Dream dictionary: seeing an adult as a child dream meanings

The number eighteen is related to the adult life, where the person is entering the new phase of his/hers life.

If a young person has this dream, it reflects concern and eagerness for adventures of your age. If it is an adult who dreams it, that reflects internal problems of dissatisfaction.

If you dream about the high school, then such dream indicates the old days you are missing. The high school could also represent the people you’ve met and missed. The dream could also indicate the childish side of your personality. Perhaps you are not ready to take the responsibilities to be a proper adult. If you are attending the high school in a dream, then such dream shows your fears about the choices you’ve made in the past. Maybe you wish to make different decisions at some situations? You are not sure you’ve made the right choice or there is some situation at your current life that is affected by your past? To get more detailed information about your dream, please see the meaning of School.

The school in dreams is symbolism of your past, childishness and purity. Sometimes the school shows the things we missed when we were children, but only if you are an adult now. For teenagers the school dream is very common, because they spend most of their time in there.

A young woman who dreams about walking past cemetery graves could signify that she might soon become a widow. If an adult woman dreams that she’s carrying flowers to the cemetery it indicates that her luxuries and family are in good health and there’s no reason to worry. A widow who dreams that she’s walking through the cemetery could mean that she’ll soon get married again, this time with better luck. Dreaming about being in a cemetery or pantheon could signify that loved ones who are supposed to be dead aren’t, and soon the dreamer will receive news about them. Dreaming of abandoned and forgotten graves suggests that friends or distant relatives, who were already being forgotten, will soon be present again. Elderly people that somehow dream of cemeteries, hints that the dreamer is physically tired and that they yearn for a true and prolonged rest.

Dreaming about friends means you have rejected some aspects of your own personality in the past, but now you’re willing to recognize these characteristics and even to talk about them freely. Dreaming of friends may also mean that soon you will receive good news. Dream of a childhood friendship means you yearn for the past, when you had less responsibilities and worries. You may have the feeling of wanting to escape the tensions and stress of being an adult. You must analyze the relationship you had with that friend of your dreams and wonder if you learned something relevant from that friendship. Another possible interpretation of this dream with a childhood friend is that you’re behaving childishly in real life and must mature. Dream about the death of your best friend means some aspect, defect or characteristic of that person, is disappearing from your personality.

…Dreaming of an empty bird nest indicates that the dreamer’s businesses are not going well and that currently there’s no way of having them improve. Dreaming of a nest with eggs suggests that affairs and businesses promise good dividends shortly, but the dreamer shouldn’t celebrate beforehand, and he or she should wait patiently. Dreaming of newborn birds in their nests indicates that the dreamer will soon make a trip as a consequence of successes that are leading to prosperity. It may also mean that soon the family will increase. Dreaming of sickly looking adult birds in their nest announces that there will be upcoming setbacks and material losses, or at least deterioration in the dreamer’s own health or in a family member. If the birds are black it could signify mourning. Clearly dreaming that it’s a swallow’s nest warns that the dreamer should not be overcome by certain memoires….

…(Antelope | Deer | Woman) In a dream, a female gazelle represents a beautiful woman. Capturing a female gazelle in adream means taking advantage of a woman, or it could mean marriage. Throwing a stone at a gazelle in a dream means raping a woman, or committing a sin, or divorcing one’s wife or being violent with her. Hunting a gazelle in a dream means profits. Shooting a gazelle with arrows in a dream means slandering a woman. Slaughtering a gazelle in a dream means deflowering a female servant. If one sees himself turned into a deer in a dream, it means that he lives solely to satisfy his pleasures, lust and sensual desires in this world. If one receives the gift of a gazelle in a dream, it means that he will receive an inheritance and become wealthy. A gazelle in a dream also represents a child. If…

(See Profligacy | Recalcitrant child)

…Dreaming of horses drinking from waterhole means that you’ll experience joy in the future. If the animal that is drinking happens to be a donkey, it means that you will have a fight from which you will come out triumphant. If the waterhole is dry, it foretells a mystery or it may be a harbinger of adversities; if it’s dirty, it predicts the birth of a child. Dreaming of a waterhole usually means tranquility. If you dream that you drink from it, it usually means you’ll lose money, but it won’t be a substantial loss. If animals are drinking from it, it’s a harbinger of great news. If the water is clear, is a symbol of joy; on the contrary, if the water is dirty, it indicates the arrival of a new baby in the family. If you see a wild animal drinking water from a waterhole or someplace…

