What are lightning dreams about?
This symbol is identified by words like lightning.
Lightning in dreams is a very uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.4% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 250 dreams.
What are the major highlights of lightning dreams?
Lightning is a normal dream symbol. Having lightning in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.
What symbols more present in dreams of lightning?
Lightning dreams are notable because they have substantially more the sky, hurricanes, brightness, storms, end of the word, pinecones, Serbia, tornados, places, glowing eyes, wind, clouds, Guatemala, natural places, descending, wounds, fireworks, magic, captains, natural elements, ufos, dragons, the earth, antelopes, talismans, borders, elements of air, gems, destroying, purple, hit the ground, disasters, deluges, spaceships, orange, volcanos, Iceland, elements of water, whales, boredom, the planets, Egypt, qualities, uteruses, rainbows, waves, harvests, gray, armageddon, flying, shrinking, antlers, roofs, safety, blue, indigo, skyscrapers, bartenders, entrances, and mountains than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols less present in dreams of lightning?
Lightning dreams are notable because they have substantially less boyfriends, kidnapping, best friends, relationship events, former partners, flirting, romantic partners, abusing, sex, crying, infidelity, break ups, weather, kissing, peeing, sadness, nurses, hospitals, schools, knives, crushes, stores, messages, real locations, Donald Trump, giving birth, seeing a dead grandmother, Japan, intruders, identifying, social media, serial killers, recurring nightmares, parasites in body, numb, museums, lovers, lockers, hostages, cheese, love, cages, and pets than 95% of other dream symbols.
How does the dream symbol of lightning affect the different aspects of a dream?
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Who is in lightning dreams?
Overall, dreams with lightning are less related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lightning are more related to insects and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to different roles, less related to distant people, and less related to close people.
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What are the emotions in lightning dreams?
Overall, dreams with lightning are less related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lightning are more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to grief and sorrow.
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Who is in lightning dreams?
Overall, dreams with lightning are more related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lightning are much more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to magical places.
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What happens in lightning dreams?
Overall, dreams with lightning are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lightning are much more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly interactions and less related to sex.
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How do lightning in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?
Overall, dreams with lightning are aren't really related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lightning are more related to nightmares, much more related to recurring dreams, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to recurring nightmares and less related to waking life.
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How do lightning in dreams related the senses?
Overall, dreams with lightning are aren't really related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lightning are more related to hearing, more related to smelling, and more related to vision than dreams in general. They are less related to taste.
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How can you make sense of lightning in dreams?
Lightning dreams are very uncommon. Among other things lightning dreams are normally interconnect.
Do you think this is true for your dream of lightning? How might your dream of lightning be different?
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
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience lightning in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
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 lightning in dreams. See how you feel about lightning now, in your waking life.
What are possible meanings for dreams of lightning?
When decoding the symbolism of lightning, consider associations with something that happens rarely—lightning never strikes twice—or that is shocking—lightning is electricity, highly charged—or that strikes suddenly. For example, infatuation, ideas, misfortune, or good luck can strike suddenly. The dream will define the symbolism through the action of striking or shocking and how you react to it.
Lightning and thunder are associated with anger: “stormin’ mad.” See: Anger
They’re associated with fear. See: Fear
Lightning can symbolize a temper that lashes out suddenly, and thunder can symbolize the loud booms of an argument.
Lightning is dangerous and can be a warning to seek shelter. Translated into your life, that idea can mean that you sense trouble coming. Danger is ahead. Protect yourself.
Dreams are stories and they do everything necessary to make the stories believable, so lightning and thunder can be thought of as details that set the scene, to create a scary, tense, or ominous atmosphere.
A sky full of lightning can be a way of saying that something is coming to a head, to a finale.
See also: Anger, Fear, Storms, Tornados, Weather
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.
Examples of dreams of lightning
Read some real dream reports of lightning dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.
Had sex with my dad
So much happened in the dream, but my dad fucking me was the truly disturbing. I was just laying there and he comes up behind and start having sex with me.
My husband is laying across from me. He doesn’t say anything and I didn’t fully comprehend what was going on till he was close. and when he finishes I pushed him off in disbelief and went to the bathroom to clean up. I wasn’t angry per se, It was more disbelief and confusion because there was no reaction from anyone.
