Understanding the Power of Encouragement in Dreams

Dreams often serve as profound reflections of our inner thoughts and relationships. When you dream of a family member providing encouragement, it can resonate deeply, suggesting a bond of support and motivation. In many cultures, family symbolizes comfort and grounding, which becomes evident when we interpret these dreams through the lens of personal aspirations and collective experiences.

A family encouraging you in a dream may signify not only their love and belief in you but also your longing for affirmation in your waking life. This dream can highlight your quest for validation, your ambitions, or even your current struggles. The presence of a loved one motivates you to pursue your goals passionately and reassures you that you are not alone in your journey.

By understanding these symbols, we can gain insights into our emotional landscape and the dynamics of our familial relationships.

• Dreams of encouragement from family members often signify support and connection.
• These dreams encourage reflection on personal aspirations and self-belief.
• The appearance of family figures in dreams may evoke feelings of safety and guidance.

Symbols

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  • Urge:

    (Entice; Incite; Induce; Lure. See Prompting)

  • Induce:

    (Incite; Induce; Lure; Urge) To urge someone to feed the hungry or to do good deeds in a dream means repentance of a sinner, or attracting one’s good luck, or following the exemplary conduct of God’s Prophet upon whom be peace.

  • Incite:

    (Entice; Induce; Lure; Urge) Inciting someone to work for his livelihood, or to impel one’s animal to drive faster in a dream means heeding admonition.

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  • Regent:

    (God Almighty; Governor; Mayor; President; Royalty; Sultan) The true King is God Almighty. If the king is pleased with someone in a dream, it means that God Almighty is pleased with him, and if the king is angry with him in the dream, it means that God Almighty is displeased with him. If one sees the king frowning in a dream, it means that he fails to properly perform his prayers or show true religious devotion.

    If one sees him smiling in a dream, it means profits in one’s material as well as spiritual life. If one sees that God Almighty has appointed him as a king over a land, it means that he will receive such a regency, should he qualify. Later on, unrest will bring tyrants, or dictators to justice, while people of knowledge and piety will survive and regain their authority.

    If one sees himself as a calif or as an Imam in a dream and should he qualify, it means that he will receive such an honor, rank, trust and fame in the land, though his vice-regency will not become hereditary. However, it is a bad omen if he becomes a calif in the dream and does not qualify for such an appointment. In such a case, and by contrast, he will be humiliated and dispersed, and his own helpers will become his superiors, while his enemies will rejoice at his misfortune.

    If one sees himself as a king in a dream, though in reality he does not qualify, DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 241 it means that he may die quickly, and the same is true if a sick person sees himself turned into a king. If he is healthy, it means that someone in his family may die shortly. Seeing a king in a dream also denotes exposing hidden secrets.

    If a philosopher or a fortuneteller sees himself transformed into a king in a dream, then it denotes glad tidings should he not complain about it in his dream. If a slave sees himself becoming a king in a dream, it means that he will be set free. If one sees himself becoming one of the great kings of this world in a dream, it means that he will attain worldly success in his life, though it will be accompanied with religious failure.

    If the person is a natural con artist, it means that he will be captured and imprisoned. If a man sees himself awarded a knighthood that is suitable only for woman, then it means his death. If one sees the kingreprimandinghim in a dream, it means peace between them.

    If one sees himself arguing a case with knowledge and wisdom before a king in a dream, it means that he will win his case and receive what he came for. If one sees himself complaisant with the king about his case in the dream, it means that he will lose his case and the judgment will go the king’s way. If one sees himself walking with a king and rubbing shoulders with him in the dream, it means that he will oppose the king or disobey him.

    If he sees himself following the king in a dream, it means that he will pursue the king’s traditions during his lifetime or after his death. If one enters the king’s palace prostrating in a dream, it means that he will be appointed in a leadership position and receive the king’s pardon. If one sees himself mixing with the king’s harem, or sleeping with them and should there be signs of comfort, trueness, or wisdom in his act in the dream, it means that he will enter the king’s inner circles.

    Otherwise, should he in the dream fear the consequences of what is happening, or if he lacks trueness, or if he slanders them, or indulges in what is unlawful for him to do, then should he reach the king’s door, it means that he will triumph against his enemies inside that palace, and they can cause no harm to him. If in his dream, the king gives him a gift, it means that he will win victory and honor in his life to equal the value of that gift. If the king gives him a brocaded silk garment in the dream, it means that he will give him a wife from the royal family.

    If the king speaks to someone in a dream, it means honor, fame, wealth after poverty, release from jail, expansion of one’s business, or victory over one’s enemy. If an appointed governor sees himself looking into a mirror in a dream, it means that he will be dismissed from his post. If an appointed king sees someone who looks like him sitting in his throne in a dream, it means that he will beget a son.

    If he divorces his wife in a dream, it means that he will abdicate his throne. To see oneself sleeping with the king in the same bed and without a curtain between them, and if the king leaves the bed while one remains resting therein in the dream, it means that his mixing with the king will incur jealousy, or that he will inherit him. If one leaves the bed before the king, it means that he will escape from a great danger.

