Understanding the Dream of Watching the World Through Curtains

Dreaming of watching the world through curtains can evoke a sense of curiosity coupled with a desire for privacy. In such dreams, curtains often serve as symbols of barriers or thresholds between inner thoughts and outer realities. They represent our innate tendency to observe the world while maintaining a level of detachment.

This dream might indicate that you are in a period of reflection, carefully analyzing your surroundings before engaging fully with life. Whether it’s your fears or aspirations, these dreams can be instruments of introspection, urging you to explore untapped potentials while considering the implications of stepping forward into the open. Just like curtains can be drawn back to reveal the beauty outside, your dreams may guide you to draw back the barriers in your own life, inviting new experiences and understanding.

• Dreaming of watching the world through curtains often symbolizes a desire for privacy and introspection.
• Such dreams may reflect one's fear of exposure or a need to observe without being seen.
• They can indicate a longing to understand one’s environment more deeply before engaging with it.

Symbols

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  • Spy glass:

    (Spy glass; Telescope) In a dream, binoculars represents a notable person or the person who is looking through them. Looking with binoculars from a distance in a dream means victory over one’s adversary, attainment of one’s goals, rising in rank, spying, or happiness. If a merchant looks through binoculars in a dream, it means sovereignty, prosperity, presiding over his fellow merchants and gaining power.

    Bird’s nest:

  • Telescope:

    (Spy glass; Telescope) In a dream, binoculars represents a notable person or the person who is looking through them. Looking with binoculars from a distance in a dream means victory over one’s adversary, attainment of one’s goals, rising in rank, spying, or happiness. If a merchant looks through binoculars in a dream, it means sovereignty, prosperity, presiding over his fellow merchants and gaining power.

    Bird’s nest:

  • Askance:

    Eyes in a dream represent one’s religion or wealth. If one sees grass growing all over him but does not cover his ears or eyes in a dream, it means prosperity. One’s eyes in a dream also represent his faith and the road to victory in this life and in the next.

    One’s eyes in a dream also could represent his guidance or his heedlessness. Having many eyes throughout one’s body in a dream represents one’s piety, vigilance and excellence of character. If one sees the eyes of his heart in a dream, it means that he sees with the light of clarity.

    If one sees a man looking at him with a side glance in a dream, it means that he will suffer from an adversity, mistrust, disapproval, suspicion and disdain at the hand of such a man. If such a man opens his eyes and looks at him straight forward in the dream, it means that he will help him in his business or support his interests. If one’s eyes turn into iron in a dream, it means distress, a scandal or serious suffering from one’s community.

    If one sees himself looking at women in his dream, it means that he commits adultery with his eyes by looking and desiring what is unlawful. If one looks at someone’s eyes in a dream and likes them, it means that he will suffer from an adversity, religious corruption or jealousy. If one sees himself having an extra eye inside his body in a dream, it means that he is an atheist.

    If one sees himself having an extra eye over his shoulder in a dream, it means that he will be named to receive money in absentia. If one sees his eyes transfixed in a dream, it means that he looks suspiciously at a relative or someone else’s wife. Black eyes in a dream represent a religious person.

    A bluish-black eyes in a dream denote opposing one’s religion. Blue eyes in a dream mean religious innovations. Green eyes in a dream mean a religion which is different from all religions.

    Sharp sight in a dream means blessings, while weak sight means joblessness and living from the generosity of others. If a father sees weakness in his sight in a dream, it means that a sickness will inflict his children. If one loses his eyes in a dream, it means the death of his children.

    If a poor person or a prisoner sees that in a dream, it means that he will never become free again, or see any light for the rest of his life. If an oppressed person sees weakness in his eyes in a dream, it means that someone will help him overcome his adversities. If a traveller sees that dream, it means that he will DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 149 never return to his homeland.

    If one sees that his eyes belong to an unknown person in a dream, it means that he will become blind. If he recognizes that person in the dream, it means that he will be married to his daughter. If one’s eyes fall into his lap in a dream, it means the death of his brother or son.

