- The theme home and places has 7 symbols in the dream dictionary.
- The most searched symbols of the theme are old house, fire, house on fire.
- Every symbol is read three ways: folk dream books, psychology and sleep research.
- The details of the dream, the colour, the behaviour and how you felt, change the reading.
- Dream interpretation is a tradition of reading symbols; it does not predict events.
What home and places mean in a dream
In the 20th century psychology joined the tradition. Sigmund Freud read dreams as the expression of repressed wishes, Carl Gustav Jung as the psyche’s attempt to restore balance. Modern sleep research shows that the content of dreams is shaped largely by the day’s impressions and by sensations in the sleeping body.
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Most searched dreams about home and places
Old houseHome and placesA dream about an old house is traditionally read as the past returning: old habits, old family matters, or health and business in decline when the house is falling apart. Psychology reads the house as the self and an old house as an earlier version of you, and research finds childhood homes among the most common dream settings.FireHome and placesA dream about fire is traditionally read as favourable if you are not burned: warmth, prosperity and a busy household; a burn or a ruin means loss. Psychology reads fire as passion, anger and transformation, and research finds fire among the disaster and danger scenes of typical dreams.House on fireHome and placesA dream about a house on fire is traditionally read two ways: the old books read your own home burning as a warm and loving household, while folk tradition reads it as a change that clears everything out. Psychology reads the house as the self and the fire as strong feeling running through it, and research counts fire among the common typical dreams.HotelHome and placesA dream about a hotel is traditionally read as ease, travel and profit: Miller says living in a hotel denotes ease and seeing a fine hotel wealth. Psychology reads the hotel as a temporary self, a life between homes; research adds that hotel dreams rise around travel and transitions.ElevatorHome and placesA dream about an elevator is traditionally read by its direction: rising means a swift climb in position, falling means a setback. Psychology reads the elevator as change that happens to the dreamer rather than by them, and research links the falling elevator to the body's sensations in sleep.CasinoHome and placesA dream about a casino is traditionally read as risk taken with what one cannot afford to lose: a venture, a love, a reputation. Psychology reads the casino as the dreamer's relationship with chance and control, and research links gambling dreams to real gambling and to periods of uncertainty.BathroomHome and placesA dream about a bathroom is traditionally read as cleansing and release: washing away trouble, or a need for privacy. Psychology treats it as the place where you deal with what is unwanted, and research shows the body often writes a full bladder into the dream.
All symbols: home and places
BathroomA dream about a bathroom is traditionally read as cleansing and release: washing away trouble, or a need for privacy. Psychology treats it as the place where you deal with what is unwanted, and research shows the body often writes a full bladder into the dream.CasinoA dream about a casino is traditionally read as risk taken with what one cannot afford to lose: a venture, a love, a reputation. Psychology reads the casino as the dreamer's relationship with chance and control, and research links gambling dreams to real gambling and to periods of uncertainty.ElevatorA dream about an elevator is traditionally read by its direction: rising means a swift climb in position, falling means a setback. Psychology reads the elevator as change that happens to the dreamer rather than by them, and research links the falling elevator to the body's sensations in sleep.FireA dream about fire is traditionally read as favourable if you are not burned: warmth, prosperity and a busy household; a burn or a ruin means loss. Psychology reads fire as passion, anger and transformation, and research finds fire among the disaster and danger scenes of typical dreams.HotelA dream about a hotel is traditionally read as ease, travel and profit: Miller says living in a hotel denotes ease and seeing a fine hotel wealth. Psychology reads the hotel as a temporary self, a life between homes; research adds that hotel dreams rise around travel and transitions.House on fireA dream about a house on fire is traditionally read two ways: the old books read your own home burning as a warm and loving household, while folk tradition reads it as a change that clears everything out. Psychology reads the house as the self and the fire as strong feeling running through it, and research counts fire among the common typical dreams.Old houseA dream about an old house is traditionally read as the past returning: old habits, old family matters, or health and business in decline when the house is falling apart. Psychology reads the house as the self and an old house as an earlier version of you, and research finds childhood homes among the most common dream settings.
Questions people ask
What does it mean to dream about home and places?
It depends on the symbol and the details. Folk dream books give each symbol a fixed reading, psychology asks what this image means to you, and sleep research reminds that dreams rework the day. Open a symbol for all three.
Does the same symbol always mean the same thing?
In dream books, mostly yes. In psychology, no: the same image can mean different things to different people, and your feeling in the dream is the key.
What if my symbol is not here?
Use the search. If nothing comes up, describe the dream in a few words on the search page; the editor reviews suggestions and adds the symbols that people ask for.
Sources
- Miller G. H. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, 1901.
- Freud S. The Interpretation of Dreams, 1899.
- Jung C. G. Man and His Symbols, 1964.
- Artemidorus. Oneirocritica, 2nd century.
- Hall C. S., Van de Castle R. L. The Content Analysis of Dreams, 1966.
- Schredl M. Dream research: an introduction, in various editions.
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