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Cleaning Person Dream Meaning

A feeling or fear of having to clean up other people’s messes, fix their problems, or come to their rescue.

A person in your life who tends to clean up after you or others, or whom you expect to do so.

See also: Cleaning [1]

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Sources and Authors

  1. The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary by Nancy Wagaman [Back to dream]

What does Cleaning Person mean in a dream?


A feeling or fear of having to clean up other people’s messes, fix their problems, or come to their rescue.A person in your life who tends to clean up after...

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Cleaning (such as washing, sweeping, wiping up, or polishing) can represent: Getting rid of unwanted things such as feelings, thoughts, situations, or relationships (or a desire to do so).Making an...

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To dream of going to a dry cleaning store, or getting dry cleaning done, is a warning that others may be gossiping against you.

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Dreams of cleaning symbolize integrity, purification, healing, and transformation.The act of cleaning represents restoring yourself to your natural luster.If you are cleaning something, you may be attempting to correct a...

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Renewal or a fresh start.Cleaning up after yourself in your life (such as dealing with the consequences of your actions, accepting responsibility for your decisions, or repairing relationships).Cleaning up after...

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Cleaning up our own act. Need for letting go, releasing and cleaning up problems you’re facing.

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1. Cleaning house;2. Cleaning or Witchcraft; Luke 15:8; (3) Isa. 14:23.

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In a dream, a floor cleaner represents someone who investigates people’s conditions and likes to help them. Cleaning throughout a farmland in a dream means seeking the company of righteous...

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As the entry on spring suggests, the dreamer is cleaning out old ideas and may actually be physically preparing themselves for new business, relationships, and new beginnings in their life.

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Fragrance or perfume could represent: Self-image, or the way a person wants to be seen by others.An attempt to gain approval, be seen as more desirable or acceptable, or hide...

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A dream about spring-cleaning is probably inviting you to make a new beginning, start a new life, by getting rid of old muck and rubbish: negative habits and attitudes, energy-consuming...

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(Cleaning, Sanitation) Sweeping the floor, or caring for the floor matt or carpet in a dream means to care for one’s community or family. Sweeping dirt or cleaning a floor...

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To dream that you are doing your laundry, suggests that you are cleaning up your act or change your image. You are concerned about how you appear to others.If you...

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Dealing with, finding a solution for, or making something go away.Assimilating or take into your own circle, space, life, or area of responsibility (as in taking on someone else’s responsibilities...

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Absorbing something mentally or emotionally, or the ability to do so.“Taking something in” or learning.“Cleaning up” after yourself or someone else (problems, neglected responsibilities, etc.).Consider also the context and how...

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As in hanging up clothes cleaning, elevating, clarifying, and so on.If a person is being hanged, something must die.See also Abortion, Amputation. Something is suffocating or being strangled.

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Where this quality is indicated in any form except where cieaning is done for hire, it is an omen of an improvement in existing conditions. Cleaning house portends a welcome...

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(Auditory meatus, Cerumen) If one sees himself cleaning the yellowish waxlike secretion found in the canal of his external ear, or if he is cleaning it from someone else’s ears...

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Soft and luxurious or shabby with spots, the carpet may say something about the quality of comfort in your daily life. It may also reflect the lining of the womb...

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lucky numbers: 09-15-19-36-39-41being a plumber: your conscience is fol owing you. cleaning a blocked drain: wil see things in a different light. clogged-up drain, cleaning a: anemic emotions need release...

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Transformation or renewal (as in from dirty to clean).Removing things that are unwanted or harmful from your consciousness or life (such as judgments, self-defeating beliefs, or toxic relationships).Because a sink...

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A maid is a person who is responsible for cleaning and house chores. As a character aspect of your own personality, the maid is the part of you that is...

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A fresh start, or a desire for one.The idea of cleaning up your or someone else’s mess (a problem, neglected responsibility, etc.).A cycle, or a repeating or circular process.Letting go...

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Any person in a dream can represent you yourself. Particularly when important persons—like father, mother, lover, and children—are recognized clearly in the dream, it is truly yourself that you are...

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A garage sale or yard sale can represent clearing out, cleaning out, or letting go (of things, outdated beliefs, self-defeating patterns, or other things that are no longer working for...

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1. The need to be more receptive to the ideas of others.2. If cleaning one’s ears, the person is trying to be receptive.

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Blinking your eyes can represent: A desire to see or understand something more clearly.A hesitation or pause.A desire to temporarily protect or isolate yourself, perhaps due to overwhelm or threat.A...

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Getting rid of what you consider unwanted or undesirable (such as judgments, negative thoughts, toxic relationships, or personal habits that don’t support your well-being).A person who deals with other people’s...

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1. Identity2. Authority;3. Character, or reputation;4. The actual person;5. Rank or status;Hosea 1:9; Gen 11:4; Mark 1:21Questions to ask regarding the name of the personIs this person known or unknown?Is...

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1. Covering up something.2. Cleaning up something.

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A locker (such as at school or the gym) can represent: Security, especially of tangible or intangible things that are important to you or your success.Privacy or ownership.Having authority over...

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lucky numbers: 01-02-10-39-48-53cleaning: each aspect of the past as it comes to completion clears the way for the new. drinking from a pure: large wealth coming later, affection is available...

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Cleaning out suppressed energy.

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lucky numbers: 05-12-17-19-36-45buying: your life is moving in a direction you have chosen. discarding: clothes don’t make the person. dry cleaning: your self-confidence ensures profitability. losing: others being indignant toward...

