Dream About Matches
Functional if they actually produce fire.
Matches in a dream
Functional if they actually produce fire. Wet matches point to a mistaken, depressive state.
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What does matches mean in a dream?
In scientific dream interpretation, matches are a functional symbol — one that reflects a specific function or process in the dreamer's life. They are functional if they actually produce fire; wet matches point to a mistaken, depressive state. The meaning of this image is defined by how it is used within the dream — pay close attention to exactly how it is employed and what actions accompany it.
More symbols in dream dictionary
Salt
Stands for a suffocating, rigid situation that cannot be resolved — one where the best way out is simply flight or retreat.
Vessel
(a container) Expresses two-sided forms and stereotypes.
Back
Seeing a person from behind points to that person's negativity — or to a rejection received from them.
Sport
Points to empty eroticism. GYM, SPORTS GROUND: a place or behavior that carries social or bureaucratic weight but no vital or spiritual value.
Descent
The interpretation depends heavily on the context of the action.
Machine Tool
Closely related to the dream image of the Apparatus.
Station
Closely related to the dream image of the Stop.
Old Woman
Represents extreme decline and immediate proximity to death, serving as a mask-matrix behind many other images (mother, infant, child, dog, eagle, monk, nun, and others).
Old Man
Associated with an integral knowledge of past experience, of nature and of life — an awareness of the presence of Being that gives rise to wisdom toward everything that comes into being, toward all "being-here".
Antique Furniture
See Wardrobe.
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