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What are rainbow dreams about?

Rainbows occur when light is refracted through water droplets in the sky. Two things are necessary for rainbows to occur. First there needs to be water in the sky, generally through rain. Second, there needs to be light. As a result, rainbows are often seen as a symbol of hope and change. This symbol is identified by words like rainbow.

Rainbows in dreams is a very uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.3% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 350 dreams.

What are the major highlights of rainbow dreams?

Rainbows is a normal dream symbol. Having rainbows in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

Rainbow dreams are associated with lucid dreaming

Dreams of rainbows are much more related to lucid dreaming than all other dream symbols. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Of course, not all dreams of rainbows are lucid dreams. But dreams of rainbows are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include trying, seeds, three eyes, venus, paralysis, maps, general thinking, psyches, unicons, and closed my eyes.

What symbols less present in dreams of rainbows?

How does the dream symbol of rainbows affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of rainbows

Who is in rainbows dreams?

Overall, dreams with rainbows are less related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of rainbows 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.

Animals

the same as usual

Insects

more than usual

Different roles

less than usual

Fantastic beings

more than usual

Distant people

less than usual

Close people

less than usual

Family

much less than usual

Romantic partners

less than usual
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What are the emotions in rainbows dreams?

Overall, dreams with rainbows are less related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of rainbows are more related to happiness than dreams in general. They are less related to grief and sorrow, much less related to embarrassment, and less related to fear.

Happiness

more than usual

Sadness

the same as usual

Grief and sorrow

less than usual

Embarrassment

much less than usual

Confusion

the same as usual

Fear

less than usual

Pain

less than usual

Hatred

the same as usual

Fun

the same as usual

Love

the same as usual
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Who is in rainbows dreams?

Overall, dreams with rainbows are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of rainbows are more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human places.

Home

less than usual

Work

less than usual

Human places

less than usual

Transportation

less than usual

Natural places

more than usual

Magical places

the same as usual
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What happens in rainbows dreams?

Overall, dreams with rainbows are less related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of rainbows are less related to aggressive interactions, less related to friendly interactions, and less related to sex.

Aggressive interactions

less than usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

less than usual

Disasters

less than usual
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How do rainbows in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with rainbows are less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of rainbows are much more related to lucid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to recurring dreams, less related to recurring nightmares, and less related to sleep paralysis.

Lucid dreams

much more than usual

Nightmares

the same as usual

Recurring dreams

less than usual

Recurring nightmares

less than usual

Sleep paralysis

less than usual

Sleeping

less than usual

Waking life

less than usual
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How do rainbows in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with rainbows are more related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of rainbows are more related to vision than dreams in general. They are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

Hearing

less than usual

Smelling

less than usual

Taste

less than usual

Vision

more than usual

Touch

less than usual
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How can you make sense of rainbows in dreams?

Rainbow dreams are very uncommon. Among other things rainbow dreams are normally interconnect and are associated with lucid dreaming.

Do you think this is true for your dream of rainbows? How might your dream of rainbows 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 rainbows 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 rainbows in dreams. See how you feel about rainbows now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of rainbows

Read some real dream reports of rainbow 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.

Strong animal symbols

The previous night I dreamt of a forest cliffside. Above me were bears ( maybe a mother and cubs). To the side was some large cat (bobcat or mountain lion). Behind me was a family of peacocks. When I looked behind me again, there was a large grey wolf at eye level and very close. He might have had cubs. The animals presence made me feel calm, neutral, protected, special, and honored.

Last night, I dreamt I was hiking in a canyon with some people and went down a trail to a condor nest. There were condor feathers growing like bushes, and one peacock feather in the nest. I took one of the condor feathers but the feather fibers were separated as if it was wet. I went to the next bush and picked a more colorful condor feather. It was white and black with pastel rainbow highlights.

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The previous night I dreamt of a forest cliffside. Above me were bears ( maybe a mother and cubs). To the side was some large cat (bobcat or mountain lion)....

