The Big Dictionary of Dreams

by Martha Clarke
To sweep in dreams is equivalent to getting rid of old ideas and attitudes. You must set aside what is worthless to begin a new life stage.

Dreaming of sweeping has different meanings depending on where it is done.

If it is the subject’s room, it predicts a good end to romantic projects; if it is the house, it signals the need to address an everyday problem; and if it is a business space, exhaustion due to work overload. In the case that you need to sweep and have not done it yet, you could suffer great upset soon.

According to a superstition, to sweep what is unnecessary out of your house, you run the risk of sweeping out good luck. Thus, these dreams have negative connotations.

SWEEPING - analysis of the dream

Claudia: “I was energetically sweeping my house; but the more I swept, the more dust and dirt appeared at every corner. I struggled a lot and I spent the whole dream with the broom; but as much as I insisted, I could not get the floor clean at all. I woke up exhausted.”

It is an exhausting dream indicating that you are unmotivated or waste your energy in worthless issues. When Claudia had this dream she was investing every effort to restore an old family house that was in pretty bad shape. Despite the recommendations of the architect and her children to tear it down and do it again, Claudia had no money for such an expensive reform and invested all her savings in restoring it superficially. After a few months, cracks began to appear everywhere and, fearing a collapse, the work was stopped.

Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary

by Pamela Ball
1- To dream of sweeping suggests being able to clear away outmoded attitudes and emotions.

To be sweeping up suggests putting tilings in order.

2- Sweeping is an old image which harks back to good management and clearing of the environment. In psychological terms it suggests an attention to detail and correctness, as much as to cleanliness. In modern day technological symbolism it could suggest searching for viruses.

3- The dreamer may have attained much spiritual knowledge on which he is now reflecting. There may be certain elements of confusion which he can take time to clear away.

Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation

by Gustavus Hindman Miller
To dream of sweeping, denotes that you will gain favor in the eyes of your husband, and children will find pleasure in the home.

If you think the floors need sweeping, and you from some cause neglect them, there will be distresses and bitter disappointments awaiting you in the approaching days.

To servants, sweeping is a sign of disagreements and suspicion of the intentions of others.