The Protective Embrace of Curtains in Your Dreams

Dreaming of curtains as guardians encapsulates a rich tapestry of symbolism, fulfillment, and spiritual reflections. Curtains have been traditional symbols of privacy and boundaries in many cultures, representing the veil between our inner selves and the external world. In dreams, they may emerge as protectors, guarding our vulnerabilities while evoking feelings of safety and tranquility.

Whether envisioning flowing fabric enveloping a room or precariously open panels, the imagery of curtains can guide us in understanding our emotional landscapes. It encourages us to contemplate what we wish to shield from others and reveals desires for personal space and peace. Engaging with such dreams invites an exploration of our relationship with privacy, protection, and how we navigate relationships in our waking lives.

• Curtains may symbolize protection and boundaries in dreams.
• Dreaming of curtains can reflect your need for privacy or security.
• The condition of the curtains in dreams can signify emotional states.
• Different colors and patterns of curtains can provide deeper insights.
• Reflect on personal contexts to fully understand dream meanings.

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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • Suit of mail:

    (Suit of mail) In a dream, a leather shield means the same as a coat of mail, though providing more protection. Buying a leather shield in a dream also means getting married. Leaving one’s body: Leaving one’s body in a dream means that changes will take place in one’s status, marriage, or property,

  • Watchman:

    (Policeman; Security)

  • Alliance:
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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.

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  • Trench:

    (Defenses) If it relates to the king or the ruler and his army in the dream, a trench then means one’s men and wealth. If the trench relates to a scholar in the dream, then it represents his advisors, or his circle of intimates who support his theories. If it relates to one’s wife, the trench then represents her guardian or her father.

    If it relates to one’s son, the trench then represents his parents. Noticing a city without a trench or a castle to defend it in a dream means failure to pay alms or charities, wasting money, losing knowledge, the spread of evil, or an enemy attack against that city.

  • Suit of mail:

    (Suit of mail) In a dream, a leather shield means the same as a coat of mail, though providing more protection. Buying a leather shield in a dream also means getting married. Leaving one’s body: Leaving one’s body in a dream means that changes will take place in one’s status, marriage, or property,

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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

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Practical Steps to Unravel Your Dream's Message

• 1. Reflect on Your Emotions

  Take time to meditate on the feelings you experienced during the dream. Were they comforting, anxious, or peaceful? Write down these emotions, as they can provide clues about what the curtains represent—whether they are protecting you or shielding you from something.

  Consider the colors and conditions of the curtains, as these aspects can reveal deeper layers of your subconscious thoughts.

• 2. Analyze Your Current Life Situations

  Think about your waking life. Are there areas where you feel the need for protection or privacy? This reflection can help contextualize the dream and offer an understanding of your current life challenges.

  For instance, if you're dealing with stress at work or in relationships, your dream may be a call to establish healthier boundaries or address underlying fears.

• 3. Journal About Your Dream

  Writing is a powerful tool for unlocking the meaning behind your dreams. Create a specific journal page dedicated to this dream and jot down everything you can remember, including how the curtains looked and your feelings about them. Over time, look back and see if any patterns or themes emerge that can inform your waking life emotionally.

• 4. Seek Guidance from Trusted Individuals

  Share your dream with close friends or family members. Sometimes, outside perspectives can reveal insights you may overlook. Engage with those who understand you well—be it friends, family, or community members.

  Their interpretations or experiences might resonate with your feelings and lead you to an even deeper understanding through shared wisdom.

• 5. Consult Spiritual or Dream Interpretation Resources

  If you continue to feel perplexed by the meaning of your dream, consider exploring literature on dream interpretation, especially resources inspired by traditional schools of thought like that of Ibni Sirin. This guidance can reveal valuable contextual significance based on historical interpretations while allowing you to navigate them with personal reflections.

FAQs

• What does it mean if curtains are closed in my dream?

  Closed curtains in a dream often highlight a desire for privacy or concealment. They may indicate feelings of vulnerability, suggesting that you wish to protect yourself from the outside world or that you're hiding aspects of your life from others. It's essential to assess your current feelings and circumstances to understand what specifically you may be shielding from view.

• Can the color of the curtains in my dream change the interpretation?

  Yes, the color can significantly influence the dream's interpretation. For example, red curtains might represent passion or strong emotions, while blue might signify calmness or tranquility. Consider your emotional response to the color in your dream; understanding your personal feelings toward specific colors can provide deeper insights into your subconscious.

• If the curtains are torn or damaged in my dream, what does it signify?

  Dreaming of torn or damaged curtains may reflect feelings of insecurity or chaos in your life. It could indicate breaches in your privacy or personal boundaries. Consider whether you've experienced stress or conflict recently that may manifest in these dream images, prompting a need to examine your surroundings and relationships.

• Are dreams of curtains common?

  While not the most common, dreams featuring curtains do occur and are quite significant for those who experience them. The imagery of curtains resonates with many cultural meanings regarding privacy and protection, making them a compelling focus in dreams reflecting our inner states.

• How can I remember more about my dreams involving curtains?

  To enhance dream recall, consider keeping a dream journal by your bedside. Immediately upon waking, jot down vivid details from your dream. The habitual practice of recording dreams can improve memory retention over time and help you recognize patterns or recurring themes, especially those involving curtains.

References

• Ibni Sirin's Dream Interpretation Classics
• Spiritual Insights from Cultural Dream Interpretations