(See Recalcitrant child)

…and speak. If love songs of light nature are played during such a gathering in a dream, it means that falsehood will overtake such a place. If one sees himself sitting in the center stage, in the middle of learned people and religious scholars in a dream, it means that he will receive a greater knowledge and honor in his life. A gathering that involves a court case, or a marriage in a dream represents an unknown adversity that will safely pass. Admonishing people in a public gathering in a dream means that one’s command will be obeyed. Sitting in the center stage in a spiritual gathering in a dream represents one’s station or rank, or it could represent one’s wife, child, property, or personal secretary. Anything that happens to such a gathering in the dream may reflect on any of them. (Also see Fellowship | Gathering | Mosque)…

…A crow indicates expedition in business, adultery of a thief; if croaking, an ill omen; if it flies on to the head of the child will be in great danger of a misfortune. Lucky lottery dream numbers – 74, 6….

…(Person) When a man is recognized in a dream, he is the same person in wakefulness, or it could be his brother, or a person with the same resemblance or name. If he takes something valuable or cherished from the person having the dream, it means the opposite, and one will receive from such a man what he wishes for in wakefulness. If he takes a shirt or a rope in the dream, it means that he will accept a promise from the person seeing the dream. If he takes a child away from him, it means enmity between the two. As explained under ‘Human being” p. 217, seeing the children of Adam in a dream is an exalted thing in general. Each category of people conveys a different interpretation. The category of rulers and judges in a dream means courts. The category of government authorities represents fear. Soldiers…

…This dream foretells success and triumph but short-lived and only if there are no accidents during dreaming. If you have this dream as a child or teenager it reflects the desire for adventures typical of that age. If we’re going through a difficult time in our lives the dream may reflect the need to master inner passions of contradictory nature….

To dream of keys is favourable to a person in trade and, to a sailor, it shows that he will return in safety, but, if he dream that they are lost, he may be lost in his turn. To dream of finding a key, denotes an addition to your property, it may be a legacy. If married, it foretells the birth of a child, if a ribbon is attached to it, you may expect a girl.

…(Emergence | Manifestation | Visibility) In a dream, if one sees something that is kept away from him as a secret, it means experiencing comfort after suffering from trials, receiving compensation after suffering from injus- tice, conceiving a child after having given up hope or the like examples. A revealed secret on time in a dream means fulfillment of a promise, satisfying one’s needs, repayment of one’s debts, arriving of a long awaited person from a journey, release of a prisoner from his jail, and for a woman, it could mean becoming pregnant. If something emerges at the wrong time in a dream, it means debts….

…To dream of seeing rockets flying in the air, foretells joy and gladness at some event about to happen: to married people it denotes the birth of a child, or the marriage of a daughter if they have one old enough. If a young girl dreams of seeing a rocket, she needn’t trouble herself further, as her speedy marriage is certain. Lucky lottery dream numbers – 15….

When a woman dreams that she has changed her sex, it symbolizes conception of a male child who will do honor to his family. When the dreamer is a man, it indicates dishonor and infamy.

…To dream that something or someone who expresses anger has hit you indicates discord and dislikes of various kinds, but these are almost always caused by you. To dream that you’re hitting a child or a weak and defenseless person suggests that you have taken too many liberties and advantages over others and probably plan to continue doing this for your personal benefit. To dream that you hear impacts, for example when a door shuts close, it suggests that you’ll soon receive expected news. In some cases it typically involves someone who wishes to apologize for hurting you. To dream that you hear a door, a wall, a floor, etc. knock, suggests up coming pleasant surprises, or such surprises can even be unpleasant ones….

…stingy ones. It also represents a meeting place where the rich and the poor, the righteous and the insolent gather. A garden in a dream also may indicate a religious center, a school, a center for scientific research and studies, a place of worship, etcetera. If one enters a garden at the season of plucking its fruits in a dream, it means glad tidings, money and increase in one’s good deeds, marriage or children. On the other hand, if he enters a garden in the fall in a dream, it means defamation, indebtedness, divorce, or it could mean loss of a child. Seeing a deceased person in a garden means that he is in paradise. A garden in a dream also represents a source of nourishment. Its fruits are colorful and their taste ranges from sweet to salty and from sour to bitter. (Also see House garden | Qur’an)…

…To see young lambs frisking around their mother, is an excellent omen, as it denotes thrift, and also happiness in your family ties; if you see them sucking, it is a sign of an increase in your family by the birth of a child. For lovers to dream of young lambs, foretells a speedy and happy marriage. Lucky lottery dream numbers – 24, 60….