    The eyes of a human being in a dream also represent his beloved, his son or his faith. Any defect in them in the dream may reflect in such people. Having one hundred eyes in a dream means money.

    The eyes of a ruler represent his spies. Eyes in a dream also represent a controller, a man or a spring. Treating one’s eyes with medicinal ointment in a dream means correcting one’s religious life or begetting a son who will become the jewel light of his father’s eyes or if one’s brother is exiled or deported from his homeland, it means that he will solicit him and entrust him with duties toward his family.

    If one sees his sight better than what people think in the dream, it means that his inner character is better than what people think, or if he sees his sight weakened though people do not know about it in the dream, it means that he keeps his faith to himself. If one’s eyes become white in a dream, they represent sorrow, or loss of a beloved. If one sees his eyes white, and if the white veil is lifted in the dream, it means that he will be reunited with his beloved and his distress will be dispelled.

    The right eye in a dream represents one’s son and the left eye represents one’s daughter. If a father sees one of his eyes being transposed to mix with the other eye in a dream, and if he has a son and a daughter, he should separate their bedrooms. Eating someone’s eye in a dream means steeling his money.

    Seeing one’s eyes without eyelashes in a dream means defying God’s laws. If one unplugs his eyelashes in a dream, it means that he will expose himself to his enemy. Seeing beautiful eyes in a dream could denote, sorcery, black magic, life or death.

    Eyes in a dream also represent one’s family, relatives, children or workers. Eyes in a dream also signify mourning someone or they could denote a sickness. Smearing one’s eyes in a dream means calamities, sufferings and punishment for one’s sins.

    To guard one’s eyes from looking at what is unlawful in a dream means heeding God’s commands.

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  • Drapes:

    (Cover; Happiness; Fears; Veil) In a dream, drapes means veiling one’s private life. Drapes in a dream also represent a confidant or a trustworthy friend or a wife who covers the pitfalls of her husband, protects his business and guards him from looking at other women. If a man of knowledge sees such a dream, then drapes represent his integrity, his honorable wife and children.

    Unidentified drapes in a dream represent worries or distress. If the drapes are hanging over one’s front door in the dream, it means that such difficulties will come from the world. Old drapes in a dream represent adversities which will not last.

    Torn drapes in a dream mean happiness and joy. If they are torn vertically in the dream, they represent a quick joy. If they are torn horizontally in the dream, they mean slander against one’s family.

    Black drapes in a dream mean worries because of money, a child, or the authorities. White or green drapes mean good results. Drapes hanging over the door of a mosque in a dream represent spiritual problems or religious failure.

    Seeing drapes out of their place in a dream mean adversities, and seeing them hanging over one’s windows has no interpretation. In a dream, seeing drapes hanging over a strange environment means fears which will culminate in satisfaction. Drapes adorned with gold means hallu¬ cination or dispelling one’s worries.

    If an unmarried person sees drapes in his dream, it means that he will get married and protect his chastity, or it could mean a business that will shelter him from poverty. If a fugitive or a scared person sees himself covered with drapes in a dream, it means a shelter from what scares him. Falling through a hole while hanging to a drape in a dream means taking a long, frustrating, toiling and a distant journey.

    The bigger the drapes are in a dream, the more difficult is one’s adversity.

  • Canopy 1:

    (A canopy with drapes covering one’s bed; Mosquito net; Transparent hood) In a dream, the canopy that drapes over one’s bed represents a good woman or a well mannered man. In a dream, a canopy also may represent one’s wife, or it could mean affliction, grief, distress or darkness.

  • Attire:
• curtains
  • Philander:

    (Flirting; Love poems; Philander) Courting a woman or singing love songs to her or displaying amorous behavior for her in public in a dream represents someone who divulges people’s secrets.

