Hourglass

Dream Symbol Meaning & Interpretation

What Does Hourglass Mean in Dreams?

Discover the dream symbol interpretation and spiritual meaning

Western/Modern

An hourglass in your dream represents you have a deadline coming up. You are worried that you would not be finished in time.

Biblical

Symbolic of running out of time or needing to manage your time better

Islamic (Ibn Sirin)

In a dream, the two bulbs of a sandglass represent two sons, or two brothers, or two partners. Whatever happens to them in the dream will reflect in such people. An hourglass in a dream also means makeup, beauty, or marriage. The sand trickling from the upper bulb into the lower bulb in a dream represents man’s semen.

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