Dream symbol
Dreaming of house
Houses typically represent the self, psyche, or body. Different rooms represent different aspects of the personality or life.
How 3 traditions read it
- Jungian AnalyticalThe house is the psyche. Attic = consciousness/memories; basement = unconscious; rooms = different aspects.Discovering new rooms suggests discovering new aspects of self.
- Islamic (Ilm al-Ta'bir)One's own house represents wife/family. Building a house = marriage or starting family.Condition of house reflects condition of family/domestic life.
- Chinese TraditionalFamily fortune and stability. House conditions indicate fortune conditions.Expansive house suggests expanding fortune; ruined house warns.
Themes that recur across cultures
- The self or psyche
- The body
- Family and ancestry
- Security and shelter
- Different life domains (rooms)
Questions to ask about your dream
- · Was it a familiar house or unknown?
- · What condition was it in?
- · What rooms were you in or exploring?
- · Who else was there?
Dreamed of more than house?
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Traditional readings, presented as each tradition held them. They are a record of what people believed, not a prediction.