The Symbolism of Curtains in Dreams: An In-Depth Interpretation

Dreams are often a complex narrative of our thoughts, emotions, and desires, and the appearance of curtains in a dream can be particularly significant. Curtains symbolize hidden aspects of our lives, secrets waiting to be uncovered, and transitions we face. In the context of an epic narrative, they may symbolize the barriers between our conscious thoughts and the deeper truths of our existence.

Just as curtains separate the viewer from what lies beyond, in dreams, they may reflect our desire for privacy, security, or a longing to reveal parts of ourselves that we keep hidden. They can also be indicative of change, suggesting that bold actions or transformative events may be on the horizon. Understanding these indicators can enrich our awareness of ourselves and our journey through life, inviting us to engage more deeply with our inner stories.

• Curtains in dreams signify secrets, transitions, and the unveiling of truths.
• They can reflect one's emotional state or desires for privacy and protection.
• Context matters; the setting of the curtains reveals additional layers of meaning.

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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  • Story:

    In a dream, a storyteller may represent the Imam of a mosque, or the Khat'ib who delivers the Friday sermon. A storyteller in a dream also may represent one’s livelihood, or intestinal and bowel problems, or he could represent travels. If the stories are new, then they mean disturbances in one’s life.

    If they are stories of chivalry, then they represent a war. A pleasant story one tells to a king, or to man of authority in a dream represents wealth, or great profits which are distributed equitably. As for a merchant, hearing a pleasant story in a dream represents easy and quick profits from his business, and for a craftsman, it represents a sizeable contract, or an important new account.

  • Event:

    (Event; Landmark; Milepost) In a dream, a milestone represents a son, an emissary, a messenger, travels, or a pious person who serves people’s needs.

  • Landmark:

    (Event; Landmark; Milepost) In a dream, a milestone represents a son, an emissary, a messenger, travels, or a pious person who serves people’s needs.

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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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  • 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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  • Story:

    In a dream, a storyteller may represent the Imam of a mosque, or the Khat'ib who delivers the Friday sermon. A storyteller in a dream also may represent one’s livelihood, or intestinal and bowel problems, or he could represent travels. If the stories are new, then they mean disturbances in one’s life.

    If they are stories of chivalry, then they represent a war. A pleasant story one tells to a king, or to man of authority in a dream represents wealth, or great profits which are distributed equitably. As for a merchant, hearing a pleasant story in a dream represents easy and quick profits from his business, and for a craftsman, it represents a sizeable contract, or an important new account.

  • Roc:

    (arb. Ru khkh : A legendary Arabian bird.) Seeing the legendary giant roc in a dream means fast travelling news coming from Western regions, or it could represent distant travels, playing with words, taunt with a serious subject, or just prattling.

  • Courage:

    To show courage in a dream means perseverance and having a strong will. It also represents offering supererogatory devotion to reach nearness to God Almighty. It also could mean one’s pursuit to be accepted by the people, either by defending them or by daring to face their enemy.

    The same interpretation is given to daring.

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  • Aggrandizement:

    (Aggrandizement; Colossal; Death; Hulk; Magnification) If one sees his body grown to be gigantic and beyond the normal size in a dream, it means his death.

  • Colossal:

    (Aggrandizement; Colossal; Death; Hulk; Magnification) If one sees his body grown to be gigantic and beyond the normal size in a dream, it means his death.

  • Gigantic:

    (Aggrandizement; Colossal; Death; Hulk; Magnification) If one sees his body grown to be gigantic and beyond the normal size in a dream, it means his death.

Practical Insights for Understanding Dream Symbols of Curtains

• Reflect on Your Surroundings

  Take a moment to contemplate the environment of your dream. Were the curtains vibrant and colorful or dull and tattered? The condition and color of the curtains in your dream can reflect your emotional state.

  For instance, bright curtains may symbolize hope and positivity, whereas dark or heavy curtains could indicate feelings of sadness or uncertainty. Consider how your current life circumstances may be mirrored in the dream's setting, and think about how these reflections can guide you in making decisions.

• Journaling Your Dreams

  Maintain a dream journal where you can write down your dreams as soon as you wake up. This practice can help you capture the details that may otherwise fade with time. Document specific symbols, like curtains, and note your feelings attached to them.

  Over time, patterns may emerge, revealing deeper insights into your psyche. This reflection can be particularly enlightening when you revisit your entries after several months, as you may recognize how your emotional climate has shifted and what that meant for your life journey.

• Consider Cultural Contexts

  Consider how cultural symbolism plays a role in your understanding of curtains. In many cultures, curtains are seen as a way to veiled emotions and societal roles. Exploring these cultural narratives can provide additional perspective on your dreams.

  They might connect with previous experiences or familial traditions that relate to privacy, exposure, and societal expectations. Engaging with these cultural dimensions can lend a richer interpretation to your dream and offer a wider lens to view your personal dilemmas.

• Discuss with Trusted Friends

  Sometimes, discussing your dreams with trusted friends can spark new interpretations. They might pick up on themes that you find hard to see within yourself. These conversations can lead to insights about your relationships and personal growth.

  Engaging with others can also help alleviate feelings of isolation that may stem from what your dream reveals, allowing you to feel more connected and understood.

• Stay Open to Messages

  Remain open to the possibilities that your dreams present. Whether they bring comfort, fear, or confusion, each symbol has something to teach you. Embrace the courage to confront any discomfort associated with unveiling your inner self.

  Seek guidance through prayer or meditation, embracing the transformative journey that analyzing dreams can bring.

FAQs

• What do curtains represent in dreams?

  Curtains in dreams generally represent barriers, secrets, or transitions. They can be seen as symbols of protection and privacy, indicating our desire to shield ourselves from the outside world or reveal parts of ourselves only when we feel ready. The context in which they appear often sheds more light on their meanings.

• Why do I dream about heavy or dark curtains?

  Dreaming about heavy or dark curtains may indicate feelings of sadness or a sense of being overwhelmed. These curtains can symbolize obstacles in your life or emotional states you are trying to navigate. It is a call to confront the emotions or challenges that feel burdensome and to seek transformation.

• What does it mean to see curtains being drawn or opened?

  When you dream of curtains being drawn or opened, it often symbolizes a revelation or the unveiling of new opportunities or insights. This action represents a shift in your perception or situation, suggesting that you are ready to confront the truths that were previously hidden from you.

• Can the color of curtains in dreams alter their meaning?

  Yes, the color of curtains in dreams can significantly alter their meaning. For example, bright colors could symbolize hope, positivity, or new beginnings, while darker colors might reflect sorrow, fear, or confusion. Pay attention to the emotional response the color evokes in you, as it can offer deeper insight.

• How can I interpret my curtain dreams more effectively?

  Interpreting your dreams about curtains more effectively involves introspection, journaling, and discussing them with trusted friends. Pay close attention to the situations in your waking life to which these dreams might connect. Look for patterns and specific symbols that recur in different dreams to uncover a more nuanced understanding.

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