Understanding the Symbolism of Curtains in Dreams

Dreaming about curtains can carry deep symbolism, often reflecting the boundaries we face in our waking lives. Just as curtains can block light or define a space, they can also indicate the emotional or psychological barriers we encounter. As we navigate our daily routines, we may find ourselves feeling restricted or obstructed by certain aspects of our lives, akin to trying to see or move through closed curtains.

These dreams can serve as reflections of our internal struggles and highlight the need to confront obstacles that may be hindering our personal growth. In these dreams, the curtains can also represent our desire for privacy or concealment, suggesting that there are elements of ourselves or our circumstances we may wish to protect or keep hidden. To delve deeper into this rich symbolism is to embark on a journey of self-discovery, opening pathways toward understanding the barriers we create or encounter as we strive for clarity and illumination in our lives.

• Dreams of curtains may symbolize barriers or challenges in your life.
• Curtains representing obstacles could indicate a need for boundaries.
• Consider the emotions felt in the dream to understand its deeper meaning.
• These dreams may reflect personal fears or desires for change.
• Seek clarity in your waking life to navigate through the barriers represented in your dreams.

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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  • Carrying weight:

    (Burdens; Forbearance; Porter; Serving others)

  • Fencer:

    (Controversy; Fence; Politicking) Seeing a fence builder in a dream means moving forward, fulfilling one’s goals, or he could represent a salesman of specialty outfits.

  • Door lintel:
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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:
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  • Hindering:

    Hindering someone’s work in a dream means ingratitude or disbelief.

  • Carrying weight:

    (Burdens; Forbearance; Porter; Serving others)

  • Obtrude:
• producing
  • Aliment:

    (Aliment; Food) Any product which is touched by fire in the process of its manufacturing, preparation, or cooking in a dream means arguments and disputes.

  • Milking a donkey:
  • Craftiness:
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  • 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

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  • Obtrusive person:

    (Demanding person; Ignorant person; Obstinate) It is common among the people of knowledge to describe an obtrusive person as a stone.

  • Obstinacy:

    (Obtrusive; Stubbornness) Obstinacy in a dream means witnessing or committing evil in wakefulness. To be obstinate, demanding and persistent in a dream also means running away from something, or turning one’s back to a fight, a dispute, an argument or a business. Obstinacy in a dream also may denote a presumptuous and an arrogant person who is disliked by people.

    Being obtrusive and obstinate in a dream also may mean being exasperated or annoyed about something, or that people dislike to be in his company and have serious reser¬ vations about him.

  • Carrying weight:

    (Burdens; Forbearance; Porter; Serving others)

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  • Build:
  • Brooder:

    (Brooder; Hatchery) In a dream, seeing an incubator or a hatchery means marriage, progeny, suspicion, a bastard son, a kindergarten, a theater, spectators, a park, a promenade, release from prison, an effeminate male, homosexuality, or cowardice.

  • Hatchery:

    (Brooder; Hatchery) In a dream, seeing an incubator or a hatchery means marriage, progeny, suspicion, a bastard son, a kindergarten, a theater, spectators, a park, a promenade, release from prison, an effeminate male, homosexuality, or cowardice.

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  • Build:
  • Receiving:

    (Allot; Distribute; Gift; Offer) Giving something in a dream indicates the value or worth of the giver. If one gives his workers or a needy person little money when they merit more, it denotes his disobedience to the commands of God Almighty, or straying away from the prophetic traditions. If one is denied what he is asking for in a dream, it means failure in his religious practices, suffering from the consequences of challenging others and arguing about religious laws, or it could represent one’s perilous pursuit of heedless thoughts.

    If a sick person sees himself paying his debts in a dream, it means his death or the spoiling of his wealth. If he is healthy, then it denotes a case of mental derangement, anger, lack of self-control or raising one’s voice unnecessarily. If a poor person sees himself paying someone’s debt in a dream, it means that he will receive benefits.

    Receiving monetary compensation by a court order in a dream denotes lawful earnings.

