Hotels appear frequently in dreams and suggest a temporary situation. They’re places of relaxation and respite where you can hand daily responsibilities to others. • Its appearance suggests you need time out to relax and get off the fast track. Hotels can also relate to public perceptions of us as they’re places where we’re on show. • Explore your immediate social circle and decide if it’s time for a change and a chance to meet new people. • Dream hotels suggest a desire to try new things and celebrate being truly yourself for a while away from daily responsibilties.
(Bathhouse; Boiling water; Hot pepper; Pungent) Eating hot food, or drinking a hot drink in a dream may represent arduous earnings, or abundance that becomes a burden. It may also represent unlawful earnings, illegal profits, losses, or losing any blessing which maybe contained in one’s deeds. Washing a deceased person with boiling water in a dream means that he is destined for hell-fire.
Pleasurable warm’ feelings, passion for someone. Very hot, burning: potentially painful emotions or passions, which may leave their mark. See fire. Idioms: be hot on, hot and bothered, hot blooded; hot headed; hot stuff, in hot water, in the hot seat, make it hot for someone, get the hots; hot air.
1- Pleasurable feelings can be translated in dreams to a physical feeling.
To dream of being hot indicates warm or perhaps passionate feelings.
To be conscious of the fact that our surroundings are hot indicates that we are loved and cared for.
2- Occasionally, extreme emotion can be interpreted as a physical feeling so anger, jealousy or other such feelings can be experienced as heat. Experiencing something as hot which should be cold e.g. ice indicates that we are perhaps having difficulty and experiencing confusion in sorting out our feelings.
3- Spiritual passion is a deeply held feeling. It can be experienced as in a dream as heat.
Spiritual passion is a deeply held feeling. It can be experienced in a dream as a feeling of warmth and can symbolize unconditional love. We can afford to move positively in search of this heat.
Psychological / emotional perspective: Psychologically, feelings of cheerfulness and hopefulness can create an awareness of warmth and can be interchangeable. Occasionally, extreme emotion can be interpreted as a physical feeling – so anger, jealousy or other such feelings can be experienced as heat. Encountering something as hot which should be cold – for example, ice – indicates that we are perhaps having difficulty and experiencing confusion in sorting out our feelings.
Material aspects: Pleasurable feelings can be translated in dreams to a physical feeling of heat or warmth.
To dream of being hot indicates warm – or perhaps passionate – feelings.
To be conscious of the fact that our surroundings are hot indicates that we are loved and cared for. Consult the entries for emotions and ice / icebergs / icicles for further clarification.
To dream that you are hot, signifies passion and emotion. You may “have the hots” for someone. It may also reflect a situation that is potentially dangerous.
To dream about a hot air balloon suggests that it is time to overcome your feelings of depression. You need to rise about your current problems and reach a calmer, more spiritual place within yourself. This dream may also suggest that you feel the need to be elevated in someone else’s eyes.
To drive a hot rod is to relive your youth. You have a yearning to “let down your hair’ and run wild for a while. Give in to it; give yourself a break from the everyday monotony.
Dreams of hot sauce represent passion, romance, a desire to add spice to your life, and push yourself to the limit to see how much heat you can stand. Because hot sauce goes on your food into your mouth, this is about ingesting passion and/or speaking passionately about your feelings.
If you dream of being in a hot tub, it may be a symbol that you are currently changing things in your daily life, or you have freed yourself from bothersome emotions. Often this dream is a call to relax, to free your mind of daily troubles, and to put your problems away for a while.
Washingone’s dirt with hot water in a dream means benefits. Drinking hot water from the boiler in a dream means sickness, stress, depression, or a scare by evil spirits. (Also see Bathhouse; Drink; Hot)
(Hostel; Inn; Travelling to a foreign country) A hotel in a dream represents one’s house, body, name, property, glory, bathhouse, oven, or a court ofjustice. Whatever may happen to him in that dream could take place in conjunction to any ofthe above elements and in relationship to his condition. Stayingovernight in an unknown hotel in a dream means travel, or it may indicate the abode of this world from which one travels to reach the abode of the hereafter. (Also see Hostel; Travel)
All dwelling places generally represent the dreamer’s psychological, emotional, or spiritual condition.
The dream may reflect a current reality, issue, or dilemma and attempt to bring the dreamer into greater self-awareness. Because a hotel is a transitory dwelling, it suggests a time away from one’s responsibilities or routine. As a dream symbol it could reflect a need for rest and reflection. Depending on the details of the dream, specific information can be ascertained.