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Deodorant or deodorizer can represent: A desire to change something about yourself or your environment (a habit, an irritating person, etc.), perhaps to make it seem more pleasant or tolerable.A...

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Getting organized, cleaning up your act. Disciplined mind.

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Cleaning of consciousness; awakening. New beginning

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You are stuck in the same old programs and emotions, going up and down. Get off and get busy cleaning up your act.

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lucky numbers: 03-12-21-34-45-46ashes: raw material of spiritual rebirth of the light of God. sifting through: the purified remains of an imperfect life. cleaning out, trap: your carelessness wil cause financial...

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Cleaning up verbal expression. Fear of pain and being out of control.

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Washing may represent some kind of inner cleaning in which you get rid of attitudes and habits that are holding you back.If you are washing clothes in your dream, this...

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Control issue for positive or negative.Controlling patterns in lieu of cleaning them out and repatterning. 

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Changing attitudes, cleaning up, redoing. Painting a picture is a new way of creatively expressing yourself. Note color.

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To determine the meaning of bathing in a dream, one might first ask what the individual associates with bathing. For some people it is simply cleaning, so a dream of...

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If hygiene is an issue in your dream or you feel dirty in some way, your dream may be commenting on an unpleasant past experience whose influence you can’t quite...

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1. The unconscious mind.2. Confusion (messy, in need of organization).3. Therapeutic purge, loss of old behaviors (spring cleaning, reorganization).

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A person you know can represent: That actual person in real life.Your perception or opinion of that person, or a characteristic you attribute to them (for example, your disciplinarian eighth-grade...

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1. Sorting, cleaning and straightening out difficulties.2. A need to address emotions or feelings otherwise ignored or taken lightly, likely in someone else.3. An aspect of life needs attention.4. Desires...

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If your dreaming mind depicted you engaged in positive activities such as beginning a new health regime or hobby you love, losing weight, cutting out smoking and alcohol, spring cleaning,...

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Well-being.Handling of your day-to-day life.Personality or identity.Someone with tooth problems (losing teeth, false teeth, cavities, etc.) can represent real or feared issues regarding the person’s: physical, emotional, or mental well-being,...

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An attempt to clean up a “mess” or problem in your life, or a means of doing so.The idea of being careful how you nourish yourself physically, emotionally, mentally, or...

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Storage bank. Ideas, attitudes and beliefs we have not yet decided to integrate into ourselves or let go. May represent a “holding pattern,” that you are not going forward or...

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If your dream hasn’t been triggered by a television home makeover show, making improvements to your home may symbolize making improvements to yourself. Are there any jobs that you feel...

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You will be deceived by one of the people whom you considered friendly if you dream of smelling ammonia or using it for cleaning.

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To dream of dry cleaning represents that you are suiting up and showing up in your life, being hard pressed to look your best, and putting on a good appearance....

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Washing oneself may represent cleaning away the dirt and debris of unhappy experiences or emotions in the dreamer’s life.

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Internal debris, a challenge to start “cleaning up” and recognizing the gifts and the chances that are hidden behind existing problems.

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Dreaming about housework can simply be a reflection of our everyday tasks. Otherwise, it can refer to “getting our house together,” or cleaning out the things that no longer serve...

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1. A “custodian” or caretaker who cleans up the messes of other people.2. Waste or problems of laziness in business matters (to see a janitor not cleaning).

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Dreams of a rake symbolize that you are cleaning up your life. This may be a precognitive dream showing you that if you clear out the space, soon you will...

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Peaceful, clean water is empowerment of the holy spirit, including cooking, cleaning, etc.; Dangerous or polluted is a warning

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Cleaning manure out of stables is a sign of a new opportunity.

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An agent for cleaning, detergent in a dream implies a need to clean up a past mishap or hide the evidence of something that has already occurred that is causing...

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Used to clean floors and mop up water, a mop in your dream may point to a process of cleaning up after an emotional storm in your life such as...

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Feelings of being unclean, which are a burden to the dreamer. Frequently, sexual feelings, which parents have told their children are “dirty.” What is often addressed is the task of...

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(Boy, Broom, Employee) Atoothbrush in a dream is a sign ofhygienic conditions, prosperity, purity, cleanliness, repentance, or asking someone for forgiveness. Brushing and cleaning one’s teeth in a dream is...

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Dreams of a housekeeper are symbolic of -transformation and keeping your mental and emotional house in order; cleaning, polishing, dusting, and removing the negative thoughts that clutter your body, mind,...

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To dream that you (or a doctor) are cleaning wax from your ears, suggests that others are trying to send you a message and you are refusing to hear them...

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lucky numbers: 09-13-19-26-27-35making thinner by: wil make undreamed-of progress if you can. of: have many enemies, cherish your friends. people working at a refinery: time for spring cleaning of your...

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To dream that you are hard at work on your chores foretells that you will enjoy success and praise. Alternatively, it may suggest guilt or anxiety over unfinished chores or...

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(Demanding person, Ignorant person, Obstinate) It is common among the people of knowledge to describe an obtrusive person as a stone.(Also see Darkness, Obstinacy)

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(see Field, Forest, Plants by type, Tires)Raking: Cleaning away something that’s old, but not necessarily without a use. Note that old leaves nourish the land, just as your past makes...

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lucky numbers: 06-07-08-10-16-44blank: ignore other’s panic and start building your credit. cleaning the: contest items on your credit rating. wiping the: erase character traits that are not inborn. writing on:...

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