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Garbage Can Dream Meaning

Dream interpretation from 3 unique sources about Garbage Can

Getting rid of or cleaning out.

Rejecting or rejection.

Denial.

Someone or something that you feel gets “dumped on” with unwanted things, responsibilities, tasks, toxic emotions, or other “garbage.” Neglecting or avoiding a responsibility by trying to “throw it away” (for example, throwing away a bill that’s due or a report card you don’t like).

Secretly throwing things away can represent shirking responsibilities, being dishonest, or thumbing your nose at authority or rules.

See also: Garbage, Garbage Dump, Rotten, Smell, Inferior, Rejection, Garbage Disposal, Trash Compactor [1]

To dream that you are throwing something into a garbage can, suggests that you are getting rid of your old negative habits and unwanted traits.

To dream that you are emptying someone else’s garbage can, foretells that you will be asked to help repair a friend’s reputation. [2]

If the garbage can is empty, you have either done your emotional cleansing or you have yet to begin.

If the garbage can is filled, then your negative feelings, memories, attachments and emotions need to be released. Identify what it is that you are throwing away. [3]

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What does Garbage Can mean in a dream?


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If the garbage can is empty, you have either done your emotional cleansing or you have yet to begin.If the garbage can is filled, then your negative feelings, memories, attachments...

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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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Vision: Falling over garbage: Let go of deceptive assumptions and double-check old attitudes. Replace them with new ones.If other things are falling on top of you and you can’t make...

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A person or place that gets “dumped on.” The idea of “discovering a diamond in the rough” or “one person’s trash is another one’s treasure.” Picking through a junkyard can...

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The way you’re dealing with things in your life or your mind (represented by the garbage).“Stuffing” or denying your personal issues in an attempt to not have to deal with...

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Your own garbage, waste, unneeded attitudes and beliefs. Clean it up and discard it.

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1. Opportunistic thief;2. Dark spiritual influence, attracted to garbage in your environment John 12:5-6.

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1. Demonic, (feed on garbage someone who spread diseased words2. Unbeliever (unclean animal);3. Evil spirit;4. Plague; 1 Sam. 6:4 & 1 Cor. 10:30 (demons); Ps. 22:13.

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1. A need or desire to let go of un­helpful emotions, burdens.2. Sadness, perhaps depression (as in “down in the dumps”).

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Removing toxicity from or maintaining a balance within yourself, your life, or your consciousness.Filtering out what you don’t want (as from other people’s opinions or feedback), and keeping only what...

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1. Evil spirits;2. Satan;3. The occult;4. Swarm on garbage and wounds;5. Dead;6. Beelzebub means “lord of the flies”7. Corruption;8. Demon;9. Curse;10. Nuisance; Ecclesiastes 10:1, Exodus 8:24.

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Something you consider undesirable (such as an aspect of yourself or your personality, a habit, a tendency, etc.).Undue disrespect from someone else.A feeling or fear of being affected by someone...

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Neglect, or problems caused by neglect or avoidance.Shirking a responsibility, especially for something that needs ongoing maintenance, upkeep, or “tending to” (relationship, finances, health, job, etc.).A person whom you feel...

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A perceived ending.Abandonment.An issue regarding purpose or meaning.Something or someone you consider “on hold” or waiting for a new beginning.A setting, situation, or environment where you spend time while waiting...

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