Water
In most dreams water indicates emotions, moods and flow of feeling energy. Because of the nature of water it lends itself to depicting aspects of how you relate to your feelings. For instance you can ‘drown’ in or feel swept away by some emotions. At other times you can feel cleansed and refreshed. But because water is vital to your existence it can show how you long for or thirst for something, and feeling fulfilled.
Water also represents your potential to experience many emotions because water can take any shape or move in so many ways. How you relate to the water shows how you are meeting your emotions and moods. In a collective sense, as a lake or the sea, it can represent the mysterious source of life, the womb and the processes of life creating you.
Women frequently dream of being in water or swimming during menstruation. The dream content will show something about what is happening in the body at such times, or even if there is excessive water retention. See: Flow.
‘I was standing in front of a series of glass water tanks. I had apparently written an article about the balance between intellect and emotion, which had presented emotion in a way to show its equal value with intellect. The tanks demonstrated the different relationships between intellect and emotion. Some tanks were beautifully clear and colourful, showing the right balance. The unbalanced ones had weed growing in them. I was then in a lift with a young woman. We moved close together and kissed. This moved my feelings so much I felt a great melting in my abdomen, and a lot of body sensation against her body.’ Anthony F.
Anthony’s dream perfectly illustrates how water refers to the emotions and flowing body feelings.
Idioms: Make water; muddy the waters; tread water; water something down; turn on the waterworks; water under the bridge; hold water; in hot water; head above water; pour cold water onto something. See: Fluid; Pool; River; Rain; Sea; Spring.
Deep water: The deeps of your inner life and what lies under the surface of your waking awareness.
Dripping water: Sometimes can depict the damaging feelings or interference that can enter your life, especially if the water is coming through a ceiling or wall. Otherwise a dripping tap might mean the leaking away of your feelings or energy, or the passage of time.
Electricity and water: Emotions which can generate very powerful reaction to a situation – such as jealousy or anger – so a release of enormous energy that can be negative or positive.
Entering water: Entering into strong feelings such as might arise in a relationship or new job. Starting a sexual relationship. If it is a deep lake or turgid water, it could point to emotions that might stand in your way of moving on or changing.
Hot water: Strong emotions or facing difficult situations, such as social criticism.
Walking on water: It depends upon the state of the water walked on. If it was stormy or calm can make a difference. But in general it is about having confidence that you meet the storms of your emotions and feel okay. But it could also mean you are frightened of ‘going under’. In dreams you cannot drown, and going under the surface can meet a dip into your inner life.
If you are a Christian it might point to having trust that you will be upheld by your faith.
See: Baptism; River; Sea; Spring.
Comments
Thank you, Tony, for making this very helpful dream dictionary available to all who wish to use it.
Hi tony,
I would like to ask if you are willing interpret my dreams, I have dreamt of church 3 nights in a row.
The first night i was watching everyone else pray, the second night I was attending a baptism in a church for about 100 children and the third night i dreamt of a church next to cemetery. Thank you for helping…
Rea
Rea – I see your dream as a way you have been feeling about life.
You can see that death waits for us all, and inside you is a feeling that you want to prepare. To do that you see that prayer is a way to prepare, and baptism is entering the ranks of the human race; entering in a way of participation of accepting help from the highest.
You can do that in all manner of ways, as there are countless doorways to meet what is in the end your highest self.
Tony
I’m surprised that you don’t have any reference to ‘walking on water’. Had a dream last night of walking over water. It could have an obvious meaning but would like to know your interpretation. Many thanx for your dictionary
Shaz – Strangely enough I received a dream about walking one water only a day or so ago. So it is good you remind me. In the case of the dream he found there was a “thin sheet under the water which protects me, I was trying to tear and go under water but it wasn’t happening.”
It depends upon the state of the water walked on; if it was stormy or calm can make a difference. But in general it is about having confidence that you meet the storms of your emotions and feel okay. But it could also mean you are frightened of ‘going under’. In dreams you cannot drown, and going under the surface can meet a dip into your inner life.
If you are a Christian it might point to having trust that you will be upheld by your faith.
Tony
I am pregnat i have this amazing dreams. I want to share one with you maybe you can help me with its interpretation. I was sailing in aboat it was very fast a man and a boy were driving the sailing boat. I was looking not to get stuck in white sand mountains in the water and finally i arrive to this beach. White sand and a lot of nature, i swim to the shore ,in the middle of my swimming i found a small cat floating in a plastic cap. Iam worried about the cat he is lovely he smiles at me like saying that he is fine. I continue swiming nd a feel an anilmal in my back holding me i take him to see wht it is ,he smiles at me he is grey and with he desaper swiming lik frog. I find the shore i just enter a hite and concret frame. I am in a space the roof is made of vegetation and big rocks like a cave, the flooriwhite, i stre a big withe box in the middle of the pce, ther is a beautiful big colored book. I walk into anotherspacether beautifull antic bottles of parfume painted with classical paintings like renoir, this bottles are full of stars everything shines. I went to another space, there are maps hanging in the walls this maps are madewith beautifull alive colores insects, they move around building new shaoes in this maps. i leave in the entrance again there is a cat he is staring at me he smiles he is very sweet, i understand that all this cat belong to that place. I am outside in city like paris, a lot of humidity a little bit black i walk i want to find my boat again, i walk in the streets i am dressed in a antic way i found a glass door i open it i jump into the blue see. This is one of my amazing dreams i have s many in my life thati just write them down since i was a girl. This is the first time thati share them with someone. Than you. I hope to hearfrom you. Sylvie
Sylvie – If, as you say you are pregnant, I am sure your baby will be filled with the beauty of your dream. And the cat swimming and the animal on your back are signs of healthy pregnancy.
Then the scene of the cave is again, a beautiful creation of your inner world, a world filled with experience of wonderful dimensions, the moving insects and maps show a very unusual mind.
Thank you for sharing it with me. See http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/dream-yoga/
Tony
Dear Tony,
I keep dreaming of water.
First a square room full of water but with narrow walkways along the walls where cats (and I) look into the water where fish of many sizes swim. In particular a large, huge fish who eats the other smaller fish and attempts to eat some of the cats. I am terrified of falling in the water.
Another dream about drifting down a long river in a canyon with a man, we fall over a water fall and drown as he cannot swim and I drown trying to save him, then suddenly a mermaid saves us both.
I’m not pregnant but I can’t understand these dreams. Please help.
-Bonnie
i had a dream once that my ex was injured heavily & he was brought in stretcher & i was told to be beside him. I was continuously taking care of him, but as i saw him regaining his conscience i went away & sat but amazingly he was taking my name & wanted me to hold his hand & he said that be here please i need you. what is its meaning.is he safe….??