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Building (as In Building A House) Dream Meaning

Symbol: This symbol stands for building and expanding your life.

Vision + Depth Psychology: Building something—no matter how big or tall— using a lot of materials, is a good sign, because your plans will be successful. However, if you are adding on to an existing house that is in bad shape or falling down (the roof is caving in): a warning that plans or decisions you have made recently are going to hurt you or result in losses. In a woman’s dreams, the house is always a symbol of her body.

The roof stands for the head; doors and windows for the sexual organs; the ground floor and first floor for internal organs; the feet for the basement). Seeing a basement, for instance, might indicate poor circulation in the feet. [1]

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Sources and Authors

  1. Dreamers Dictionary by Garuda [Back to dream]

What does Building (as in building a house) mean in a dream?


Building a house may signify construction of a new project in your business or building a totally new life. Building with Legos or building blocks may comment on needing to...

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A building, like a House, almost always symbolizes the human body and personal identity. Pay attention to the type of building you see in the dream.The process of building usually...

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Symbol: This symbol stands for building and expanding your life.Vision + Depth Psychology: Building something—no matter how big or tall— using a lot of materials, is a good sign, because...

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To dream of building a house, you will make wise changes in your present affairs.To dream that you own an elegant house, denotes that you will soon leave your home...

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The building of one’s own house or another’s suggest pursuit of worldly gains proportionate to the construction.

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Dreams about exploring a building are encouraging you to explore your own personality or resolve an ongoing conflict. In other words, the dream is encouraging you to make more of...

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The building of a house in an unknown locality suggest that the beholder will accomplish good deeds and that he will secure for himself a favourable position in the hereafter.

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A house nearly always refers to oneself, depicting one’s body and attributes of personality. Thus if we take a large house with its many functional rooms, the library would represent...

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A brick, block, stone, or other building component can represent: Strength, solidness, reliability, or rigidity.A resource used to create or build.The process of establishing or building something.An input to a...

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The lobby of any structure is the ante-chamber that precedes your entrance into the main room of that building. In this way, it has some symbolic meaning that indicates a...

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(see Apartments, Barn, Castle, Church, Monastery, Te?nple)The condition of the building can reveal the condition of your health, a relationship, or a situation.What does the building hold? If it is...

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It involves construction and progress.If in the dream you are dedicated to building a house it means that you are rebuilding your life, so you have new projects. Buildings and...

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Entcnng an office building in your dreams may represent concerns about work and your career. What floor you arrive on may represent the degree of success and recognition you expect...

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Vision: Seeing or walking into a new house: be more respectful and attentive to other people and the world around you.

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Here again, it is the outside of the building that is fortunate.To dream that you are inside a sacred building is a warning of coming trouble.

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A pillar, beam, or other architectural support can represent: Physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual support (or a desire for it or dependence on it).Resources, or sources of support (people, information,...

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A staple in building and construction, the nail is the ultimate tool for keeping the separate pieces of any structure together.A nail is the element that is introduced into an...

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(Cupola, Minaret, Observatory) In a dream, a watchtower represents a notable person. Seeing a watchtower from a distance in a dream means victory over one’s adversary, attainment of one’s goals,...

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Universal Landscape: Expansion to higher levels of conscious awareness.Dreaming Lens: How tall was the skyscraper in your dream? What was the building made of? Were you inside or outside of...

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The portent of this dream varies greatly according to its details and action, so all aspects should be carefully correlated, but as a general guide:A fire is an omen of...

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A carpenter in a dream represents a teacher or an educator. Seeing a carpenter in a dream also means curbing off the intentions of hypocrites and obliging them to comply...

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A room in a house or building can represent: A certain aspect of your life you associate with that room (such as a family room representing your family life).A type...

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To see a beaver industriously building a dam shows that much hard work is to be expected before you eventually realize your goals.If the beaver is in distress, or has...

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Creating or making things, especially combining basic building blocks to make something “greater than the sum of its parts.” Productivity.Organization.Automation.Your work, job, career, or income.See Business, Processing, Making or Building,...

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(Cutting stones, Stone carving, Sculpturing) Building a structure in a dream from masonry rather than baked brick represents elevation of one’s status, success, or stretching one’s hopes. It also could...

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To build is to create something new; expanding or enhancing a part of your life.A large building is a tremendous energy source; suggests you have great opportunities, tremendous potential and...

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To dream that you are building a house, or employ someone to do so for you, is a sign of loss due to illness.It is a very unfortunate dream.

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Being in a vestibule or entrance hall may mean you are beginning - or are being urged - to explore yourself (represented by the house / building).

