped in a swaddle and who is brought home by an insolent person to rear him…. (Dog)

• It could also mean falling sick or suffering from great affliction or harm caused by a close companion or a servant…. (Dog)

• If it is a white puppy in the dream, it means that such a son will grow to be a believer…. (Dog)

• Dreaming that you’re looking after dogs, indicates that you’re a trustworthy and loyal friend, especially in difficult times…. (Dog)

• If it is a black puppy in the dream, it means that he will grow to govern the household and to presides over its people…. (Dog)

• If one sees such expedition entering a town in his dream, it also means a high rate of unemployment…. (Dog)

• Seeing the expedition of hounds returning from a hunt or a chase in a dream means dispelling people’s fears, or it could mean lack of work…. (Dog)

• A barking bitch in a dream signifies harm and deceit which is caused by abominable people…. (Dog)

• In a dream, all types of dogs also represent people…. (Dog)

• Symbolizes friendship and fidelity…. (Dog)

• To hear his howl portends imminent death…. (Dog)

• (Lust | Desire | Want…. (Hunting dog)

• Hearing dogs barking anticipates bad news or difficulties…. (Dog)

• In a dream, all breeds of dogs represent lowly, obsequious and despicable people…. (Dog)

• With many, avarice…. (Dog)

• Seeing dogs that are reared for bantering or dallying with in a dream signify fun and enjoying one’s life…. (Dog)

• See Fingers…. (Hand)

• In loosening them, you will force others to submit to your dictations…. (Hand)

• Dreaming that your hands are tied, denotes that you will be involved in difficulties…. (Hand)

• To shake hands with close relative, it’s a sign of happy family life…. (Shake hand)

• Small, weak and ugly hands indicate recklessness, insecurity, dissatisfaction and failure…. (Hand)

• If you have abnormally large hands, then such dream symbolizes the proficiency in your life…. (Hand)

• The dream could also indicate the actual fear of being no longer in connection with that person…. (Hand)

• If you hands were closed, then it might show you are hiding something or have made the acceptance about something…. (Hand)

• If your hands are hairy, rough, then such dream suggests you to be more intelligent and softer with people you are making deals…. (Hand)

• If your hands are bleeding or are wounded in any other way, then it shows you will lose the respects from other people, because of something you did or didn’t do…. (Hand)

• If you were washing your hands in a dream, then it means you got rid of some duties or finished the certain work, relationships or project…. (Hand)

• The hands are also the part of communication, mostly used to express the emotions…. (Hand)

• The hands in a dream represent your ability to connect with the outer world…. (Hand)

• Dream of having very large hands indicates that you will succeed and achieve your objectives…. (Hand)

• Hands are a form of communication between people…. (Hand)

• Dream of having your hands stained with blood means you feel guilty about something in real life…. (Hand)

• Dream of washing your hands means there is a matter that concerns you and you should face it…. (Hand)

• Who has the fan is who takes the initiative in the real world, but with lack of honesty, disloyalty and intrigue…. (Hand fan)

• For a woman to admire her own hands, is proof that she will win and hold the sincere regard of the man she prizes above all others…. (Hand)

• To wash your hands, you will participate in some joyous festivity…. (Hand)

• To admire the hands of others, she will be subjected to the whims of a jealous man…. (Hand)

• To have a man hold her hands, she will be enticed into illicit engagements…. (Hand)

• To handle fire without burning her hands, she will rise to high rank and commanding positions…. (Hand)

• If she lets others kiss her hands, she will have gossips busy with her reputation…. (Hand)

• To see your hands soiled, denotes that you will be envious and unjust to others…. (Hand)

• To see them smaller, the reverse is predicted…. (Hand)

• To see blood on them, denotes estrangement and unjust censure from members of your family…. (Hand)

• If you see beautiful hands in your dream, you will enjoy great distinction, and rise rapidly in your calling | but ugly and malformed hands point to disappointments and poverty…. (Hand)