    If one sees himself sleeping alone in the king’s bed in a dream, it means that he will marry a woman from the governing family, or that he may spend from his own money for the sake of a woman in that palace. If the bed is in the palace though unknown in the dream, it means that he will become a member of that government. If a king hears his subjects praising him in a dream, it means that he will show good qualities.

    If his subjects shower him with money in a dream, it means that they speak ill of him or cast blame at him. If they shower him with sugar in the dream, it means they speak nicely of him, and if they shower him with stones in the dream, it means that they will speak harshly of him. If one sees the people paying obeisance and bowing to him in a dream, it means that they will stand humbly before him.

    If they prostrate themselves before him in a dream, it means that they truly praise him. If a king sees himself following the opinion of a woman in a dream, it means that he will lose his 242 jLDI^I UUJUXlAll KJ kingdom or fall victim to depression, or that he will be thrown into jail. If he opposes her in the dream, it means that he will escape from a great danger.

    If a king sees himself walking in a dream when a common subject comes near him and whispers something in his ear, the commoner here represents the angel of death ‘Izrail, and it means that the king may die a sudden death. Eating from the hand of one’s servant in a dream represents the growing of one’s authority, increase of his business, knowledge, or wisdom. If a king sees himself preparing a banquet for guests in a dream, it means that his opponents will come to argue their case, though he will win over them.

    If he sees himself placing food on the table in a dream, it means that a messenger will come to see him concerning a dispute. If the food is sweet, then the problem will end nicely. If the food is greasy, then the problem will be a lasting one.

    Sour food then means steadfastness. Eating on the table of a just and a righteous king in a dream means blessings and honor. If the king is seen walking alone in the markets in a dream, it means that he is a humble, just, and a strong ruler.

    A sick king in a dream represents weakness in his faith and injustice toward his subjects. If the king is carried over people’s shoulders in a dream, it means lack of faith and lack of attendance to one’s religious obligations, or weakness in his ruling. If the king dies and does not get buried in a dream, it means that the king and his subjects are deviates.

    If he is buried and the people walk away from his grave in the dream, it means that one will pursue something of no benefit, unless God Almighty decrees otherwise. If one sees the king’s head transformed into a ram’s head in a dream, it means that the king is a just and a kind ruler. If his head is transformed into a dog’s head in the dream, then it represents his vile nature.

    If his chest turns into a stone in the dream, it means that his heart will become like a rock. If one sees his own hand turn into the king’s hand in a dream, it means that he will receive a leadingjob. If one sees the king flying with wings in a dream, it means that his authority will spread.

    If his fingers increase in shape or number in the dream, it means that his greed and injustice will manifest. Any dream about a deceased king will manifest in his successors or in his progeny.

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  • Acorn:

    (Acorn; Gull; Oak apples) In a dream, gullnuts represent an endowment or a growing capital investment.

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  • Maintenance:

    (Alimony; Maintenance) To provide support for one’s family and relatives in a dream mean prosperity, protection for one’s children and concern for one’s posterity. Whatever expenses one spends to support his family in a dream will be money he will receive in wakefulness. If one finds himself unwillingly giving family support or alimony to his wife in a dream, it means hypocrisy, or that he is nearing his death.

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  • Alimony:

    (Alimony; Maintenance) To provide support for one’s family and relatives in a dream mean prosperity, protection for one’s children and concern for one’s posterity. Whatever expenses one spends to support his family in a dream will be money he will receive in wakefulness. If one finds himself unwillingly giving family support or alimony to his wife in a dream, it means hypocrisy, or that he is nearing his death.

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  • Support:
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  • Rising-up:

    (Rising-up) To see oneself waking up from sleep in a dream means steadfastness, serious repentance, success in one’s business and returning home from a journey.

  • Dispirited:

    (Anxious; Disheartened; Dispirited) Feeling uptight in a dream may mean an illness or death.

  • Disheartened:

    (Anxious; Disheartened; Dispirited) Feeling uptight in a dream may mean an illness or death.

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  • Alimony:

    (Alimony; Maintenance) To provide support for one’s family and relatives in a dream mean prosperity, protection for one’s children and concern for one’s posterity. Whatever expenses one spends to support his family in a dream will be money he will receive in wakefulness. If one finds himself unwillingly giving family support or alimony to his wife in a dream, it means hypocrisy, or that he is nearing his death.

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  • Maintenance:

    (Alimony; Maintenance) To provide support for one’s family and relatives in a dream mean prosperity, protection for one’s children and concern for one’s posterity. Whatever expenses one spends to support his family in a dream will be money he will receive in wakefulness. If one finds himself unwillingly giving family support or alimony to his wife in a dream, it means hypocrisy, or that he is nearing his death.

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  • Old man:

    An unknown elderly person in a dream represents one’s good luck, happiness and one’s assiduity and diligence. If the unknown elderly person looks strong in the dream, he represents one’s strength. Otherwise, if he looks feeble, then he represents one’s weakness.