  • Demanding:

    (Demanding; Exacting; Pushing someone; Retaliation; Yielding) In a dream, a driving force signifies retaliation by something, or compliance and submission to someone together with vigilance and wonderment about what might happen next. If one is driven by a human being in a dream, it means that he is pushed into committing a murder or that he is hired to attack someone. If one is driven by a beast, a lion or a bird of prey in a dream, it means humiliation by a superior person, or suffering from a disease.

Tips for Navigating Obstacles Represented in Your Dreams

• Reflect on Your Current Challenges

  Take time to consider what obstacles you may be facing in your life presently. Write them down if it helps. Sometimes, acknowledging these challenges can make them feel less daunting.

  Reflect on how these barriers might connect to the dream you had about curtains. Consider if there are situations in your life where you feel restricted or unable to move forward. This reflection can provide insights into your emotional state and may help you identify areas where you need to take action or seek change.

• Create Clear Boundaries

  The curtains in your dream may symbolize a need for boundaries. Consider the personal relationships and situations in your life where you need to establish clearer limits. Boundaries help manage expectations and maintain emotional health.

  Take steps to communicate your needs to others, whether it's saying no to excessive demands or taking time for yourself. Creating these boundaries can empower you to navigate through life's challenges with more confidence and clarity.

• Seek Clarity and Insight

  Dreams often serve as messages from the subconscious. After experiencing a dream with curtains, engage in practices that promote clarity, such as meditation, journaling, or deep reflection. Ask yourself what the dream is trying to tell you.

  Is there something you're not seeing clearly in your life? Examine your feelings both during and after the dream; these emotions can provide clues about underlying fears or desires that need addressing. Gaining insight from your dreams can lead to personal revelations and aid you in overcoming obstacles.

• Talk About Your Dreams

  Discussing your dreams with someone you trust can offer a new perspective. Share your experience of the dream, focusing on how it made you feel and what you think it might mean. Sometimes, speaking about it can illuminate aspects you might not realize were there.

  Whether it’s a friend, a mentor, or even a professional, having someone listen can validate your feelings and help in unpacking the complexity of your dream. They may point out interpretations or insights you hadn’t considered.

• Embrace Change and Transformation

  Recognize that dreams of curtains creating obstacles may also symbolize the potential for change. Perhaps you are at a crossroads or feeling stuck in certain patterns. Embrace the notion that change is possible and can lead to personal growth.

  Consider the steps you can take to step outside of your comfort zone and challenge the barriers represented in your dream. Acknowledge that while change may feel uncomfortable, it can also lead to greater fulfillment and clarity in your journey.

FAQs

• What does it mean if I dream of closed curtains?

  Dreaming of closed curtains often symbolizes feelings of isolation or the desire to hide from the world. It might reflect a period of introspection or a need for privacy. Closed curtains can also indicate that there are aspects of your life you are not ready to face or reveal. Consider what emotions arise when you visualize the closed curtains, as this will guide you to the deeper meanings behind this imagery.

• Why do I feel anxious in dreams involving curtains?

  Anxiety in dreams about curtains may stem from feeling confined or trapped in your waking life. These dreams can highlight unresolved fears or situations where you feel powerless. Consider reflecting on current life circumstances that may be inducing stress or anxiety. The emotions linked with these dreams are crucial as they can indicate areas where you seek change or healing.

• Can curtains in dreams signify a need for balance?

  Yes, curtains can symbolize the balance between what you reveal to the world and what you keep private. Dreams about curtains may indicate a struggle to maintain this balance, highlighting whether you are too guarded or exposed in particular areas of your life. Evaluating your relationships and emotional exchanges can help understand where adjustments are needed.

• Is dreaming about curtains related to my relationships?

  Absolutely. Curtains often represent boundaries within personal relationships. If you're dreaming about curtains creating obstacles, it could reflect the dynamics of your relationships, indicating areas where you may feel restricted or where boundaries are unclear. Consider examining your interactions and whether they align with your emotional needs and well-being.

• What should I do if I frequently dream of barriers like curtains?

  Frequent dreams of barriers, such as curtains, suggest an ongoing struggle with obstacles in your life. It might be beneficial to keep a dream journal to track these patterns and your emotional responses. Addressing the barriers your dreams represent in your waking life—whether they are emotional, relational, or situational—can lead to healing and insight. Seeking advice or counseling for persistent issues may also help you find clarity and direction.

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