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Any religious building suggests a refuge where you can gather your thoughts and consider your beliefs. Even if you are not religious, in dreams religious buildings highlight your spiritual, peace-loving...

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[of a Wall] Whoever sees he is building a wall.If it was made from adobe [brick] and / or mud, then it indicates the validity of his religion and his...

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1. May refer to a particular congregation;2. The reference may also be general;3. Often a church will appear as a house in a dream or vision;4. May represent the individual;5....

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Large potential for growth.If seedy, need to work on self and clean up your act.If run down, you are not using your potential.If magnificent, you are rich in spirit and...

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If the house is a reflection of the soul, the façade represents the image we project and the way we relate to people around. A façade in good condition is...

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It is a fortunate omen to dream that you are wandering amid the Ruins of some fine old building.If it is merely a modern house that has tumbled down, that...

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(Money, Sun-dried bricks) Seeing blocks of adobes in a dream signify money. Each adobe represents a denomination often, thousand or one hundred thousand units of money, depending on the type...

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If you dream of being in a treehouse, you are in a positive phase of self-development and becoming the person you are meant to be. You are concentrating on your...

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A tomb is a building that houses the dead.A building in a dream represents some construct of your thought process or your consciousness.A tomb, therefore, is elements of your consciousness...

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Vision: Watching someone splitting logs: bad news or even a death. Looking for wood: you may experience sorrow and sad conditions. Cutting wood: hard work must come before a reward....

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A hut or any other small, simple residence can represent: You or your life (or that of the owner’s).Simplicity, or a desire for it.Protection or self-protection.Lack (or a feeling or...

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To dream of someone breaking into a house or other building is actually lucky! It foretells an increase of wealth or worldly goods.If you dreamed of breaking into someplace, you...

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The front of the house and activities outside the house represent your persona, the face you show to the world, whereas whatever is inside the house reveals your inner life.If...

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Protection from the world or from “the elements” (harsh conditions, challenging situations, etc.).A finishing touch or last step in a process (since a roof might be the last part of...

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The top floor (or an upper floor) in a house or building can represent: Your spirituality or the spiritual aspects of your life.Higher wisdom.Greater insight or perspective.See Floor, Stairs, Climbing,...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: We may need space to be ourselves in order to come to terms with what is occurring in our lives.To be in an empty house or...

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A hurricane could indicate an emotional conflict or confusion building in your interior. Further, it references the fury and frustration that you cannot find relief.Superstition says that this dream symbolizes...

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(see Copper, Gold, Iron Ore, Silver) Strength and resiliency.How is the metal used in the dream? Are you building with it, and if so, what? For example, building a wall...

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The floors of a building represent the levels of the dreamer’s consciousness. The attic is spiritually, and the lowest floor, the unconscious. The floors that are in between manifest the...

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A limitation or perceived limitation (such as on how high you believe you can climb, or how much progress you think you can make).An elevated mood or perspective.Power or ambition.Something...

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(Burial, Tomb, Sepulcher) A grave in a dream represents a prison and a prison in a dream represents a grave. Ifone sees himself living in a grave in a dream,...

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If you are in the basement or cellar of a house or building, you are working with sexual energy, understanding your sexual awareness and expression. People, objects and experiences reflect...

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The main floor in a house or building often represents your current life and the experiences and activities in your life.See Floor, Room, Basement, Upstairs

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The frustration of everyday chores at home and work can sometimes translate into images of impossible tasks in dreams, such as building an enormous house of cards or painting a...

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This building is itself a symbol for the United States, modern democracy, and the American Dream. To be dreaming of the White House may be a reflection of your desire...

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(see Bride, Engagement, Groom, Marriage, Parents)These dreams frequently relate to real-life scenarios in which the relationships in the dream mirror those from waking hours. If, however, the relationship takes on...

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A dream about sand might relate to pleasant memories of being at the beach. Alternatively, sand can represent time—as in “the sands of time”—or the insecurity of building one’s house...

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Vision: Working with bricks: start putting your building or remodeling plans into action or make use of your intellectual talents.Depth Psychology: Owning a lot of bricks: your future is secure....

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If you dream your clothing is covered with paint spots denotes that you are troubled by thoughtless criticisms by others about yourself.A newly painted house or building denotes success in...

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(see also House)Basically, a lower storey of a building represents the unconscious; an upper storey, consciousness. The bottom-most basement might represent the collective unconsciousness (see Introduction, pages 41-42; the top...

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Universal Landscape: The spiritual self.Dreaming Lens: What kind of church was in your dream? What was the denomination or religion being practiced there? What state was the church in? Was...

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You are dreaming of connecting to your spiritual nature in a more conventional way. Churches, temples, and mosques are the center of spiritual life for any community. Just like a...

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