Understanding the Enigmatic Presence of Dragonflies in Dreams

Dreaming of a dragonfly on your lap is a vivid image that can carry deep symbolism. In many cultures, dragonflies are messengers of change and transformation. They often symbolize the ability to adapt and embrace new experiences and perspectives.

When you dream of a dragonfly resting on your lap, it can evoke feelings of serenity and introspection, suggesting that you are in a phase of personal growth or self-discovery. The presence of a dragonfly in your dreams invites you to reflect on your own relationship with change in your waking life. Are you receptive to transformation?

Are you finding joy in exploring new horizons? This dream can also signify the beauty of living in the moment, encouraging you to appreciate the small wonders around you. In the simplicity of this dream, you may find profound layers of meaning that resonate with your current life situation, shedding light on areas needing attention, care, or acknowledgment.

• Dreaming of a dragonfly often symbolizes transformation and change.
• A dragonfly on your lap may indicate a period of personal growth and clarity.
• Such dreams can also reflect the need to embrace one’s own beauty and individuality.

Symbols

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  • Moth:

    (Moth; Silkworm) In a dream, a butterfly signifies ignorance, lack of experience with people, or inexperience with the proper protocol. A butterfly in a dream also could signify love and sacrificing one’s life for others. A butterfly in a dream also represents fire worshipers, fear, or a weak enemy who speaks big words.

    If a farmer sees butterflies in his dream, it means hardships and lack of work, or consenting to evil by associating with evil companions, or befriending vile women. A silkworm in a dream represents the best of people who spend in charity from their best and who curtail their evil, or it could represent children who live a short life in this world, or people who leave a sizeable estate for their posterity. A silkworm, or a butterfly in a dream also could signify a short life, the near end of one’s life, a miller, or it could represent a painter.

  • Midges:

    (Fly) In a dream, a midge represents a boy, a woman, a servant, or money.

  • Silkworm:
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  • Knee:

    (Brotherhood; Health; Kneelingin prayers; Movement; Partnership; Prayers; Servants) One’s knee in a dream represents his efforts, toiling, purpose and share in earning his livelihood. If the skin covering the kneecap appears healthy and flawless in the dream, it means that one’s livelihood will become easier to manage, and his financial standing will become stronger. However, if the skin of one’s kneecap is detached or hangs loosely in the dream, it denotes coming hardships.

    If the skin looks rough and swelling in a dream, it means that his hard earned money will be lost in a bad investment, and subsequently his earnings will be scarce and hard to get. Knees in a dream also represent the condition of one’s health, movements, freedom and level of professionalism. Healthy knees in a dream also represent travels or business activities.

    If a sick person experiences knees pain in a dream, it may mean that he is nearing his 244 IBiN DHiiilVilN O death. As for a traveller knees in a dream represent his travelling vehicle. They also connote giving and receiving, quietness, one’s residence, savings, expen¬ ditures, or immobility.

    A broken kneecap in a dream means separation between friends, or damage to one’s vehicle.

  • Bonesetter:

    (Bonesetter) An orthopedist who corrects skeletal deformities and sets broken bones in a dream represents a pious governor who governs with justice, teaches righteousness, balances substances and conforms to equanimity. Seeing an orthopedist in a dream also means presumptuousness, might and audacity. He also represents officiousness, adroitness and resoluteness, for he discards the deficient and brings together what is broken.

    Seeing an orthopedist in a dream also means distress and trouble. He also represents an architect, and an architect represents an orthopedist in a dream. Thus, seeing him in a dream also means construction and could represent a generous person who comforts, accommodates and helps a needy person, or a wise man who comforts the broken hearts, a just judge, a great scholar, a shoe repairman, or a tailor.

    If one sees himself standing before an orthopedist in a dream because of a broken bone or another fracture and then complains about an abscess in his neck, and if the orthopedist opens that DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 313 abscess with pliers to drain the puss in the dream, then it represents a debt one has to repay, or a votive offering one has to fulfill, or it could mean giving a testimony in court, or accepting the ruling of a scholar. If an orthopedist sets one’s broken right arm and ties it to his neck in a dream, it means that someone will oblige him to do him a personal favor and consequently deprive him from attending other duties, or restrain him from serving other charities. The same interpretation is given for a broken leg.