To dream that you are in kindergarten as the child, means that you wish to have the life with less of the responsibilities then you have at the moment. If you are the teacher of kindergarten, you feel that you have too much to take care of.

…When you dreaming of being abandoned, it means that you have to forget your past and focus on your future. You’ve got to let go your past. The interpretation of your dream about an abandonment is showing, that you have a fear of being wasted, left alone of the ones you love. You shouldn’t be afraid of people neglecting your feelings. The meaning of dreaming that you are abandoned, might mean that you’re suffering from recent lost or are afraid of losing someone you love. The fear of abandonment might mean that you are getting better already, from what you’ve suffered before and are moving forward. This dream also can be the meaning of something you’ve suffered as being a child. When you abandon other people in your dream it can mean that you are shocked by the decisions you made earlier in your life. The main thing you…

…a woman has achieved in his eyes. If a woman looks at a man’s sexual organ in a dream, it represents her strength and manlike drive. If a prisoner finds himself having a vagina in a dream, it means his release from prison, and for someone who is depressed, it means relief from his depression. If one has to appear in court, it means that he will win his case. If one is facing an opponent, it means that he will conquer him. Seeing the vagina of an elderly woman in a dream means loss of business. If one reenters the womb of a woman through her vagina in a dream, it means his death. A vagina in a dream also could represent a blood sucker, a murderer, or a deceitful person who portrays piety during the day, then shows his teeth at night. A vagina in a dream also…

…A child’s cradle, many children; if the cradle be of green leaves, loss and sorrow….

…means that she will beget a boy. If a female bird sits in her lap in a dream, it means that she will beget a girl. Large or predatory birds in a dream represent kings, presidents, leaders, tyrants, men of knowledge or merchants. Water birds, sea gulls, etcetera, represent honorable people who rose in rank in two spheres, the sphere of water and that of the air. They also could mean a journey. If they quack in the dream, they represent lamenting or crying. Singingbirds in a dream represent musicians and singers. To see a flock of birds in a dream means money and power and particularly for someone who tends them or cares for them. Seeing birds flying over one’s head means gaining authority and power. If one sees birds flying inside his house or shop in a dream, it means angels. If a bird flies into one’s hand…

…When you dream of babysitting someone it symbolizes that you need to take care of yourself, as there is a part of you which need to be looked after. If you dream of asking for babysitter’s service, shows that you need to recognize on your inner child….

…(Leather dying factory) A tannery in a dream has the same interpreta- tion as that of a slaughterhouse. It also represents a school, a fellowship house, or similar places where the mind and spirit are taught and reared to correct oneself, to hold to what is true and to discard what is false. A tannery in a dream also represents apatient, forbearing and a hard-working woman, a housekeeper, or a child. Perhaps a tannery in a dream also could denote a harsh, wretched and a contemptible woman, though she likes cleanliness and guards herself from others’ impurities. (Also see Dye | Vat)…

…your own records.” It means that he may go astray. If one sees the angels giving him glad tidings and congratulating him in a dream, it means that he will beget a blessed son who will grow to be righteous and an example to be followed. If one sees a gathering of angels in a town in his dream, it means that a pious man, or an ascetic, or a great scholar will die in that locality. If one sees himself looking at the angels in the skies in a dream, it means that he may suffer the loss of a son or his wealth. Seeing the celestial angels {arb. Ruhaniyyeen) in a dream means gaining honor, dignity, blessings in one’s life, profits and a good fame, developing spiritual inner insight, or becoming a business manager. Near the end of one’s life, one who sees such a dream also will…

To dream that you are pregnant means that you will have to look after someone close to you because of the assistance they will need. The pregnancy is also very common dream for women who are expecting the child, therefore it is very normal to dream about your current state. The pregnancy could also show your desire or fear of getting pregnant.

