Blood

Dream Symbol Meaning & Interpretation

What Does Blood Mean in Dreams?

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Western/Modern

Blood is a very powerful dream symbol that connects to our life force/energy that we have within. The red color is symbolic associating it to lust, passion, anger and the heart. According to some accounts some suggest blood indicates wealth and it often implies good luck or fortune. Losing blood sheds light on loss of personal energy and a need to rejuvenate. Blood and wine are interchangeable, Paul quoting Christ in 1 Corinthians 11:25. He also took the cup when he had supped, saying, “This cup is the New Testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.”

Hindu

Will receive wealth

Chinese

What does blood represent in dreams? Is it good or bad? In general, dreaming about blood is a good sign. According to the Western viewpoint, blood is the symbol of vitality. In the Interpretation of Dreams by the Duke of Zhou, dreaming about blood indicates wealth and it often implies good luck or fortune. However, this is just the prevailing interpretation; let's take a look at more detailed interpretation of the dreams related to blood: Women dreaming about blood may suggest menstruation and pregnancy. Men dreaming about blood may suggest the fear of female body and sex or the desire of sexual assault. Dreaming about a gush of blood may suggest your inner intension or self-sacrifice. Dreaming about you or someone else bleeding implies that you are overtired and in mental stress recently; it suggests that you should rest and adjust. Dreaming about you bleeding out may suggest that you will lose your life or bear the pain of losing someone you love. Besides, it may indicate that you will suffer a defeat, financial loss or even bankruptcy. Dreaming about you were happy while seeing someone bleeding indicates that you are hostile to him/her or have the desire of attacking him/her. Dreaming about someone dying in blood suggests that you may have the opportunity to run a lot of capital and you should seize the opportunity to display your talent. Dreaming about stepping on blood may suggest that someone will help you to succeed. Dreaming about the spit with blood suggests that your wish for a long time will finally come true or your old grudge will be settled. Dreaming about you drinking blood is an auspicious sign suggesting that you will get rich. Dreaming about you bleeding in a surgery suggests that you are worried about the changes in your work. Dreaming about nose bleeding suggests that you will have little troubles. Dreaming about finger bleeding suggests that you will suffer financial loss or be cheated. Dreaming about arm bleeding may suggest that you will suffer financial loss due to your mistake. Dreaming about leg bleeding indicates that you will make progress in career and live a more comfortable life with a large sum of money. Dreaming about wounded and bleeding foot indicates that you may suffer loss from your subordinate's betrayal. Dreaming about the belly full of blood suggests that you will get a lot of money. Dreaming about much blood on the floor suggests that you should be on the alert and play for safety. Dreaming about your bed or clothing with blood indicates that you will become seriously ill or be involved in a criminal case, and you should be careful in all things. Dreaming about someone else's bed or clothing with blood indicates that you will defeat your enemy. Dreaming about the blood pouring from the flowers suggests that you will be widely appreciated because of your courage and determination. Dreaming about the blood from someone you hurt splashing on your body indicates that the one in your dream may bring you money if you can help him/her. Dreaming about the blood spraying from the cut off animal or human head indicates that you will get a lot of money, flourishing career or greatly boosted reputation. Dreaming about washing your body or clothing with blood indicates that you have to live a period of poor life due to the financial loss. Dreaming about hiding the bloody clothes suggests that you are trying to hide your mistakes. Dreaming about someone's clothes with blood suggests that the one in your dream may meet with misfortune or come to a bad end. Dreaming about staining with a woman's blood suggests that you will have a new partner.

Biblical

A symbol of the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, Matt. 26:28. Washing in blood is a symbol of exacting vengeance, Ps. 58:10

Jungian

Blood dreams often seem frightening, but it is actually a good dream about opening to your power to feel. Red is a color associated with getting our attention and blood appears in dreams when we need a wake up call to interact with life more deeply. When you see blood on yourself in a dream, it is an image of your free flowing life force breaking through emotional restraints as feelings coming to the surface. At the same time, it can sometimes signify pain associated with feelings. The theme of the dream will tell you which is taking place. To see blood on someone or something else reflects how you have disassociated from your feelings, objectively exploring emotion in an abstract way. Blood can represent the blood line of family, or sometimes work, for those who work in the healthcare profession. See blood under Anatomy and Body Parts.

Islamic (Ibn Sirin)

In a dream, blood represents unlawful or illegal money, or an evil act that will emanate from the person seeing the dream. If one sees himself dragging his feet through puddles of blood in a dream, it means that he will finance his business from unlawfully earned money, profit from an illegal business or commit a major sin then be caught. If one sees blood staining his shirt in a dream, it means that someone will lie to him, though he will not recognize it. If his shirt is stained with blood or pus from pimples in a dream, it means that a thief will lie to him. If his shirt is stained with the blood of a lion in a dream, it means that an iniquitous person in authority will lie to him and take advantage of him. If his shirt is stained with the blood of a ram in a dream, it means that a rich, noble and a well respected person will lie to him, and at the end he will consent to accepting corrupt money. Seeing blood flowing from one’s body or from wounds is a sign of good health, safety, or it could mean coming home after a long journey. Drinking human blood in a dream means money, profits, escape from danger, safety from trials and adversities, or it could mean committing a sin then repenting from it. Falling into a pool of blood in a dream means that one will be accused of a murder or of stealing money. If one sees a valley filled with blood in a dream, it means that he maybe killed in that locality. If one sees blood emanating out of his body without cupping or cuts in a dream, it means giving money to someone. If he is a poor person, then it means receiving money from someone. If one sees himself falling into a cistern which is filled with blood in a dream, it means that someone is seeking revenge from him. Blood in a jar represents a woman in menstruation. Blood in a dream also represents one’s life, strength, wealth, business, helpers, clothing, earning praise or blame, weak points, unlawful food, lack of benefits, loss of business or money or esteem, inability to draw benefits from one’s usual close ones, such as a father, a son, or a business partner, separation through death from one’s beloveds or dear one’s, such as wife or a kin. One’s blood in a dream also represents his own Satan, or an enemy that dwells inside his house. Drinking one’s own blood in a dream means paying one’s debts with second loan, or vanquishing one’s enemy. 44 IBN SEERIN’S Bleeding naturally in a dream means peace and comfort. Excess bleeding in a dream means the opposite. The bleeding of an unwed woman means finding a husband. Bleeding of a pregnant woman in a dream means a miscarriage and for an elderly woman, bleeding means an illness. If one sees blood coming from his anus in a dream, it means that he is tainted with the consequences of an evil act, or it could mean a bad deal, or that he has earned unlawful money then walked out of such a deal. To bleed in a dream also means being a spendthrift, a money wasting family, or it could mean suffering from a venereal disease.

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