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looking for interpretation: i’m a 19 year old girl

my dream last night was basically me being handcuffed on my wrists and ankles and a woman forcefully tattooing my entire body. my torso area was rainbow coloring with a watercolor feel to it, and my legs and arms were first tattooed white then black henna-like designs were being tattooed into them. the whole time i was crying and the lady was laughing.

i’m not sure what this would mean, and i’m wondering if anyone has any ideas. i have been working through a lot of anxiety and depression lately if that may have anything to do with it.

my dream last night was basically me being handcuffed on my wrists and ankles and a woman forcefully tattooing my entire body. my torso area was rainbow...

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Spiritual dream about a giant ball of light?

I had this dream that I was in a breathtakingly ethereal place (colorful, fluffy clouds in a pink/blue sky) and I was with this beautiful bright light. Almost like the sun, but pure white and giving off a rainbow aura around it. It didn’t hurt to look into it. The light was sentient and I felt really comfortable around it (almost like it was a close friend that I’d known my whole life). For some reason, I instinctively knew it was a higher power, but I felt so safe and emotionally close to it.
Anyway, me and the light were talking about life and death. I remember asking what happens when we die, if heaven is real, blah blah blah. We talked for a long time and I asked him, since I have a bad temper and get bad thoughts, if that means I’m a bad person. The light was like “no you’re a good person and I love you so much, I know you try and it can be tough, humans are so emotionally fragile”.
Then it went on to say “even if you think you’ve failed at being a good person and don’t deserve happiness, I know who you are deep down. I know your soul and you’re a good person even if you can’t see it for yourself”.
I woke up crying with the biggest wave of euphoric happiness, almost like an actual wave washed over my body. It was so weird, but rejuvenating. I wouldn’t consider myself very religious so I’m slightly baffled by this dream.

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? What was this orb of light and why did I dream about it? It was such a vivid dream and I’m curious what it might’ve been/meant.

TL;DR: had a dream about being in the clouds and talking to a sun-like orb about the meaning of life. The orb told me that at end of the day even if I don’t think I deserve happiness or my good intentions fail, it (the orb) knows who I am inside and understands that I’m only human and I make mistakes, and it loves me regardless of my flaws. Woke up with a strange feeling of happiness and peace.

I had this dream that I was in a breathtakingly ethereal place (colorful, fluffy clouds in a pink/blue sky) and I was with this beautiful bright light. Almost...

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Dream where Trump eats donut EXTREMELY loudly into the microphone during press release

In the dream, Trump is still president. He is standing outside the white house on a podium, taking questions from reporters.

All of a sudden, without any explanation whatsoever, he pulls out a giant chocolate-glazed donut with rainbow sprinkles.

He then proceeds to eat the donut, chewing, grunting and smacking his lips into the microphone, the sound of which is amplified all across the white house lawn and shown on televisions and internet broadcasts around the world. I have gone to the trouble of putting together a recreation of the sound for your listening pleasure: [Stream ExcessivelyLoudChewing01 by thefolfofderg | Listen online for free on SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/user-469260589/excessivelyloudchewing01)

Some of the reporters protest, accusing him of a lack of professionalism. Other reporters ignore his behaviour and try to continue asking him questions. Trump ignores all of them, and just continues to eat his donut loudly.

Watching all of this, Mitch McConnell sees an opportunity to Trigger The Libs. He grabs a donut himself, shoves it in his mouth, and jumps in front of the news cameras with a wide grin on his face. I think he was also flipping off the cameraman.

From here, the dream shows it becoming a fad, with Trump supporters filming themselves loudly consuming donuts in spaces such as libraries, hospitals and funeral parlours, as well as the annoyed reactions from the 'triggered libs'. I think one guy got punched for chewing directly in someone's ear, which he claimed was political persecution. I don't remember much else about the dream, but there were also memes. They were all basically the memes that are all popular right now, but edited to be about how Alpha and Manly it is to loudly eat donuts in public. Don't remember much about them.

In the dream, Trump is still president. He is standing outside the white house on a podium, taking questions from reporters.

All of a sudden, without any...

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No way this dream wasn't a sign.

I had a crazy cool dream where there was a rainbow, translucent snake, and I didn't know if it was venomous so I threw a box over it and got my zookeeper sister, and she said it wasn't venomous and didn't even have teeth as it affectionately gnawed on her hand.

No way was that not meaningful but I don't know how to interpret

I had a crazy cool dream where there was a rainbow, translucent snake, and I didn't know if it was venomous so I threw a box over it and got my zookeeper...

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