The Mystical Meaning Behind Curtains in Your Dreams

Dreams may often unveil our inner thoughts and emotions, and one common motif is that of curtains. Curtains are not merely household items; they serve as powerful symbols within the dream landscape. When curtains appear in our dreams, they often represent the passage of time or the transitions we face in life.

They can signify concealment—things that are hidden from view—such as our fears or desires. In many ways, curtains can mirror our emotional state; the way they appear or behave in dreams can offer insights into how we are navigating life's stages and the pressure of time. Understanding the nuances of these dreams can help us reflect on our journey, leading to personal growth and deeper self-awareness.

By interpreting curtains as symbols of time, we may learn to face the changes ahead with courage and clarity.

• Curtains in dreams symbolize the passage of time and life transitions.
• Dreaming of curtains can indicate feelings of concealment or emotional barriers.
• The state of the curtains may reflect your current life stage or emotional well-being.

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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  • Transient:

    (Dwellings; House; Interim; Loan; Temporary)

  • Watch:

    (Timepiece; Wristwatch. See Clock)

  • Calendar year:

    (Age; Period; Time) In a dream, ayear represents drought, doubt, difficulties, threats, scientific advancement, trials, temptations. If one identifies a year in a dream, during a drought season, it means a good harvest. As for a pregnant woman, identifying ayear in a dream means delivering her child.

    Seeing a year in a dream means experiencing an adversity, or witnessing someone else’s trials and learning a lesson from it, or to repent of one’s own sins. Yearning for one’s homeland:

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  • Zucchini:

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  • Calendar year:

    (Age; Period; Time) In a dream, ayear represents drought, doubt, difficulties, threats, scientific advancement, trials, temptations. If one identifies a year in a dream, during a drought season, it means a good harvest. As for a pregnant woman, identifying ayear in a dream means delivering her child.

    Seeing a year in a dream means experiencing an adversity, or witnessing someone else’s trials and learning a lesson from it, or to repent of one’s own sins. Yearning for one’s homeland:

  • Watch:

    (Timepiece; Wristwatch. See Clock)

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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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  • Delay:

    (Delay; Postponement; Procrastination) Deferment or postponement of fulfilling one’s obligations in a dream means separation and annulment of a contract. If a woman defers or postpones her marriage in a dream, it means separation from her husband or losing the opportunity to be married or showing preference to remaining unmarried.

  • Postponement:

    (Delay; Postponement; Procrastination) Deferment or postponement of fulfilling one’s obligations in a dream means separation and annulment of a contract. If a woman defers or postpones her marriage in a dream, it means separation from her husband or losing the opportunity to be married or showing preference to remaining unmarried.

  • Procrastination:

    (Delay; Postponement; Procrastination) Deferment or postponement of fulfilling one’s obligations in a dream means separation and annulment of a contract. If a woman defers or postpones her marriage in a dream, it means separation from her husband or losing the opportunity to be married or showing preference to remaining unmarried.

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  • Watch:

    (Timepiece; Wristwatch. See Clock)

  • Zucchini:

    £uhur: (arb. See Five time prayers)

  • Celerity:

    (Celerity; Haste; Hastiness; Quick pace) Walking with dispatch, or with a quick pace in Mecca or in any town in a dream means victory over one’s enemy. Celerity in a dream also represents haste, or the dispatch through which one leaves this world. Moving with a quick pace in a dream also means loss of one’s position, or it could mean attending the pilgrimage season in Mecca.

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  • Religious scholar:
  • Theologian:
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  • Middle man:
  • Cudgel:

    (Cudgel) In a dream, a club means scolding and rebuking someone. If used as a baton in a dream, then it means subjugating and humiliating someone, or it could mean having the upper hand or having the wealth and power to do good or evil.

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Practical Ways to Interpret Your Dream of Curtains

• Reflect on Your Current Life Circumstances

  Consider the state of the curtains in your dream. Are they drawn tightly shut, or flung open wide? This imagery can reflect your current emotional state.

  Curtains that are closed may suggest you are feeling concealed or overwhelmed, while opened curtains can indicate you are ready to embrace change and reveal your true self. Take a moment to reflect on any significant changes happening in your life—are you welcoming new opportunities, or perhaps avoiding certain realities? Journaling about your dreams upon waking can help clarify your thoughts and emotions, allowing you to connect the dream's symbolism with your present situation.

• Explore Your Emotions Around Time

  Dreams of curtains also prompt us to consider our feelings about time and how it affects us. Are you feeling rushed to meet deadlines, or are you yearning for time to slow down? Engaging in mindfulness practices can help you find peace in your daily routine, alleviating any pressure that may surface regarding time management.

  You might also explore meditation or visualization techniques that allow you to immerse yourself in the present moment. By tuning in to your inner self and the relationship you have with time, you can cultivate patience and a deeper understanding of your life's pace.

• Discuss Your Dream with Trusted Individuals

  Sometimes, sharing a dream can bring additional insights that you may not have considered. Talk to friends or family members who can provide perspective; they may identify patterns or themes you have missed. Engaging with a community, such as a dream interpretation group, can also be beneficial.

  By voicing your experiences, you may encounter interpretations that resonate deeply with you, empowering you to understand the messages your dreams convey. Remember that dreams, like life, are best navigated with the support of others.

FAQs

• What does it mean to dream of curtains that are drawn?

  Dreaming of drawn curtains often symbolizes concealment or protection from outside influences. This could suggest an aspect of your life that you are trying to keep hidden or shielded from others. Reflect on your current emotions to gauge if you're shielding yourself in any way.

• How do the colors of curtains in my dream affect their meaning?

  The colors of curtains can carry different meanings as well. For instance, red curtains may suggest passion or urgency, while blue could represent calmness and tranquility. Pay attention to how these colors resonate with your current feelings or circumstances, as they can provide deeper insights into your emotional state.

• Can dreaming of curtains signify new beginnings?

  Yes, often, curtains that are open or gently fluttering can suggest openness to new beginnings. They may indicate that you are ready to face new opportunities and transformations in your life. Embrace such dreams as confirmations of your willingness to grow.

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

  Frequent dreams of curtains might indicate unresolved feelings regarding transition and change in your life. Keep a dream journal to track these occurrences and see if a pattern emerges related to your waking life. Exploring your feelings on change and seeking self-improvement may help.

• Is there a spiritual significance to curtains in dreams?

  From a spiritual perspective, curtains may represent the boundary between the visible and the hidden, urging you to explore your inner self. This journey of introspection can lead to greater self-discovery and spiritual development. Embrace these dreams as invitations to delve deeper into your soul's journey.

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