It is a place of sacrifice, so this dream could refer to a sacrifice you need to make or something that you have sacrificed for a good cause.
It is not always related to something material. Sometimes it is necessary to sacrifice your own ego and to express your own real feelings some more. An altar is also a symbol of a marriage between the conscious and the unconscious. The union of this opposing elements favors the creation of a unique and strong personality.
Dreaming that you are in a church is a bad omen because it represents mistakes and signs of repentment.
If there is a priest by the altar, it warns against disputes and domestic or professional problems. However, if you look at this church from the outside, blessing and fortune are coming soon. [1]
The meeting of two worlds: religious and mundane. This is the place where traditionally the gods are honored, offerings get made, and many rituals take place. So, look beyond the altar to see what appears on it, and what occurs around it, for more insight.
If a sacrifice appears before you, ask yourself what things need to be left behind so that you can get a fresh start. Alternatively, consider if you’ve been giving too much of yourself, and sacrificing personal needs in the process.
Approaching ail altar: Acknowledging an urgent need for outside assistance of some sort. We often go to our image of the Divine when we want answers to, or help with, particularly perplexing problems.
If you have hesitated to seek that help from friends or the Universe, now is the time for action.
Improved insight or visional*)’ capacity developing. In ancient Greece, a tripodal altar was used in many divinatory efforts (See also: Divination). [2]
An altar decorated with colorful flowers means a wedding is near. White lilies on the altar: death or burial of an acquaintance.
If you are decorating an altar, it means fun and good luck!
Depth Psychology: Dreaming about kneeling in front of an altar is a symbol for your respectful and reverent ethics and the ability to sacrifice small desires on the “altar of your ideals.” True, prayerful faith can make your desires and hopes come true.
1- An altar in a dream represents the means or need to give oneself up to something that is more important than the immediate situation. Usually an altar represents religious belief of some sort.
It is the table of communion togetherness but also it often suggests the division between the physical and the spiritual.
2- Psychologically, this depicts being sacrificed either willingly or unwillingly.
The act of sacrifice, or of making sacred, needs to be made in public so that it can be properly acknowledged (See also: Sacrifice).
3- In the presence of the Divine, we can give thanks, and be at one. [4]
If you or someone else is being sacrificed on the altar, ask yourself what part of you must ‘die’ if new life - fuller, happier, more satisfactory life - is to be made possible.
See also: Sacrifice.
(2) The altar may symbolize a wedding. Possibly the wedding may be a psychic one: a (needed) union of opposites, of conscious and unconscious, to compensate for a one-sided development of personality.
An altar is an appropriate place to carry out such ceremonies, so in dreams it signifies a special place of great meaning. What is placed on the altar is significant and can be interpreted in the light of your religious belief or lack of such belief. Psychologically, it is worthwhile considering what is being sacrificed or given up, either willingly or unwillingly, in everyday life. [6]
To see a marriage, sorrow to friends, and death to old age.
An altar would hardly be shown you in a dream, accept to warn you against the commission of error. Repentance is also implied. [9]
The altar is the place of transformation and ascent. [12]
A sacrificing of the old and opening to the new; awareness of spiritual nature or God within. [14]
See also: archetypes. [17]
A sudden marriage or commitment. Joy, consolation in release of something negative. [19]
2. Ready to “sacrifice” someone to achieve an end.
3. Symbol of god.
4. Desire to be christian. [20]
It is also associated with the seriousness of the manage vows. [22]
If there is a priest officiating, you should avoid all worldly pleasures. [23]
A center point; a focal point. [26]
boy, an: release from pressing worries to honor the source of love.
candelabra, at the, lit: your faith is the loftiest part of your inner resources.
being lighted: new plans for committing total y to yourself wil be successful.
being snuffed out: humility is needed to solve problem.
confusion, in: need to let go of your defenses to negotiate with enemies.
constructed, being: awe at nature’s ability to regenerate itself.
decorated: a better understanding with those about you.
with white flowers: a wedding, joy, consolation and thanksgiving.
destroyed: sacrificing al that was, to al ow al that can be.
kneeling at an: secret unfulfil ed desire sacrificed for universal good.
married and dreaming of an, to be: many smal vexations at your choice.
of an: need to let go of something to be able to possess it.
outside the chapel, being: a large fortune if you cross the threshold. [30]