Key

Dream Symbol Meaning & Interpretation

What Does Key Mean in Dreams?

Discover the dream symbol interpretation and spiritual meaning

Western/Modern

Dreaming of a ring of keys or holding the master key symbolizes authority over yourself and others. If you hold the golden key it signifies a major break through heading your way. Alternatively Freud would suggest that the lock and key might be a sexual connotation attached to it, as the key inserts in the slot to open up the door.

Jungian

The key is often a powerful clue to what can unlock the doors of opportunity and happiness. Holding someone else's keys can represent giving them the power to orchestrate how the relationship unfolds. Finding a key in a church can tie wellness to overcoming a sense of guilt. Finding a key in a schoolyard can take you back to ideas of childhood and how you might need to release them. The key is also a sexual symbol and appears when you are denying your feelings - because it seems to say 'here is what is needed to open.' See also Purses, Wallets, Luggage, Jewels and Keys.

Islamic (Ibn Sirin)

A key in a dream represents money, a helping hand, entering the path of knowledge, or it could mean receiving divine guidance. Carrying a bunch of keys in a dream means prosperity, knowledge and security against one’s enemy. Keys in a dream also represent one’s children, emissaries, spies, servant, wife or wealth. Keys in a dream also mean attaining one’s goal, or fulfillment of one’s prayers. A key in a dream also may mean victory over one’s enemy. Holding a wooden key in a dream indicates the character of one who refuses to help others, or if he holds their money in trust, it means that he does not repay them, for wood in a dream means hypocrisy. Holdingto a key that has no teeth in a dream means cheating an orphan of his inheritance, or becoming a guardian of an estate and deceiving its rightful heirs. Holding to the key of Paradise in a dream means acquiring knowledge, lawful wealth, or receiving an inheritance. Keys in a dream also represent the coffers they open. Seeing a key in a dream also means performing a pilgrimage to Mecca. A key made of iron in a dream represent a strong and a dangerous man. It also means openness in one’s life. Turning a key to open a door or a padlock in a dream means attaining victory over one’s enemies. Opening a door or a lock without a key in a dream means attaining the same through prayers. Finding a key in a dream means finding a treasure, or profits from a farmland. If a wealthy person finds a key in his dream, it means that he owes alms tax and he should immediately distribute what he owes, pay charities and repent for his sins. Holding to the key of the holy Ka‘ab a in a dream means working for a ruler or an Imam. If a woman receives keys in a dream, it means her betrothal. Having difficulty to open a door, even with a key in a dream means hindrances in one’s business, or failure to attain one’s goal. A key in a dream also represents new knowledge for a scholar or a learned person. Putting a key inside a door in a dream means placing a deceased person inside his coffin or grave, or it could mean having sexual intercourse with one’s wife.

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