Since ancient times, everything connected with natural phenomena has become the subject of all sorts of legends, myths and mystical omens. Lightning is one such natural phenomenon. She is also of particular importance when she appears in dreams: it is believed that this is a certain symbol designed to warn someone who dreams about something. If we move away from the mystical perception of lightning, it can mean a force that motivates a person to perform certain actions.
General information
Why is lightning dreaming? In dream books, the interpretation of dreams about this natural phenomenon can be quite controversial. Everything will depend on many circumstances and the smallest details of sleep. This is the reason that deciphering dreams associated with lightning is a very difficult task. This is such a natural phenomenon that cannot be ignored, even if it is far from being a symbol on which the main semantic load of the dream falls.
In order to decipher dreams associated with lightning, many different interpretations have been created, differing depending on the context and the situation that took place in the dream. It is also important to consider that our dreams are often strongly influenced by events occurring in real life. Therefore, for the most competent and complete interpretation, it is important to take this into account and combine the events that occurred in a dream with the real state of things in your life.
Currently, a whole classification of various interpreters has been developed, each of which explains this or that vision in different ways. In the article we will consider the most popular dream books, the interpretation of dreams about lightning.
Freud's dream book
According to the interpretation of this dream book, sparkling lightning in a dream means amazing changes in romantic terms. Usually, it implies acquaintance with a representative of the opposite sex and a fairly rapid development of romantic relationships. As a rule, at the very beginning of your acquaintance, you may not even like this person, but over time everything changes.
In the case when in a dream lightning struck the place where you are standing, this means a sudden flash of feelings, almost at first sight. No wonder they say: “I was struck like lightning,” when they want to say that some event happened very unexpectedly. Trying to recognize or predict this feeling is useless, it will still overtake you where you least expect it.
This is also possibleoption: in a dream, lightning strikes one of the relatives, loved ones or loved ones. This means that soon this person will have troubles in their romantic and sexual life, and most importantly, that you have a hand in causing these problems. Such a dream encourages you to be more attentive and sensitive to a loved one in order to maintain mutual understanding and avoid difficulties in relationships.
Third scenario: in a dream, lightning destroys an object near you. This means that the love that awaits you in the future will be so strong that it will be able to make you leave everything and everyone in this world in pursuit of a dream of happiness. Be careful and try not to allow innocent people close to you who wish you only well to suffer because of your fleeting passion.
Dream Interpretation of Nostradamus
What can this famous dream book tell us? Why dream of lightning? According to the interpretation of Nostradamus' dream book, seeing sparkling flashes means receiving sudden news from afar, perhaps from your relatives or friends living far away from you.
Second option: lightning hit you in a dream. This may mean that someone in the family or at work wants to provoke you into a conflict situation. Be more careful and reserved in dealing with colleagues.
Third: in a dream you saw a flash of lightning or heard a roar of thunder. This means that you need to reconsider the priorities in life, as well as the behavior and attitude towards people around you, friends and loved ones.
Did you see ball lightning in your dream? The dream book of Nostradamus explains this as a very bad sign associated with natural disasters.
Miller's Dream Book
According to the interpretation of this dream book, to see lightning in a dream is a symbol of short-term happiness and prosperity, including financial.
Second: if in the light of lightning flashes you saw some object that is not far from you, this can have two different meanings. Firstly, you can be surrounded by gossips, weaving a variety of intrigues around you. Secondly, soon you may find out about a favorable set of circumstances for one of your relatives or friends.
The terrible sight described in the dream book - strong lightning in dark and heavy clouds - portends a long period of various troubles and difficulties. If in your dream she flashed with a bright flash in dark clouds, this means that disappointments and losses will enter your life.
According to Miller's dream book, the lightning that illuminates you notifies you of a sudden disaster that will turn your worldview upside down. If this natural phenomenon is right above your head, it is a symbol of the onset of a bright streak in your life and financial well-being. A businessman who sees such a dream should pay great attention to his business, protecting him from various extraneous encroachments. If a woman had such a dream, she should be more sensitive and attentive to her family members.
Tsvetkov's dream book
And what will this famous dream book tell? Thunder and lightning innight dreams warn of a state of affairs that can lead to danger. Also, such a dream is an omen of unexpected news.
If you are sleeping in a dream, and you are awakened by the roar of thunder and bright flashes, then this means a warning about some unpleasant interpersonal situation. Another case explains the dream book: lightning struck right at you. This means that honor and respect at work will soon await you. And if in a dream you watch how lightning struck the house? The dream interpretation explains that grandiose changes may soon enter your life, or you will be told unexpected news.
