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What are sister dreams about?

Sisters are family members that are usually close family members. This symbol is identified by words like sis, sister, and stepsister.

Sisters in dreams is a common dream symbol, occuring in about 5.3% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 20 dreams.

What are the major highlights of sister dreams?

Sisters is an interconnected dream symbol. Having sisters in a dream changes the dream more than most other dream symbols.

Sister dreams are very social

Dreams of sisters contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of sisters are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include passengers, queens, husbands, spouses, wives, hosts, cows, spirits, cats, and witches.

Sister dreams are about family

Dreams of sisters are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of sisters will increase your chances of dreaming of a family member. Other symbols that are like this include love, Frodo, bankruptcy, giving birth, seeing a dead grandfather, lovers, romantic partners, adoptions, verbs, and brides.

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

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Who is in sisters dreams?

Overall, dreams with sisters are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of sisters are much more related to family and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to different roles.

Animals

less than usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

less than usual

Fantastic beings

less than usual

Distant people

less than usual

Close people

the same as usual

Family

much more than usual

Romantic partners

more than usual
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What are the emotions in sisters dreams?

Overall, dreams with sisters are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of sisters are more related to happiness, more related to grief and sorrow, and more related to hatred than dreams in general.

Happiness

more than usual

Sadness

the same as usual

Grief and sorrow

more than usual

Embarrassment

the same as usual

Confusion

the same as usual

Fear

the same as usual

Pain

the same as usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

the same as usual

Love

the same as usual
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Who is in sisters dreams?

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

Home

much more than usual

Work

less than usual

Human places

less than usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

less than usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in sisters dreams?

Overall, dreams with sisters are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of sisters are less related to aggressive interactions.

Aggressive interactions

less than usual

Friendly interactions

the same as usual

Sex

the same as usual

Disasters

the same as usual
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How do sisters in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with sisters are aren't really related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of sisters are more related to sleeping and more related to waking life than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams and less related to recurring dreams.

Lucid dreams

less than usual

Nightmares

the same as usual

Recurring dreams

less than usual

Recurring nightmares

the same as usual

Sleep paralysis

the same as usual

Sleeping

more than usual

Waking life

more than usual
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How do sisters in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with sisters are less related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of sisters are less related to smelling, less related to taste, and less related to vision.

Hearing

the same as usual

Smelling

less than usual

Taste

less than usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

the same as usual
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How can you make sense of sisters in dreams?

Sister dreams are common. Among other things sister dreams are positively interconnected, very social, and family oriented.

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

What are possible meanings for dreams of sisters?

A sister can be used in a wide variety of ways as symbolism. Begin narrowing down the possibilities by answering two questions. Is the person used as a character in the dream your actual sister (not an imaginary character), and if yes, has she been part of your life recently, or on your mind?

If you don’t have a sister, you can bet that the character in the dream symbolizes something about you, or is a surrogate for someone in your life who’s like a sister. There’s no chance that the character depicted as her could be in the story in relation to recent interaction with her, thoughts and feelings you have about her, or parts of yourself that you also see in her, symbolized by the character. Those possibilities are in play only if you actually have a sister, or the character is a surrogate for someone in your life who’s like a sister.

If you have a sister and she’s been part of recent events in your life, you’re likely to see her in your dreams. Your mind will touch on those memories at some point while doing its nightly review and brain tune-up, otherwise known as dreaming. Your dreams will touch on your thoughts, feelings, and emotions connected with your interaction your sister(s) and everything associated with that event.

It’s possible that your sister is only in the story in reference to the event. If so, she’s unlikely to play a central role in the story because the dream isn’t about her.

The character can symbolize your thoughts, feelings and emotions about her—a projection of you, not necessarily her. In the dream, if your sister behaves out of character, it’s almost certain to be a projection. The character is following a script you wrote subconsciously, to show what’s happening in your inner world. Even when her actions and behavior in the dream are based on something you’ve observed about her, it’s still based on your perceptions. With dream characters, a dream can use exaggeration and comparison, the same as it does with other symbols.

For example, a young man dreams about his sister competing in a pageant, reflecting his observations about her love life. See: Casinos

Then again, in a dream your sister can act just like she is in your waking life—the good, bad, and everything in between. In which case, pay more attention to how you act and react in the dream, because while some dreams can replay events pretty much as they happen and show people as they are, ultimately the dream is about you, not them.

