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Banana Dream Meaning

Dream interpretation from 24 unique sources about Banana

(See also: Eating, Fruit)

Traditionally, masculinity or male sexuality.

Banana peel: A slippery situation to which you should be attentive. Caution against overlooking a potential hazard.

Banana cream pie: From the days of slapstick comedy. Developing a good sense of humor as an ally for coping with difficult people or situations.

Protection from negativity. In Hawaii, banana leaves are used as a talisman for this purpose.

Heroic energy. Somewhat connected to the masculine nature. In Polynesia, legend says that bananas were born from the blood of slain champions. [1]

The phallic shape of a banana may suggest the sweetness and power of a mans sexuality. In Hawaiian history, bananas were a forbidden fruit. Women were not allowed to eat bananas, which were to be enjoyed only by male royalty. Thus, bananas are the fruit of abundance for a select few who are worthy of their power.

A banana in a dream may also indicate a woman’s sense of discnfranchisement.

A bruised banana may mean that you feel bruised by a hurtful experience. [2]

See also: Food, Fruit

1- Most dreams about fruit are to do with sexuality or sensuality.

Conventionally the banana, bccause of its shape, signifies the penis. However, it is also considered, because of its yielding nature, to represent the handling of masculine sexuality.

2- In conjunction with other fruit, it can be taken to mean fertility or sustenance.

3- The banana symbolises fertility. [3]

A dreamtime banana is usually interpreted as a symbol of an erect penis, but it may also be reminding you of an area of your life you may have been denying or suggesting that you are too easily shocked. Dreams of peeling a banana may have a considerable erotic charge. A banana skin lying in your path on the ground in your dream may represent your misgivings about taking a particular course of action. [4]
Vision: A banana indicates a desire for erotic adventures. Eating a banana: your erotic desires will soon be satisfied. Seeing a banana: you want a closer relationship with another person.

Depth Psychology: The banana is a phallic symbol. When the banana is eaten: sexual desires, particularly in women’s dreams. Sometimes, however, it refers to disappointment in matters of love. [5]

Any food is connected to self-care and nurturance, and a banana’s nutritional value makes it almost a perfect food.

Dreaming of eating a banana may point to a need or desire to increase your energy and strength. However, a banana has an additional meaning.

The phallic shape of the banana brings an element of sexuality into the mix. [6]

To dream of bananas, foretells that you will be mated to an uninteresting and an unloved companion.

To eat them, foretells a tiresome venture in business, and self-inflicted duty.

To see them decaying, you are soon to fall into some disagreeable enterprise.

To trade in them, non-productive interests will accumulate around you. [7]

Gives gender-specific: Other circumstances of the dream will enable you to make a full interpretation.

A single banana is more likely to be interpreted by a man in terms of the penis whereas a woman may interpret the same symbol as a caring (nurturing) action. [8]

The banana has been seen as a sexual symbol, as in the jest, “Is that a banana in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?” But since the banana is the staple food for monkeys, the dreamer may need to get serious about some situation in which they are “monkeying around.” [9]
Dreams of a banana represent a sweet, delicious taste for life.

The banana is also synonymous with the male phallus, representing fertility, sexual pleasure and fulfillment.

If you slip on a banana, then you are feeling ungrounded.

See also: Fruit. [10]

Psychological / emotional perspective: In conjunction with other fruit, it can be taken to mean fertility or sustenance – a bunch of bananas signifies a good harvest. Green bananas means a plan has not yet come to fruition. [11]
If you dream of bananas growing on a tree, you will be lucky in some small matters.

To dream of eating a banana, means you can expect a period of hard work with not much reward. Spoiled bananas indicate disappointment in friends. [12]

Male penis. Taking one or handing one to some­one: desire to receive or have sexual relation. Man eating one: may be homosexual tendency. [13]
The banana generally symbolizes fertility and fecundity, but can also suggest sensuality. At one time it would have suggested the exotic. [14]
Fruit. Generally, a well-known phallic symbol. As monkey food, a symbol for delighting in silliness and boisterous nonsense. [15]
Eating bananas in a dream is a very old prediction of a minor illness.

If thy are overripe, boredom with work or partner. [16]

1. A phallic symbol.

2. Great effort yields little “fruit.” 3. Good luck.

4. Bad luck (banana peel). [17]

Associated with fertility, eating a banana suggests a period of abundance and productivity. [18]
One of the most well known phallic symbols, as much for its texture as for its shape. [19]
A fortunate omen, though the dream may concern some small affair only. [20]
Symbolic of a delicacy or good spiritual fruit in your life [21]
May be a sexual symbol, representing the penis. [22]
The yellow indicates fearfulness involved [23]
(Money) In a dream, a banana means money, savings, a fetus, a man in his grave, a prisoner in his jail, a closed book, news from the past, or it could mean inner knowledge. In a dream, a banana also signifies clothing, love, tenderness, a generous man, a monotheist, or it could represent a person of good conduct.

If a banana tree grows inside one’s house in a dream, it means that he may beget a son. Eating a banana in a dream means profits from a business partnership.

For a business man, banana in a dream represents profits and for a renunciate it means devotion and ascetic detachment.

If a sick person eats a banana in a dream, it means aggravation of his illness or his death. [24]

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Sources and Authors

  1. The Language of Dreams by Patrica Telesco [Back to dream]
  2. Ariadne's Book of Dream by Ariadne Green [Back to dream]
  3. Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary by Pamela Ball [Back to dream]
  4. The Element Encyclopedia by Theresa Cheung [Back to dream]
  5. Dreamers Dictionary by Garuda [Back to dream]
  6. Complete Dictionary of Dreams by Dr. Mıchael Lennox [Back to dream]
  7. Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation by Gustavus Hindman Miller [Back to dream]
  8. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  9. Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia by James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver [Back to dream]
  10. Strangest Dream Explanations by Dream Explanations - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  11. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  12. My Dream Interpretation by myjellybean [Back to dream]
  13. A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences by Tony Crisp [Back to dream]
  14. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  15. Little Giant Encyclopedia by Klaus Vollmar [Back to dream]
  16. Psycho Dream Interpretation by Ella Freeman Sharpe [Back to dream]
  17. New American Dream Dictionary by Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin [Back to dream]
  18. Dreams Interpretations Hidden Meanings Symbols by Alison Davies [Back to dream]
  19. The Big Dictionary of Dreams by Martha Clarke [Back to dream]
  20. Mystic Dream Book by Internet Archive - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  21. Christian Dream Symbols by Tyler Wolfe [Back to dream]
  22. A Dictionary of Dream Symbols by Eric Ackroyd [Back to dream]
  23. Dream Dictionary Unlimited by Margaret Hamilton [Back to dream]
  24. Islamic Dream Interpretation by Ibn Seerin [Back to dream]

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