The yard that is very tidy, full of trees, flowers and the pavement looks perfectly, represents your responsible aspects of the personality. You like to take care not only of yourself, but those around you either. If you see yourself running around the yard, playing in it, it shows that you are missing the days when you had no responsibilities and been just a child.

…To dream of a young and sport full kid, implies the birth of a child. A young girl who grants her lover too close intimacy before marriage should never dream of the innocent and harmless kid. It is a good dream for married people who desire children. Lucky lottery dream numbers – 70….

…In a dream, a mule represents an obstinate and a stupid person, an imbecile or a bastard. A mule in a dream represents an illegitimate child who is born from a foreign father in adultery. Riding a mule in a dream means longevity or marrying a barren woman. If one sees himself mounting a saddled mule which is travelling toward Mecca in a dream, it means that he will soon perform a pilgrimage. Wandering on a mule in a dream means benefits. An obstinate mule in a dream represents a cunning person. Riding a mule in a dream also means having a dispute with someone. A weak mule who cannot be controlled in a dream represents a niggardly and a wicked person. Riding on top of loads a mule is carrying, and if the mule is consenting in a dream means controlling one’s environment….

…from the Holy Book before God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, in a dream means that one will commit himself to memorizing it. Eating the pages of the Holy Book in a dream means accepting bribes. If a layman eats the pages of the Holy Book, or few lines from some pages in a dream, it means that he earns his livelihood from reciting the Holy Qur’an or teaching it. Eating the pages of the Holy Book in a dream also means earning one’s livelihood from copying and selling it. Seeing the Holy Book in a dream also mans growing in wisdom. Handwriting copies of the Holy Book in a dream denotes one’s piety, or it could represent a religious scholar who lives by the book, act by its commands and shares his knowledge with others. Tearing off the pages of the Holy Book in a dream means ingratitude toward…

…a newborn and distrib- uting an equal measure in gold or silver in charity for his benefit.) The offering of an ‘Aq’iqah ceremony in a dream represents glad tidings, the arrival of a long awaited person, recovering from an illness, or the release of a prisoner. Partici- pating in the sacrament of the ‘Aq’iqah rites in a dream also could represent a growing faith and certitude, and emulating the blessed traditions of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace. If the sacrifice presented in one’s dream on that day is a permissible one and if one fulfills all the necessary rituals in his dream, then it denotes his praiseworthy character and the success of his endeavors. If one offers a non-permissible sacrifice in his dream and presents it to people to eat from, then his dream represents a recalcitrant child, or a rebellious son. (Also see ‘Aq’iq canyons | Carnelian-red)…

To admonish your child, or son, or some young person, denotes that your generous principles will keep you in favor, and fortune will be added to your gifts.

…To dream of a birth signifies a death. One afternoon, at a garden-party, I met an old friend, who told me he had just dreamed his sister had had a child, and as he was curious to know whether that event had actually occurred, he was going to write at once. The dream was verified, but in a manner he did not anticipate; for, on arriving at his house he found a telegram awaiting him there to say his sister was dead! And again, at a cricket match one baking hot day in July I was speaking of dreams, when one of the players exclaimed with a shudder: ‘’I fear your interpretation of the birth dream is only too correct. A lady once told my wife that she dreamed she had given birth to a remarkably fine boy, whose eyes, however, were not both of the same colour. Two…

…To have interaction with a sled in the dream, symbolizes childhood. To ride on a sled in the dream, represents your state of being a child or some aspects of your personality that still are childish. Additionally, dreaming that you are sledding, has the symbolic significance of funny lifestyle or your fun-loving personality. It means that you’re open-minded person and have very bright perspectives in your life….

…from distress. The broken chips of a glass bottle in a dream represent money. A urine testing tube in a dream represents a prostitute. Thus, if one sees himself urinating inside such a tube in his dream, he should beware not to commit adultery. A bottle of wine in a dream represents a housekeeper who is hesitant about carrying money on her. A bottle of wine in a dream represents a pregnant woman who could suffer from hemorrhaging though she will deliver her child safely. Glass bottles of different colors and sizes in a dream represent people of different nationalities. A glass bottle in a dream also could mean exposing people’s secret life or slandering disloyal people. If a glass bottle falls and breaks inside one’s house in a dream, it means avoiding corruption or escaping from temptation that could take place inside such a house. (Also see Bottle)…