Your sister can appear in a dream in reference to a past event, situation, or time of life together, such as while you were growing up together. See: Childhood homes, Family homes

She can symbolize something you associate with her, such as a trait, quality, or ability, and it’s likely to be something that’s either a way of telling the story, or something about yourself that you also see in her.

For example, your sister is good with words and you’re writing a memoir or a wedding toast, or you’re thinking through how to say something to someone in just the right way. She’s in your dream because she’s good with words and you’re trying to be good with words, too.

Or your sister is emotionally open and you’re not, but you need to be because you have emotions you need to express. You then dream about your sister as a symbol of being more emotionally open. The dream might even use her to show you what you need to know and convey advice from the unconscious.

Any sort of sister in your dream can symbolize general associations with sisters, such as someone to confide in, or a “sisterly talk.”

A sister in a dream can represent a relationship with someone in your life who’s like a sister to you, such as a best friend. It’s a way of saying that a relationship with a female is special. People have been known to have sex dreams about their sister, and the character is used as a surrogate for someone in your life who’s like a sister. It’s often in connection with exploring the idea of taking the relationship beyond the friend zone, into being romantic or sexual.

Does the relationship have that potential, and do you risk ruining it if you try to take that next step? Your dream will try to answer those questions for you, or at least do its best to help you answer them for yourself. In many cases, you already know the answers and just need help making the connection.

Dream characters are shown together in the same scene or adjacent scenes as a way of making connections between them. For example, if your sister is a mother and she appears in the same scene with your mother, it can connect with something related to parenthood. Sister and mom are shown together because they’re both moms. A sister and a friend can appear together because you think of your friend as a sister, or your sister as a friend.

Sexual interaction with a sister in a dream can symbolize something that’s forbidden or taboo. See: Incest

A sister-character can be used as a surrogate for another family member, such as a mom, and vice-versa—especially if they are a lot alike.

A sister-character can be used in the sense of something related to you, not a family relation but a personal one. Such as, you’re known publicly because of a particular talent of yours, and though it’s something people know about you, it’s not you. It’s what you do, not who you are, closely related to you, like a sister. This use of the symbolism is particularly likely if the sister-character is imaginary.

A sister is someone you witness going through changes, such as from child to adult, an association your dreams can use to tell a story about changes you see in yourself or someone you know.

A female who was recently dumped by her boyfriend for someone else dreams about seeing him and his new girlfriend in bed together. No sex is involved; they are just happy and in love, the same as they are in the Facebook pictures of them together that the dreamer recently saw. Then the dreamer’s sister—not her real sister, an imaginary character—comes in and hops into bed with them and it’s all clean fun. It’s a projection of the dreamer’s desires. She wants to be the girl with whom her ex is happy and in love. It’s a way of projecting herself into the scene, but without being obvious. If she saw herself in bed with her ex and his new girlfriend, she’d react differently.

Finally, a sister in a dream can mix and match with other meanings of sister, such as a nun or sorority sister.

Read the entry for Brother, too. The symbolism works much the same.

See also: Brothers, Childhood homes, Incest, Family, Family homes, Friends, Old friends

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 sisters

Read some real dream reports of sister 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.

Dream about sex with little sister (16m)

My sister is 9. I don’t remember a lot of it but I do remember that it seemed pretty realistic and vivid. I feel really terrible about it and guilty. I know it didn’t happen on purpose but I still can’t help but wonder if subconsciously im some nasty incestual pedo. Just had to get this off my chest I guess. Could it mean anything and how do I prevent this from happening in the future?

My sister is 9. I don’t remember a lot of it but I do remember that it seemed pretty realistic and vivid. I feel really terrible about it and guilty. I know it...

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I had a dream about a random girl...then met her two weeks later.

1. This is probably overdramatic
2. I'm not gonna act upon anything, I just need to tell someone. It's been messing with me lol

Three weeks ago, I had a dream where I fell in love with a girl. She was beautiful, freckles with long brown hair, and she liked the same things I did. She was a gamer like me. The next day I thought about the dream and looked into the meaning. Apparently, falling in love with a stranger means you are longing for a partner. Anyways, two weeks later I go to the family cabin. My cousin is there, and has brought his new step sisters. And there she is. She looks close enough to the description, and likes Minecraft. LIKE ME. It wasn't a 1 to 1 match, but close enough. It's so weird. It's been living rent free in my head for longer than I would like.

Anyways thanks for reading. Have a good day/night!

1. This is probably overdramatic
2. I'm not gonna act upon anything, I just need to tell someone. It's been messing with me lol

Three weeks ago, I had a...