If in a dream you see how lightning illuminated the clouds covering the sky and everything around you, this indicates that the predicament in which you are now or will be in a short time will be decided in your favor. If now you have some kind of problem or are faced with trouble, this dream may mean that you will receive help in this situation and be able to safely resolve an unpleasant situation.
Loff's dream book
David Loff is an interpreter of dreams, suitable for deciphering them from the point of view of a person's perception of the phenomenon that he sees in a dream. He believes that if a person treats lightning with reverence, then its appearance in his dreams cannot portend anything bad. And if a person experiences a subconscious or conscious fear of this natural phenomenon, this may mean a person’s internal struggle with his phobias.
Loff also prefers to perceive the vision of thunder and lightning (inthe dream book has this information) not as a symbol in itself, but rather the forces associated with this phenomenon. For example, the ability to control this natural phenomenon in a dream stands for the desire to overcome some unpleasant state of affairs that takes place in real life. Lightning in this case is seen as a means of waging your psychological war against nervous breakdowns and bitter disappointments. You seem to bring down the full power of this natural phenomenon on your problems and experiences. Such a dream is a psychological relief for your consciousness, a call not to succumb to despair, directed from the layers of the subconscious.
If in real life lightning causes fear in you, in dreams it will be a kind of warning for you. In this case, as the dream book says, lightning in the sky will indicate what you should be afraid of in reality. Also, according to Loff, where and where she hit, whether anyone was hurt by her blow or not, is of significant importance. Depending on this, you can consider the situation from a different angle and, accordingly, draw different conclusions from what happened in a dream. It is also important at what point in the development of events the lightning struck. The dream interpretation says that this also indicates what you should be afraid of, and which of the many areas of your life currently requires active and sensitive attention.
Wangi's dream book
The world-famous seer Vanga assured that if you saw lightning in a dream, it means that a black streak of misfortunes will soon fall on your life anddamage, both personal and professional. If in a dream you saw lightning in the sky, this portends destructive fires that can lead to deprivation of housing, illness and death. Be careful and follow fire safety rules to avoid such situations.
Lightning that struck a tree or a house in a dream and ignited it portends that one of your relatives or friends may be judged by their own deeds and become a hostage of their deeds. Try to show your neighbors as much sensitivity and attention as possible, talk heart to heart with them, help them realize their mistakes, and then fate will be favorable to you too.
Other interpretations of lightning dreams
There are also many other interpretations of dreams in which such a significant symbol as lightning appears. The interpretation of the Muslim dream book says that this natural phenomenon in the clouds is a sign of future financial and material well-being, while lightning in a cloudless sky warns of the opposite.
The English in their dream books interpret this dream in a positive way. In their opinion, lightning itself warns of various positive manifestations in life, the acquisition of material and financial independence, good relationships with relatives and friends. In general, they believe that no matter what kind of work a person does, everything will work out for him as safely as possible. However, if lightning sparkles in the company of rain, thunder, hail and all kinds of storms, such a dream warns of misfortune.
The French are ininterpretation of dreams associated with lightning, take a strictly opposite position. They are sure that dreams in which this natural phenomenon appears warn of troubles or even disasters that can affect a large number of people.
Ukrainians tend to see various, sometimes completely opposite, omens in the lightning symbol in their dreams. They believe that in one case, this natural phenomenon can mean something unpleasant for you. In another case, they see joyful events in lightning. If it is accompanied by thunder, this means that you should soon expect some news from your friends or relatives. Also, lightning among Ukrainians is closely associated with danger.
In esoteric dream books, seeing lightning in a dream is associated with the appearance of any supernatural abilities in you that are inaccessible to other people. They see in this symbol a kind of awakening of the human intellect for new opportunities.
Dream books of Azar and Kananit, like most others, associate the vision of lightning in a dream with sudden positive events that can radically change your life for the better.
Children's dream book says that if a child saw lightning in a dream (in any of its manifestations), then events will occur in the future that will provoke him to show his positive and intellectual qualities to the maximum, as well as willpower.
Family dream book
According to the family dream book, if lightning appears in your dream, situations will soon be expected in the family that provokequarrels and anger, which may even be associated with danger. If in a dream you saw its reflection, then this means that in the near future some unexpected, but very pleasant event awaits you. If it was a distant reflection of lightning, then the news will also come from afar, perhaps from distant relatives or friends living far away from you.
If you saw that lightning flashed nearby in a dream, this means that clouds are gathering around you, events that will soon require strength of mind from you to be ready to stand up for your honor. According to the interpretation of the dream book, the lightning that hit your house in a dream portends a serious danger for you or your loved ones living next to you. If in a dream lightning hit your head directly, this means that soon you will find yourself in a situation in which you will have to show your strongest qualities in order to increase your social position.