• To burn your hands, you will overreach the bounds of reason in your struggles for wealth and fame, and lose thereby…. (Hand)

• To see your hands covered with hair, denotes that you will not become a solid and leading factor in your circle…. (Hand)

• To see your hands enlarged, denotes a quick advancement in your affairs…. (Hand)

• Dream of your hands represents your relationship with the people in your life and how you interacting with the world…. (Hand)

• If the hands appear dirty, calloused or scratched, it symbolizes that many sacrifices will have to be made, in order to achieve our objectives, and if success does come, it will be after putting in a lot of effort…. (Hand)

• To wash the hands; toil, inquietude…. (Hand, Hands)

Energy; Sexuality; The serpentine power of Kundalini, an unconscious, instinctive and libidinal force.

Question:

What is the energy, that I am willing to express? Or to understand?

General Meanings:

The snake is the ancient symbol of dreams and should always be thoroughly analyzed by individual associations. The result of deep analysis will give you an important insight into your personality. For the start there is a lot of examples what a meaning of a snake dream can be.

Hidden worries or unmasked dangers – Dreaming of a snake indicates secret fears and hidden worries. These are threats for you. In this case, a snake in the dream might be an alert to wake up and see what is going around you, that is not already discovered. Alternative interpretation of the snake dream is the contradiction. Its meaning foretells the discovery of a threat. So, in this case a snake is an indication that a raunchy person or such situation is revealed in some way. Maybe it is a situation where you can not trust a person, or a person whom you know and can not keep it under control.

Taboo and temptation or fear of sex – Snake is often interpreted as a phallic symbol, that embodies sexual needs. Accordingly, snake can symbolize taboo – dangerous and forbidden sexual feelings. Or snake can represent temptation. Maybe even it shows that these sexual needs and desires are haunting you. But if you are afraid in the dream because of the snake, then it indicates your fears of sexual intercourse, close friendship or commitment.

Positive symbolism – In general, the interpretation of snake in positive way has symbolism of healing, freeing, protecting augury. Also as a positive symbol, snake symbolize knowledge and wisdom. Other meaning of snake as good omen foretells self-renewal, spiritual independence or rebirth, along with any other kind of positive transformations.

Psychological Meanings:

Importance – Snake is most important archetypical character of dreams. According psychiatrist C.G. Jung a snake demonstrates something significant in the subconscious. It can be dangerous or can bring salvation. Since the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the snake is most commonly met with fear.

Good or bad – Because of snake mysterious nature, it is seen as the carrier of deepest energetic forces of the soul, but snake also is seen often in a conflict, so snake dream has both meanings – positive and negative. Therefore snake can show splitting subconscious into one of two directions – good or bad. Two-headed snake – Especially the snake with two heads, one on each end, in the dream represents that the dreamer is being forcefully pulled in two different directions. Maybe there is too big load for you, too many things to carry. And that makes you not going anywhere. In this case your actions are having the opposite of the desired effect. Also two headed snake can be seen as a symbol of love affair or love triangle. The bicephalic snake (two heads on one side) in the dream represents parenthood or indicates your strong feeling of wanting to have children. Alternative interpretation of the two-headed snake indicates any kind of relationship and teamwork. Maybe you need to be more cooperative to achieve outstanding results.

Secret – A snake, that emerges from the darkness, signifies the fear of losing something special. As example, it represents closely guarded secret, that could be snatched from the dreamer.

Temptress – A snake in men’s dreams can appear as the symbol of a seductress and then often embodies a cold, calculating woman. Thus, it also has a warning function.

Sexuality and fear of it – Psychoanalytic Sigmund Freud saw in snake dreams a typical phallic symbolism. The snake may have this meaning very well, especially in dreams of young people. It symbolizes the instinctive impulse of human nature. Since snakes relate with sexuality, then maybe you have unresolved problems in this area or the fear of sexual activity. Snake in the bed – Especially, a snake on your bed in the dream represents that you are feeling intense sexual power from someone and that makes you uncomfortable or even sexually threatened. Maybe you are inexperienced, too much nervous or it is just too soon for you.

