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Buttons / Buttonholes Dream Meaning

Dream interpretation from 3 unique sources about Buttons / Buttonholes

Material aspects: The size, shape and configuration of the button and buttonholes may be important.

An ornate button will have a different relevance to a simple one; more work or effort is required for the former.

A particularly decorative buttonhole suggests that more energy needs to be put into ‘fastening down’ a project – it perhaps needs to be more upfront. [1]

Psychological / emotional perspective: Buttons were originally a form of insignia, allowing easy identification of friend or foe.

If our attention is drawn to buttons in a dream, it is usually to bring about such recognition. [2]

Buttons and buttonholes were simple fastenings holding two different pieces of material together. Spiritually this can represent uniting the physical and spiritual realms into one coherent whole. [3]

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Sources and Authors

  1. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  2. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]
  3. Dream Meanings of Versatile by Versatile - Anonymous [Back to dream]

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