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I dreamt what happens after I died

This has never happened to me before and its kind of freaking me out. Im wondering if anyone else has experienced this before because nobody in my circles that I asked ever had.

This is the dream:

This was a few nights ago and im still fucked about it.

I was at my childhood home, my parents were really old and frail (75/80’s, they’re actually in their 40’s irl) I felt like i was 24/25 (Im 19). The tv was on and I was cleaning not paying attention when the tv had a really loud alarm. The news guy said that america has fallen and showed huge street fights with fire everywhere and people getting shot and falling by the hundreds. The same dude came back on with another alert and said that the outsider countries that were waiting to attack have just declared war too. The phone rang and I watched my younger brother (18) answer it and hang up. I couldn’t hear him or anything else. He didnt say anything but him and my other brother (17) went upstairs, got a bag and left the house. I knew they got drafted to fight and I knew they didnt say anything bc they weren’t going to come back. My dad got up and hobbled to the door and said he had to protect the family, but I knew he didn’t want to go. He was doing it out of duty, and everyone knew he was too old he would die for certain. My mom was crying and so was my little sister (9) and so was I. Then there was another emergency alarm on the tv to immediately get underground and put something between your teeth and bite down, North Korea was coming. I got my family to go the basement and I was coming behind them, still upstairs when I looked out the window and saw a blinding white light growing and I knew I was going to die right then and I had this huge feeling that I had let it get to that point. It was MY fault that it did.
The light became everything and then it became all dark and my eyes adjusted to see that I was in a moving hallway of sorts. It in space, made out of space, and I could see outside of the area but I was confined to the inside. It was like a black space snake and I was inside riding it like a train. Some of the space scales of the snake worked as doors and I could go into points of time in the future/past, of my life which was a tiny section of it overall and in general too. I looked inside one room but I didn’t go in. It was just trees in a swamp. I opened this other door that had a vibe™️ to it and instantly I was met with this warm yellow glowing light that filled the entire room (which had no walls, it was just the light) and it had the MOST loving feeling ever. It felt like the ultimate motherly warm love ever and I could just melt into it and be happy and safe forever and I was about to step in when the light shifted and formed the face of a lady. The lady opened her eyes and looked directly dead in my eyes and without opening her mouth or anything she said loud and clear: Speak. The sound was in my body and everywhere at the same time.

And then I woke up. And I remained fucked up because I’ve never died in a dream and continued dreaming ever before.

Also my interpretation of the dream was: i have to speak on what ive been meaning and KNOW i need to speak on in order to not let bad things happen. Im trying to write a book and Ive been too scared to start.

This has never happened to me before and its kind of freaking me out. Im wondering if anyone else has experienced this before because nobody in my circles that...

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I had a weird ass dream about Garfield inflation hentai

I had a dream where I posted Garfield inflation hentai to a joke Garfield sub but then my sister found out and told my parents so they decided to have a talk with me. I told them it was a fucking joke because it’s Garfield inflation hentai and they believed me. I’m not into inflation and I haven’t even browsed r/imsorryjon lately like what the fuck.

This is why I don’t dream very often because when I do dream it’s shit like this.

I had a dream where I posted Garfield inflation hentai to a joke Garfield sub but then my sister found out and told my parents so they decided to have a talk...

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My sister called me in her dream...I heard it!

Two days ago, at around 5am, I was dreaming some sort of dream until I was slightly awaken by a voice calling my name--it was my sister's!

I almost jump out of my bed after hearing her voice calling from outside the house like she wanted to come in. But I made some logical thinking while my eyes were close that it is impossible that it was my sister as she was miles away from where I live. So, I made the conclusion that it was only some sort of a dream.

Then I heard her calling me again, this time longer.

I remember that some spirits call out for help if they are in the midst of danger so I tried to wake myself up and rang my sister's phone.

She answered on the other end, croaky, sounding like she was awaken by my call. I asked her how she was as I heard her voice calling my name.

She then told me that she was dreaming that she went to the mountains with me, we were joined by some people. As we go along, she got stuck to a bunch of trees and was paralyzed. She was looking around but couldn't find me or anyone we were with.

Suddenly, she felt some commotion behind her and was frightened by the sensation. So, she started calling my name.

She was able to escape from that dream by the sound of the phone ringing---it was when I called her.

Two days ago, at around 5am, I was dreaming some sort of dream until I was slightly awaken by a voice calling my name--it was my sister's!

I almost jump out of...

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