For example, if the hotel is luxurious it suggests prosperity and positive decision-making. However, if the hotel is rundown and inadequate, it may reflect a time of uneasiness and depravation. Whether the hotel in your dream represented a retreat or escapism is for you to determine by examining your current daily reality. Finally, a hotel may refer to a temporary stage in life or be a form of compensation with which the dreamer eases the anxiety and stress experienced during the day.
Symbolizes real or emotional changes; stations on the journey through life, a transitional period. Adventure and restlessness. Hotel personnel symbolize some of our own internal entities. People in the hotel show us sides of our own unconscious.
1- Dreaming of being in a hotel can mean that we need to escape from a situation in our lives for a short time. Conversely, it can also mean that a situation we are in will only last for a limited amount of time.
2- To dream of being a guest in a hotel can indicate that we are unsettled and feci we can only settle down temporarily. Being forced into a position of living in a hotel signifies a basic restlessness in the dreamer’s character, who may be attempting to escape from himself.
3- Temporary sanctuary, or the need to be in a safe environment is depicted by a hotel.
Vision: Seeing yourself in a hotel: a trip you have planned will be much more expensive than you thought.
If a married man sees himself in a hotel: he has to continue to keep his love affair a secret.
Depth Psychology: You are dealing with emotional confusion—the hotel is a metaphor for your flight from yourself. Are you about to explore unknown places? The hotel also represents your present attitudes and actions; sometimes it is a sign that you want more comfort and luxuries.
To dream about hotels refers to a new unusual state of mind or a shift in your usual paradigm. It can be an attempt to break away from your daily routine by going for a lighter, less serious approach to matters at hand.
It is not a favourable sign to dream that you are staying at a fashionable Hotel. Any omens of luxury are bad signs.
For a wealthy person, the dream would carry no particular meaning—it is the sense of luxury that means disaster to your plans. HUMMNG BIRDS—Travel to a foreign clime and successful business there.
Dreams of a hotel signify that you are in a transition, feeling a sense of impermanence and detachment. You may be coming to realize and accept the transitoriness of this life and you are learning to be at home wherever you are. Also, if you dream of a five star hotel, then this dream signifies that you are moving through life in luxury and style. Or, if you dream of a cheep hotel, then you are moving frugally through this period of your life.
If you dream of living in a hotel it signifies a desire for a more lucrative life, one filled with gay companions and a continuous change of surroundings.
To see yourself as the manager indicates a will to have power over others, to dictate.
The past of the dreamer, memories of past events (also in the sense of wanting to hold on to them and idealization). Playing with Light and Shadow (with so-called light and dark places), which means seeing life according to your own imagination. You want to focus on seeing clearly and recognizing what you see. You are working with the camera lens, which is a hint to be more objective.
To dream that you are looking through a photo album, suggests that you are unwilling to let go of your memories and the past. You are idealizing athe past (seeing it as better than it really was). Also see “Baby Pictures” and “Photograph.”
To dream about being at a photo studio suggests that you want to hold onto something from the past. However, your need to cling to old ways, or to keep feelings going for someone who you should have moved on from, may be keeping you from moving forward in your life successfully. This dream may also reflect your need to portray a certain image to the world, that doesn’t really fit with who you are now.
The loss of individuality and personal vision to that of your peer group, society, or culture.
Cloned ideas or lacking originality- in your approaches.
The loss of value or appeal because of having been overexposed to one person, object, or situation repeatedly. Just as a child with candy, there can be too much of a good thing.
To see or use a photocopier in your dream, represents your lack of originality and tendency to copy other’s ideas and/or beliefs. You need to start thinking things through for yourself. Alternatively, this dream could indicate a desire to spread some idea and get the word out.
Dreams of a photograph represent a significant memory or a person from your past, or your desire to remember an important occurrence. Consider who and what is in the photograph.
If your photograph is taken in a dream, someone is being deceptive in your real life.
If you dream about a photograph of your lover, you are warned that he is not giving you his total loyalty, even though he acts trustworthy.
If the photograph is of your family, you aren’t getting their full support on something that’s important to you.
If you dream of photographs featuring people you don’t recognize, this foretells uncomfortable confessions about something you have done.
If you were the one taking photos in your dream, this symbolizes your need to hold on to a feeling, or an image of yourself, from a point in your life that’s now in the past. Also see “Baby Pictures” and “Photo Album.”
