A Dictionary of Dream Symbols

by Eric Ackroyd
(1) Something covered with dust is something that hasn’t been touched or used for a long time. Is there some shut-awav and forgotten part of your personality that you ought to start using, to compensate for some lopsidedness, or to forestall mutiny on the part of the neglected component of your psyche?

(2) A person covered with dust will probably be you, in which case you need rejuvenating. Perhaps you are too much under the sway of the past and need to dissolve old resentments and turn receptively to the future (or, rather, to the present) and to your inner self, to see what each of them is offering you.

(3) Dust may be a symbol of death or mortality. But it may be that you feel dead, in which case, see (2) above.

See also Dead / Death.

The Big Dictionary of Dreams

by Martha Clarke
It is the sign of maximum destruction of matter. Therefore, dust has a negative meaning related to death.

Dreaming of dusty objects is also a symbol of abandonment and neglect.

It is evidence of the rejection of that which you haven’t even touched in a while. This may include aspects of yourself you are not aware of or have forgotten. Similarly, these aspects may be positive and refer to talent: the dream makes you aware of the artistic, musical, or creative skills that you do not use. The objects that are covered by this dust will give you a hint of the final oneiric meaning. (See ABANDONMENT and ASH)

According to gypsy tradition, the more dust in the dream, the less the annoyance you have to face.

Islamic Dream Interpretation

by Ibn Seerin
In a dream, dust signifies money. Seeing a cloud of dust in a dream means a mysterious happening no one knows how to get out of it. Washing one’s hands from dust in a dream means becoming poor. Dust that accumulates after a rainstorm or a thunderstorm and lightning in a dream means drought or adversities.

A cloud of dust which is produced from a brisk movement of a car or a horse in a dream means controlling one’s affairs, indulging in falsehood or enticing trouble. Dusting one’s store and throwing the dirt on the sidewalk in a dream means business losses.

If a merchant sees his merchandises covered with dust in a dream, it means depression and unsalability of his merchandise.

(Also see Specs of dust)