This was just one aspect of the dream , there was a lot of shit going on so I’ll just point out the things that stuck out.
-My parents, my husband and I were living together in my deceased grandparents house
-family started showing up at the house
- Me being really mad and disgusted about dirt/germs being everywhere. ( someone made a mess with feces)
-My deceased cousin laying in bed happy and laughing but he looked like how he looked after surgery to remove tumor in his head
-Animals ( snake, Jaguar or leopard couldn’t tell the difference) walking around that were bought by cousins I don’t get along with
-The snake bit my my mom multiple times
-A storm and a big lightning
-part of the roof of the house falling off
The dream was overall very weird and disturbing
So much happened in the dream, but my dad fucking me was the truly disturbing. I was just laying there and he comes up behind and start having sex with me.
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Flying sleep paralysis dream?
Does anyone dream like they fly turbo lightning speed fast into a void but can’t control their movements? I dream of it occasionally and it always feels like I’m about to die; I suspect it’s a sort of sleep paralysis dream because I can’t move or breathe well.
Does anyone dream like they fly turbo lightning speed fast into a void but can’t control their movements? I dream of it occasionally and it always feels like...
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Good or bad omen?
I can’t tell if this is a good or bad dream?
I was swimming in the ocean with some people, and we saw a thunder storm up ahead. I wasn’t particularly scared, but I knew that the lightning was dangerous in water. So, the group went to the shores. However, there was glass in the sand on the shore, it didn’t hurt or cut me. I told everyone to be careful as we walked over it.
I’ve read that dreaming of swimming means I will reach success, but accidentally walking on glass and storms are bad omens. However, we avoided the storm, and the glass didn’t hurt us. It wasn’t a scary dream. I’m not sure how to take it to be honest. Any ideas? I’m really hoping it’s positive and not like omg bad things are coming!
I can’t tell if this is a good or bad dream?
I was swimming in the ocean with some people, and we saw a thunder storm up ahead. I wasn’t particularly scared,...
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How to interpret?
I was swimming in the ocean with some people, and we saw a thunder storm up ahead. I wasn’t particularly scared, but I knew that the lightning was dangerous in water. So, the group went to the shores. However, there was glass in the sand on the shore, it didn’t hurt or cut me. I told everyone to be careful as we walked over it.
I’ve read that dreaming of swimming means I will reach success, but accidentally walking on glass and storms are bad omens. However, we avoided the storm, and the glass didn’t hurt us. It wasn’t a scary dream. I’m not sure how to take it to be honest.
I was swimming in the ocean with some people, and we saw a thunder storm up ahead. I wasn’t particularly scared, but I knew that the lightning was dangerous in...
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Someone please help me interpret this dream.
So I had this really bizarre dream least night, bordering on a nightmare. I don't remember the exact start, but I was walking along a riverbank in a desert or mesa sort of area. The water was clear and calm and I could see fish in the river. They were all metallic silver with specks of other colors, mostly red and orange. Then I noticed a dead one, buried in the sand underwater. When I saw the dead one, everything got dark as night. I think it actually became night in the dream. so I followed the river upstream and uphill to a sort of precipice which seemed to be the origin of the of the river. At the top were some bushes, all dry but still having leaves. Then a black, 4-legged figure steps out of the water. At first I thought it was a panther. It ignored me. It walked down the other side of the bank, away from me. Then it took off running. As it ran, everything shifted: the river was gone, the desert bushes turned into the lilacs I have in my back yard. The creature stopped running. I could see now it was a huge dog, think something the size of a Great Dane with the build of a Doberman. It also had no tail. Realizing I was at home and potentially in danger, I stood up, and the dog turned to look at me. I was only maybe 10 feet from my door and the dog was easily 30 feet away from me, and downhill. So I ran towards my door but the dog shot like lightning, teeth-bared towards me. I reached the door, opened it and shouted to let my parents (whom I live with) know that there was a big black hound outside. But I couldn't finish the sentence. I think I managed to close the door before the dog got me, but everything that had happened seemed to fade into nothing and i couldn't finish yelling my sentence because i had nothing to say. then the dream just dissolved away. i have no idea what this dream means. if someone could tell me, I'd really appreciate it.
So I had this really bizarre dream least night, bordering on a nightmare. I don't remember the exact start, but I was walking along a riverbank in a desert or...
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