Seeing old or even unfamiliar pictures in your dream may be a reflection of how you remember certain parts of your life. These pictures may represent longing for a time that has passed. However, other interpretations can be made. Although this dream may be difficult to interpret, the dreamer may need to put significant amount of effort into its understanding. Some believe that since a photograph represents something real, it could represent a deception or distortion of some kind. Someone may be trying to sell something to you and is covering up the truth, or you may be doing the covering yourself. New Age thinking points out that dreaming of pictures means you have not learned a particular lesson in life.
The dream may be calling attention to past events and reminding you that you are making the same errors all over again.
Seeing old or even unfamiliar pictures in your dreams may be a reflection of how you remember certain parts of your life. Also, some believe that since a photograph is a representation of something real, it could represent a deception of some kind. New age thinking points out that you are dreaming of pictures because you have not learned a particular lesson in life.
The dream may be pointing out the past and reminding you that you are making the same errors all over again.
1- When we dream of looking at photographs we are often looking at an aspcct of ourselves, perhaps our younger self or a part of ourselves that we no longer feel is particularly valid.
To be given a photograph of oneself would indicate that we need to be taking an objective view of situations round us or perhaps of ourselves within that situation. We need to stand back and look very clearlv at what is going on.
2- Obviously photographs represent memories, past occasions, perhaps past difficulties.
To be looking at photographs of someone from the past is to be looking at that person’s qualities perhaps bringing them forward into our own lives - and making use of those same qualities within.
3- Photographs in dreams can be used to represent a spiritual need to understand the past.
Contemplation about your past. Look to see if any theme develops in the pictures envisioned, or if they have a central object or character. This item or theme will help your interpretation.
Memories that may have gotten pushed aside, but need to surface now to help you better understand or cope with a specific situation or individual.
[f the photograph itself isn’t familiar, look to see what it contains and review those emblems herein. In this case, it may be a snapshot from the subconscious or I Iigher Self of something that you need to know and remember in the days ahead.
Photographs in dreams can represent a spiritual need to understand the past. In a sense they are a microcosm within a macrocosm – a small part within a greater whole.
Psychological / emotional perspective: Obviously photographs represent memories, past occasions, perhaps past difficulties.
To be looking at photographs of someone from the past is to be looking at that person’s qualities – perhaps bringing them forward into our own lives – and making use of those same qualities within. In magical work a photograph is used as a representation of someone else and can have this meaning in dreams, rather than dreaming about the person concerned.
Material aspects: When we dream of looking at photographs we are often looking at an aspect of ourselves, perhaps our younger self or a part of ourselves that we no longer feel is particularly valid.
To be given a photograph of oneself would indicate that we need to be taking an objective view of situations round us or perhaps of ourselves within that situation. We need to stand back and look very clearly at what is going on.
To dream that you are taking photographs out-of-doors of a person of the opposite sex, is a sign that you will be disappointed in the behavior of someone you love.
Taking motion pictures in a dream predicts that any love affair in which you are at present interested will come to a happy culmination.
Memories; wanting to be remembered or noticed; looking at some aspect of oneself. Looking at family photos: realisation of past influences in one’s life; family environment, mentally and emotionally. Taking photos : capturing a realisation; taking notice of something; remembering. Photo of oneself: one’s self image; need to look at oneself or get an objective view. Photos which come to life: the living influence of past experience; our continuing involvement in what the picture depicts; something which we held as a thought, which is taking shape and becoming real. Developing photos: bringing to consciousness what was latent or unrealised before.
Photography, but with the main emphasis on creative aspects. Here, it is a question of putting the puzzle of your own life together. It is important what is being assembled, and in what way.
Vision: Seeing several people in a photo: you are thinking of them often. Seeing yourself in a photo: you are too preoccupied with yourself, you see things only from your side; on one hand, that’s a sign of egotism; on the other, its a sign of success and happiness. Dreaming about a picture (or several) falling off the wall: bad luck or at least something unpleasant, often a separation or a death.
A picture of a relative or friend falling off the wall for no reason: illness or even the death of that person. Seeing pictures of your deceased parents or friends: freedom from an unpleasant situation soon.
The picture of a child, a woman, or friend: you will soon receive some new information.
Depth Psychology: Seeing a picture of people that are part of your immediate world often is a challenge to try to get to know them better. Sometimes we see pictures of people in a dream before we have even met them. Seeing ones own picture/photo in a dream is a symbol of what we know and what we think about ourselves.
To dream that you are shot, and are feeling the sensations of dying, denotes that you are to meet unexpected abuse from the ill feelings of friends, but if you escape death by waking, you will be fully reconciled with them later on.
To dream that a preacher shoots you, signifies that you will be annoyed by some friend advancing views condemnatory to those entertained by yourself.
