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What are fingerprint dreams about?

The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about fingerprint dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with fingerprint dreams. These are the words that make fingerprint dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of fingerprint dreams can be illuminating about show fingerprints affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example fingerprint dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how fingerprints in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that fingerprint is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that fingerprint is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, fingerprint dreams have more vivid dreams than 98.4% of dream symbols, more bad dreams than 98.2% of dream symbols, and more death than 96.9% of dream symbols. On the other hand, fingerprint dreams have less insects than 98.4% of dream symbols, less magical places than 96.6% of dream symbols, and less animals than 96.6% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of fingerprints are aggressive! Fingerprint dreams have more aggressive interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Aggressive interactions involve attacks, arguments, yelling, pushing, killing, and so on. These dreams can be scary, stressful, or confusing. But, as with all dreams, it is best to explore what is there. Why was there aggression? Was it really aggression? Also, fingerprint dreams are about death. Better stated, fingerprint dreams contain more death and dying than 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams help us process our emotions, understand our fears, and grieve. Death in a dream is not necessarily a bad thing. Dreaming of death can help us overcome fears or say good bye to loved ones. But, then again, dreams of death might simple just be dreams. Additionally, dreams of fingerprints have more words related to touch than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, fingerprint dreams involve directly interacting and feeling another person or object. Also, dreams of fingerprints are usually described as bad dreams. This does not necessarily mean that all fingerprint dreams are bad. It is just that dreaming of fingerprints might increase the chance that it is a bad dream. Finally, fingerprint dreams can be very vivid. Dreams of fingerprints are more associated with the dream being describe as vivd than 90% of all other dream symbols. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of fingerprints is different than dreams of fingerprints in general.

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of dreams have fingerprints

How common are fingerprint dreams?

0.04% of dreams have the fingerprints symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 2,500 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is exceedingly rare.

Identification

How are fingerprint dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like finger print, fingerprint, and finger prints. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols things and body parts.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of fingerprints?

Fingerprints dreams are notable because they have substantially more detectives, getting fired, athletes, librarians, autumn, crime, mafia, fingers, unlocked doors, jails, apes than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of fingerprints?

Fingerprints do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into fingerprint dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in fingerprint dreams.

Who is in dreams of fingerprints?

Who is in dreams of fingerprints?

Fingerprint dreams are much more related to unnamed people and more related to peers than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, much less related to insects, and less related to fantastic beings.

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What are the emotions in dreams of fingerprints?

What are the emotions in dreams of fingerprints?

Dreams of fingerprints are much more related to happiness, much more related to confusion, and much more related to fear than dreams in general. They are much less related to sadness, much less related to grief and sorrow, and less related to hatred.

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Where do dreams of fingerprints take place?

Where do dreams of fingerprints take place?

Dreams of fingerprints are more related to work and more related to human-made places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to natural places, and much less related to magical places.

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What happens in dreams of fingerprints?

What happens in dreams of fingerprints?

Fingerprint dreams are more related to aggressive acts and much more related to death than dreams in general. They are much less related to sex, less related to eating and drinking, and much less related to health events.

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How do dreams of fingerprints related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of fingerprints related to the type of dream it is?

Dreams of fingerprints are much more related to bad dreams, much more related to weird dreams, and much more related to vivid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and much less related to recurring dreams.

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How do dreams of fingerprints related the senses?

How do dreams of fingerprints related the senses?

Fingerprint dreams are more related to hearing and much more related to touch than dreams in general. They are less related to smelling and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of fingerprints in dreams?

Fingerprint dreams are exceedingly rare. Among other things fingerprint dreams are aggressive, about death, focused on touch, bad dreams, very vivid, usually thought of as weird dreams, and frustrating. Do you think this is true for your dream of fingerprints? How might your dream of fingerprints be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience fingerprints in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about fingerprints in dreams. See how you feel about fingerprints now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of fingerprint dreams

An interpretation of fingerprint dreams

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Fingerprints are used to identify culprits in crimes, so dreaming about leaving fingerprints can mean you fear leaving traces of your involvement in something. Wiping them away or wearing gloves can mean trying to conceal involvement. For example, a man dreams that he’s in a store with a partner in crime—someone the man never sees fully—and they know they can take some small, oddly shaped guns from inside a glass display case. He slips his hand into the case and grabs the closest gun, which is shaped more like a metal cannabis pipe. He then notices his fingerprints left on the glass and anxiously wipes them away. The man is hiding the fact that he smokes cannabis. A gun is used as symbolism for a pipe because a toke of cannabis is also called a hit, and a bullet from a gun hits whatever it’s fired at. Smoke comes out of the barrel. Wiping away fingerprints symbolizes that he smokes from his pipe in secret and hides the pipe afterward. The partner in crime is his addictive side. It’s a part of himself that only shows when cannabis is involved. The connection between fingerprints and involvement can go many directions, such as when you’re involved with a person disliked by family or friends, and wiping away fingerprints means you don’t want them to know. Or dreaming about your fingerprints on a group report, symbolizing your involvement in writing it. Concealment is connected with related feelings such as guilt, suspicion, and regret, and behaviors such as sneakiness. Dreams exaggerate, so the situation doesn’t have to rise to the level of crime for the symbolism to be used. It could be something as innocuous as hiding the fact that you ate the last cookie, or went out for a drink instead of working late. Think in general terms of concealing something—including something about yourself. It’s not necessarily a behavior or action you want to conceal, but something in your thoughts or feelings, or a personal flaw. On the other hand, fingerprints are unique to each person and can represent individuality, the unique imprint every person leaves on the world. Dreaming about someone’s fingerprints can mean you recognize that person’s involvement, uniqueness, or schemes. For example, you dream about finding your spouse’s fingerprints at a crime scene related to disorderly conduct, and it connects with his or her raising hell. See also: Burglary, Crime, Guilty, Hands, Hiding, Thieves

Examples of dreams of fingerprints

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of fingerprint dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for fingerprint dreams. Read at your own risk.

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