If in a dream you saw lightning strike a lightning rod, this means that in real life you should be more careful both in professional and personal affairs in order to avoid mistakes that will then be impossible to correct. This dream serves as a warning that you should be as sensitive and attentive to your loved ones as possible, avoid quarrels and disagreements with them.
When you see in a dream that lightning brings some kind of destruction, a dream warns you about the same thing - in life you will also experience losses and disappointments. However, everything depends on the nature of the destruction, and on what exactly it destroyed. Lightning sparkling on a dark stormy sky with heavydark clouds also does not bode well. This is a harbinger of losses and losses, as well as danger to your life and the lives of people you love. This dream may portend financial problems or an accident.
What else can the dream book tell you? Lightning strikes a tree and ignites it? This means that your dream is not destined to come true. This suggests that you may need to reconsider your priorities and aspirations at the moment. One interpretation also considers lightning in a dream as a symbol that portends a tragic event that will relentlessly accompany you through life.
Also, this natural phenomenon is seen as a symbol of the changes that will enter your life in the future. Bright peals portend short-lived happiness and prosperity. If lightning strikes you, beware of the gossip spread around your person by unscrupulous colleagues, seeking to harm your professional activities.
It is also worth paying attention to exactly when you have a dream in which lightning appears. If from Tuesday to Wednesday, it may mean a conflict that your friends or colleagues want to drag you into. And if from Wednesday to Thursday, then such a dream portends problems and difficulties in life that are sent to you as a test of fortitude, and it is advisable to cope with them without resorting to outside help. A dream about lightning from Thursday to Friday warns you that your friend or loved one will have problems or troubles in the near future. FROMFriday to Saturday, such a dream prophesies problems that your friends or relatives could have a hand in, so be careful.
Prozorov's Dream Book
According to the interpretation of this dream book, to see lightning means to see the entry of happiness and financial well-being into your life. If you saw bright flashes in a dream, then family happiness awaits you soon. If lightning came complete with rain or hail, this is an omen of future events, the result of which depends on your ability to quickly make important and difficult decisions in an emergency.
If in a dream you saw that lightning hit some object, this means that you will soon marry. Family happiness awaits you. If lightning hit you in a dream, it means that the time for financial well-being will come in your life.
When you see that lightning flashed among the clouds, this means that the situation that has been tormenting you for a long time will soon be safely resolved. This natural phenomenon in the clear sky portends you with a high professional status, fame and honor in the circle of work colleagues. If you see that lightning hits a lightning rod, it means that someone close to you is trying to help you solve an unpleasant situation for you.
If lightning flashed somewhere far away from you, then in the near future you will have a joyful and fun pastime in the company of close and dear people. If she fell next to you, beware of problems in the family.
Flipping further dream book. Ball lightning predicts youthe acquisition of a certain authority among your friends and acquaintances. If in a dream you were given the opportunity to control the actions of lightning, this means that the situation in which you are now in real life cannot be resolved without your participation.
If in a dream you see how lightning brings destruction and causes death, be careful, because such a dream cannot serve as a good omen.
It is also believed that if you saw lightning in a dream, it warns of events that will require emotional stability from you. Try to exercise maximum restraint in order to avoid outbursts of anger and anger, as negative emotions can negatively affect your relationships with people you care about. Make an effort to ensure that the people around you suffer as little as possible from the fact that you are in a bad mood.
If they try to provoke you to display negative emotions, do not give in. Respond with a smile or a laugh to all the negative words you may hear during this period. Treasure your relationship and don't let your frustrations rule your life.
It is believed that if you heard thunder in a dream, it means that soon economic news awaits you. If you saw lightning and heard thunder, then an exceptionally favorable financial situation awaits you, and luck will accompany personal relationships.
If in a dream you saw how ball lightning flies into your house or into your room,be afraid to commit an act that you will regret for a long time, and the unpleasant events associated with this act. These events will bring you unnecessary worries, and in order to avoid them, be careful in real life and try not to make quick and rash decisions. Even if now it seems to you that you will never regret your act, life will always put everything in its place. Better think twice.
Thus, we have found out that in the world of dreams, lightning can appear in completely different forms, accompanied by various events, on which the interpretation of these dreams often depends. Different cultures hold respect for different methods of deciphering the meaning of lightning. This is a grandiose natural phenomenon that impresses people of different eras, who also interpreted the presence of this symbol in their dreams in different ways. As some dream books explain, thunder and lightning is considered a symbol of happiness and we alth, while in others it is a gloomy omen of future troubles. Or maybe the interpretation of our dreams depends only on ourselves?