  • Feet:

    In a dream, feet represent man’s uprightness, for with them one stands erect. If anything happens to one’s feet in a dream, it will reflect on his financial standing, work, toiling, his boss or his delegations. If one sees his feet pointing toward the heavens in a dream, it could denote the death of his child.

    If one’s feet turn green, it means that he will suffer business losses. If one sees himself committing loathsome sexual acts with his feet in a dream, it means that he will pursue an unlawful sexual intercourse. Walking bear footed in a dream means toiling in life, difficulties and fatigue.

    If one sees himself eating the foot of another human being in a dream, it means that he will become a close friend with him, acquire his intercession, reap success from his connection, fulfill his needs, receive benefits in his travels, or if he qualifies, he may preside over a group of poor people or guide seamen to their catch. If he is a poor person, it means that his benefits to others are greater than if he were a rich person. If a rich man sees himself eating the foot of another person in a dream, it means illness, weakness or blindness.

    As for evildoers, eating someone’s foot in a dream means imprisonment, sorrow and blame. If one sees one ofhis feet turning into a stone, it means that he will be deprived of its use. If one steps over a king or a ruler in a dream, it means that he will step over a coin of money that carries the figure of such a ruler.

    If one’s foot is amputated in a dream, it means that he will loose half ofhis wealth. If both his feet are amputated in the dream, it means that he will lose all ofhis wealth, or that he may die shortly. One’s feet in a dream also represent his parents or the leaders of the land.

    If one’s foot is fractured in a dream, it means that he should not near the people of authorities for some days or he better leave town for sometime and pray for his safety. If a sick person sees his foot broken in a dream, it may mean his death. If one sees one ofhis feet longer than the other in a dream, it means that he will travel and profit from his journey, or receive the needed help during his journey.

    If he is rich, it means that he will become sick. If a poor person sees himself having four legs in a dream, it means that he will travel and receive help to accomplish his goals. A rich person in that case may get sick, or it could mean longevity.

    DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 175 Walking on three feet in a dream means either that one will grow to be old, or that through an ailment, he will not die until he uses a cane to help him walk. If a ruler or a judge sees himself having many legs in a dream, it means that he has many helpers. If one’s feet turn into iron in a dream, it means longevity and prosperity.

    If they turn into glass in a dream, it means that he will live a short life and suffer a debilitating illness. If they turn gold in the dream, it means that he will use them to seek a lost property or a desired wealth. If they turn silver in the dream, it means that he is a philanderer and he will live in poverty, for lust for women and wealth cannot exist together.

    If one’s feet turn into led in the dream, it means that he may suffer from paralysis, unless if the dream contains other elements that denote actions which are pleasing to God Almighty. If one sees his foot without a covering skin in the dream, it means longevity. In a dream, one’s toes represent good deeds.

    Experiencing foot pain in a dream means sins and punishment or repentance and endurance. (Also see Measure; Body'; Leg; Thigh; Travels)

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  • Darning old cloth:

    (Patching) Darning an old garment in a dream represents hypocrisy, fawning, adulation, impertinence, or it could mean to manage by, or to suffer from a lasting poverty.

  • Darn:

    (Invisible stitches; Mend; Patch; Regret) To mend a garment with interlac¬ ing stitches in a dream means correcting oneself, piety, godliness, appropriate¬ ness, good reputation, being free from illness, arming oneself, or it could mean rain. If one sees his wife’s robe ripped and tends to mend it for her in a dream, it means that he will insult his wife, then apologize to her or regret his action. If one sees himself darning his own shirt in a dream, it means that he will have an argument with a relative or befriend a person of evil character.

    Darning one’s clothes in a dream also represents the roar of arguments or disputes. In some circles, it is also interpreted to mean repentance from one’s sins, regretting wrongdoing, although one will fail to apologize or adequately compensate the other person for offending him.

  • Sacking needle:

    (Needle; Upholsterer’s needle) A sacking needle in a dream represents a woman, because of its threading hole. Holding a sacking needle in a dream means travels, or if one’s wife is pregnant, it means that she will beget twin girls.

