Comb

What makes combs symbolic in our dream is the fact it connects with hair. In our dreams hair is a symbol that relates to wisdom, growth, maturity, and thoughts; the comb emerges to help you straighten out things in your life that are shown to others. Combing your hair is considered a very positive symbol that implies you are currently fixing this issue that will soon benefit you.

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If you are combing your hair, you are changing attitudes or expanding your ability to see life differently. Associated with Hair and Head, the comb can be a symbol of ideas as you 'comb' through your thoughts to see a situation from another perspective. Brushing and combing hair also relates to vanity and self image that may be changing. Since hair grows and is groomed over time, your ideas and thoughts are being groomed to better support your self esteem. To see a cock's comb can be a sexual symbol that ties vanity and self-acceptance to sexuality. This symbol captures both female and male symbolism so can appear in dreams with the same message for either sex. A dream focusing on a brush of some type can also symbolize sweeping issues under the carpet or brushing off something important.

In a dream, a comb represents a good man who strives to help, serve, comfort and entertain others. A comb in a dream also represents an auspicious time to be involved in a business partnership or accepting an employment in a large corporation, since the teeth of a comb are equal. If the teeth of one’s comb are capped with gold or silver caps, then they represent one’s workers. The golden caps represent trustworthy workers and the silver caps represent treacherous and disloyal workers. Combing one’s hair in a dream signifies paying alms tax, or it could mean distributing charities. A comb in a dream also can be interpreted to denote an honest and a just man, an hour of happiness, or a wise person, a judge, a physician, or a preacher one can benefit from his knowledge. A comb in a dream also represents a hairdresser or one’s mother. Combing the hair of an unknown woman in a dream represents a wind that will help pollinate the trees. In a dream, a comb also represents a sifter or a sieve. The teeth of a comb may represent one’s own teeth or the teeth of a saw. It is also said that combing hair in a dream means weaving a carpet. Combing one’s hair or beard in a dream means dispelling adversities and distress. In a dream, a comb also represents a good man who is just and equitable with all his friends, or it may mean longevity, wealth and victory against one’s enemy.