Thief

Theft in dreams might be related to personal or emotional violation of the dreamer. Depending what object was taken will give you a clue. If your wallet or purse was taken suggests an attack on your identity, someone might be trying to take away what belongs to you. If you are a thief in your dream suggests taking something without someone’s approval.

News of incoming money

It is common to dream about a thief. In general, the thief in your dream represents a kind of ''gain'' in love, position, fame and other aspects. The thief in your dream does not mean you will lose money and valuables, but indicates your fear of losing your love, land, reputation and so on or being stolen such things by others. Also, the dream about a thief implies you have been in an unstable mood recently and that your luck in making money has been up and down. Besides, it may also indicate your sexual misconduct.

A symbol of demonic activity around you and your family with intentions of stealing your peace, sleep, joy, and love, Jn. 10:10

If you are dreaming of another character stealing something, you might explore how some aspect of you is forced to operate 'in the dark' to get its needs met. Rather than take what you deserve from life, you may be forced to sneak around to get your needs met. Explore the character that is stealing and the symbol stolen for more information about what you are denying to yourself in terms of greater fulfillment. See Shadow and Intruder under Archetypes and Universal Characters.

In a dream, a thief represents an illness, deficiency in one’s character, or a physical ailment. If the thief is a black man, it means that the illness relates to one’s black bile. If the color of his skin is red, then it relates to one’s blood. If the color of his skin is yellow, then it relates to his galls. If the color of his skin is white, then it relates to his chest and phlegm. Whatever a thief takes in the dream should be interpreted in relation to the substance of what he took. If he takes nothing from one’s house, then it denotes a passing ailment. If one catches the thief, or holds to his shirt in the dream, it means that he knows the cure. A thief in a dream also represents an assassin, the angel of death, a visitor, or someone asking for marriage. If there is a sick person in the house and a thief enters that house in a dream, it means the death of the ailing person. If a thief comes to one’s house and takes nothing from it in a dream, it means the recovery of sick person from his illness. A thief in a dream also can be interpreted to represent a cunning person, a deceiver, an adulterer, a hunter, a backbiter, someone who asks for things that do not belong to him, a lion, a snake, a Satan, eavesdropping, or one’s mind, desire and passions. If a scholar sees a thief in his dream, it means that he will learn wisdom from an anecdote. A thief in a dream also represents a liar, or the humiliation inflicted upon such a person.