snow

Dreaming Lens: Was it snowing in your dream? Had it already snowed? Was the snow melting? What did you do with the snow? Were you outside in it or indoors and warm? How heavy was the snowfall? Did it hamper visibility or mobility?

Personal Focus: There are few sights as beautiful as a landscape covered by a blanket of fresh, undisturbed snow. While this may conjure idyllic thoughts of serene landscapes, the symbolic meaning of snow connects more with what it is covering up than with the beauty it embodies while doing so.

Snow is frozen water. Water represents emotions. Emotions that are frozen imply a disconnection from authentically experiencing them in their raw, wet form. When snowfall is particularly heavy, it can impede visibility and render you immobile or housebound. When seen through the perspective of emotional avoidance, it is easy to see that a large dose of emotional expression that is not being dealt with can seriously limit any forward movement in your life.

The joy that snow can impart is not to be discounted completely, but should be added to your interpretation only after exploring the more universal meaning described above. Consider your own experience of snow, both now and from childhood years. As an example, if you loved playing in the snow and the dream image evoked joyful feelings, your interpretation might combine the avoidant qualities of a cold-shouldered approach to an emotional stimulus with the joyful abandon that can sometimes result from putting off dealing with a sensitive issue until a later time. Since snow melts, facing the underlying issue is inevitable. The snow just postpones the confrontation and does so with beauty and the promise of temporary peace.

To find yourself in a snow storm, denotes sorrow and disappointment in failure to enjoy some long-expected pleasure. There always follows more or less discouragement after this dream.

If you eat snow, you will fail to realize ideals.

To see dirty snow, foretells that your pride will be humbled, and you will seek reconciliation with some person whom you held in haughty contempt.

To see it melt, your fears will turn into joy.

To see large, white snowflakes falling while looking through a window, foretells that you will have an angry interview with your sweetheart, and the estrangement will be aggravated by financial depression.

To see snow-capped mountains in the distance, warns you that your longings and ambitions will bring no worthy advancement.

To see the sun shining through landscapes of snow, foretells that you will conquer adverse fortune and possess yourself of power.

For a young woman to dream of sleighing, she will find much opposition to her choice of a lover, and her conduct will cause her much ill-favor.

To dream of snowballing, denotes that you will have to struggle with dishonorable issues, and if your judgment is not well grounded, you will suffer defeat.

If snowbound or lost, there will be constant waves of ill luck breaking in upon you.

It is also possible that you are feeling ‘left out in the cold’ and others are ignoring you.

If the snow is melting then it implies that you accept and understand your emotions and have found a way to express them. You are managing to work through your hardships and problems.

To see dirty snow in your dream implies that you have reached a new level of maturity. You no longer hold the opinions and beliefs that you did when you were younger. Your life has been drastically altered in a negative way.

To dream that you are watching the snow fall symbolizes a new beginning and a change in your outlook. It means that you feel calm and serene.

To dream that you are playing in the snow implies that you are feeling overworked and requiring some rest and enjoyment.

To dream that you find something in the snow indicates that you are seeking to develop your hidden possibilities and skills. Perhaps you have discovered that you have an aptitude for a certain skill. It may also suggest that you need to absolve yourself or someone else of a transgression.