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  • Thigh:

    (Limb) One’s thighs in a dream represent his family or clan. Anything that affects them in the dream will manifest in his family or clan. If one sees his thighs missing something in a dream, it means that he is a foreigner, or that he does not know his lineage or ancestry.

    Experiencing pain in one’s thigh in a dream means doing harm to one’s own family or clan. If one sees that a piece of skin is crafted to his thigh in a dream, it means that someone will attribute a son to him, and it will turn to be a false allegation. Thighs in a dream also represent the pillars of one’s house, the head of a household, one’s wife, one’s husband, son, master, earnings, business, vehicle, or wealth.

    One’s thighs in their beautiful condition in a dream also represent the correctness of one’s prayers, or they may represent his garment, tools, or chair. Imputation of one’s thigh in a dream means taking a long journey and dying in a foreign country. (Also see Body’; Foot; Leg)

  • Leg:

    (Thigh; Limb) In a dream, one’s legs represent longevity, old age, or his source of income. If one sees his legs turned into iron in a dream, it means that he will live a long life. If they turn into glass in the dream, it means that he will die shortly.

    If he sees his legs crossed in a dream, it means that he has neared the term of his live, or that he is going to face a major challenge in his life, or that 252 ID IN DUiUdVllN o he is a liar. If one sees the thighs of a woman he recognizes in the dream, it means that he will marry that woman or a friend of hers. Hairy legs in a dream mean debts, or that one may die in a prison.

    If one sees his leg twisted in a dream, it means that he will commit adultery. Legs in a dream also represent man’s wealth or his livelihood. In that sense, if one’s legs turn into iron in a dream, it represents a lasting prosperity.

    If his legs turn into wood in a dream, it means that he will grow weaker and unable to earn for himself. If one’s legs become glass or pottery in a dream, it means that he may die shortly, and that his property and wealth will be distributed to his heirs. If one finds his leg shorter than usual in a dream, it means that he will lose some of his money.

    If one walks on one foot in a dream, it means that he will lose half of his wealth. If both legs are amputated in a dream, it means that he will lose everything he has. If one’s leg seems fat in the dream, it denotes a good financial standing, or it could mean buying a good car, or receiving a pleasing gift.

    If a woman sees herself having hairy legs in a dream, it means humiliation or a trick that she will play before her husband, or that her private life will become public knowledge, or that she will receive spiritual guidance after that she lived in heedlessness. A leg in a dream also denotes hardships. If one sees his legs banded or tide together in a dream, it means fear, poverty and adversities.

    Exposing one’s legs in a dream means abandoning prayers, and it could mean humiliation. Legs in a dream also signify writing, admonition, advice, reading a book, wisdom, one’s rank, plea¬ sure, pitfalls, fault in advising, or wrong interpretation of religious matters.

  • Rear side:
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  • Darning old cloth:

    (Patching) Darning an old garment in a dream represents hypocrisy, fawning, adulation, impertinence, or it could mean to manage by, or to suffer from a lasting poverty.

  • Sacking needle:

    (Needle; Upholsterer’s needle) A sacking needle in a dream represents a woman, because of its threading hole. Holding a sacking needle in a dream means travels, or if one’s wife is pregnant, it means that she will beget twin girls.

  • Deflation:

    (Interlacing yarn or thread; Weaving) In a dream, knitting represents a problem solver, garments, travels, or hesitation. Knitting in a dream also means the passing of one’s life and the nearing of its end. Knitting in a dream also means living under acceptable conditions, or experiencing the gifts of life between exhilaration and deflation.

    Knitting a garment in a dream means travels. If one sees himself wrapping the knit in a dream, it means that his mind is set on travelling. If one unravels his knit after completing it in a dream, it DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 245 means that his goal was reached then obstructed.

    In such a dream, if one is incarcerated, it means that he will be released. If he is disputing something, it means that his disagreements will be solved. Knitting in a dream also could denote sodomy.

