Understanding Family Clocks in Dreams: Time and Heritage

Dreams about family clocks often resonate deeply within our subconscious, tapping into layers of familial connections and the poignant passage of time. A clock, especially one that belongs to a family, is rarely just an object for keeping time; it embodies memories, traditions, and the essence of our lineage. Such dreams may reveal our reflections on our past, our relationships with relatives, and how we perceive the cycles of life.

Encountering a family clock in our dreams suggests a strong link to heritage, and may indicate an invitation to explore our roots or address unresolved sentiments attached to our ancestry. This blog seeks to illuminate the spiritual meanings behind these dreams, guiding you through various interpretations inspired by traditional wisdom, particularly that of Ibni Sirin, while also considering modern perspectives on dream analysis.

• Dreams of family clocks connect to time, heritage, and personal history.
• They may symbolize the passage of time and familial bonds.
• Interpretations can vary based on the specifics of the dream.

Symbols

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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.

  • Tracing footsteps:

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  • Acorn:

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

• legacy
  • Luminary:

    (Acknowledgment; Announcement; Distinction; Luminary; Recognition; Renowned; Title) Fame in a dream represents a wedding that will be publicly announced, or it could mean rising in rank. If one earns a title of recognition, or if he becomes renowned, or if he is awarded a great prize for his work in a dream, it means that he will learn that his wife has given birth to a beautiful son. Such a son will follow his father’s footsteps, learn his trade or work at spreading his knowledge or tradition, or he may govern and lead his people after him.

  • Title:

    (Acknowledgment; Announcement; Distinction; Luminary; Recognition; Renowned; Title) Fame in a dream represents a wedding that will be publicly announced, or it could mean rising in rank. If one earns a title of recognition, or if he becomes renowned, or if he is awarded a great prize for his work in a dream, it means that he will learn that his wife has given birth to a beautiful son. Such a son will follow his father’s footsteps, learn his trade or work at spreading his knowledge or tradition, or he may govern and lead his people after him.

  • Renowned:

    (Acknowledgment; Announcement; Distinction; Luminary; Recognition; Renowned; Title) Fame in a dream represents a wedding that will be publicly announced, or it could mean rising in rank. If one earns a title of recognition, or if he becomes renowned, or if he is awarded a great prize for his work in a dream, it means that he will learn that his wife has given birth to a beautiful son. Such a son will follow his father’s footsteps, learn his trade or work at spreading his knowledge or tradition, or he may govern and lead his people after him.

• watch
  • Watch:

    (Timepiece; Wristwatch. See Clock)

  • Eyewitness:

    (Eyewitness; Legitimacy; Testify; Truth) An eyewitness in a dream means triumphing over one’s enemy, testifying to the truth and refuting falsehood. If one sees himself as a true signing witness to an agreement in a dream, it means that he will triumph over his enemies. If one sees himself witnessing a contract or putting his seal on a testimony in a dream, it means that he will loan money to the second party in the contract.

    If one sees himself bearing a true testimony before someone and against the other in a dream, it means that he will attend the pilgrimage in Mecca.

  • Conscious:
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  • Watch:

    (Timepiece; Wristwatch. See Clock)

  • Clock:

    (Timepiece; Watch) A clock in a dream represents money equal to the time setting when seen in one’s dream. An alarm clock in a dream means exposing ills, richness of a poor person and fulfilling a promise.

  • Timepiece:

    (Timepiece; Watch) A clock in a dream represents money equal to the time setting when seen in one’s dream. An alarm clock in a dream means exposing ills, richness of a poor person and fulfilling a promise.

• household
  • Abode:
  • Luck:

    (Dwellings)

  • Hotbed:
• inheritance
  • Contribution:

    (Alms; Charity; Contribution; Donation; Fulfilling needs; Gift; Offering; Profits; Religious endowment) Making a religious endowment in a dream represents good deeds that are done for God’s pleasure, seeking to be in 142 IBN SEERIN’S Hi3 nearness and asking for His blessings. Making a religious endowment in a dream also means rising in station, both in this world and in the hereafter. If what one donates for this purpose is a house or a book or money in the dream, it means repentance from one’s sins and guidance on the straight path, or it could mean begetting a son.

    Offering a swine or wine as an endowment in a dream means rising in rank in the world, injustice, and causing harm to others.

  • Religious endowment:

    (Alms; Charity; Contribution; Donation; Fulfilling needs; Gift; Offering; Profits; Religious endowment) Making a religious endowment in a dream represents good deeds that are done for God’s pleasure, seeking to be in 142 IBN SEERIN’S Hi3 nearness and asking for His blessings. Making a religious endowment in a dream also means rising in station, both in this world and in the hereafter. If what one donates for this purpose is a house or a book or money in the dream, it means repentance from one’s sins and guidance on the straight path, or it could mean begetting a son.

    Offering a swine or wine as an endowment in a dream means rising in rank in the world, injustice, and causing harm to others.

  • Farmland:
• heritage
  • Cell:

    (Retreat; Sanctuary) A hermitage in a dream represents a spiritual DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 209 retreat, abstinence, good character, seclusion, ascetic detachment, controlling one’s desires and wants, divorcing one’s wife, abandoning one’s friends, or it could mean an illness. If a sick person sees himself in a hermitage in a dream, it may mean his death, or it could mean suppressing one’s sexual desires. Occupying a hermitage or building one in a dream means rising in station.

