If a beautiful face appears, this may be connected to feelings of pride and satisfaction.
If the dream face is unknown, this suggests a possible change in the dreamer’s waking life.
If a dream face is being washed or cleaned, this can have links to guilt or sin, as the act of cleaning indicates a desire for a fresh start.
If the faces are familiar, it could be a portent of future social gatherings. To dream that your face is flawed or pimply represents erupting emotions. You may have suffered an attack on your reputation in waking life.
If you are blushing, this suggests embarrassment and feelings you do not want to reveal to others. An elderly face may simply be a projection of life in the future. However, aged faces also carry symbolic ties to the notions of wisdom and longevity.
If you are hiding your face, you may be ashamed of something or be feeling low in confidence.
If your forehead is fine and smooth in your dreams, this suggests good judgment and intellectual ability. To see a wrinkled forehead, however, suggests worries and burdens.
If you see your cheeks in your dream, this symbolizes commitment, intimacy and closeness. To see rosy- colored cheeks in your dream signifies enthusiasm and energy. Bear in mind the significance of puns too; are you facing up to your problems, or do you need to deal with someone or something face to face? Ancient dream oracles say that to see your face in a mirror in a dream means that a secret will be discovered. [1]
To dream that you face is flawed or pimply, represents erupting emotions. You may have suffered an attack on your emotions or your reputation.
If you dream of your face changing into another, you may be seeking escape from a current situation of high stress.
If your face turned into someone who you know, you may envy something about them and want it for yourself, or you may be trying to “get inside their head” so you can figure out why they are acting a certain way in real life.
If somebody else’s face changed in your dream, it is a warning that they are not being totally honest with you, so be wary of trusting them. [2]
Depth Psychology: Faces in dreams are the mirror of “the face of your soul”—the way the world sees you. Sometimes you might see the face of a stranger in a dream w ho will cross your path years later. What did vou see in this face? [3]
To a young person, an ugly face foretells lovers’ quarrels; or for a lover to see the face of his sweetheart looking old, denotes separation and the breaking up of happy associations.
To see a strange and weird-looking face, denotes that enemies and misfortunes surround you.
To dream of seeing your own face, denotes unhappiness; and to the married, threats of divorce will be made.
To see your face in a mirror, denotes displeasure with yourself for not being able to carry out plans for self-advancement. You will also lose the esteem of friends. [4]
The way a person presents himself, or what he chooses to show to the world.
If a person’s face looks different in a dream than in reality, consider how it’s different (which may say something about how you view that person).
For example, your mother’s face appearing 30 years younger than her actual age could mean that you think of her as young at heart, or that the dream refers to a past event.
Seemingly random faces can appear when you’re dropping off to sleep or waking up that can seem important at the time, although they are best ignored.
See also: Head, Forehead, Cheek, Mouth, Lips, Eye, Eyebrow, Eyelashes, Nose, Jaw, Chin, Body Part [5]
According to oneiric oracles, dreaming of your face announces that a secret will be brought to light.
If it is swollen, you will receive money; if it is pale, in contrast, it foretells that you feel disappointed. [6]
Unpleasant or grotesque (unless amusingly so) faces portend loss.
To dream you are washing your face denotes a necessity to atone for some past indiscretion; better make amends! To see the faces of strangers signifies an approaching change of residence.
If the main feature of your dream was a facial blemish, you will have a variety of new opportunities to risk your reputation; if you can’t resist at least be very selective. [7]
To be looking at our own face reflected in a mirror means that we may be trying to come to terms with the way we express ourselves in the ordinary, everyday world. We may also be attempting to understand our own ulterior motives. When the face is hidden or has no features, we are hiding our own power, or refusing to acknowledge our own abilities. Consult the entries for eyes, hair, head and mouth in body for further clarification. [8]
A disfigured face reflects rage, aggression, fear.
A distorted face indicates internal turmoil.
An uneasy or inscrutable face expresses the search for identity. Is the face a Mask, is it made- up, or is it open and free?
Folklore: A friendly face is a good omen; unfriendly, a bad omen. Many strange faces mean that you have to move soon. [10]
If you see a happy, smiling face, then pleasures and good times lie ahead.
If you see a sad or frowning face, then troubles and worries may be plaguing you, and you have to “face” them.
Dreaming of washing your face indicates the need to “clean up” your act, while dreaming of a face with a major blemish indicates the need to work on changing a bad habit. [11]
If any part of the face seems particularly prominent or outstanding that should be interpreted separately. [12]
If you can’t see a person’s face, then they represent your feelings about anonymity. [13]
A lover who dreams of seeing his sweetheart’s face ten, twenty, or thirty years hence foretells a separation.
Unhappiness is foretold by a dream of seemg one’s own face.
If the dreamer is married there is a great possibility of divorce. [14]
2. Wealth and happiness are at hand (a smiling face).
3. Regret and repentance (to be washing face).
4. Ability to cope and deal, or “face,” one’s problems.
5. To be overwhelmed with emotions, eruptions of feelings (to break out in acne).
6. Reputation. [15]
To dream that your face is flawed or covered in acne indicates your feelings blowing up. Someone has taken to attack your character. [16]
2. If lightened can be angelic;
3. Image of God,
4. Heart; Exod. 34:30; 2 Cor. 3:7; Eccl. 8:1
• Happy Face
- speaks of a cheerful heart.