In a sense, this image represents two different situations:
1. Out of the “starting gate” like a shot.
2. Fear of wars, as in Helmet, or more generally, fear of aggression. See Explosion, Lightning, Marksman / Hunter, Fireworks, Shooting.
In classical depth psychology, a sexual image: emission / ejaculation dream, sexual aggression. It can symbolize the aggressor as well as the victim. This aggression is not necessarily negative, because it can also express sexual freedom, reaching the goal (gratification, orgasm).
If you dream of shooting someone with a gun, your reputation is going to suffer in some way.
If you get shot, you will be annoyed by a nasty person.
If you hear the sound of shooting in your dream, this means that selfishness will be the cause of unhappiness between you and someone you love. Also see “Gun”.
1- To be shot in a dream suggests an injury to one’s feelings. In a woman’s dream it can svmbolisc the sexual act - as much becausc her feelings are involved as for the masculine imagery. It could also indicate that we may feel that we are becoming victims or targets for other people’s anger.
2- If the dreamer is shooting something he may be having to deal with his own fears. He could be guarding against meeting parts of his personality he does not like.
To be on a shooting range suggests needing to produce accuracy in our lives.
3- To be conscious of a shot or shooting in a spiritual sense is to be aware of a necessary directed explosion of energy. This may be the only way in which we can achieve a desired end.
Directed explosive energy, such as that from a gun, is a very effective spiritual tool, although it must be used with care.
If we are noticeably aggressive we would have to be aware of our own motives and perhaps be a little more objective in taking action. Consult the entries for explode / explosion, gun, victim, war and weapon for further clarification.
Psychological / emotional perspective: To be conscious of hearing a shot in dreams or of shooting someone highlights the need for a targeted release of energy, perhaps to clear the air or to achieve a particular end result. Being shot in a dream suggests that we may need to be aware of someone else’s ill feeling towards us.
Material aspects: Unconsciously you may be feeling threatened in some way and need to be consciously pro-active in coming to terms with the fear that this brings.
The type of weapon being used may have significance. When in a dream we are shooting someone we need to come to terms with aggressive or destructive tendencies which cannot be dealt with satisfactorily in waking life. Being in an environment where shooting is permitted, such as a shooting range or a war zone, indicates that certain safeguards should be put in place before planning on making any sort of assertive move.
Gives gender - specific: In a woman’s dream being shot or shot at can symbolize the sexual act and all that goes along with the idea of penetration. She might wish to explore her own feelings, particularly whether she feels targeted or victimized. In a man’s dream the same idea of victimization or aggression can be apparent, but will be much less to do with the sexual act and more to do with everyday matters and his place in the world.
Dreams of a shot gun represent intimidation, force and that you perhaps feel backed into a corner. This dream could also signify that you feel forced to do the responsible thing, as in a “shot gun wedding”. See Gun.
To be shot: a traumatic injury to feelings, often out of parental or other close relationship. It need not be something dramatic like being assaulted, but can be a quiet injury like not bonding emotionally with parents. Someone, something else shot: still usually refers to dreamer. Dreamer shooting someone, something: anger, fear or defence against meeting feelings or insights; aggressive sexuality. Idioms: get shot of; shot across the bows, shot in the arm; all shot to pieces; shot in the dark. See example in abreaction.
To dream of a shotgun, foretells domestic troubles and worry with children and servants.
To shoot both barrels of a double-barreled shotgun, foretells that you will meet such exasperating and unfeeling attention in your private and public life that suave manners giving way under the strain and your righteous wrath will be justifiable. See Pistol, Revolver, etc.
(Sling; Catapult) Bringing a slingshot before a sick person in a dream means transporting him to a new place, or it could mean his death and burial.
A slingshot in a dream also means removal of a guardian from his office, or recovering from drug addiction, or it may represent a messenger. Using a slingshot to cast stones at others in a dream also means rightly invoking a strong curse on them.
If one sees a woman using a slingshot to throw stones at him in a dream, it means sorcery or witchcraft.
A slingshot in a dream also denotes just and harsh words. Holding a slingshot and preparing to shoot in a dream represents one’s strength and determination to say something just and true.
If one carries a slingshot but adoes not use it to cast stones in the dream, it means that he will repent for his sin.
Vision + Depth Psychology: Using a slingshot: someone is planning a nasty- attack. Watching others use a slingshot: somebody is planning something treacherous, and your defenses are not what they should be.
To see (or hold/use) a slingshot in your dream suggests a need to defend and protect yourself emotionally and/or physically. You are experiencing some conflict in your waking life. This dream may also represent a fear of sexuality.
Islamic Dream Interpretation