    Whatever physical conditions an elderly person is seen with in the dream, such condition will reflect in one’s own state. If an elderly person comes toward the person seeing the dream, it means that someone will help him attain a praiseworthy rank. If one follows an elderly person in a dream, it means that he follows a good path.

    If one sees an elderly person and displeases him in the dream, it means that he will displease a close friend or reject his advice. If he pleases him in the dream, it means that he will consent with a close good friend and they will walk together on the path to reap material as well as spiritual benefits. If one sees a gathering of friendly people but could not determine whether they are young or elderly in a dream, it means that he will discover new avenues in his life and he will draw material and spiritual benefits from them.

    If he sees a gathering of young people he does not recognize in the dream, it means that he will associate himself with rich people. If he sees a gathering of elderly people he does not recognize in the dream, it means that he will associate himself with good friends. If a woman sees an elderly person she could not recognize in the dream, he represents the world.

    If a young man sees himself turned into an elderly person in a dream, it means that he will acquire knowledge and wisdom. Listening to a good looking elderly person in a dream means receiving honor and rank. If an elderly person sees himself turned young in a dream, it represents his strength, wealth, good living and a healthy life, or it could mean material or religious losses, or it could mean his death.

    If an elderly person sees himself beingborn again in a dream, it means his death. If he is ill, it could represent his attachment to the world, and if he is poor, it could denote his earning. If an elderly person sees himself as a youth in a dream, it could also mean committing a childish act or an unwise act.

    A wise elderly person in a dream represents honor, rank, dignity, wealth, blessings and longevity. On the other hand, seeing an elderly person in a dream could represents failure, weaknesses, defeat, disablement or inertness.

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  • Confident:

    (Companion. See Book; Secret)

  • Corona Borealis:

    Correspondence; (Affinity; Concord; Likeness) Exchanging correspondence be¬ tween two friends in a dream means longevity, for it means joining two destinies and it means comfort and happiness each one gets from his friend.

  • Strap:

    (See Bond')

Practical Insights for Navigating Family Influence in Dreams

• Reflect on Your Relationship Dynamics

  When you find yourself dreaming about familial encouragement, take the time to reflect on your current relationships with family members. Ask yourself if there have been recent changes or challenges that might affect these dynamics. Think about how these relationships influence your feelings of self-worth and ambition.

  Journaling can be a useful tool to explore these feelings more deeply. Write down instances in your life where you felt supported, and consider how these experiences shape your dreams. By recognizing the patterns in your relationships, you can better understand the encouragement you seek or receive from loved ones in your waking life.

• Listen to Your Inner Voice

  Dreams can often reveal aspects of ourselves that we might overlook. Use the encouragement from your family members in your dreams as a prompt to reconnect with your own inner voice. Are there aspirations or goals that you've set aside?

  Perhaps the dream is urging you to revisit these dreams and pursue them with vigor. Meditate for a few minutes each day to clear your mind and listen to your thoughts. Focus on what truly matters to you and where your passions lie.

  This self-awareness can empower you to make decisions that align with your values and aspirations, reinforced by the encouragement you feel from your family.

• Cultivate Open Communication with Family

  Dreams of family encouragement may also serve as a reminder to enhance communication within your family. If a member of your family often appears in your dreams offering support, consider reaching out to foster a conversation about your ambitions or challenges. Sharing your thoughts may not only strengthen your bond but also invite their encouragement and advice into your life.

  A simple phone call or family meeting can open pathways to honest discussions that contribute to a nurturing environment. By establishing these dialogues, you create a space where love and support can flourish, helping both you and your family members grow together.

FAQs

• What does it mean to dream of a family member giving you advice?

  Dreaming of a family member offering advice can symbolize a deep desire for guidance in your life. Such dreams may reflect the wisdom or lessons you've learned from them in reality. They serve as a reminder that familial ties can provide valuable insights, especially during challenging decisions. Consider the context of the advice in your dream to discern how it may relate to your current life situations.

• Can dreams of family encouragement indicate unresolved issues?

  Yes, these dreams can sometimes hint at unresolved emotions or conflicts in your relationships. The encouragement might be a manifestation of your subconscious urging you to address these issues. Reflecting on your feelings toward that family member and your current life circumstances can provide clarity on any underlying tensions needing resolution.

• Are dreams about family members typically positive or negative?

  Dreams involving family members can vary greatly based on personal experiences and emotional contexts. While many find these dreams to offer comfort and encouragement, they can also reveal stress or conflict if the familial relationships are strained. It’s essential to consider the emotions you felt during the dream to gauge its significance.

• How can I use my dreams for personal growth?

  You can utilize your dreams as tools for self-reflection and personal growth. Pay attention to recurring themes and symbols, such as encouragement from family, which may indicate your aspirations or fears. Journaling your dreams can help you understand these messages better, allowing you to incorporate their lessons into your daily life.

• Is it common to dream about deceased family members encouraging you?

  Dreaming about deceased family members offering encouragement is relatively common and can be interpreted as a message of love and reassurance from beyond. These dreams often symbolize your connection with them, indicating that their support continues to influence you positively. Such dreams may guide you to embrace the values they instilled in you during their lifetime.

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