Snakes and Women

Snakes belong in the female dream’s world like stars in the sky. Snake dreams have younger girls than mature women because they still have a fear of male sexual power. In later years, the snake can refer to the fear of a rival.

Colors and their meanings – The yellow snake in the dream of a woman is the fear of encountering male sexuality and the red is often interpreted as direct symbol of the phallus, because the combination of the color and the form closely related to the penis. The golden snake symbolizes the abundance of wealth and the power of the Spirits. The white snake implies the depth of the soul. Dark, black snakes can alert the dreamer to change his life. Green snakes represent the body energy, which could still be used.

Kissing, touching or any other friendly contact with snakes in the dream, represents the possibility of betrayal and deception.

Healing, freeing and protecting – Together with other symbols this animal can be interpreted very positively and often represents some kind of healing: not for nothing a snake winds around the wand (rod) of Asclepius (Latin Aesculapius), the Greek God of medicine, healing, rejuvenation and physicians. At all times snakes’ deadly poisons was used in small quantities for the cure of certain diseases. Therefore, it is in the dream also as a symbol of change and healing. If snake sheds it’s skin in the dream, since old times such symbol is interpreted as the recuperation, recovery from an illness or a disease, or the liberation of condition, situation. The skin of a snake in the dream is as the safeguard for the dreamer and thus symbolizes protection from diseases or illnesses.

Spiritual Meanings:

Moral corruption or wrongful and criminal deception – On the spiritual level, the snake or the serpent in the dream symbolizes depravity, wickedness, acts of moral turpitude or fraud.

Perfection, energy, power, spiritual independence, rebirth, knowledge – The Ouroboros or Uroboros, a serpent or dragon eating its own tail, symbolizes the perfection, an infinite energy and the power. This ancient symbol appears in the dream when the dreamer is ready to engage with complete spiritual self-sufficiency. Dreaming of the snake eating its own tail has symbolic significance not only as the symbol of self-renewing life, but also as the symbol of the penetrating knowledge and the dragon.

Medicine Wheel Meanings:

Keywords

Mysterious; sexual; alive; transformative; cold-blooded; closed; balanced; sliding; live-giving; forked tongue; extraordinary sensitivity; old powers; messenger; Moon of the first frosts.

Description

The Snake in the Medicine Wheel is the animal totem of the Moon of the First Frosts (October 24 to November 21).

Snakes are limbless reptiles, which bodies consists of many Vertebral notches, at which costal arches are loosely attached, that allows to animals their distinctive spiral movements. Snakes have on their skins a large number of scales (Greek λέπιδ lepid, Latin squama), a small rigid plates, that overlap each other and that allow the movements of the reptiles too. Snakes with their tongues can taste and smell. Snakes are cold blood, but they are able to adapt very well to their surroundings. Snakes are very sensitive to contacts and vibrations. These reptiles are able to change color for camouflage, and they can give hissing noises. Worldwide there are almost 2500 different species of snakes.

Since the Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs already became extinct, snakes have spread themselves on the planet. Since humans and snakes inhabit the earth together, the snake has been misunderstood and often feared.

General Meaning

According to indigenous North American culture the snake in the dream represents the exploration of your life and sexual energy;
In the Medicine Wheel the snake also shows that you fathoms the feminine aspects of your being;
In addition, the symbolism of the dream foretells the understanding of your connection with the earth;
The snake is the symbol of increasing balance too.

Association

A person who cheats or deceives others;
Serpent in paradise – Eve and the apple.

Transcendent Meaning

The revelation of the transformation;
Direct message from the Great Spirit.