• Radiant Face
- speaks of God’s Glory and Wisdom.
• Sad Face
- can speak of Sorrow and Repentance. [17]
The dream also could be drawing on associations with common idioms, such as “to lose face,” “face the facts,” “face the music,” “poker face,” and “face value.” [18]
To see happy, smiling faces show that good luck will reward your efforts.
A dream of weird, leering faces is warning you of potential danger to your person, or misfortune will dog your steps. [19]
To dream you see a meager, pale face, is a sign of trouble, poverty, and death.
To dream one washes his face denotes repentance for sin; a black face signifies long life. [20]
A fogged over or unclear face usually represents a teacher. [22]
If it appears cheerful and handsome looking in the dream, it represents glad tidings, happiness and a good life, though if it looks opaque in the dream, it means the opposite. In general, a yellow face in a dream means humiliation, loneliness, hypocrisy or illness.
If a believer sees his face yellow in a dream, it denotes his devotion and fear of wrongdoing. Yellowness of the face in a dream also could mean being1n love.
If an African person sees his face white in a dream, it means hypocrisy, impudence and shamelessness.
If a Caucasian sees his face black in a dream, it means that his heart and intentions are better than what a stranger may think of him. Ifone’s face appears white and his body black in a dream, it means that he shows decency and disguises inappropriateness. Ifa whiskerless person sees hair growing over the sides of his upper lip in a dream, it means that he carries burdening debts, or that he has lost dignity.
If one’s face looks different or missing some of its clarity or beauty in a dream, it denotes someone who jokes excessively, for immoderatejesting, hilarity or mirth decreases people’s respect.
If there is no skin to cover one’s cheeks in a dream, it means that he lives from asking others for his needs. Dust coveringone’s face in a dream means deficiency in one’s religious devotion. Ifone’s face or eyes turn bluish in a dream, it means that he is a criminal in God’s sight.
An opaque face in a dream represents a liar or an innovator.
If the color of one’s face is blush or reddish with white spots in the dream, it means joy, happiness and good living.
If a righteous person sees his face blush in a dream, it means that he feels ashamed of something he did.
If one’s face is soaking with sweat in a dream, it represents his modesty and reserve.
If one is frowning, and if the color of his face turns red in the dream, it means that he may suffer from distress or losses. Frowning in someone’s face in a dream also means suffering at his hand. Ifa woman sees her face blackened with soot in a dream, it means the death of her husband.
If she sees herself putting makeup and anointing herself with perfume in a dream, it means good news for her and for her husband.
A smiling and a cheerful face in a dream connotes happiness and righteousness whether the person is alive or dead.
The beauty of a woman’s face or that of a child in a dream means blessings. Having two faces in a dream mean a grievous and an woeful end, for God Almighty does not look at someone who has two faces.
If a scholar sees himself having several faces in a dream, it means that he is utilizing his knowledge in various applications, or giving a subject several possible interpretations.
A frowning face, a crying face, a scarred face, or the darkness of one’s face in a dream also mean loss of job, fear, or they could represent a liar.
If the skin of one’s face is cracking in a dream, it denotes lack of modesty or absence of shame. Adisgusting look on one’s face in a dream means loathsomeness, and loathsomeness in a dream represents a disgusting face.
acne on your: exposure of inner turmoil; breaking out of constraints to agitate enemies.
picking: il ness wil not go away easily.
pimples on the, having: wil have good earnings in real estate.
squeezing your: wil have a large amount of silver.
bearded, having a: a traveler wil return.
beautiful: quarrels that resolve in love.
blemished: a character defect has become obvious to others.
bright happy: don’t take yourself too seriously.
clean-shaven: wil be too ashamed and not stay long in one area.
complexion, a beautiful: how you appear to others.
dimples: several affairs wil deplete passion to simple flirtation.
features, smiling: only a sincere wish wil be granted.
jowls, heavy: wil meet with threats and narrowly escape.
mustache: wil have disagreements and disputes with employer over proper conduct.
woman admiring a: guard her virtue or you wil be publicly disgraced and lose her friendship.
pale: life’s energy has been drained.
spot on the, having a: someone desires to make love to you.
swollen: your idea of own importance is highly inflated.
ugly, an: conflicts in love affairs; your repentance for sins wil be considered insincere.
blowing in someone’s: a woman is deceiving you.
brow, furrowing your: your true nature is exposed.
child’s, a: postponement of success.
coloring your: your lies about your heritage wil catch up with you.
creaming: your desire to appear wel -groomed.
facade, hiding behind a: your social self hides a quite different personality.
facelift, having a: appearances fade after the first meeting; character sustains the second.
facial: cover up your indiscretion before it is exposed, or better yet, expose it yourself.
forehead, smoothing a wrinkled: your influence at work wil be significant.
grimacing your: face up to the situation; don’t hide your fear.
makeup, with too much: friends are lying to you.
mirror, seeing own, in a: pay attention to physical symptoms.
painting the: image of how you would like to be seen.
with pitch black: your selection of friends leads to imminent scandal.
stranger, of a: that face wil encounter you.
absolute: secret project is about to be presented to you.
not remembering a: important introduction to a teacher or a mentor.
repulsive, a: a failure of enemies.
washing own: unaccustomed pleasures through refreshingly new friends of wise counsel. [30]