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  • Hitching:

    (Hitching; Jerking; Lameness) Limping in a dream means becoming incapacitated, or being unable to conclude a project one is pursuing. Limping in a dream also means acquiring knowledge, understanding one’s religion, or growing in wisdom. Limping in a dream also means travels.

    If the limping is caused by one’s right leg in the dream, it could mean that an illness will inflict one’s son, If the limping has affected the left leg in the dream, it could mean that one’s daughter will be engaged. If one has no children, or if he has no plans to travel, then limping in a dream means a warning to set back, slow down and to be careful about his next move. If one’s leg is dislocated in a dream, it means DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 255 that his wife may get sick.

    Limping in a dream also means longevity, knowledge and religious understanding. Seeing a woman limping in a dream means receiving something deficient. The same goes if a woman sees someone limping or hopping on one foot in her dream.

    Limping in a dream also represents trickery, perfidy, or treason.

  • Jerking:

    (Hitching; Jerking; Lameness) Limping in a dream means becoming incapacitated, or being unable to conclude a project one is pursuing. Limping in a dream also means acquiring knowledge, understanding one’s religion, or growing in wisdom. Limping in a dream also means travels.

    If the limping is caused by one’s right leg in the dream, it could mean that an illness will inflict one’s son, If the limping has affected the left leg in the dream, it could mean that one’s daughter will be engaged. If one has no children, or if he has no plans to travel, then limping in a dream means a warning to set back, slow down and to be careful about his next move. If one’s leg is dislocated in a dream, it means DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 255 that his wife may get sick.

    Limping in a dream also means longevity, knowledge and religious understanding. Seeing a woman limping in a dream means receiving something deficient. The same goes if a woman sees someone limping or hopping on one foot in her dream.

    Limping in a dream also represents trickery, perfidy, or treason.

  • Oversight:

    (Cutting remark; Oversight) A slip of one’s tongue, or to slip in a cutting remark in a dream may mean walking on a slippery surface, or vice- versa.

Embracing the Wisdom of Your Dreams: Practical Tips

• Reflecting on Your Feelings

  After dreaming of a dragonfly on your lap, take a moment to reflect on the emotions you experienced in the dream. Did you feel calm, anxious, or joyful? Understanding your emotional response can help you connect the dream to your waking life.

  Journal about these feelings and explore what changes or transformations you are currently undergoing. Consider events in your life that require acceptance or a shift in perspective. Engaging with your emotions provides insights into how you can approach real-life challenges, reminding you that your thoughts and feelings guide your journey.

• Embracing Change in Your Life

  The dragonfly often symbolizes change, and dreaming of one on your lap could be nudging you to embrace transformation. Look for areas in your life that may necessitate growth, whether personal or professional. Make a list of goals or intentions you have set for yourself.

  Reflect on small changes you can implement to move closer to achieving these goals. Whether it is changing a habit, pursuing a new opportunity, or fostering relationships, every step you take matters. Embracing these transformations with an open heart can lead to profound growth and opportunities you may not have imagined.

FAQs

• What does it mean spiritually to dream of a dragonfly?

  Spiritually, a dragonfly reflects transformation, adaptability, and the beauty of change. This dream may signify a message from the divine encouraging you to embrace life's transitions with grace.

• Why did I dream of a dragonfly on my lap specifically?

  Dreaming of a dragonfly on your lap can symbolize a personal connection to your inner self. It conveys that you are currently in a phase of introspection and growth, emphasizing the need to acknowledge your own journey toward self-acceptance.

• Can dreaming of a dragonfly relate to my waking life challenges?

  Yes, the dream may mirror challenges in your waking life, especially those requiring you to adapt or confront changes. Consider how this imagery relates to your current situations and what positive transformations could result.

• Is the dragonfly a bad omen in dreams?

  Typically, dragonflies are viewed positively in dream interpretations. If your dream evokes anxiety, consider what aspects of change you may be resisting, and use this insight to help navigate those feelings.

• How can I cultivate the changes symbolized by the dragonfly in my dreams?

  To nurture the changes represented by the dragonfly, set clear intentions for personal growth. Engage in reflective practices such as journaling, meditation, or discussions with trusted friends or mentors to foster a mindset open to transformation.

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