    A beautiful and a newly built hermitage in the dream represents a wife. A hermitage in a dream also could mean migration, bewilderment, severing a friendship, hiding, power, or it could represent one’s son. Whatever may affect a hermitage in the dream also could manifest in the life of one’s son.

  • Seclusion:

    (Retreat; Sanctuary) A hermitage in a dream represents a spiritual DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 209 retreat, abstinence, good character, seclusion, ascetic detachment, controlling one’s desires and wants, divorcing one’s wife, abandoning one’s friends, or it could mean an illness. If a sick person sees himself in a hermitage in a dream, it may mean his death, or it could mean suppressing one’s sexual desires. Occupying a hermitage or building one in a dream means rising in station.

    A beautiful and a newly built hermitage in the dream represents a wife. A hermitage in a dream also could mean migration, bewilderment, severing a friendship, hiding, power, or it could represent one’s son. Whatever may affect a hermitage in the dream also could manifest in the life of one’s son.

  • Harbinger:

    (Harbinger; Messenger) In a dream, a herald represents an escort, a station master, or a broadcaster.

• clock
  • Timepiece:

    (Timepiece; Watch) A clock in a dream represents money equal to the time setting when seen in one’s dream. An alarm clock in a dream means exposing ills, richness of a poor person and fulfilling a promise.

  • Watch:

    (Timepiece; Wristwatch. See Clock)

  • Door latch:

    (Doorjamb; Door latch) A door latch or a doorjamb in a dream represents a door attendant, a guard dog or a servant.

• family
  • 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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  • Family:

    (Children; Family; Household) One’s dependents in a dream repre¬ sents richness.

Practical Insights for Reflecting on Your Dream

• Reflect on Family Relationships

  When you awake from a dream about a family clock, take a moment to reflect on your relationships with your family members. What emotions do these dreams evoke about your past? Are there unresolved feelings or unspoken words that need to be addressed?

  Consider writing down your thoughts or even reaching out to family members to discuss your memories. By engaging in this reflective practice, you give yourself a chance to explore how your heritage continues to shape your present.

• Examine Life's Timing

  The presence of a clock in your dreams may be a prompt to evaluate how you perceive time in your life. Are there areas where you feel rushed or, conversely, stagnant? Reflect on how you manage your time and whether you use it in alignment with your values and priorities.

  This could be an invitation to slow down and cherish meaningful moments or to seek opportunities with a renewed urgency. Journaling about these feelings can provide clarity and direction.

• Explore Symbolic Meanings

  Take note of specific details from your clock dream—was it antique, broken, or working beautifully? Each aspect can hold different symbolism. For instance, a broken clock might suggest feelings of uncertainty or a need for renewal in a particular area of your life.

  Research the meanings behind clocks and timepieces in dreams and see how they resonate with your experiences. Engage with these symbols through art or meditation to deepen your understanding.

• Meditate on Heritage

  Consider dedicating a meditation session to your family history. Visualize the clock, and reflect on its presence within your family’s narrative. As you meditate, think about the values and lessons passed down through generations.

  This practice can create a space for gratitude and acknowledgment of how your family shapes your identity today. Such spiritual journeys can enhance your connection to both the past and present.

• Seek Guidance

  If dreams about family clocks leave you puzzled, consider consulting with someone knowledgeable in dream interpretation, such as a spiritual advisor or a therapist skilled in dream analysis. They can assist you in uncovering layers of meaning and how these dreams are guiding you toward a deeper understanding of your life’s path. Remember, sometimes external perspectives can illuminate insights we might overlook in our attempts to navigate our feelings alone.

FAQs

• What does it mean to dream about a broken family clock?

  Dreaming of a broken clock can symbolize feelings of uncertainty or a disruption of your usual life rhythm. It may suggest that things in your life feel out of control or that it's time to reassess your priorities. Engage with this feeling by examining areas of your life that may need attention or change.

• Do clocks in dreams relate to my future?

  Clocks in dreams often relate to the past rather than the future, emphasizing how past experiences shape your current life. However, they can also reflect your anticipation or concern about the future. Reflect on how the time you perceive in dreams relates to your hopes and fears.

• Can dreaming of a family clock indicate a need for reconciliation?

  Yes, such dreams can often signify a call for reconciliation within family dynamics. They may urge you to address unresolved conflicts or to reconnect with loved ones. Engaging in open conversations can pave the way for healing and unity.

• Is there a spiritual meaning behind dreams of family heirloom clocks?

  Absolutely! Family heirloom clocks symbolize the passage of wisdom through generations. They often encourage you to reflect on your heritage and the lessons learned from your ancestors, fostering a sense of gratitude for your roots.

• How can I interpret a family clock dream if I feel disconnected from my family?

  A dream about a family clock can serve as a profound reminder of your lasting connection to your lineage, even if you feel distant. Use the dream as an opportunity to explore what this disconnection means for you, and consider reaching out to family members or delving into your heritage for deeper understanding.

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