  • Armistice:

    (Armistice; Cease fire; Cessation) Negotiating a truce, or witnessing one between two armies in a dream means cessation of fear, relaxing, recovering of a sick person from his illness, caring for the wounded, extending the chances of one’s survival, profits, business, marriage, rebuilding, doing good, or perform¬ ing one’s prayers. 4DU id's oniiiin.ii's o

  • Cease fire:

    (Armistice; Cease fire; Cessation) Negotiating a truce, or witnessing one between two armies in a dream means cessation of fear, relaxing, recovering of a sick person from his illness, caring for the wounded, extending the chances of one’s survival, profits, business, marriage, rebuilding, doing good, or perform¬ ing one’s prayers. 4DU id's oniiiin.ii's o

• watching the world
  • World 1:

    (Creation; Lower world; Material; Woman) In a dream, the world repre¬ sents a woman, and a woman represents the world. If one sees himself departing from this world in a dream, it means that he may divorce his wife. If one sees DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 481 the world as totally destroyed and that he is the only remaining soul in it in a dream, it means that he may lose his sight.

    If one sees as though the entire world is placed before him to take whatever he desires from it in a dream, it means that he may become poor, or that he may die shortly after that dream. Seeing the world in a dream also means distractions, jokes, deception, arrogance, negating promises, failing one’s promises, theft, cheating, trickery, sufferings, a prostitute, adversities, sickness, paying fines, mental depression, limitations, appointments, dismissals, or disappointments. It also may be interpreted as one’s wife, child, material growth, business success, good harvest, awakening, victory, love, or a beloved with two faces.

    Whether the world appears beautiful or ugly in one’s dream, it could mean any of the above interpretations. Seeing the world in one’s dream also could be a divine guidance, showing the person what he or she must see and understand in this world. If one sees himself walking away from the world in the dream, it means that he may become a renunciate.

    If one embraces the world in the dream, it means that he will amply satisfy his desire for it. If one sees himself running after it and the world running away from him in the dream, it means that the world will ultimately deceive him and lead him into temptation. In a dream, the world also represents the holy Qur’an, which is the radiant full moon of this world.

  • Cupola:

    (Cupola; Minaret; Observatory) In a dream, a watchtower repre¬ sents a notable person. Seeing a watchtower from a distance in a dream means victory over one’s adversary, attainment of one’s goals, rising in rank, or it could mean happiness. If a merchant sees a watchtower in a dream, it means prosperity, presiding over his fellow merchants and gaining power.

    Building a watchtower in a dream has the same interpretation as building an edifice or a house.

  • Observatory:

    (Cupola; Minaret; Observatory) In a dream, a watchtower repre¬ sents a notable person. Seeing a watchtower from a distance in a dream means victory over one’s adversary, attainment of one’s goals, rising in rank, or it could mean happiness. If a merchant sees a watchtower in a dream, it means prosperity, presiding over his fellow merchants and gaining power.

    Building a watchtower in a dream has the same interpretation as building an edifice or a house.

• observing the world
  • Hiking:

    (Hiker; Mountain person) A naturalist in a dream represents travels, a graveyard, or he could represent a wedding.

  • World 1:

    (Creation; Lower world; Material; Woman) In a dream, the world repre¬ sents a woman, and a woman represents the world. If one sees himself departing from this world in a dream, it means that he may divorce his wife. If one sees DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 481 the world as totally destroyed and that he is the only remaining soul in it in a dream, it means that he may lose his sight.

    If one sees as though the entire world is placed before him to take whatever he desires from it in a dream, it means that he may become poor, or that he may die shortly after that dream. Seeing the world in a dream also means distractions, jokes, deception, arrogance, negating promises, failing one’s promises, theft, cheating, trickery, sufferings, a prostitute, adversities, sickness, paying fines, mental depression, limitations, appointments, dismissals, or disappointments. It also may be interpreted as one’s wife, child, material growth, business success, good harvest, awakening, victory, love, or a beloved with two faces.

    Whether the world appears beautiful or ugly in one’s dream, it could mean any of the above interpretations. Seeing the world in one’s dream also could be a divine guidance, showing the person what he or she must see and understand in this world. If one sees himself walking away from the world in the dream, it means that he may become a renunciate.