Foster’s Teaching

Snake in the dream is responsible for sexuality, particularly feminine.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

In western culture a snake is purely sexual ancient symbol. In some old dreambooks serpent stands for susceptibility of disease and depression, but in others is interpreted as sign of good health and good mood. Despite that contradiction, the snake dream is followed by disappointments and frustrations. This reptile can be as a warning of treachery or as an indication that plans might fail. Sometimes dreaming of snake points to evil tongues, bad neighborhood and scheming of treacherous or deceitful persons;

• - To dream snake: warning against the cunning and the malice of a woman;
• - To dream several snakes: should be interpreted as the harbinger of evil;
• - To dream small or young snakes: warning against artificially friendly people, because they might want to make professionally an end to something (by killing – old dream books);
• - To dream bronze snake: announces envy and ruin or bankruptcy;
• - To dream shining (luminous, glowing) or brilliant snake: one will be surrounded by enemies, but one will be able to resist and defeat them;
• - To dream a white snake: it is a bringer of wisdom or secret messages;
• - To see a red serpent: announces strong sexual needs;
• - To see an orange snake: shows a combination of idealism, emotions and sexuality;
• - Blue serpent: stands for religiosity;
• - Purple snake: symbolizes a lot of mental energy;
• - Green serpent: promises a lot of mental energy and newly burgeoning hopes;
• - Skin (snake shedding skin or skinning of snake): the dreamer outgrows himself, because he leaves behind his old existence and personality;
• - The Serpent of Aesculapius: one will be cured soon from his inner conflicts or illness;
• - Standing erected snake or cobra: symbolizes the pursuit of high ideals and spiritual development;
• - Snake in the womb or on the lap: foreshadows humiliation;
• - Snake kills kittens or young cats: you have enemies, that will inflict damage on themselves in attempt to damage on you;
• - Snake kills dogs or puppies: your friend will help you, but without great chances of success;
• - To see writhing (twisting and squirming) snake that attacks another snake: there are financial difficulties and remorse might come into the house;
• - A snake winding around you and licks your face: you may face a disease; you could be in a position where your enemies makes you feel completely at the mercy;
• - To be attacked and bitten by a snake: you will be exposed to an attack on your honor, by deceitful
• and insidious machinations of a woman; you will have inconvenience; there is a danger
• that leans to the negative tendencies; the enemies may harm a business;
• - To see how someone else is bitten by snake: you might offend or hurt a friend;
• - To get over a serpent: one lives in constant fear of disease; selfish people want to make a dispute;
• - To hold a snake confidently in hand: one has tactical skills and will overcome all adversities;
• - Hairs turn into snakes (hair of medusa): minor incidents become larger problems;
• - Abnormal snake or serpent (unnatural form of reptile): announces difficulties, but you will be able to overcome them with peace and willpower;
• - Swimming with snakes or stepping on one in water: an apparent pleasure turns out to be annoying obstacle;
• - Dead snake: you will become master of your enemies;
• - To kill by yourself a snake: you will fully exploit the opportunities and enjoy the deserved triumph over enemies;
• - To dream how children play with snakes: one must separate friends from enemies;
• - Snake on road: it could show that a conspiracy will be discover, directed against you and your friend; or your friend has everything under control;
• - If a woman is attacked and bitten in the dream by a dead snake: she will have to suffer the quarrels of a false friend.
• - If a woman is dreaming that a child puts a snake on her head and she can hear the hissing animal: she will be persuaded to give up a something good that she should keep.
• - If a woman hypnotize a snake in the dream: someone tries to circumcise her rights, but she can count on the help of influential friends.

Hindu (Hinduism)

• - To see a large snake: you will become deceived;
• - Small snake: love happiness;
• - To kill a snake: you make an enemy harmless;
• - See many snakes: discomfort for a short time;
• - Step on a snake: you have false friends;
• - Be bitten by a snake: defamation;
• - Snake with multiple heads: you will be exposed to evil temptations;
• - To see squirming snake: loss of money;
• - Many snakes to see: short discomfort.
• - See more meanings in Hindu.

* Please, see also meaning of apple, reptiles, carnivores, animals.