    If one embraces the world in the dream, it means that he will amply satisfy his desire for it. If one sees himself running after it and the world running away from him in the dream, it means that the world will ultimately deceive him and lead him into temptation. In a dream, the world also represents the holy Qur’an, which is the radiant full moon of this world.

  • Examine:

    (Touch) In a dream, examining means spying, eavesdropping or paying attention to a conversation one should not listen to.

• viewing the world
  • World 1:

    (Creation; Lower world; Material; Woman) In a dream, the world repre¬ sents a woman, and a woman represents the world. If one sees himself departing from this world in a dream, it means that he may divorce his wife. If one sees DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 481 the world as totally destroyed and that he is the only remaining soul in it in a dream, it means that he may lose his sight.

    If one sees as though the entire world is placed before him to take whatever he desires from it in a dream, it means that he may become poor, or that he may die shortly after that dream. Seeing the world in a dream also means distractions, jokes, deception, arrogance, negating promises, failing one’s promises, theft, cheating, trickery, sufferings, a prostitute, adversities, sickness, paying fines, mental depression, limitations, appointments, dismissals, or disappointments. It also may be interpreted as one’s wife, child, material growth, business success, good harvest, awakening, victory, love, or a beloved with two faces.

    Whether the world appears beautiful or ugly in one’s dream, it could mean any of the above interpretations. Seeing the world in one’s dream also could be a divine guidance, showing the person what he or she must see and understand in this world. If one sees himself walking away from the world in the dream, it means that he may become a renunciate.

    If one embraces the world in the dream, it means that he will amply satisfy his desire for it. If one sees himself running after it and the world running away from him in the dream, it means that the world will ultimately deceive him and lead him into temptation. In a dream, the world also represents the holy Qur’an, which is the radiant full moon of this world.

  • Locality:
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Practical Insights to Reflect Upon

• Engage in Self-Reflection

  Take time to think about what you see when you dream of watching through curtains. What feelings arise during these moments of observation? Keeping a journal dedicated to your dreams can help you track patterns and recognize recurring symbols.

  Over time, you may discover deeper connections between your dreams and your waking life, allowing you to confront fears or desires that you may not otherwise acknowledge.

• Embrace Open Communication

  If your dream indicates feelings of isolation or being an observer rather than a participant, consider reaching out to friends or loved ones. Sharing your thoughts and feelings can bridge the gap between your inner world and social engagements. This practice not only nurtures your relationships but also helps you step into the light from behind the curtains, encouraging a more active participation in life.

• Set Healthy Boundaries

  Observing the world from behind curtains also suggests a need for boundaries. Assess the areas of your life where you may be too exposed or overly guarded. Striking a balance helps create a safe space for emotional exploration while allowing for engagement when you feel ready.

  Assert your needs respectfully, ensuring that your interactions honor your comfort levels.

FAQs

• What does it mean if I dream about watching a storm through curtains?

  Dreaming of watching a storm through curtains can symbolize anxiety or turmoil you feel in your waking life. The curtains represent your protective barriers against the chaos that surrounds you. Such dreams often indicate a need to process emotions safely before confronting external challenges.

• Are curtain dreams related to feelings of safety?

  Absolutely. Curtains can symbolize safety and privacy, indicating a desire to shield oneself from the outside world. If you frequently have dreams involving curtains, it may reflect your ongoing search for a safe space, whether physical or emotional.

• What should I do if my curtain-themed dream feels unsettling?

  Feelings of unease in such dreams warrant deeper reflection. Take note of what aspects of your life feel confined or unresolved. Engaging with a trusted confidant or a counselor can provide guidance in addressing these sentiments.

• Can curtain dreams indicate a change is coming?

  Yes, dreaming of curtains can often symbolize transitions. Just as curtains can be drawn open or closed, your dream may suggest forthcoming change, encouraging you to prepare for it with openness and acceptance.

• Do curtains in my dream indicate I am hiding something?

  Curtains can indeed suggest concealment, either of your own feelings or situations in life. Evaluating what you might be keeping hidden or unexpressed can lead to enriching insights, allowing for personal growth.

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